1914 Republic of Texas Battle Flyer 1

[Bryan H.]

Looks great - can't wait for the finished product!  As for color scheme - you might try some sort of bright blue fuselage with yellow wings (a la '30's-era US Army Air Corps).  If you can't print up decals you can do what I did.  My Texas roundel is a US star w/ blue background on a French roundel.  This yields a nice white star with a blue background and a red surrounding circle.

:cheers:Bryan

[sotoolslinger]

Thanks Bryan I love your Texas Frog. The roundels are really cool and I'm looking forward to the weapons loadout

[sotoolslinger]

You would think that with the quality of work I do that my little modeling buddy would show more interest

Rotten tree rat 
She finally turned around when I started taking pictures

But didn't even get up
Anyway I did put the initial color on her (not the squirrel)



You can also see some of the detailing behind the engine now that she has a little contrast



I have to let her dry overnight to put the camo on as I used a spraybomb.(freakin enamel)

[Arc3371]

Looks good so far but I will be a little disappointed if it doesn´t get a squirrel camo in honour of your collaborator

[sotoolslinger]

ARC I'll do squirrill camo on my MiGina
Now may I introduce Texas Smoke Ring
Step 1 learn from superior painters
Step 2 glosscote
Step 3 a couple of hours with some Blutac


Step 4 paint from far away with 1 color

Step 5 add tape


Step 6 paint with a new color


Step 7 Pray.... then peel off all the slop

I cannot believe that worked

Yeehaw



Look how pretty it is though

[Brian da Basher]

Love your "Texas (BBQ?) Smoke Ring" camo there Toolslinger! The colors are perfect for the badlands!

Brian da Basher

[sotoolslinger]

Thanks B I'll get some better pics up when I get the detail painting done

[John Howling Mouse]

Most impressive in a wild and wooly kinda way.  Perfect for Texas.

Just one question: why did you start with a glosscoat?  Wouldn't that make it more difficult for subsequent coats of paint to adhere versus a dullcoat?

[sotoolslinger]

Glosscote does a wonderful job of keeping the blutac and tape from sticking too much. I have tried blue masking tape ,silly putty ,and blutac so far and it wants to stick to flat paint and flatcote way to much. It peels right off glosscote though and since I was using enamel paint I didn't have to worry about adhesion.If I had been using arcrylics I would have coated everything with Future.

[sotoolslinger]

Some detail painting ,don't be too harsh ,it's just begun

[BlackOps]

Lookin' good, like I knew it would   

I love the masking shots - looks like something that was left in the microwave too long    Great results! Isn't it great when you try something new and it actually works 

[retro_seventies]

Getting better every time!   

[B777LR]

Awwww, look at that cute squirrel! There hasnt been a squirrel in our garden, since the day the dog foung out they were fun to hunt...



PS: that battle flyer looks nice too

[sotoolslinger]

Thanks ya'll, it would have been a lot easier if I hadn't stupidly put everything together first. Btriple7 you should see the interaction between my cat and the squirrill

[sotoolslinger]

My first attempt at a Republic of Texas Roundel

I have got to find a better way to do that