Popular Post Lightningboy2000 Posted October 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2021 This has been a long time coming for me, purchased this Trumpeter 1/72 Su-24M kit back at the beginning of 2018. Then some time later purchased the Foxbot mask set & decals from Authentic. This is something that I've always wanted to see finished in my collection despite being a daunting subject with the airbrush. The Authentic decal set has all the digital markings as decals, but to my eye all the colours just didn't look right, so it just had to airbrushed. The only other aftermarket was the obligatory Master brass pitot. Here's the colors I used, I purchased the Hataka set for the Ukraine digital schemes, but the matches didn't quite match up to what they said should be applied to what. The FS numbers referenced on the Foxbot mask set also didn't match up to actual colors, so i took as many greys as I could & made a sheet of swatches to see how they looked, then selected each one by eye. The base light upper grey was Mig-226 with some added white to the mix as the real color is a really light ivory grey. Next upper colors; Vallejo 70.907 for the blue grey Hataka A189 Hataka A249 Hataka A030 The nose; Hataka A335 The underside was Hataka A334 To my eye all the colors look correct, but taking photos that represent real life is tricky when trying to set the right color temperature on the camera. Taken using a 6400K daylight bulb & white balance set as close to that as I practically could. Thanks for looking, I won't be doing any more digital schemes for a while! Martin 74 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Great job on that one and I love the camouflage. cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 That’s rather nice! Well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Seen it...next! To be fair, a lovely neat model with a lovely, albeit difficult scheme. Photos don't do it justice, better when viewed on the table. I think you should restart that Belfast, just sayin'. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Congratulation, a really great job, the camuflage is SUPER, well done!!!! Linus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Absolutely stunning paintwork! You have a lot of patience to pull that one off 👍👍 Fantastic end result 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Very skillful work with the digital camo Martin . Thats a great looking Fencer, Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 I don't know that I could do that paint work in 1/32 scale! My hat's off to you. I'm totally impressed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 3 hours ago, janneman36 said: Great job on that one and I love the camouflage. cheers, Jan Thanks mate, much appreciated! 3 hours ago, ForestFan said: That’s rather nice! Well done Many thanks ForestFan! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Courageous said: Seen it...next! To be fair, a lovely neat model with a lovely, albeit difficult scheme. Photos don't do it justice, better when viewed on the table. I think you should restart that Belfast, just sayin'. Stuart Cheers Stuart, yes that Belfast does need finishing. Might be a bit of a shock that, on the club table. I wouldn't want to be responsible for other club members passing out at the lack of stripey aircraft! 3 hours ago, Linus said: Congratulation, a really great job, the camuflage is SUPER, well done!!!! Linus Many thanks Linus! 👍 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 1 hour ago, SAT69 said: I don't know that I could do that paint work in 1/32 scale! My hat's off to you. I'm totally impressed. Many thanks SAT69! Well when I first looked at the masking sheet I was tempted to give in before I started, so if I can do it anyone can! 🤣 59 minutes ago, Flight Line Media said: Impressive work, Martin! Thanks for sharing it. Thank you, much appreciated! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Very impressive and I surely like it, question is the digital painting manual masking or decals? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 That's a very impressive result and your patience has paid off. Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hothersall Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Nice build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 8 hours ago, tomthounaojam said: Very impressive and I surely like it, question is the digital painting manual masking or decals? All manual masking. I had decals to hand, but thought this would look better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiseca Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Lightningboy2000 said: All manual masking. I had decals to hand, but thought this would look better. 🤯 It's a brilliant job! Edited October 4, 2021 by kiseca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Very nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 1 hour ago, RidgeRunner said: Very nice 👍Cheers mate! 😊 2 hours ago, kiseca said: 🤯 It's a brilliant job! Many thanks, much appreciated! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox1_BE Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Wow Martin, impressive and neat job!! Great finish👍 How is the Trumpeter kit to build? Thanks and regards, Patrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby No Mac Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 That's really neat, can't believe it's 1:72. Incredible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Very eye catching scheme with great build skills. Serkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 2 hours ago, fox1_BE said: Wow Martin, impressive and neat job!! Great finish👍 How is the Trumpeter kit to build? Thanks and regards, Patrick Thanks Patrick. This Trumpeter kit went together very well, all it needed was a plastic bar to reinforce the square bottom half of the fuselage to keep the upper and lower parts aligned. Much like any square or broad fuselage airframe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Wowzers! Fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, John Masters said: Wowzers! Fantastic! 😊 Cheers mate! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 I am speechless, and I’ll leave it at that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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