MarkSH Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 Evening all, I spent a good deal of time masking for the Black Green on Sunday and have just sprayed and de-masked this afternoon. Overall not too bad a couple of very minor paint peels and overspray but they can either be disguised with paint chipping or covered up with some necessary hand painting around the top of the 'spats'. I have lost the pre-shading under the darker green but the whole thing is going to treated with some oil paint and weathering powders to add some more definition: As I said a little bit of hand painting to be done on the wheels and Tail plane supports before a gloss coat. Cheers, Mark. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 Hi all, Something I've been working on to go on the display with the Stuka: Tamiya's lovely little Citroen 11CV Traction and some ICM German figures a work in progress but really enjoyable: Cheers, Mark. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 Evening all, All remedial paint work and touch-ups complete, gloss coat applied and most of the decals in place: The larger decals are quite thick and required the use of Mr Mark Softer to get them to conform to the underlying detail. Cheers, Mark. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 Afternoon all, I thought I'd have a go at scratching a Luftwaffe bomb trolley for the Stuka, I know I could buy one but they ain't cheap and I got plenty of time on my hands now! I knew those metal parts from ancient floppy disks would come in handy one day and SWAMBO scoffed at the idea...Ha! The metal is easy to score and work surprisingly. General scale is, I'm afraid, dictated by the available wheels. ...consequently we are a little bit overscale..... hmmm...maybe a bit more than overscale .......vorsprung durch over engineering! I'll slap some paint on it and see if that makes it look a bit better... A good idea, fun to do but maybe needs re-thinking. Cheers, Mark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_W Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 That bomb trolley might be fun, but that Stuka nose certainly looks the part on the left of the picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_W Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 And looking in the background, it looks strong enough for an airbrush trolley. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 Evening all, I spent the day weathering the Stuka, mostly done with Tamiya weathering powders straight on to the matt coat this time as it has a bit more 'tooth', a bit of oil paint here and there and some Tamiya panel line accent and Vallejo fuel staining: I had to mask and re-spray the panel directly outboard of the port gun access as I managed to drop some neat alcohol on it with predictable results... I need to matt coat the canopy framing, add the radio antenna wire, finish the gun access panels and add the wing stored bombs. On the upper surfaces I picked out the panel centres, but on the underside I worked in reverse picking out the panel lines with the 'mud' weathering powder, being quite 'orangey' I think it works well with the light blue colour: The bomb 'trapeze' has yet to be painted, the kit pitot was just a waste of plastic so I have replaced it with some brass tube. Getting there, Cheers, Mark. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 This is looking great Mark. The car is a good addition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 Thanks @Greg Law the little Tamiya Citroen kit is very simple but an absolute joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Afternoon all, I have now completed the Stuka itself and am just in the process of finishing off the figures etc for the display base: Cheers, Mark. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_W Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Well done Mark, looks great. Seems you had a lot of fun building this. I love the Citroen. Adds great perspective. Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Great job 👍,the weathering really brings it alive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 A great outcome Mark with some very effective weathering Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Fantastic job on your Stuka Mark! The painting and weathering is second to none and very realistic and I'm looking forward to seeing the completed diorama. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Afternoon all, I'm declaring this one finished, pictures in the Gallery. Many thanks to Host and Co-hosts for a very enjoyable and informative STGB plus thanks to all the other participants. Cheers, Mark. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Very well done Mark! Your Stuka is great and the diorama you have done really sets it off a treat and is a very realistic scene. Excellent work mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 This one and your diorama effort came out very well. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Nice one Mark and the little dio takes it to another level Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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