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  1. I thought I would show you a strange thing I do to avoid my WW1 aeroplanes having a plastic feel. Since WW1 planes were coated in doped and painted linen, I give the "linen" parts of the model a rough coat of paint and then cover them with very thin paper surgical tape, then a layer of acrylic Vallejo satin varnish to seal the tape, and then paint over the tape (acrylic vallejo paints) using a brush. I even do this to the roundels (which requires some slightly tricky painting once they are covered with the tape). The smaller more detailed decals are added later. It's slight overkill but prevents the kits having a plasticy feel (which otherwise has to be overcome by lots of weathering details). WW1 aircraft after all did not have nice smooth surfaces painted with airbrushes!! I show some photos by way of explanation: In the above photo I have painted most of the wing, but the right side and the roundels are still to be painted. It gives wonderful fabric type texture to the model. I need to add another layer of paint to tidy up. The surgical tape is helpfully transparent so you can see the roundels underneath and paint over them. This also means you don't have to paint right up to the "edges" of the colours in the roundel either - if that makes sense. Which makes the overpainting much easier (but still tricky). I will show results after painting in a later post.
  2. Chris. Its one of the new Eduard camel kits. It's a great kit.
  3. Thanks Bill. There are some pins sticking into the underside of the wheels but the technique is similar! I have done it on my Armstrong Whitworth too.
  4. Tony. I think you are right. I had not thought of that....Good idea. Thank you. And you are right about insects. I collect butterflies and put them in frames. That was my inspiration!
  5. Recently completed this kit. Its simply an amazing subject. And a brilliant kit from WnW. I did not want it to disappear unseen on some shelf (and get destroyed by the cat), so I put it in a frame. Interested to hear what others think about presenting a model this way.
  6. Just started one of Eduard's lovely little Camel kits over this long weekend. Enjoying myself. Seat is a Barracuda resin extra. Engine is wonderful little Clerget kit from Small Stuff. First time I have used one and really amazed at the results. Even I managed to make something quite good. Mostly just dry fit at present. Fuselage paint problems will be sorted out shortly.
  7. This is the first aircraft model kit that I have completed since I was a kid. I normally do ship models. Lots of mistakes and errors but had loads of fun doing it. Built straight out of the box. But added some paper surgical tape to the wings, tailplane and fuselage to try and create a more authentic finish that more closely resembles linen. Also scratchbuilt propeller from laminated 0.5mm pear veneer. Rigging made from elastic thread with turnbuckles from 0.1mm wire with 0.5mm steel tubes. The case is a $7 candle holder from Kmart. Model is suspended by elastic thread glued to inside of case with CA.
  8. This is the first aircraft model kit that I have completed since I was a kid. I normally do ship models. Lots of mistakes and errors but had loads of fun doing it. Built straight out of the box. But added some paper surgical tape to the wings and fuselage to try and create a more authentic finish that more closely resembles linen. Also scratchbuilt propeller from 0.5mm pear veneer. Rigging made from elastic thread with turnbuckles from 0.1mm wire with 0.5mm steel tubes. The case is a $7 candle holder from Kmart.
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