Tim T Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I had some issues with Photobucket, so I am a bit late in starting this build thread. I am going to build the German Naval version. I took one look at the decals for the special scheme and started whimpering. I hate decalling at the best of times and those had the potential to give me a nervous breakdown! Here is the obligatory box shot. I have the Eduard sets for the seatbelts and interior. I intend to do this in the three seat configuration with machine gun. I am undecided what else to add at the moment though. And this is progress to date By the end of the day I hope to have all this painted up and the interior largely assembled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Welcome aboard Tim, like you I wimped out of the special colour scheme. It's a lovely kit, I think you'll enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafu Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Welcome Tim to the merry band of cat lovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antony Robertson Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Welcome aboard Tim, I painted mine in the standard colours as well, maybe one day i'll be brave enough to do the special scheme. Antony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim T Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Thanks Chaps. I have to say, I am really enjoying the build so far. I made some more progress. First, the seats. Even at this scale the PE was a bit fiddly, but worth it I thiink. Here is the IP, also with Eduard PE in place. I'll get the fuselage buttoned up today and make a start on some of the sub-assemblies like the rotor head and sponsons to give them time to dry fully before I add them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Nice work, PE looks good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim T Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 Ok, here is the progress to date. I have been able to push on with this but progress will be much slower going forward as I am back to work on Monday and travelling for a few days as well. Almost time for some paint. Which has left me scratching my head a bit to be honest. All the photographs I have seen of these birds shows them to be pretty clean. Do they tend to get dirty? My usual method of pre-shading and then lightening areas with some post-shading to panel centres etc may look totally wrong in this case. Conversely, it may not look right not to have some variation in tone and shade across the thing. So, do I use a bit of artistic licence and weather it, or do I keep it subtle and make it look pretty clean? Thoughts anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Looking good Tim, like you I could find no photos of dirty airframes, or even any showing much tonal variance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynx7 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Ze Germans tend to keep their Lynx very shiny and clean. Gloss finish tends to help mask the oil everywhere! The Mk88A I did a while back, I just put a wash over it to enhance the panel lines and didnt really 'dirty weather' it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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