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Re: 1/72 Tamiya Zero's
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 4:10 pm
by CallSignOWL
womp womp womp
Re: 1/72 Tamiya Zero's
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 4:53 pm
by Manny1943
Re: 1/72 Tamiya Zero's
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 1:26 pm
by Gary Brantley
Very nice. Now, get some sleep Fermis.
Re: 1/72 Tamiya Zero's
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:34 am
by lawdog114
Echoing the other sentiments....very well done. I like the Ame-hiro too. You may have said, but whats your formula for that. I use XF-76.
Joe
Re: 1/72 Tamiya Zero's
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:52 am
by Manny1943
In my book, your zeros are tens...
Re: 1/72 Tamiya Zero's
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 2:15 pm
by Fermis
Thanks again!
lawdog114 wrote:Echoing the other sentiments....very well done. I like the Ame-hiro too. You may have said, but whats your formula for that. I use XF-76.
Joe
I started with a mix of lt. ghost grey and RAF interior green (close for IJN grey/green)...painted it as though that would be the final color (shading and highlights), I then put about a drop of "Italian Sand" in a bit more than half an a/b paint cup of clear gloss and oversprayed, building the color up real slow.
Re: 1/72 Tamiya Zero's
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 3:22 pm
by Manny1943
Fermis wrote:Thanks again!
lawdog114 wrote:Echoing the other sentiments....very well done. I like the Ame-hiro too. You may have said, but whats your formula for that. I use XF-76.
Joe
I started with a mix of lt. ghost grey and RAF interior green (close for IJN grey/green)...painted it as though that would be the final color (shading and highlights), I then put about a drop of "Italian Sand" in a bit more than half an a/b paint cup of clear gloss and oversprayed, building the color up real slow.
Wish you would do another Japanese plane!!!
Re: 1/72 Tamiya Zero's
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 3:36 pm
by mostrich
Me needs four days to weather a pair of tires. And you do finish a pair of planes.
Got some goblins living in the woods near your house that do the work while your head lies on the bench?
You're a man with some adorable skills, Fermis. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Re: 1/72 Tamiya Zero's
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:43 pm
by Duke Maddog
Wait...what? Do it again, I blinked and missed it all!
Man, I can also build two planes in four days, but I'll be damned if I could ever get them to look that good! You are a true Master!
Re: 1/72 Tamiya Zero's
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 8:25 am
by Manny1943
Fermis wrote:Thanks again!
lawdog114 wrote:Echoing the other sentiments....very well done. I like the Ame-hiro too. You may have said, but whats your formula for that. I use XF-76.
Joe
I started with a mix of lt. ghost grey and RAF interior green (close for IJN grey/green)...painted it as though that would be the final color (shading and highlights), I then put about a drop of "Italian Sand" in a bit more than half an a/b paint cup of clear gloss and oversprayed, building the color up real slow.
That shade/tint/color has been the bane of many a Zero builder but I think you've nailed it down, especially on the A6M2 model...they both look great and there were variations in how dark the 'caramel' tint was on various planes...
