W.I.P. pics of new projects....

[Old Wombat]

Man, I love watching your builds come together. I pick up so many ideas to try & implement in my own builds.

Love your work, Matrixone!



Guy

[matrixone]

Thanks again Guy!

Some of the hard work is starting to pay off, I just finished painting and weathering the exhaust shrouds and painting on the exhaust stains on the wings and its looking good so far. I hope to have some new in-progress pics posted soon.

There will also be pics posted of my 'secret' Tamiya one week speed build I did when I got bored with this Nakajima model.


Matrixone

[matrixone]

I have been doing a little more work on the Nakajima, all the decals are now on the model and they have been weathered to better match the condition of the rest of the airframe.

The tail codes on the fin/rudder received some special attention in the weathering, I was trying to get the markings to look as tattered as markings I have seen on a few Japanese aircraft pictured in James Gallagher's book ''Meatballs and Dead Birds''. The weathering of the markings on the fabric covered rudder would weather in a slightly different way than the paint on the metal fin. Also I tried to add a few drips of paint dripping down from the markings to show the painter made a few mistakes when painting on the tail code, there were actually some pretty sloppy painting done on some of the Japanese planes and I wanted to have a hint of that effect on my model.


The ''meatballs'' were also weathered a bit by first spraying on some light tan colored thinner and then with a paint brush I brushed on some red paint to represent where the ground crew had did some touch ups of the paint. It looks horrible in these pics but is not that bad.

After adding a pin wash of black oil paint on the hinge lines of the control surfaces this morning I sprayed a coat of flat clear on the model to do a check the weathering and the meatballs look much better now.

Matrixone

[TallEng]

That's brilliant, especially the paint drips!
Looking forward to the final finish.

Regards
Keith

[matrixone]

Thanks Keith, much appreciated.

After the flat clear coat has been sprayed on I am liking how this one is shaping up, right from the start of this model I was not sure how to make an aircraft model with a really boring single color camouflage scheme look interesting but I may have succeeded here.

I will try and get a new pic or two and post it later this week.

Matrixone

[NARSES2]

That's brilliant, especially the paint drips!

Couldn't agree more 

Chris

[matrixone]

Thanks Chris!

I am taking a short break from the Nakajima and am getting ready to start airbrushing some parts on my 1/32 scale Fw 190D-9 whiff. The cockpit and some of the lower engine details that are visable through the open wheel wells are getting the paint.
The only thing that might interest others here is the way I am painting the cockpit, I will start out painting all the cockpit parts black and then airbrush on the RLM 66 on mostly the raised areas...by doing this I will be adding some depth to the cockpit with almost no effort. This technique can be used on cockpits of all aircraft and is a great way to add some subtle weathering, but for a smaller scale like 1/72 its not worth the effort because it can't be seen very well.

Matrixone

[Old Wombat]

I'm pretty sure the thing I'm most jealous about you, Matrix, is your apparently inexhaustible patience when attending to micro-detail.



Guy

[matrixone]

Thanks Guy,
As you can tell I get a lot of enjoyment out of painting the models and adding simple weathering effects with the airbrush to areas like cockpits and wheel wells is an excuse to start flinging paint on a model as early as possible and at the same time can add some subtle weathering that should blend in with the weathering of the exterior.

Matrixone

[matrixone]

This one is nearing the finish line, there is not too much more left to do on it now except start adding the small bits.

These might be the final two in-progress pics, its not easy to see here but I added the black oil wash on the control surface gaps and a on some random panel lines around the lower engine cowls and nacelles. The props, wheels, and landing gear legs are painted and weathered and ready to install.




Matrixone

[matrixone]

The Gekko is finished and now its time to return to something from the Luftwaffe before I get the shakes.

After cleaning off my work table I started a Revell Fw 190D-9 in 1/32 scale, this one will be a what-if.

Not too much to see at this point but you have to start somewhere!



The back of the propeller blades had large sinkholes in the back of them, I smeared red putty in them and will sand them smooth.
There were no defects in the gun cowl, I just need to fill in a few unwanted panel lines.
The radiator was first painted gloss black and then I airbrushed on some Testors Chrome holding the part at an oblique and only letting some of the spray hit the part. The result was the Chrome hitting only on the raised detail leaving the recessed areas mostly dark...the radiator now looks more like it is really made of metal. I like this method more than drybrushing.
This model is supposed to be a speed build so there should be more in-progress pics soon. Right now I am finishing up painting the cockpit details.

Matrixone

[matrixone]

More Dora in-progress pics...
The cockpit has been painted as well as the engine plug but unlike the engine plug it has not been glued together just yet.


A close up of the cockpit, after looking at this picture I realised I made a couple mistakes and will need to correct them before the cockpit can be finished.
I don't like how the molded in detail for the IP is done, you would think in 1/32 scale they could have got this right. It makes it very difficult to paint it neatly and have it look right.



Matrixone

[matrixone]

The Dora is built and is getting ready for paint, I also started a 1/72 scale model which is an old Airfix Bf 109K-4.

Both the models were given a thin base coat of RLM 76 on the sides and undersurfaces and some black pre-shading and white hi-lights were sprayed on. Another thin coat of RLM 76 will cover up much of the pre-shade and the hi-lights, the goal is to leave just a hint of this showing afterwards.
The propeller blades and spinners are also painted, the spinner for the Dora was masked and painted, the smaller Bf 109 spinner was sprayed free handed. Sadly because of the poor lighting conditions when I took these pics the hi-lighting I did on the prop blades can't be seen but its there!




Matrixone

[NARSES2]

The 109 being posed alongside the Dora's prop blades really shows the difference in scales well.

Love watching your builds come together especially with the 2 different scales on the go at the same time

[Logan Hartke]

You sure can tell that's Nakajima.  Almost looks like an Oscar from that angle.



Cheers,

Logan