Done : Fw190D-9, "Black 12" of Leutnant Teo Nibel of 10/JG54, Gruppe Build - Page 10 - Aircraft of World War II

Lucky13 · 01-16-2009, 07:43 AM

Nice going Terry.....nice going indeed!

Catch22 · 01-16-2009, 09:47 AM

Very nice!

rochie · 01-16-2009, 09:52 AM

looks very good terry

Wurger · 01-16-2009, 10:33 AM

I can't way to see the final product...

Heinz · 01-16-2009, 10:52 AM

Great stuff mate!

Airframes · 01-16-2009, 04:04 PM

Thanks very much chaps. I'm not sure what to do about both greens. The light green doesn't look as bad in 'real life', and I think I can tone it down some more. If not, tough - I aint starting again, or it will clog all the detail and be too heavy. But that dark green b****y Humbrol paint! There is no way the paint in the tin is the same as the colour on the lid! When first applied it had a distinct yellowish tinge and was too light. Now, with just a touch of black added, it looks too brown! Again, it looks better in 'real life', but it is already too thick and has obscured some detail. No matter what I did to spray it, it wouldn't dry! The only way it would dry was to brush-paint it, and it doesn't thin-out and settle, or cover as Humbrol paints used to!
Ah well! I'm going to have to put up with it, and definitely change to a different paint of some sort. Maybe I'll have to accept the limitations of acrylics after all.

Wayne Little · 01-17-2009, 04:15 AM

Whatever the decision....you're doin' great Terry!

lesofprimus · 01-17-2009, 06:01 AM

U cant get Model Master Enamel paints over there Terry???

I havent had one problem with them except for the metallics not blowing out the airbrush correctly, and thats probably cause I didnt thin enough....

109ROAMING · 01-17-2009, 06:35 AM

Looking Super Mate!

Lucky13 · 01-17-2009, 06:40 AM

Well, just to inform to you Del Boy....they had 4....4! of Revell's 1/32 Junkers Ju 88A-1 in my local hobby shop when I was there AND their 1/32 Hawker Hunter....and a 1/24 Dora-9 I think that I saw as well....

Wayne Little · 01-17-2009, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucky13

Well, just to inform to you Del Boy....they had 4....4! of Revell's 1/32 Junkers Ju 88A-1 in my local hobby shop when I was there AND their 1/32 Hawker Hunter....and a 1/24 Dora-9 I think that I saw as well....

and you weren't tempted....are you sick man!

Lucky13 · 01-17-2009, 07:48 AM

Tempted as a h*rndog in a dogpond full with b*tches in the heat...but I was on a mission Wayne...!

Catch22 · 01-17-2009, 08:20 AM

!!! I probably would have walked out with one of the Ju 88s, as I know the price of the Dora.

And yeah, I'm with Dan, you can get MM out there? That's all I use for RLM colours.

Airframes · 01-17-2009, 02:43 PM

Thanks for the encouragement chaps, it is much appreciated, and somewhat needed!
I believe Model Master paints are available in the UK, but I haven't seen them locally. Unfortunately, where I live, although not exactly remote, is not really convenient (for me) for the larger towns, or Manchester. We're a bit in 'the sticks', and the most modern appliances are the new fangled gas lamps in the streets; and we've heard that someone near by has bought one of those horse less carriage contraptions! But seriously, it's not quite that bad, but you get the idea. I'm going to ask my local model shop to try to stock an alternative to Tamiya and Humbrol paints, otherwise my only option is mail order - fine for kits and decals etc, but not really convenient for consumables.
I fancy a Revell Hunter at the ModelZone price of £9.99, as posted by Ian Lanc, and who does the 1/24th 'Dora', and how much? Very interesting!
Anyway, I bit the bullet, rubbed down the paint on the wings, and started again. I mixed the colours using different paints, from my 'old' Humbrol stock and, although probably not 100% accurate, it's looking a bit better, and I should get some toning effects done later tonight, and hopefully get it clear-coated. Maybe even get some decals on!
I'll post some progress pics soon but, if you hear strange noises in the night (or day, in Oz and NZ), it's only me throwing my Teddy in the corner, and kicking the s**t out of some plastic and paint tins!

Wurger · 01-17-2009, 02:48 PM

Terry what about the Vallejo paints? Are these available in your close vicinity?

