Revell 1/72 Walrus: Whale-spotting in the Southern Ocean

[Hamiltonian]

16 hours ago, Bell209 said:

I really like those prop discs - they're probably the best attempt I've seen to date!

Thank you. Not to everyone's taste, I find, but I prefer uniform discs to the "blurred blades" effect, which reproduces what we see in photographs, but is less representative of what we see real life. (Yes, I know there's irony in my showing photographs of the final result!)

I try to get the colour profile, spinner to tip, as realistic as possible by doing a bit of mathematics using measurements of the kit propeller to produce an appropriate transparency gradient. If anyone's interested, I wrote a little description of how I do it on my blog: https://oikofuge.com/how-to-model-rotating-propeller-discs/

 

I use an inkjet printer and overhead transparency sheets--laser printers unfortunately bake in a curve that's almost impossible to flatten. In the past, I've printed the discs as decals, and applied them to slightly thicker transparent plastic discs, which works pretty well, too.