robvulcan Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Looking wonderful still, Its really inspiring me to crack on with my Tamiya Vb Its a beautiful kit. Really must try the Eduard mk9 too. Love spits its true you cant ever tire of them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 (edited) It looks good from my phone, can't wait to see it on a bigger screen (but it's going to happen in a couple of days...) Edited April 25, 2015 by giemme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Nice update stix, good to see you taking a break from the tanks (nog that there is anything wrong with a bit of armour) Hopefully see some more soon. Good luck with the panzers as well Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Welcome back Stix, glad to see you back at work on the wingy twins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 (edited) Good job, just the right amount of weathering. good to see some progress here.Hi Bernd. Thank you. I don't think I'm going to weather this one as much as I'd originally planned - some photos of ithe actual aircraft show it looking very well used. I think I'll go for something earlier in it's career.Glad this is back on Stix. Can't wait for the finished products. Especially if you're doing backdrops etc Hi Nigel. Nor can I! I have some ideas for a small diorama but I'll have to wait and see if an idea I have works the way I hope it will. Stix, AMAZING work .... keep it coming... its quite a build with so much to learn from... have a nice week end... HOUSTON Hi Houston!! Hope you are keeping well. Thank you and you are very kind as always. I hope you have had a good weekend too.Looking wonderful still, Its really inspiring me to crack on with my Tamiya Vb Its a beautiful kit. Really must try the Eduard mk9 too. Love spits its true you cant ever tire of them Hi Rob. Thank you for your kind comments. I've been looking at it in a bit more detail with doing the panel line washes, and you're right; there is some excellent detailing on it - more than on the Airfix version. Nice update stix, good to see you taking a break from the tanks (nog that there is anything wrong with a bit of armour) Hopefully see some more soon. Good luck with the panzers as well Rob Hi Rob. Thank you for your kind comments. It was good to get some work done on this project again. I've done some more today which I will include some photos of below. I didn't do much on the Sherman today because I wanted to get more done on the Tamiya Vb.Welcome back Stix, glad to see you back at work on the wingy twins Hi Julian. Thank you!First up today I got some washes on the upper surfaces and did some work on the exhaust stains. The latter look a bit heavy in a couple of the photos but actually look okay in reality. I think the light quality wasn't very good this morning and it doesn't help that the rest of the Spitfire is still in it's coat of Pledge: Then I added the staining behind the machine gun and shell ejection ports: Before moving onto doing the chipping/dirt areas on the wing roots: Finally I did some of the oil leak staining underneath: Next week I'm going to mask the canopy ready for a coat of matt varnish and then I'll see whether I want to do any more weathering. Comments and suggestions welcome. Kind regards, Stix Edited April 26, 2015 by PlaStix 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 That's some great weathering work Stix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Great oil streaks on the belly Stix. I overdid them on mine and have repainted the area so will try again soon. Good to see you back with these. Regards John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 This is looking simply great, together with the flawless painting and decaling, the stains are looking really realistic and not overdone. When it come to building my Spitfires i will have again more than one long look on this and your other Spitfires. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Stix, watching this on the big screen shows a very effective and perfectly balanced weathering job! In case you want to go further, I'm sending a PM with pictures of the real AC, just to see how badly worn it was. Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 (edited) That's some great weathering work Stix. Thank you Cookenbacher - that's very kind of you to say! Great oil streaks on the belly Stix. I overdid them on mine and have repainted the area so will try again soon. Good to see you back with these. Regards John Hi John. Thank you for your comments. Speaking of your project(s) - not seen any updates recently..........how are they going? This is looking simply great, together with the flawless painting and decaling, the stains are looking really realistic and not overdone. When it come to building my Spitfires i will have again more than one long look on this and your other Spitfires. Hi Bernd - thank you as always for your comments - you are too kind! I shall look forward to following your Spitfire builds when you start. Stix, watching this on the big screen shows a very effective and perfectly balanced weathering job! In case you want to go further, I'm sending a PM with pictures of the real AC, just to see how badly worn it was. Ciao Hi giemme. Thank you!! You are too kind! And thank you for the photos - I hadn't seen them. I have replied to your PM. You are quite correct - the photos seem to show it was extremely well used!! I'm really looking forward to seeing what you do with your Vb. Kind regards, Stix Edited April 28, 2015 by PlaStix 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Hi Stix, I now have the transfers I need to complete my Spitfire tanks to Tonyot, so that should be resuming soon, and I'm in the (slow) process of painting the cockpit and seat of my Mirage 2000. Unfortunately life has intervened again recently in the shape of fencing and clearing a new field for the horses, but I hope to resume modelling next week. Thanks for asking Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonL Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Very nice, and I have some pointers for my next spitfire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Hi Stix, I now have the transfers I need to complete my Spitfire tanks to Tonyot, so that should be resuming soon, and I'm in the (slow) process of painting the cockpit and seat of my Mirage 2000. Unfortunately life has intervened again recently in the shape of fencing and clearing a new field for the horses, but I hope to resume modelling next week. Thanks for asking Cheers John Hi John - good news about the transfers and I look forward to seeing the results of your work on the seat.............whenever you get chance to post some photos. Very nice, and I have some pointers for my next spitfire. Thank you Simon. I'm currently hoping the weather is fine at the weekend so I can get down to the shed to do some spraying of some rattle-can matt varnish. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Greggs Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Yay!!! Progress!!! Love it, awesome weathering 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Yay!!! Progress!!! Love it, awesome weathering Thank you Noah. That's very kind of you. I'm hoping the weather is going to be as nice tomorrow morning as it is now......then I'll be able to get into the shed to do some varnishing. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 As I mentioned earlier - my plan for today's build was to get some matt varnish on the Tamiya Vb but I began by getting a light panel line wash on the undersides of the Airfix kit. I used Revell's Gunship Grey thinned with a lot with water: I apologise about the light quality in all these photos but it was dull outside and I was having to rely on the electric lights in the kitchen. Then I did some more light weathering and tidying up on the Tamiya kit before masking the canopy and giving it a couple of coats of Humbrol's acrylic matt varnish from a rattlecan: Both kits side by side at this point: And then it was time to start adding the remaining parts on the Tamiya kit and this is where it's currently at: Hopefully I'll get the weathering finished on the Airfix Vb tomorrow and possibly even the matt varnish coat on. Comments and suggestions welcome. Kind regards, Stix 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Looking great now, not far to that finish line 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Looking rather wonderful Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Beautiful work, gorgeous builds Stix.They look fantastic :thumbsup2: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimHead23 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Fantastic work. Your painting is brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Brilliant modelling, beautiful Spits ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Szczudlyk Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 hello Sir Finally some progress on them one's I was waiting for a while to see it and I'm happy what I saw. Great job. both of them looking stunning Cheers Pawel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) My goodness they are looking brilliant. The tamyia one looks pretty much there with the matt added. Very much looking forward to how you finish these beauties Rob Edited May 2, 2015 by rob85 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Those are looking great Stix. If you don't mind, could you elaborate on your process for thinning acrylics for use as a panel wash? It turned out very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I have to agree with all the others above, they both look brilliant! And I'll definitely never catch you up with my build, I only completed the interiors last night ... Tamiya's Spit looks terrific, I'd only point out just a couple of minor things, if you want/can correct them: according to my researches there should be no aerial from the antenna mast to the tail fin, hence no "connection" (sorry, I don't know how to call that in English) on the fin top, you should cut that away. Conversely, there should be two aerials of the IFF system going from the tip of the tail planes to the fuselage sides (I can provide a couple of pics if you want) Nonetheless, I really like the finish you achieved with it, top notch! Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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