russ c Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Thought I`d put some sunny photo`s up to counter the rain and coincidently show you my latest completion which kills two birds with one stone🙂 My attempt at Eduards 1/48 VLR Mustang from the `Tales from Iwojima` boxing Built almost completely OOB ,I did leave some bits of PE out and some pinged off into the carpet monster ( which is weird, as there isn`t a carpet in the kitchen ? ) Had a hard time choosing from the many colourful options provided and in the end just went for the first one in the instruction booklet. So in the markings of `Annie Lee` which was flown by Lt Col John W Mitchell who has fame by leading the mission against Yamamoto, April.... 1943 which resulted in his demise. Only thing I had to add was some wire brake pipes Suppose now I`ll have to pick up some weekend editions so I can make a few of the others on the decal sheet🙂 Hope you enjoy the sunny pic`s, thanks for looking Cheers Russ 54 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I like it very much. Just enough weathering and you can easily see the contrast between painted wing and the natural metal fuselage.  Very realistically displayed too.  It's excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 2 hours ago, noelh said: I like it very much. Just enough weathering and you can easily see the contrast between painted wing and the natural metal fuselage.  Very realistically displayed too.  It's excellent. Thanks Noel, I`m glad you noticed the contrast, I wasn`t sure people would make it out on the photo`s.🙂 Cheers Russ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Very nice, Russ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Raider Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Great model and great background!!! Nice job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 A very authentic looking Mustang. Great setting and a great set of photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Yet another masterpiece to add to your growing museum in miniature Russ. Kudos!!!!  Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Leijdens Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Fantastic work! Â Â Erik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Wow, it looks so real with this background! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Spencer Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 It looks great, especially the finish. What metallic paints did you use? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, Dave Spencer said: It looks great, especially the finish. What metallic paints did you use? Thanks Dave, re: the paints: the fuselage, tail planes and rudder are humbrol chrome 191 with a few panels picked out in humbrol silver 11, the mainplanes are xtracolour x501 silver to represent the silver dope. Finished with humbrol acrylic clear and a few more fuselage panels picked out in the matt version. Panel lines and weathering in olive drabs and pencil. Used satin medium grey for the under coat ( humbrol 165 I think ) Cheers Russ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Great build and photography 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 9:47 PM, russ c said: Thanks Dave, re: the paints: the fuselage, tail planes and rudder are humbrol chrome 191 with a few panels picked out in humbrol silver 11, the mainplanes are xtracolour x501 silver to represent the silver dope. Finished with humbrol acrylic clear and a few more fuselage panels picked out in the matt version. Panel lines and weathering in olive drabs and pencil. Used satin medium grey for the under coat ( humbrol 165 I think ) Cheers Russ Beautiful build and finish as usual Russ  On the subject of using Humbrol 191 and 11 - I have never been very successful at spraying these - always seem to end up with a very grainy looking finish. Would be interested how you achieve your finish.  Cheers  Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Baldy said: Beautiful build and finish as usual Russ  On the subject of using Humbrol 191 and 11 - I have never been very successful at spraying these - always seem to end up with a very grainy looking finish. Would be interested how you achieve your finish.  Cheers  Malcolm Thanks Malcolm, it`s brush painted, all my models are ( apart from a 1/350 Polar Lights Enterprise which I did with a rattle can ) Sorry I can`t help you Cheers Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 That's some really great work, Russ. Has a 'shrink-ray in the time-machine' air about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 3 hours ago, russ c said: Thanks Malcolm, it`s brush painted, all my models are ( apart from a 1/350 Polar Lights Enterprise which I did with a rattle can ) Sorry I can`t help you Cheers Russ LOL! Thank you Russ - I will give brush painting a go for metallics some time - I have done some experimenting in the past with some success.  Cheers  Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 A beautiful build and presentation, great work ! Â Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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