RNHF Kittiwake FB.2 WIP

zenrat · July 13, 2015, 01:03:35 AM

I start with the white and add the other colours on top.

Looks good.

Captain Canada · July 13, 2015, 06:44:10 AM

You might hate it but you're getting there !

b29r · July 13, 2015, 09:42:36 AM

Following your Kittiwake build with much interest. Great concept and work so far!

Best regards,
Kem

KiwiZac · July 13, 2015, 07:30:27 PM

Quote from: zenrat on July 13, 2015, 01:03:35 AM
I start with the white and add the other colours on top.

Yes, well, that would be the sensible way to do it. Good point! I'll have to do that - a couple of the 1/72 ones will need stripes too.

Thanks again for the kind words, all! I hope to finish the stripes this weekend and scratch some kind of hook for the belly.

zenrat · July 14, 2015, 04:48:46 AM

It might be sensible but according to something I was reading in a model magazine it's not the "right way" to paint model aircraft.

scooter · July 14, 2015, 05:00:03 AM

Quote from: zenrat on July 14, 2015, 04:48:46 AM
It might be sensible but according to something I was reading in a model magazine it's not the "right way" to paint model aircraft.

Come come, Zenrat. We all know there is no right way to paint a model. Or real aircraft for that matter-

Captain Canada · July 14, 2015, 05:47:01 AM

Always liked that shot

nighthunter · July 14, 2015, 08:39:32 AM

That photo right there, makes me feel better about the brush strokes that manage to show up on my WW2 models

KiwiZac · July 14, 2015, 03:07:25 PM

Unfortunately I'm modelling a preserved aircraft operated by the contemporary military, so I'm trying to make it a little more refined than the wartime real deal!

zenrat · July 15, 2015, 02:17:41 AM

Quote from: scooter on July 14, 2015, 05:00:03 AM
Quote from: zenrat on July 14, 2015, 04:48:46 AM
It might be sensible but according to something I was reading in a model magazine it's not the "right way" to paint model aircraft.

Come come, Zenrat. We all know there is no right way to paint a model. Or real aircraft for that matter-

WE know that. It seems some modelling writers have yet to learn it.
I very quickly learnt one of the quickest way to start a fight on a modelling forum was to ask for the "right" way to do something.
Nice pic. Not seen it before.

royabulgaf · July 15, 2015, 02:40:29 PM

All that is missing are some brush hairs and a gigantic thumb print.

major · July 15, 2015, 05:22:36 PM

Quote from: royabulgaf on July 15, 2015, 02:40:29 PM
All that is missing are some brush hairs and a gigantic thumb print.

PR19_Kit · July 16, 2015, 12:18:36 PM

If anyone produced a roundel decal like that the reviewers would have complained about 'poor colour density'..........

KiwiZac · July 19, 2015, 02:57:45 PM

And the "weathering" from the exhaust is actually accurate, too!

not my photo, this one is based close to me and is gorgeous

No progress on WA201 this weekend, I was going to do another coat of white but I ran out so she went back in the box so I could concentrate on an FW190 and a couple of dinosaurs.

KiwiZac · August 12, 2015, 01:38:09 PM

No photos but the invasion stripes were completed a week or so back, next step is adding the scratched arrestor hook.

However this and all other projects are now in storage as another has priority: I'm building a new-tool Airfix Lancaster as B.III ND908 JN-M, which was lost with all crew over Aachen in late May 1944. My fiancee's great-uncle was aboard on his "second dickey" trip...having spent only two days on the squadron. As her grandparents have failing health the "family" Lanc has priority, I'd like for her grandfather to see his brother's plane.

Kittiwake updates in a while.