cger Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) HI all, here a some pictures of a kit I completed some weeks ago. It's the Tamiya D520, with Regia Aeronautica markings. On the web one can find several pictures of this plane on the Istres airfield in the south of France, at the time of its transfer to the italians. On these pictures, the french cockades are overpainted in grey, but the italian fasci are missing, I added them thinking that some months later they would be present. I took the decals from an old Aeromaster sheet. The cockpit is detailed with an Aires resin kit, the exhausts are from Quickboost. The camp is done with mixes from Gnuze paints, that I found on the web. The basis of the small diorama is some 'cardboard foam' glued on a photo frame. The ground is done with isolation foam, covered with wall putty, then sprinkled with earth and small gravel. The high grass is static grass, glued on diluted white glue, using a 'grassinator', this small gadget can easily be done using an electric fly swatter, the grass stands then upright because of static electricity. The tree is done with thyme branches from our garden, the leaves are from Mininatur. I will add an italian pilot from Jaguar, which is currently waiting to be painted. I hope you will like it, regards, Christian. <script src="safari-extension://com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR/f470c93b/background/helpers/prefilterHelper.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> Edited August 15, 2014 by cger 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Fantastic work looks great,very nice paint and westhering on the d520,and fantastic little dio the vegitation looks superb,its the one thing im struggling with. fantastic work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Awesome work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Absolutely brilliant, didn't know the Italians operated the D520. It certainly is an education on Britmodeller. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Fabulous sense of realism, which is so hard to attain. Beautiful modelling! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominikS Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 One of my fav planes. Looks fab. Wish Tamiya released it in 72nd scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 It is not only a lovely model, in a very interesting scheme,.....your base actually looks like a bit of Italy too,......fantastic,....I love it! Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Great build and Dio`, very convincing work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Very nice indeed! The weathering is very realistic, which is quite difficult to achieve. You mention that you used some Gunze mixes for the camouflage colours, based on something you found on the web. Can you provide a link? Thanks. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Different, nicely built and displayed, I like it! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Kelley Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Wow- that looks great..love the little scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Beautiful - both the model and the base Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamB Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 First class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Super diorama, that ground work and the tree are excellent. The model itself is very realistic; impressive work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cger Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Thanks to all for your kind comments ! I tried to capture some mediterranean atmosphere in this dio, although I am not satisfied with the tree, which is supposed to be an olive tree, true olive trees look quite different. Here are the Gunze paints I used (actually they are not mixes !) Khaki: H80 Brun foncé: H84 Gris bleu foncé: H305 Bleu ciel: H314. regards, Christian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Lovely looking model!Great weathering, especially the paint scrapes/chips.Very impressive display too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotel Papa Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Great modelling and great groundwork. Thanks for the hint with the "grassinator". I always suspected that the stuff you can buy is made this way; never made the connection to a amateur device like you devised, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cger Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Hi Hotel Papa, I never devised the grassinator, I read about it on some scale train forums, a quick Google search for it will give dozens of pages with detailed instructions (even videos) to construct it. It is very easy. I suspect however that it is less powerful than the expensive Grassmaster sold by Noch. But it is very helpful to lay down static grass, when the fibers are a bit long, like above 5mm. best, Christian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mach82 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 That is fantastic! Love the dio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raguk Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 WOW, Looks quire different with those markings makes for a refreshing change! Rick G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 cool great work - lovely dio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erlawerke Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Looks very good!! Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Well that's different. I would expect to win some silverware if entered in any competitions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 That's a beauty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cger Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 Hi all, I had some time yesterday to take a few more pics of the dio with two Jaguar figs added. I used a simple technique for painting: the base coats for clothes, face and hands are airbrushed with Gunze paints. The highlights and shadows are done with very diluted coats of Prince August acrylics. I hope you will like it, best, Christian. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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