01-16-2009, 07:43 AM	#136
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 17,331	Nice going Terry.....nice going indeed! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

01-16-2009, 09:47 AM	#137
Catch22 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 4,635	Very nice! __________________

01-16-2009, 09:52 AM	#138
rochie Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: billingham nr middlesbrough uk Posts: 3,638	looks very good terry __________________

01-16-2009, 10:33 AM	#139
Wurger Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 16,008	I can't way to see the final product... __________________

01-16-2009, 10:52 AM	#140
Heinz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 7,678	Great stuff mate! __________________

01-16-2009, 04:04 PM	#141
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 11,556	Thanks very much chaps. I'm not sure what to do about both greens. The light green doesn't look as bad in 'real life', and I think I can tone it down some more. If not, tough - I aint starting again, or it will clog all the detail and be too heavy. But that dark green b****y Humbrol paint! There is no way the paint in the tin is the same as the colour on the lid! When first applied it had a distinct yellowish tinge and was too light. Now, with just a touch of black added, it looks too brown! Again, it looks better in 'real life', but it is already too thick and has obscured some detail. No matter what I did to spray it, it wouldn't dry! The only way it would dry was to brush-paint it, and it doesn't thin-out and settle, or cover as Humbrol paints used to! Ah well! I'm going to have to put up with it, and definitely change to a different paint of some sort. Maybe I'll have to accept the limitations of acrylics after all.

01-17-2009, 04:15 AM	#142
Wayne Little Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust. Posts: 14,850	Whatever the decision....you're doin' great Terry! __________________

01-17-2009, 06:01 AM	#143
lesofprimus Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi Posts: 18,463	U cant get Model Master Enamel paints over there Terry??? I havent had one problem with them except for the metallics not blowing out the airbrush correctly, and thats probably cause I didnt thin enough.... __________________ My IL2 Video Tribute to My Grandfather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk My 1/32nd Rendition of His Corsair: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/2-p...3-a-20416.html

01-17-2009, 06:35 AM	#144
109ROAMING Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,869	Looking Super Mate! __________________ RIP Wigram AFB 1916-1995-2009

01-17-2009, 06:40 AM	#145
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 17,331	Well, just to inform to you Del Boy....they had 4....4! of Revell's 1/32 Junkers Ju 88A-1 in my local hobby shop when I was there AND their 1/32 Hawker Hunter....and a 1/24 Dora-9 I think that I saw as well.... __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

01-17-2009, 07:48 AM	#147
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 17,331	Tempted as a hrndog in a dogpond full with btches in the heat...but I was on a mission Wayne...! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

01-17-2009, 08:20 AM	#148
Catch22 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 4,635	!!! I probably would have walked out with one of the Ju 88s, as I know the price of the Dora. And yeah, I'm with Dan, you can get MM out there? That's all I use for RLM colours. __________________

01-17-2009, 02:43 PM	#149
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 11,556	Thanks for the encouragement chaps, it is much appreciated, and somewhat needed! I believe Model Master paints are available in the UK, but I haven't seen them locally. Unfortunately, where I live, although not exactly remote, is not really convenient (for me) for the larger towns, or Manchester. We're a bit in 'the sticks', and the most modern appliances are the new fangled gas lamps in the streets; and we've heard that someone near by has bought one of those horse less carriage contraptions! But seriously, it's not quite that bad, but you get the idea. I'm going to ask my local model shop to try to stock an alternative to Tamiya and Humbrol paints, otherwise my only option is mail order - fine for kits and decals etc, but not really convenient for consumables. I fancy a Revell Hunter at the ModelZone price of £9.99, as posted by Ian Lanc, and who does the 1/24th 'Dora', and how much? Very interesting! Anyway, I bit the bullet, rubbed down the paint on the wings, and started again. I mixed the colours using different paints, from my 'old' Humbrol stock and, although probably not 100% accurate, it's looking a bit better, and I should get some toning effects done later tonight, and hopefully get it clear-coated. Maybe even get some decals on! I'll post some progress pics soon but, if you hear strange noises in the night (or day, in Oz and NZ), it's only me throwing my Teddy in the corner, and kicking the s**t out of some plastic and paint tins!

01-17-2009, 02:48 PM	#150
Wurger Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 16,008	Terry what about the Vallejo paints? Are these available in your close vicinity? __________________

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