Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 5:37 pm
Superb work Owl! And that's a great choice of kit!
great work owl !
gino
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Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 6:36 pm
Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 8:32 pm
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?
Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:22 am
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.
Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2015 4:13 pm
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
Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 4:42 am
She indeed do!CallSignOWL wrote:started work on the decals...she's lookin good!
- Kari
Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 7:54 am
Ditto...Fine looking bird.
Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:54 pm
Great looking build owl!
Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 6:40 pm
Off da chain
Re: Tamiya Thunderbolt, 1/48
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2015 6:10 pm
after a wash, I flat coated the plane to start on the weathering!
getting very close here!!
getting very close here!!