That’s the FW-190 finished I think, although I’m tempted to run some exhaust stains..
The diorama has started, I hate Miniart but their the only manufacturer that has field workshop kits, still picking parts out to build but I don’t want to it to be over cluttered it’s meant to be out in the field
Mainly the prop to finish, need a coat of paint on the actual propellers and to gloss the spinner, I need to add some smoke stains too then apply a satin all over and the 190s done!
I painted up the kubalwagon today, base coated it last night and spent 2 hours trying to get my paints thin enough to get the camo pattern to spray correctly, it’s always Olivgrün that refuses to cooperate and spray nicely I never struggle with my mixes and pressures 😅
My big Achilles comes next and that’s the figure painting 🤦🏻
I’m pretty happy with how it’s turned out although the decals are way too fragile, the 3 spinner decals that the kit supplied pretty much disintegrated so I’ve went with the box art spinner of just white tipped and black bottom
I’ve started working on a Tamiya kubalwagon for the diorama base, being Tamiya it pretty much fell together it was a blessing in disguise after this build 🤣
Final paint layers applied, the yellow came out great! I originally messed up the black and white stripes (I’ll post the messed up pic as well as corrected) but re masked and repainted and that’s came out great too, gloss coats been applied and I’ll wait until tomorrow before I start applying the decals, but so far so good
Theres some overspray I need to sort out tomorrow but this is where I’ve got up to today, the base and camouflage is down and once I’ve sorted the touch ups out tomorrow I’ll get a gloss coat down but I’m happy with how it’s turned out, I’m also thinking of sharpening the camo pattern on the wing as even tho it’s a hard edge I feel it’s lacking something
Progression, most of the fuselage is done and the engine painted and fitted, it’s just falling together now apart from the cowling covers! Absolutely terrible fit so looks like it’s being displayed with them open as the gaps are far too big to displayed then closed, I wanted to display one door closed and one open with a mechanic working on it
Border models 190, the kit comes with a full radial engine which felt like a kit by itself! The cockpit was lacking detail so I bought an aftermarket 3D decal set and it hasn’t disappointed, great kit so far bar some of the instructions miss labelling part numbers
Pretty much finished the cockpit in a couple of hours and don’t think it’s came out looking too bad at all
First aircraft in like 30 years complete, first time using an airbrush on an aircraft also, massive learning curve but I feel I’ve got the hang of it
I’ve ordered a cheap carrier deck base for it so I’ll give an update once I’ve got an painted the base up
I went a little overboard with the weathering as it’s tail end of the war japans fuel by then was really bad quality which would have made the staining look a little worse, also I wanted it to look like a well used under maintained zero, like I said tho it’s my first aircraft so hopefully my next comes out a little better
So I’m part of a group build starting September and it’s for spitfires and it’s been years since I’ve even attempted a model aircraft it’s always been armour and ships that seem to tickle my fancy, so I thought I’d practice on this a6m3 as it’s a limited edition duel pack that I managed to buy for £22 so I thought it’s the perfect place to start.. it was going so well until I stripped the paint by using the wrong thinner when I applied my wash 🤦🏻 rookie mistake I know but resprayed and swiped a different set of decals and it’s all good.. couple of oils then a mat coat and it’s my first aircraft built!
Pigments are still drying, but messed around with some mud effects, oils, engine grime and pigments this morning and I’m happy with the outcome, just hope I can replicate it on the wheels and tracks haha! No idea what tracks I’m using yet, I’ve built up and brandished a set of late fruil’s but I’ve also got a set of dn studios to use, but as of now I think the main chassis and turret are done
Pigments are still drying, but messed around with some mud effects, oils, engine grime and pigments this morning and I’m happy with the outcome, just hope I can replicate it on the wheels and tracks haha! No idea what tracks I’m using yet, I’ve built up and brandished a set of late fruil’s but I’ve also got a set of dn studios to use, but as of now I think the main chassis and turret are done
This is my first real attempt that I’ve been happy with when it comes to camo patterns free hand, I tried to brush paint it on at first and felt like it was too uniform, too crisp of the lines so I sprayed over the base again and just went as random as I could with the airbrush while still trying to follow a suggested camo pattern in the Takom manual
It took some time to eventually find the sweet spot and thinning ratio’s especially for the green… why is green so much harder to airbrush?! 😅