Holzhamer Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 (edited) Hi everyone This is my second “COVID Season” build, the venerable Tamiya Aichi Seiran, a kit I had in the stash for some 23 years. I had great fun building it, even more since I had not build a plane in clogs for a looong time, so it was kinda out of my comfort zone. This is a OOB build, where all markings were painted, the exception being the small manufacturer stencil below the horizontal spar, which came from the kit decals. Did some more or less spurious riveting and added a few scratch items, mostly inside the cockpit. Used Eduard seatbelts. Painted with Tamiya acrylics and inside the cockpit I used AK real colours but with some mixes, to create the green and grey shades I was looking for. All is purely my “artistic view” of the thing. The dolly was painted with oils for the wood effects and Hull Red for the body frame. A great fun build all in all, hope you like it! Edited July 14, 2020 by Holzhamer 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 This is absolutely stunning. A superb representation of Japanese colours of the period. And not too much chipping - well done! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Excellent build and equally excellent weathering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Beauty! Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc72 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Looks great. I really like your style of weathering. Can you explain the steps? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Stunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holzhamer Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Doc72 said: Looks great. I really like your style of weathering. Can you explain the steps? I’ll sure try Doc! First thing was some black marbling over the bare plastic. Then some aluminium was sprayed all over the forward fuselage and top side of the wings. Before applying IJN green, I’ve used a chipping solution. The green then had some random thin spray with a mix of the green with yellow, ration 4-1 in those colours. Using an old toothbrush I gently scrubbed around the areas I wanted that more or less restrained chipping of the paint to be visible. After a gloss varnish some oil washes over the top surfaces and a AK grey wash for the lower surfaces. Using a matt thinner I applied some more oils on the floaters to simulate the sea effect. Then Matt varnish to seal it off and some retouches sing a silver crayon around the worn out areas. Some other product was used for oil leaks on the underside of the fuselage and chalk powder to simulate the exhaust stains...and that is basically it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Sweet! Masterfully executed build! cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angell328 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 The weathering and wear are spot on, beautiful build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRK Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 It’s a masterpiece. I think I’ll need to add something Japanese to the kit stash after seeing this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holzhamer Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 2 hours ago, GRK said: It’s a masterpiece. I think I’ll need to add something Japanese to the kit stash after seeing this Thank you for the flattering feedback! In case you want a Japanese plane in 1/48 any Tamyia or Hasegawa models are great options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellarfrog Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 fantastic. Thanks for sharing. Excellent plane and well rendered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tojo72 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 great looking bird,really lije the wear and tear you depicted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Bad paintwork expertly rendered! 😉 That worn seat cushion is the icing on the cake. Superb modelling artistry. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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