John B (Sc) Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 (edited) AArgh. Those first pictures were far too large.Will try again later today. Sorry. John B Edited June 11, 2009 by John B (Sc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 come on John hurry up and get it sorted mate! we wanna see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 (edited) Ok , This is the kit on first inspection - usual Matchbox garish colours. Not too bad on trenches. A quick spray with primer has helped. The standard Henschel scheme is fairly dark and dull, so I went for the bright brown/green/pale gray scheme occasionally seen on Legion aircraft. The primer I'd used seemed a fairly pale grey, but when I'd masked and painetd the other two colours it looked white. So, mask again and over paint with grey. This shot is before the grey paint. I'd removed the tailplanes temporarily since I kept knocking them off. I haven't got any suitable roundels, then I found some wheel masks that were about right. My word the surface looks rough when blown up like that. My pre-sanding should have been firmer. Does anyone know of roundel masks available anywhere. I guess someone must make them. After grey painting, & roundel base done, aircraft now looks like this - The wheels have been repainted black since this shot was taken. Next tasks are to add an instrument panel and improve the cockpit interior, add canopy. Then some fine decal strips to complete the identity marks. Haven't sorted out code letters yet. Will probably just go for 'believable'. A nice little kit, but it seems to have taken much more work than the I-16, which is effectively complete & ready for photographing. Comparing this to some of the other builds here, my excuse is that this aircraft has been out on field ops for a long time, so it's badly beaten up and paint scheme well weathered. Well, that is my excuse and I'm sticking to it ! (Can anyone tell me how to get my photos to be smaller when posted in? These seem OTT) John B Edited June 11, 2009 by John B (Sc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Hi John funky looking Hs126 looks like a Vorticist painting the size of the pics seems fine to me and thanks for showing BTW i use a shareware package and change the size to around 7/800 pixels on the longest side of the photo before uploading the pics to Photobucket the program is downloadable free if you google PhotoFiltre. it is straight forward to use and better than the windows packages imo hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 looks like a Vorticist painting Yes, the Vorticist style was a bit like that wasn't it - I wonder if it might have been the inspiration for the Admiralty's 'dazzle painted ships' later on. Thanks for the Photfiltre tip. John B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 (edited) It started in the First World War, usually credited to Nicholson (not Ben or his father William) i was originally thinking of the Wadsworth painting i have seen of the ship in dry dock, but couldn't remember if it was him or Nevinson and not sure if they were involved in the design of dazzle camo sorry to digress and go OT John Edited June 13, 2009 by walrus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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