The Next Time...

[GTX]

...you are upset that your paint job is a bit rough or someone criticises it, dig out this pic:



and take a look at the invasion stipes painted on this Mustang!

Regards,

Greg

[Radish]

Absolutely right....and look at the seam on the underwing fueltank!
A great photo.

[jcf]

Terry 'braincells37' Moore is doing the vacform Sanger 1/48th Airspeed Horsa with 'accurate' invasion stripes... accurate to the actual aircraft he is modelling. One with stripes that were evidently very hastily painted with a mop.
This is, very amusingly, causing consternation among some of the more uptight Seattle area modellers, comments along the lines of : "How can you spend all that time on that difficult kit and then paint on such crappy stripes?" etc. etc. I suggested to Terry that he create a 'scale mop' and use it to paint the model and then display the mop with the model... all in the name of 'accuracy' of course.

Cheers, Jon    

[lancer]

Absolutely right....and look at the seam on the underwing fueltank!
A great photo.

Enough to give a JMN apoplexy....        

[AeroplaneDriver]

The tires need to bulge and you can barely see some of the panel lines.  They really could have done better...

[Jennings]

and take a look at the invasion stipes painted on this Mustang!

You mean "slopped on" don't you?  Skillfully applied with a mop

J

[Jennings]

Is it me, or is the guy standing in front of the windshield asking the guy in the cockpit, "Can you see my fingers wiggling now?"

J

[The Rat]

Terry 'braincells37' Moore is doing the vacform Sanger 1/48th Airspeed Horsa with 'accurate' invasion stripes... accurate to the actual aircraft he is modelling. One with stripes that were evidently very hastily painted with a mop.
This is, very amusingly, causing consternation among some of the more uptight Seattle area modellers, comments along the lines of : "How can you spend all that time on that difficult kit and then paint on such crappy stripes?" etc. etc. I suggested to Terry that he create a 'scale mop' and use it to paint the model and then display the mop with the model... all in the name of 'accuracy' of course.

Cheers, Jon

And if that doesn't work he should tell them where to stick the mop...


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SIDEWAYS!  :dum:  

[philp]

I always liked this picture.


and just found this one showing the straight masking technique used to good effect.

[Nigel Bunker]

I don't wish to criticise, but neither the Mustang or the Spitfire appear to have been pre-shaded before they were painted.

Heads will roll for that!

[gooberliberation]

That canopy should've been dipped in future/klear before putting it on; it looks dull as heck!

[lancer]

And those decals look horribly out of register as well and somewhat oversized.