DONE @p.3 +++ 1:72 BAC Lightning F.56; Austrian Air Force, 1999

[PR19_Kit]

Point-to-Point: My money's on the Lightning, hands down.

Dogfight: I reckon it'd be a safe bet putting my money on the Mirage.


This pre-supposes that I'm likely to put money on anything, which is extremely unlikely.

The Lightning pilot's solution?

'If all else fails, climb................... ' 

[Pellson]

You should give a tutorial on the photoshop or whatever you use to create the pictures in your posts. It always looks so real it's no wonder your pics get reposted as real stuff.

There's actually little Photoshop behind them - the pics are taken "as is, with a base and a printed background. I use some software packages to adjust colors, light and contrast, though, and to edit landing gear and a display away (and I do not "overpaint" these; I rather copy areas from the original picture and use these as "stickers", what keeps the background's textures and looks more natural) for the flight scenes, and some cosmetic things. However, the pictures are no composings, in which the model is "transplanted" into the background. This rarely yields "natural" pictures, IMHO. Beyond that, light and perspective already do wonders when you take pictures of a model!

May I ask you to post an unedited pic to see how you support the models in air-to-air shots? I think that also would allow me to understand how you edit away the support in question.
Thanks.

[Dizzyfugu]

I have two methods for in-flight scenes. The usual method is a makeshift construction of three small screw clamps and a pair of tweezers that I attach to the tail or wing tips on smaller/light models, or I add a styrene tube adapter to the model's belly in the CoG for a vertical steel wire holder. However, I might write/post something more specific in a dedicated post.

[Pellson]

However, I might write/post something more specific in a dedicated post.

 

[NARSES2]

However, I might write/post something more specific in a dedicated post.

That would be fascinating Dizzy

[Gondor]

Maybe that would be something for the newsletter?

Gondor

[DogfighterZen]

Great work as always, Dizzy! 

[frank2056]

Great result! I'm always amazed at the realistic, natural weathering and shading you give your models.

[Dizzyfugu]

Great result! I'm always amazed at the realistic, natural weathering and shading you give your models.

Thank you, glad you like it. And there's no airbrush involved, just manual labor. 

[frank2056]

I only wish I was half as good with an airbrush as you are with a hairy stick.

[Geoff]

Egyptian crews trained on Saudi AF planes but no deliveries. (Ref Tom Cooper, Arab Migs series)

That could have been interesting depending on when they were supposed to get them. Anyone fancy a Lightning against a Mirage?

Gondor

They started in May '72 for 1 year. But for some reason the Saudis did not really teach them to fly/use them.
Redtop was a much better IR missile than the R3 or early AIM9, and a bigger warhead than the Sparrow at 31lbs IIRC
I still think a batch of F2As would have been interesting

[Poz67]

This is the first time that I log in since... several months. I love your inspiration, great work !

[Dizzyfugu]

Thank you.