Artie Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Hi all.....I'd like to show you my latest finished kit. It's the Scratchaeronautics' 1/48 resin kit of the nimble spanish jet. An original design from Willy Messerschmitt while working for the spanish company La Hispano Aviación de Sevilla, S.A., rhe original two seater, trainer design led way to an improved, co-in single seater, called "Super Saeta". The rear seat was removed and an auxiliary fuel tank was added, improving the range of the plane. Other modifications were the adition of two undernose gun pods, containing 20mm Hispano guns, and up to four underwing pods, able to carry a varied load of rockets or jettisonable napalm tanks. Their swan song was during the early to mid seventies, carrying out armed patrol missions over the Western Spanish Sahara against moroccan supported insurgents and moroccan army alike. From 1975 onwards, after the Spanish withdrawal from those territories, the spanish Ejército del Aire carried on armed patrols and escort missions over the Canary Islands' territorial waters, protecting spanish fishing and merchant vessels from the moroccan and Frente Polisario insurgents attacks. The kit was built OOB, with the only exception of some belts made from lead foil. It was painted with Humbrol enamels and slightly weathered with pastel chalks. I hope you'll like it. As usual, any comment will be welcome. Best wishes.... IMGP0008 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr IMGP0010 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr IMGP0012 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr IMGP0011 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr IMGP0014 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Very nice work... I really like the paint job and a great subject- scheme is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 That's a great build and finish Artie,I can honestly say I've never seen this aircraft modelled before and no nothing about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 That colour scheme was known as "lagarto" (lizard) in Spanish air force....It was a standard camouflage used in most of the planes (except fighters) up untill the late 80s to mid 90s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Excellent model of a prototype that I didn't know even existed! Those dark, soft shades over every panel joint – what are they supposed to imitate? I know they seem to be in vogue among some modellers, but to me they look more like routine imitation of a mannerism than a portrayal of actual weathering effects of the environment on a flying machine. 😉 Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Lovely job, nicely finished. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) 20 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: to me they look more like routine imitation of a mannerism than a portrayal of actual weathering effects of the environment on a flying machine. 😉 You're right. Scale model building is nothing else than that....all the models I've seen follow certain "fashions", some of them seemed like toys, others looked absolutely over weathered, others seem simply plain....but it's up to anyones' taste building the models the way they most like. I don't build two models the same way, and try to avoid certain trends....maybe I'm too lazy to do so..or probably not so skilled as I'd wish. In fact, what you see aren't dark shades over the panel lines (another free interpretation, panels lines shouldn't be visible in any scale model), I lightened the colour on the center panel areas, trying to represent a faded hue. I always give a first coat of dark grey primer, and then start with the final camouflage colours. Overdone effect...???? Probably, but I'm quite happy with the result...☺️ By the way, I've rarely seen a true protrayal of actual weathering effects....whenever a modeller marks a rivet, a panel line, etc...he's just mimicking something, with a grade of succes that runs from "toy like" to "just rescued from the bottom of a pond" ..... Cheers... Edited November 9, 2018 by Artie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Beautiful work Artie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Very nice work Artie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce bay Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 A beautiful and most unusual build! Lovely finish on the camo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Fantastic!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrés S. Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 23 hours ago, Artie said: todos los modelos que he visto siguen ciertas "modas", algunos de ellos parecían juguetes, otros parecían absolutamente exagerados, otros parecían simples ... I agree with you, absolutely. And if I have to choose between this magnificent representation of an airplane to a piece of plastic, or resin that for the case is the same ..., packed with paint without the slightest aspect of a real object reduced in size, I'm sure I'll choose your way of making models. Congratulations. Regards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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