Stew Dapple Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Very nice work Ettore Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 The paint seems to have gone on very smoothly Ettore, which paints do you use? Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 I use Gunze colors with their thinner, after a few minutes I smooth the surface with a microfiber cloth to remove dust and the surface is as smooth as the skin of a baby .......... or if you want a nice woman , possibly not rebuilt !!! Ettore 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 That is a nice paintjob you have done on the underside. I will watch with intrest. Cheers, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonL Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Nice work (sighing with envy!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) no envy, if I envy the other works I should have an ulcer it just takes a lot of patience (years), wrong models and make millions of tests on older kits unsuccessful Another little step: I pulverized RLM 75, always Gunze; look the white primer as it comes out so I just have cleared the panels Total upper surface Its all for now ! Ettore Edited November 12, 2014 by Ettore 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Oh yes Ettore, I like the way that looks Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 You mind, Ettore, if I mail my kits' sprues to you for painting and just glue the parts together after that...? That´s just fabulous! V-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Ok vppelt68, nothing problem ! Can you pay with Rapala lures?? ah ah ah ha ha ha :-) Yes I'm a fisherman also, only spinning and casting, river, lake and sea........... byeeeeeeeee Ettore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) Rapala and Kuusamo lures fit nicely in the same parcel as a Bf 110 fuselage and wings :-) My late father was and my son is growing up to be a fisherman. But as modellers, not collectors, no matter how fine or not so fine our paint jobs are the most important thing is the knowledge that it´s all done by myself. Yours is one of the finest. V-P Edited November 12, 2014 by vppelt68 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Ah, Rapala! Had one of those in my modest fishing kit when I was a kid, and I swore by it. bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 OT: A mother pike was swimming with his son when a flashy lure streamed pass them. She said "beware my boy, I haven´t seen your father since she laid eyes on that Rapala hooker last year" V-P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I do like your lovely clear pictures . Lokkk very professional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 nice this last vppelt68 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I must admit that I'm not a great fan of pre-shading but the finish that you have achieved there is excellent Ettore. I'm looking forward to seeing the next steps! Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 very nice paint job well done!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 the next step will be RLM 74, but I'll show you a dirty effect of the air flow on the lower surfaces of propellers; the field Boccadifalco (Palermo) was sand and earth, the grass was only green in spring and in summer burned from mediterranean sun, but these aircraft were in Sicily in the winter and the ground was mostly stony and sandy The same effect will be reproduced on the upper surfaces of the wings and on the walkways Here the RLM 74 the dirty effects are ocher, smoke and dry sand; might be too heavy but then with the gloss, matt and other washes should fade....................I hope Ettore 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 It's looking good Ettore, nice work Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Very nice work so far Ettore. My favourite Bf110 kit and my favourite brand of paints being used by a true expert. I am very fond of Trapani having spent many an evening drinking beer at the Bar with the palm tree growing up through the middle of it in my distant past! Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 WoW Duncan B Thanks ! I was born in Palermo, have you never visit ??? Ettore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 WoW Duncan B Thanks ! I was born in Palermo, have you never visit ??? Ettore I only ever passed through on my way to Trapani. Back in the 1990's I worked on survey ships working on the gas pipelines that run from Tunisia to Sicily and over to the mainland. We were based in Trapani and Messina, very happy times and a nice place to spend the winter when Scotland was frozen over. Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 It 's true with my friends were swimming in the sea even in October Ettore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) Last weekend only little colors touches Fuselage white band Bay dinghy Pigments on exhaust washing and other details Ettore Edited November 17, 2014 by Ettore 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Interesting to see how you work Ettore, you obviously didn't mask the lighter areas before spraying your base coats? I've always found that yellow especially doesn't take well on a darker colour so I'm surprised yours looks so good! Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) The goal of the forums is precisely to confront techniques, unfortunately not always !When I airbrushed the RLM 75 I made sure not to act on the nose ( look my post of 13 November 2014 05:27 AM), so the yellow at the end was airbrushed over RLM 76.But on tail I airbrushed on RLM 75, I got lucky. Instead the propellers (RLM 70) I used the brush for the yellow. Ettore Edited November 17, 2014 by Ettore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts