1/32 EC-135 Gunship

sykotik · July 09, 2015, 06:58:20 PM

thanks everyone for your appreciation - means a lot

I've started a new project but it's real world, so not really in keeping with the theme of this forum (1/32 SU-27)
However, I do have a 1/72 T-50 in the que which will be a WHIF, so I'll post something on that when I get to it

Si

Vorcha · July 10, 2015, 06:06:03 AM

looks dangerous... very impressive work so far

jsport · July 10, 2015, 09:44:24 AM

yes most impressive

Army of One · July 11, 2015, 03:32:49 PM

Oh i love this.......!!!!

zenrat · July 12, 2015, 03:33:41 AM

Very good.

Ian the Kiwi Herder · July 14, 2015, 02:56:05 PM

I remember a few weeks ago seeing this on another forum (Britmodeller maybe ??). Looks excellent now, well modelled, sir.

Ian.

comrade harps · July 14, 2015, 05:22:29 PM

Suitably menacing!

KiwiZac · July 14, 2015, 09:56:26 PM

I love it! Beautiful job with the finish and windscreen, and I like the armaments. Very plausible and it looks like a potent machine.

Quote from: sykotik on July 08, 2015, 09:07:23 PMwhich in my opinion is more real than glaringly obvious shading (one thing that is beginning to irk me somewhat lately are over shaded panels - they just do not look like that in real life and if they do, the paint work on a model needs to be kept in scale

A-freaking-men, brother! It takes every ounce of my willpower to be polite about a model that is outstanding until the pre-shading begins. So many times on a forum I've enjoyed someone's build only to see the panel lines be overemphasised and I actually lose interest in an otherwise very nice build. Ditto excessive "sun bleaching" on USN WW2 machines.

sykotik · July 17, 2015, 02:47:23 AM

thanks guys

Ian, your quite right, I did have it on BM as well

Zac, I don't mind sun bleaching as it did happen a lot because the paints used back then weren't fantastic. Still, I have seen some overdone examples - but then I figure it's each to their own. What ever makes you happy!

Mossie · July 21, 2015, 03:09:20 AM

Great work, the black works a lot better than I would have imagined.

Army of One · July 22, 2015, 02:02:07 AM

I may have missed it but.......whose are the rocket pods.....? Take they are resin aftermarket.....?

sykotik · July 22, 2015, 03:12:25 AM

Quote from: Army of One on July 22, 2015, 02:02:07 AM
I may have missed it but.......whose are the rocket pods.....? Take they are resin aftermarket.....?

Both the pods and the GAU-19s are from Black Ops Models:

http://blackopsmodels.com/products/black-ops-1-35-m261-rocket-pod-with-70-assorted-warheads

http://blackopsmodels.com/products/black-ops-1-35-gau-19-gun

They are very good quality and very well priced (at least, I thought so). The Barrels of the GAU's are a real PITA to put on straight though

Army of One · July 22, 2015, 06:37:19 AM

Many thanks for the quick reply.........