Casey's Small, Big and Colorful - 1/72 Airfix A8 - Ullmann and 1/32 Revell F8 Black 6 - *FINISHED*

[AdrianMF]

Two super builds - I think I will stop griping about the FROG Ta152 kit after your and Jean's views on the Airfix one!

 

Loving your analysis and approach to colours, starting from pure and strong pigments. I have my favourite off the shelf colours and some simple but imperfect matches for a lot of schemes, but am always in search of the "perfect" Temperate Sea Scheme. 

 

Looking forward to the Revell one being finished - it looks stunning already.

 

Regards,

Adrian

[Casey]

I thought the deadline was tomorrow, and also on the UK timezone.

 

But I was on a finishing line anyway; here is the current state:

 

 

I put the gear on and most of the decals and finished the propeller assembly. That white place under the exhaust was my fault; I'll paint it or use the space for oil weathering.

 

Decals still need gloss equalizing; they are too shiny compared to the rest of the paint. But they went pretty well.

 

I'll try to get a better angle on a propeller to show the difference between the RLM70 propeller blade and the RLM72 propeller cowl.

 

Here it is:

 

 

The canopy is not glued on yet; I just placed it to show the progress.

 

I painted guns using my gunmetal recipe; it is 1 part carbon black as a base, 1 part Payne's gray to give it the gun bluing-like shade, 2 parts of van dyke brown to give the oily brown undertone and 8 parts of iridescent pearl - which is just titanium oxide covered mica particles that are used to simulate metallic paints.

 

Still some work to do, but getting there.

 

 

Edited April 23, 2023 by Casey

[Marklo]

Looks lovely. The barrels look great ( I just use Tamiya dark iron over a coat of flat black 😳)

[jackroadkill]

I've just read this whole thread from beginning to end and  I have to say how impressed I am with your work, bot the paint mixing and the tidiness of the builds.  Absolutely superb on both counts, Casey.

[stevehnz]

Very nice work on these two Casey & a very informative thread all around, many thanks for the time you take with explanations. 👍

Steve.

[Casey]

And it is all done! You can see the photos here, in the Gallery

 

 

 

Edited May 2, 2023 by Casey

[81-er]

That looks absolutely superb, Casey! I really like the face on the bomb

 

James

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Excellent work everywhere on this Casey, one to be real proud of. 

[John Laidlaw]

That is excellent!

[Marklo]

That is a great result Casey.

[TimJ]

Excellent build Casey. 👍

[mick]

great work on both