Farnarkle Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Hello All, My interpretation of a 354 Sqn RAF Liberator that carried an all Australian crew. OOB. Interesting to note the different colour saturation between indoor under Fluoro lighting and late evening light. Happy to take questions. Ian 58 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahavelona Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Amazing work! I love this scheme on the liberator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 I call it teasing and I don't like that. Seriously, just 3 pics of a 4 motor bomber? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnarkle Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 I'm sorry Josip, I will take some more photo's tomorrow weather permitting and post them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Superb Liberator there, nicely done and love the scheme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Great build and beautifully painted scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 An amazing looking Liberator in a very attractive scheme. I think the weathering is spot on, considering the blistering heat and torrential rain these aircraft must have been subjected to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Excellent! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Fantastic ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnarkle Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 Due to the Request of Josip, here are a couple more photos. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I really like that, to begin with when I read Aussie crew, I was thinking foliage green uppers & I couldn't recall seeing those before but then when I read your intro again I saw 354 sqn RAF so OD uppers well faded & it all made sense, a great look you've achieved indeed. May I ask where the decals for this came from? Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnarkle Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 Hello Steve, This is the DK decal sheet 1/72 72061 . I got mine from Hannants in the UK. The decals worked quite well. Their paint call out was overall PRU Blue which caused me to switch from building a Atlantic scheme bird to this one plus the Aussie connection was a bonus. Something a little different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I like it! Nice weathering and quite interesting look for a rather bland option. It's a shame though that you didn't take time to paint the frames on nose and tail clear parts in green first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Joyce Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Nice looking Liberator, Ian, and I like it in that unusual scheme. Great weathering too! Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobo Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) Really beautiful. One of the best B-24's I've ever seen. Can you tell me how you weathered the model? I assume you just used various shades of blue. Edited June 16, 2019 by Hobo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Convincingly painted and weathered, very nice example indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Very nice ....so what colour is it exactly?2🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnarkle Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 Hello All, Yes it is supposed to be RAF PRU Blue. The paint is a home brew mix of Gunze acrylic H56 intermediate blue and H42 aircraft grey with a touch of yellow. As far as the weathering process. primed Tamiya rattle can grey primer, panel line pre shade with midnight blue. some yellow patches sprayed in between some random panel lines and then the IB/AG paint mix built up over all. sealed in floor polish, decalled panel line pinwash with artists acrylic sepia. Flatcoat seal. Humbrol 104 oxford blue enamel filter applied (5% paint 95% white spirit diluent) allowed to dry. Humbrol 19 bright Red filter added to some panels (not all to give a purplish hue). Then a post shading with an acrylic mix of nato black and red brown (Tamiya). Oil dot mapping with custom mix of 3 shades of blue from a pale sky blue to a darkish blue and blended and streaked on upper wing surfaces. Left to dry for a couple of days and then I thought I needed to stop. Thanks for your interest. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Top stuff! RAAF B-24's have always interested me, though I never really knew much on this variant. Most of my info collection concerns RAAF J- and H- versions, with the turret nose and so forth. Have to agree about the weathering and finishing - it's superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Beautiful work, lovely paint and weathering as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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