SPA Modeler

The decals are done. Since the major markings were painted using masks, the only decals to be applied were the stencil data, which I used from the kit decal sheet.






The foam masks for the wheel wells were removed. I touched up the edges of the wells with a paint brush.





Weathering will start tomorrow.

Can't wait to see how you weather this, a lot of photos of these late war show them pretty banged up.

I’m fairly certain of what I’m going to do up top... salt fading, some chipping and fluid stains with either airbrush or oils or wet pastels. The bottom... not too sure but definitely some post shading with browns and greys and chipping. It all starts with a pastel wash.

I go with Bruce here:
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

mostrich wrote:I go with Bruce here:
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

Yep...nothing to add but WOWSER!!

Thanks guys! As promised, the weathering on Yellow 3 was started this morning with a pastel wash. I started with a grey on the bottom.



It's a subjective thing I know, whether to highlight the rivets and panel lines but for me, it is an absolute must-do. I think it forces the viewer to see detail, which in turn registers the object to appear bigger, which I think is critical in scale modeling. It also reduces the rivets and panel lines into dots and lines instead of holes and grooves and again, I think this makes the model look bigger.




Here's a comparison, using the horizontal stabilizers as an example, of what the panel wash is doing to the model's surface. A darker color was used on the upper RLM 83 surfaces.



So the first stage of weathering is complete. I'll seal the wash with a clear coat, probably flat but before that I may do some post shading on the bottom.

Wow!! Just incredible work!

Medicman71 wrote:Wow!! Just incredible work!

Indeed very incredible work.