Heller 1/72 L-749 Connie

[Alex1978]

An absolute stunner...

Can't beat a Connie,esp. in Fly Eastern Air Lines livery...

[Mario]

hiya old salt, my preferred subject matter has me going the silver finish quite often, I have tried various techniques and products and have found a few that I mix and match for variety, eg:

This Carvair was done exclusively with Alclad over gloss back, the variations in Alclad shades can be quite stark when sprayed over the gloss black.

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The Ambassador was sprayed with Tamiya rattle can silver leaf whic was then buffed with polishing compound on a soft dremel wheel, this breaks up the uniformity of the silver and makes it look more like a random metal finish

After this process I also sprayed a few panel with shades of Alclad, the vriations are quite subtle when applied over the "turned" silver base coat I do like the affect.

With the Connie I did not "turn" the base coat rattle can silver but applied various shades of alcld over the top. Again variations are subtle change with the angle of light..again the result please me,

so you see it is horses for courses!

Hello Mario over the years I have given many models away because I had run out of shelf space.. I couple of years ago I bought 2 display cases to multiply my shelf space and get them all out of dust collection mode!

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I have room for a few more plus I can get more in if I put a few on stands like the Stratocruiser and Vulcan

cheers

wal

Hi Wal!

Nice aircraft collection! Agree with the collegue who said he was envious of your display cabinets. Was reasoning about hiring free shelf space from you, but found Australia is little too far away!

Cheers,

Mario