mark.au Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 1/25/2022 at 7:50 AM, Steve 1602 said: Very nice indeed 👏 It’s a very good build thread as well - some great ideas along the way. The B&W photos are amazingly realistic! Thanks Steve, much appreciated, I'm glad you found it useful. I was really happy with how the b/w pics turned out, they worked much better than I thought they would. RFI posted; Cheers, now back to the Huey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Congratulations Mark, a very neat build, thanks for the informative ride. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Awesome Spitfire Mark, looks wonderful to me and great to try new things too. Love the Black and white photos too, it looks real. The stand looks fantastic too fella Really great work on this. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 The phots of the finished model look “just like the real thing”. Great build, finish and weathering. Super. Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I have always maintained that the test of a model is photography and those black and white ones look real....just splendid! You really nailed this one, just beautiful! Cheers Anthony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) Just catching up here... I have to say those "in flight" pictures really sell it. I honestly had to take a second look because at first I thought it was a reference pic of a real Spitfire! I love the attention to detail positioning the control surfaces to match the position of the model in the stand. The weathering is just perfect... there's no part of it that looks even a little artificial. Your use of the different media to weather it really worked well. I had a phase a couple years ago where I used dot filtering with oils to create paint fading and oil/dirt smudges. I got away from it mainly because it would get in recessed features (like panel lines) and I couldn't get it out. I have a Spitfire that has some panel lines and rivets in a light gray. 😕 Otherwise I liked the technique. (Full disclosure -- I went back to dot filtering for my recent French F8F). It worked perfectly on your build though! The vegetable oil technique is fascinating and effective. I couldn't use it here though -- I live in a very dusty environment and I can just imagine the attractive force between dust and veg oil on an airplane! 🤣 Edited January 28, 2022 by opus999 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 It came out fine after all that drama with the paints. Well done for persevering! On 1/2/2022 at 11:22 PM, mark.au said: I assembled the cockpit as much as possible and then painted it all black as a pre-shade designed to avoid the need for a wash. . May I suggest that you spray the cockpit colour obliquely from above onto the black next time. This leaves the black shadows underneath the sticking out bits where they look most effective. After the external painting hassles, are you still impressed with using artist's acrylics or will you go back to the regular model paints? And whatever happened to the propeller blur experiment? I may have missed the post about it on this belated read through. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Very good looking result. I like the stand concept. I always had a preference for displaying aircraft in flight, all cleaned up and purposeful. Like Bertie, I was particularly interested in how you might have modelled a spinning propeller. It is instructive to consider your approaches to various tasks, challenges and effects, so thanks very much for posting this build log. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 1/23/2022 at 7:48 AM, mark.au said: vegetable oil I missed that reference. Have you done this before? Like, a couple of years before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 6 hours ago, Bertie Psmith said: It came out fine after all that drama with the paints. Well done for persevering! May I suggest that you spray the cockpit colour obliquely from above onto the black next time. This leaves the black shadows underneath the sticking out bits where they look most effective. After the external painting hassles, are you still impressed with using artist's acrylics or will you go back to the regular model paints? And whatever happened to the propeller blur experiment? I may have missed the post about it on this belated read through. Thaks Bertie, much appreciated, and for the suggestion on the angle of attack for the cockpit painting. Ill certainly go on with the craft paints. They’re so much more user friendly and produce a very hard, flat finish. They’re infinitely mixable and thin/clean up easily with water or windex. They can also be feathered with sanding. Oh! And dry hard and able to take masking tape in about 10min. What’s not to like! The only draw back is having to mix for most military colours but there’s advantages in that too. 5 hours ago, Maginot said: Very good looking result. I like the stand concept. I always had a preference for displaying aircraft in flight, all cleaned up and purposeful. Like Bertie, I was particularly interested in how you might have modelled a spinning propeller. It is instructive to consider your approaches to various tasks, challenges and effects, so thanks very much for posting this build log. Thank you, too. I’ll do more in flight I think, I like it too. You both ask about the prop experiment. I did forget to tie that thread off…. My impatience got the better of me and I didn’t find a suitable resin before reaching the finish on this one. There are more attempts in my future though. I’ve refined the idea in my head based on the first attempt so when I try again dim hopeful of a positive outcome. Thnaks again for the comments and likes, all appreciated for what they are, a shared passion for the craft and mutual encouragement. Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 Just now, Bertie Psmith said: I missed that reference. Have you done this before? Like, a couple of years before? Nope, it came to me in a flash of inspiration! Though, many years ago I noticed I could achieve a similar effect with skin oils by rubbing areas of flat paint with my finger. The vegetable oil worked better though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 minute ago, mark.au said: I’ve refined the idea in my head based on the first attempt so when I try again dim hopeful of a positive outcome. Put a mention of us in the thread and let us know when you are going to do it. I'd hate to miss the fun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Just now, mark.au said: Nope, it came to me in a flash of inspiration! Though, many years ago I noticed I could achieve a similar effect with skin oils by rubbing areas of flat paint with my finger. The vegetable oil worked better though. I'll reserve judgement until it's been through a year or two of Australian weather. I suspect it might have a fur coat on by then 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 Just now, Bertie Psmith said: I'll reserve judgement until it's been through a year or two of Australian weather. I suspect it might have a fur coat on by then 😆 It may do, but it’s in a cabinet so it’s a bit protected. It’s worth mentioning that the amounts of oil were minuscule and were mopped up after application. There isn’t any surface residue to attract the dust as all that’s left is the stain where it discoloured the paint. It’s not like it’s dripping off the trailing edge 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 13 minutes ago, mark.au said: It may do, but it’s in a cabinet so it’s a bit protected. It’s worth mentioning that the amounts of oil were minuscule and were mopped up after application. There isn’t any surface residue to attract the dust as all that’s left is the stain where it discoloured the paint. It’s not like it’s dripping off the trailing edge 😄 I suppose there’s oil in oil paints. 🤷♂️ Linseed oil though, which oxidises into a solid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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