cger Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Hi all, Here are a few shots of a build from last year that I had time to photograph this weekend. It is the beautiful P 38 G from Tamiya in 1/48 scale. I used aftermarket decals from Exito Decals, to depict ' Beautiful Lass'. There is not much to say about the build, except that I decided to add rivets, using a riveting plan in a french modelling magazine. This was quite long and tedious, but since my technique is at last improving, it went faster than expected. I painted the kit with Gunze acrylics. The chipping on the wing roots was partly done with an aluminium undercoat and chipping fluid, the smaller chips are done with a small paintbrush. For the final weathering, I changed from my usual technique and used only oil paints. I am now sold on them, since they are so flexible, have a nice Sunday ! Christian. 52 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamA Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Excellent build Christian, thanks for sharing, Liam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Sunday has been made better for looking at your superb model, good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyK2479 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Looks fantastic. I have this kit on one of my wish lists, if I get anywhere near the result you have, I'll be more than happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Beautiful model and the display is excellent. Question: Should the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer be weathered too or did the airflow off the fuselage reduce abrasion to a minimum such that little or no weathering would be seen? I'm asking so as to learn, not to be critical of your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris148 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 WOW,that's a stunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Excellent work. The chips are in the right amount and in the right size, so the scale effect is amazing. Well done mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Topalov Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Beautiful, inspiring work! You've done it justice! Well done man. Best, Nikola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cger Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 11 hours ago, SAT69 said: Beautiful model and the display is excellent. Question: Should the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer be weathered too or did the airflow off the fuselage reduce abrasion to a minimum such that little or no weathering would be seen? I'm asking so as to learn, not to be critical of your work. Hi, thanks a lot for the kind comments ! I must confess that I never thought about the leading edges of the stabilizers, but this is a very sensible question. It could be that they take less airflow than the wings and hence stay in a better shape. Few pictures of airplanes from the period show stabilizer leading edges, and I do not remember seeing a model with stabilizer edges chipped. So I did not bother with them, but I may very well be wrong, best, Christian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Congratulations on a fine looking piece of aircraft modelling, she looks beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I do love a good Lightning, first class job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Really nice Lightning there, great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugcap Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Great weathering job...I really like the looks of that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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