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Revell 1/32 scale Heinkel He 162
- Thread starter matrixone
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Now this build thread will start to get interesting...painting has started. :yipee
No pre-shading on this model, instead its kinda the reverse of pre-shading and could be called pre-lightening?
Darker RLM 65 instead of my usual pale RLM 76 was sprayed on and instead of using black paint to apply pre-shading on panel lines I used white paint sprayed on the panels themselves in dissimilar patterns leaving the panel lines untouched. When I go to spray on the thin coat of RLM 76 the panel lines and the variations on the panels will just barely still be seen. The effect I am after will be a patchy/worn look to the paint job and that will tie in nicely with the other weathering effects I have planned.
Matrixone
No pre-shading on this model, instead its kinda the reverse of pre-shading and could be called pre-lightening?
Darker RLM 65 instead of my usual pale RLM 76 was sprayed on and instead of using black paint to apply pre-shading on panel lines I used white paint sprayed on the panels themselves in dissimilar patterns leaving the panel lines untouched. When I go to spray on the thin coat of RLM 76 the panel lines and the variations on the panels will just barely still be seen. The effect I am after will be a patchy/worn look to the paint job and that will tie in nicely with the other weathering effects I have planned.
Matrixone
phantom II
Master at Arms
Okay, that just looks odd.
James
Yup, I agree on that one. The squiggles are normally on top.
Cheers, Christian
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
You sir have a mighty fine control of that airbrush. 
Thanks guys, much appreciated! 
Yes the squiggles look odd in this instance but I want to see how this will look on the finished model, also the white highlights are airbrush practice instead of painting my paint mules like usual. I have not been practicing as much as I usually do.
Matrixone
Yes the squiggles look odd in this instance but I want to see how this will look on the finished model, also the white highlights are airbrush practice instead of painting my paint mules like usual. I have not been practicing as much as I usually do.
Matrixone
ij001
Well-known member
I'm not sure, but I think Les took after-school airbrushing lessons at Slytherin House
Ian
Just the white highlights alone was not going to do and will be almost invisible once the coat of pale RLM 76 is sprayed on so I added some contrasting details with black paint mostly around the gun ports and the undersides of the wing roots. The gaps on the control surfaces were also sprayed with black paint.
And below is a close-up of the wheels, I am finished weathering them and they are ready to be installed on the model.
Matrixone
And below is a close-up of the wheels, I am finished weathering them and they are ready to be installed on the model.
Matrixone
phantom II
Master at Arms
Nice wheel detail
Cheers, Christian B)
Cheers, Christian B)
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
B) wonderful stuff. Your campo and shading is really setting this model above other ones I have seen.
Ian
Ian
Thanks again Christian, and thank you Ian!
Here are some images of the pre-shading/white highlights after being covered up by a thin coat of Rlm 76.
Not too much of the white highlights remain but what there is of it left is the first part of the weathering process. :zen
Matrixone
Here are some images of the pre-shading/white highlights after being covered up by a thin coat of Rlm 76.
Not too much of the white highlights remain but what there is of it left is the first part of the weathering process. :zen
Matrixone
phantom II
Master at Arms
Don't mean to sound rude but right now it looks like the slug trails I see in the morning.
Need to see where this goes.
Cheers, Christian B)
Need to see where this goes.
Cheers, Christian B)
Christian,
Yes it looks like snails crap now but after the rest of the painting, weathering, and smaller details are on the model the snail trails will hardly be seen or noticed.
Trying scribble patterns for the white highlights is just an experiment that I wanted to try, I enjoy figuring out different ways of adding weathering effects during the painting process but realize not everything I try will work as I had hoped but I feel its better than using the same old weathering techniques that everybody else uses...wheres the fun in that? :idonno
Matrixone
Yes it looks like snails crap now but after the rest of the painting, weathering, and smaller details are on the model the snail trails will hardly be seen or noticed.
Trying scribble patterns for the white highlights is just an experiment that I wanted to try, I enjoy figuring out different ways of adding weathering effects during the painting process but realize not everything I try will work as I had hoped but I feel its better than using the same old weathering techniques that everybody else uses...wheres the fun in that? :idonno
Matrixone
Some painting done on this model today, as you can see the RLM 82 has been sprayed on. I do not care for the Model Master version of RLM 82 as its too light so I mixed this shade myself and got a dead on match for the RLM 82 color chip from Merrick's Luftwaffe colors book.
As can be seen on the profile views the color demarcation on the fuselage is curved on my model, this is because I am marking my model as a He 162 built by Junkers at Bernburg.
I like this pic below, it shows the white highlights and pre-shading to good effect. Its visible but not by much!
This last pic has the color removed
The engine cowling will be sprayed RLM 81 tomorrow.
Matrixone
As can be seen on the profile views the color demarcation on the fuselage is curved on my model, this is because I am marking my model as a He 162 built by Junkers at Bernburg.
I like this pic below, it shows the white highlights and pre-shading to good effect. Its visible but not by much!
This last pic has the color removed
The engine cowling will be sprayed RLM 81 tomorrow.
Matrixone
