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Messerschmitts X 3
- Thread starter matrixone
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Very colorful bird Les, like the very subtle shading around the color bands, is that from post or preshading?
Thanks guys!
Bob,
The pre-shading effect on the lower part of the RVD band was not done by pre-shading, when I sprayed on the flat white for the base coat for the RVD band I left the areas where I wanted the pre-shading effect to appear with a very light coat of white paint to give the illusion the red and yellow area under the fuselage band to have been pre-shaded.
The tail planes are not glued in just yet...I will leave them off for now to make it easier to add some of the weathering effects, the tail planes will be glued on just before the flat clear coat.
Next up for this model is some pin washes with oil paint.
Matrixone
Bob,
The pre-shading effect on the lower part of the RVD band was not done by pre-shading, when I sprayed on the flat white for the base coat for the RVD band I left the areas where I wanted the pre-shading effect to appear with a very light coat of white paint to give the illusion the red and yellow area under the fuselage band to have been pre-shaded.
The tail planes are not glued in just yet...I will leave them off for now to make it easier to add some of the weathering effects, the tail planes will be glued on just before the flat clear coat.
Next up for this model is some pin washes with oil paint.
Matrixone
Skinny_Mike
Well-known member
Looking great Les!
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Thanks Ed and Mike!
The real fun with building this model has begun...weathering!
Here are some in-progress pictures of my work with oil paints.
The undersurface of the wings were given a pin wash and the excess has been wiped away, the oil paint on the lower fuselage and wing center section has not been wiped away just yet, the oil paint has to set up for a short time before wiping it off so it will stain the paint a little better. I want these areas to look more dingy than the rest of the airframe, late war 109's could get really dirty on the undersurfaces and I want my model to look the part.
The panel lines on the rear fuselage look way too dark now but this will be toned down quite a bit after spraying on some dirt colored enamel paint.ldguy
Matrixone
The real fun with building this model has begun...weathering!
Here are some in-progress pictures of my work with oil paints.
The undersurface of the wings were given a pin wash and the excess has been wiped away, the oil paint on the lower fuselage and wing center section has not been wiped away just yet, the oil paint has to set up for a short time before wiping it off so it will stain the paint a little better. I want these areas to look more dingy than the rest of the airframe, late war 109's could get really dirty on the undersurfaces and I want my model to look the part.
The panel lines on the rear fuselage look way too dark now but this will be toned down quite a bit after spraying on some dirt colored enamel paint.
ldguy Matrixone
Thanks very much Ed and Swordsman!
I am finished with the oil paint treatment in the panel lines for now...more will be done after the flat coat is sprayed on but will be very limited.
The pin wash with oil paint was done on the upper surfaces too, I used shades of dark gray for this so as not to make the panel lines stand out too much.
Unlike Hasegawa, Revell molded the small cooling air scoops closed up on their kit...I painted black paint on the front of the air scoops to give the illusion they are open.
A lot of the remaining weathering will be done with enamel paint with a paint brush and the airbrush.
Matrixone
I am finished with the oil paint treatment in the panel lines for now...more will be done after the flat coat is sprayed on but will be very limited.
The pin wash with oil paint was done on the upper surfaces too, I used shades of dark gray for this so as not to make the panel lines stand out too much.
Unlike Hasegawa, Revell molded the small cooling air scoops closed up on their kit...I painted black paint on the front of the air scoops to give the illusion they are open.
A lot of the remaining weathering will be done with enamel paint with a paint brush and the airbrush.
Matrixone
Very sharp Les. 
Skinny_Mike
Well-known member
It's always fun watching you work my friend!
BTW, my He177 book has arrived, and after a quick look through the pages it was quickly packed up with rest of my reference material, but it does look like it will be a good one! Thanks for the recommendation!
Mike
BTW, my He177 book has arrived, and after a quick look through the pages it was quickly packed up with rest of my reference material, but it does look like it will be a good one! Thanks for the recommendation!
Mike
Thanks very much for the comments!
Mike,
Another book that might be helpful is the Classic Publications soft cover book on Luftwaffe Bombers 1943-1945, this book does not cover the He 177 exclusively but there is some coverage of it. Not sure if its still available but if you happen to see it at a shop its worth picking up.
Some work on weathering the Erla G-10 was done, I have added more paint chipping and wear around the wing roots and dirtied up the undersurfaces with some light earth colored paint...most of the dirt and grime was put on on the rear of the fuselage.
Due to the recent heat wave here its been impossible to get much done on any of the models but the temps are supposed to drop down to normal levels in a day or two so maybe I get this model finished soon.ldguy
Matrixone
Mike,
Another book that might be helpful is the Classic Publications soft cover book on Luftwaffe Bombers 1943-1945, this book does not cover the He 177 exclusively but there is some coverage of it. Not sure if its still available but if you happen to see it at a shop its worth picking up.
Some work on weathering the Erla G-10 was done, I have added more paint chipping and wear around the wing roots and dirtied up the undersurfaces with some light earth colored paint...most of the dirt and grime was put on on the rear of the fuselage.
Due to the recent heat wave here its been impossible to get much done on any of the models but the temps are supposed to drop down to normal levels in a day or two so maybe I get this model finished soon.
ldguy Matrixone
Your subtle mudding would make any armor builder totally jealous Les.