"The Dam Busters" - Movie aircraft. Finished pics & back story (at last!) pg 18.

[zenrat]

Just don't get disappointed when you see it on the model.  The transfer is only 14mm in diameter.

First batch of transfers on today.  I want to give these a weathered look before proceeding with the rest.

B-17 Op Chastise WIP 29-05-24 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[Captain Canada]

Looking very smart ! Nice work.

[zenrat]

Thanks Cap'n.
 

[Weaver]

Delightful as she is, I can't help feeling that the witch's anime face is a bit anachronistic, even for a bad movie made in the 1960s.

[jcf]

Delightful as she is, I can't help feeling that the witch's anime face is a bit anachronistic, even for a bad movie made in the 1960s.

Agreed, and if one was seeking
versimilitude something along
the lines of Adolf stuffed into a
trashcan would be more likely.


Of course it's Fred's model, so his choice.

[buzzbomb]

Deft decal placement.. final stretch is looming

[Weaver]

Delightful as she is, I can't help feeling that the witch's anime face is a bit anachronistic, even for a bad movie made in the 1960s.

Agreed, and if one was seeking
versimilitude something along
the lines of Adolf stuffed into a
trashcan would be more likely.


Of course it's Fred's model, so his choice.

Or a Vargas-style pinup.

And yes, it's verry definitely Fred's decision.

[jcf]

Delightful as she is, I can't help feeling that the witch's anime face is a bit anachronistic, even for a bad movie made in the 1960s.

Agreed, and if one was seeking
versimilitude something along
the lines of Adolf stuffed into a
trashcan would be more likely.


Of course it's Fred's model, so his choice.

Or a Vargas-style pinup.

And yes, it's verry definitely Fred's decision.

The pin-up style nose art is what got the
attention then and afterwards but it wasn't
actually the most common type. 

[zenrat]

You were looking at her face?

Print quality isn't good enough to actually see facial detail and as I explained above choices were limited.

Seeing as the movie was shot in '65 I should have pasted Elizabeth Montgomery's face onto the figure and called the aircraft Bewitched...

[zenrat]

Deft decal placement.. final stretch is looming

Yeah, but there is a poo-poo load of stencils left to do and I have no idea what is lurking under the masking...

I probly shouldn't have go so carried away fading the OD.

[Gondor]

You were looking at her face?

Print quality isn't good enough to actually see facial detail and as I explained above choices were limited.

Seeing as the movie was shot in '65 I should have pasted Elizabeth Montgomery's face onto the figure and called the aircraft Bewitched...

    

[scooter]

I probly shouldn't have go so carried away fading the OD.

But the corrections'll add realism

[NARSES2]

Seeing as the movie was shot in '65 I should have pasted Elizabeth Montgomery's face onto the figure and called the aircraft Bewitched...

I've still got fond memories of that series. I was just starting to notice "ladies" 

[zenrat]

Finished the rest of the transfers today.  Jeez it took a while.
On the plus side they were by Cartograph so worked just fine.

B17 Op Chastise WIP 01-06-2024 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[Old Wombat]