Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48 *FINISHED*
Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
Superb work Owl! And that's a great choice of kit!
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
great work owl !
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Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
I use black krylon for priming, as it already "pre-shades" your plane, then fill in the panel lines and overcoat the whole plane....
looks like this, in process:
"But hey OWL, isnt that pretty much just DOOGs' "black basing" technique?"
Nuh-uh!! See that MiG in the example? That was done back in 2010. I DID THIS BEFORE IT WAS COOL, OK?!?!
anyway, the preshade adds the "depth" I want, but is too uniform. So I made sure to add some lighter splotches to help break up the panels, and add some further variation.
final results:
any thoughts or comments? --on anything other than the grainy cell phone pics?
looks like this, in process:
"But hey OWL, isnt that pretty much just DOOGs' "black basing" technique?"
Nuh-uh!! See that MiG in the example? That was done back in 2010. I DID THIS BEFORE IT WAS COOL, OK?!?!
anyway, the preshade adds the "depth" I want, but is too uniform. So I made sure to add some lighter splotches to help break up the panels, and add some further variation.
final results:
any thoughts or comments? --on anything other than the grainy cell phone pics?
Every take-off has a landing...some are just better than others
Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
lol - it shall henceforth be know as 
Owls Black baseing technique! Have a beer 
that's looking good - the variation in the paint is nice and looks much better than a plain solid colour would.
Owls Black baseing technique! Have a beer that's looking good - the variation in the paint is nice and looks much better than a plain solid colour would.
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
started work on the decals...she's lookin good!
Dunno if I mentioned the paint scheme yet, but I'm doing the second one down off this decal sheet
Dunno if I mentioned the paint scheme yet, but I'm doing the second one down off this decal sheet
Every take-off has a landing...some are just better than others
Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
She indeed do!CallSignOWL wrote:started work on the decals...she's lookin good!
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On the bench:
MiniArt 1:48 - Junkers F13 Float Plane
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On the bench:
MiniArt 1:48 - Junkers F13 Float Plane
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Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
Ditto...Fine looking bird.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
Great looking build owl!
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
after a wash, I flat coated the plane to start on the weathering!
getting very close here!!
getting very close here!!
Every take-off has a landing...some are just better than others