hendie Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 rotor head is looking fab Bill. I like the approach you chose - so simple yet effective 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Neat scratch building job, Bill! Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Brown perspex roof transparency. How the effervescing heck am I going to make brown, see through hence transparent perspex? I have tried searching through model paint ranges. No joy so a bit of lateral thinking, make it yourself Billy. I stuck a clean drinking straw in the top of my clear varnish for an inch's depth and stopped the hole with my thumb and popped the stuff into a mixing space. I am using Alclad's clear varnish this time round. Then I allowed a single drop of Vallejo burnt umber to drop in and mixed them together to give a brown mix. Kinda like this This looks like a bad job in the spotlight of the flash but in real light of day doesn't look so bad. I will mix a new batch to give the perspex a slightly heavier browning later and to even up the layers. If it doesn't work I will remove it with IPA I hope... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 what color is Tamiya Smoke Bill - any idea? Is it a brown or a grey or some other color? I have a feeling it is kinda brownish but could be completely off base woodstain? not the stain itself, but colored varnish? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 I think Smoke is a bit too dirty / grey for this purpose, but I could easily be wrong. I love the lateral thinking, though, Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: I love the lateral thinking, though, Bill. I'd give Tamiya smoke a try, maybe on a spare clear bit first Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Smoke, thanks for giving it some thought lads, is a grey colour. Tamiya also do an orange, a red, a blue and a green but not brown, too niche I suspect I thought about wood stain but as well as being in massive tins it also would almost certainly be too volatile for model transparencies. I think. I am doing coat number two as we 'speak' we will see later how it dries but at least it's made of model friendly stuff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 hour ago, perdu said: Tamiya also do an orange, a red, a blue and a green but not brown, too niche I suspect I have the sense that if you mix all of them you'll get a brown - worth a try? Ciao 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 2 hours ago, giemme said: I have the sense that if you mix all of them you'll get a brown - worth a try? Ciao I was thinking the same thing. AW 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 I am going to have to do something similar, Alclad Aqua Gloss isnt a strong enough (or quick drying enough) carrier for the dirty brown pigment. Experimentation this morning suggests that Humbrol Clear doesn't cut the moutarde either The search is on-going... Now then, the rear fuselage heat shielding, very obvious and obtrusive under its shiny black paint... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 How about some W&N varnish (acrylic, water based) and watercolours? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 That's it, keep up with the suggestions Cheers Ced. Looking into it along with the latest idea, an old but full bottle of Tamiya Flat Brown in which the entire contents have settled out with the brown tinted carrier at the top and the heavy pigments all settled to the bottom. This bottle came into my possession the first year Tamiya Acrylics hit the British shelves, seventies some time and has never been opened for painting since it did my old horse in the Collecting The Empties diorama back then-a-day. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 46 minutes ago, perdu said: an old but full bottle of Tamiya Flat Brown I bet it's one of the old larger 23ml pots, rather than the current 10ml ones? I still have a few of those and the paint is as good as the day I first opened them. So much more paint for your money back then. The Collecting the Diorama looks great, and I'm glad to see you put the Horse before the Cart! Terry 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 You are dead right Terry, I swear the paint was better then too. I bet modern h&s has even made Tamiya San change his ways. New formula, less paint in a pot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Hi Bill and others, re the top glazing tint. I you have a look in the Pinned Items section by Tony aka Lynx7. He got the colour spot on by using pen markers, might be under the Lynx GB. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Wonderful rotor head Bill. As for the clear. I used the yellow clear Tamiya on a canopy and it worked a treat. You can add either flat brown or clear red. It just kind of works. Text it first though aye. 👍 Johnny Nice Oss n cart. ❤️ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 I was pondering the brown tint again Bill and thought about giving Tamiya clear orange, a mix with Tamiya smoke. So I went to my bench to give it a try, and I spotted this, acquired some time ago by one of my lads, for his Warhammer work A very quick test on some white plastic, voila: Might work........? Terry 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Might indeed if the experiments with Tam XF-10 dont pay out As of now they results are "promising but no decisions yet" In other news and before I return to the vexatious Apache I have ben playing with little triangular pieces of plastic I will return later with the result of doing the back ones so we can give this some consideration then. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 So This brown inner ceiling. It is unlike the 'normal' Smoke grey or black screen on most types as can be seen here on the lovely Norwegian AW101 I might be modelling A very deep brown, almost bronze tint is called for No worries we'll get there maybe even get that rainbow film effect on the other windows, finger's crossed. The other side of the tail rotor is done-ish and ready for paint and detailing Paint and a looksee next. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 22 minutes ago, perdu said: The other side of the tail rotor is done-ish and ready for paint and detailing Looks very good! Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 tail rotor looks amazing. 👍 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 @perdu your tail rotor hub is looking absolutely superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 11 hours ago, wellsprop said: @perdu your tail rotor hub is looking absolutely superb! Thanks Ben, all down to your 3d plotting though Working at the front end now, playing around with the kit FLIR sensor to try to get close to the miultifaceted one on the Norwegian Aw101 Interesting work, see ya later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Nice work Bill, that rotor looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 A bit'o'colour Vallejo Modelair USAF Medium Gray 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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