Thanks again Bruce! Here is some more commentary for your perusal.
Now that I had some time, I managed to get some progress done. Here's what's been done on my workbench lately.
I'll start with my aircraft. The F-102 I'm doing for the Charlie Don't Surf Campaign was first masked off on the bottom:
Next I shot the first of the three camouflage colors on it:
This is still drying, I may get the other masking and colors on it this week.
After that, I started a couple simple models from Accurate Miniatures of a P-40 and P-51B for a Monogram Mafia Group Build on another boards. These are simple models originally from Monogram; I know because there was engraving on the inside of the wings saying Copyright Monogram and the year!
Here is the P-40 started; I had painted the interior and added the pilot (since there was no cockpit at all!) and then I closed it up and added the canopy:
After that I moved on to the propeller and cowl and assembled all that while the rest was drying:
Then I assembled the wings to have all the sub assemblies done and ready to assemble when everything was dry:
Since I could go no further on this and since I'm supposed to do two Monogram models for the Group Build in order to be 'Made' in the Monogram Mafia; I also pulled out the P-51B that came in the same kit. I got the interior painted and the fuselage all closed up before I remembered to shoot a pic:
Later on I assembled the wings and dry-fit them to the model:
Finally, I shot another dullcoat and then removed the canopy masking from my F/A-18 Hornet:
Now all I have to do is wait for my replacement burner cans, clean the canopy and mount the ordinance and this bird will finally be done.
Moving on, I was able to get the Sherman more fully painted:
Later on I decided to shoot some white on my two Aerosans and move forward on them for once. Here's the smaller one shot first:
The larger one was shot next. I didn't put the roof on it; I may leave it off:
Once these were dry, I painted a basecoat of Oily Black on the engines and painted the seats in the interiors. I also tried to paint the dials on the instrument panel of the smaller Aerosan:
There's gonna need to be some touch-up, but these are finally moving forward.
Moving on to some of my more eclectic subjects, I decided to experiment with some weathering and panel line pinwashing on the bottom of the Star Destroyer. I'm not that happy with the results under here; except in the shuttle bays:
I think I'm going to do that over.
I also did the same deep wash on the face of the command module. I'm well pleased with how this looks so far:
I'll be dry-brushing with a lighter grey over this later on.
I did the same on the back of the module and on the neck as well. It looks well enough so far:
Finally, I managed to get a lot done on my 20-mule team Borax wagon train. Here is the first wagon dusted up and weathered a bit:
This pic doesn't show the dust to good effect here. I over-edited it. This second wagon shows the dusting more accurately the way it looks in person:
Then there is the water wagon all dusted up:
Just for fun I tried to get a good shot of the whole train together sans mules:
This doesn't look like what I see when I look at it so I tried it with the flash. I think this looks much better; it really shows the dirt to better effect:
Now of course, I gotta do the mules. I had already showed where I painted the first ten mules. This time I broke out the Sotar airbrush and focused on getting the noses and hocks all painted in the white-ish color that these mules have on those places:
After this I can paint the hooves, blinders and harnesses and then move on to the final ten mules. I'm beginning to see the end of the trail for this model....
That's all I have for now for this week. I hope to get more done next week and possibly finish something else. Stay tuned everyone and thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
