Aust Model Expo (Melb) 2007

[Wurger]

Maybe, you should make the splotche pattern of a thiner card and then you should hold them a bit closer.

 

[Wayne Little]

Hey Adler doing the splotches can be a real pain, I do mine freehand I usually get them pretty good first time but not always. When I do stuff it up its usually the last colour, which means starting again with previous colours covering what I'm not happy with and carefully reapplying the layers.

I use Tamiya acrylics, fine nozzle in the airbrush, thin the paint 50/50 to start with, spray onto pad paper at varying distances to create the splotches/mottle pattern. Differing pressures, vary the mix and practice.
What scale are you working with? Remember the smaller the scale the more difficult it is to do.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Thanks for the advice guys.

I usually do 1:42 but sometime I drop down to 1:72. I actually like the smaller size of 1:72 the best because they dont take up a lot of space but I prefer the detail of 1:42.

 

[Matt308]

1:42. Never heard of it. This is a popular scale?

 

[Heinz]

1:42. Never heard of it. This is a popular scale?

x2.


1/43 is a british scale used in die cast models mainly and trains.

1/42 I've never heard of though.

 

[Wurger]

Oh guys....Do you really think that there are standard scales in all the world only?.Models can be made in many different ones.It depends on a modeller's skills and interests.I made some 1:50 scale ones and I must tell you that they looked better than 1:72 ones and almost were as big as the 1:48 models.DerAdlerIstGelandet makes 1:42 scale models it means he prefers bigger ones.
Or he made a mistake and ment 1:32 scale.

 

[Wayne Little]

and still some more Medium scale enhanced, the second one was the winner of this class.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Matt308]

Very nice.

 

[Heinz]

Panel lines look fantastic on that second picture

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

1:42. Never heard of it. This is a popular scale?

Ooops I meant 1:48.

 

[Wurger]

I have tought it was a mistake of typing.But 1:42 scale models can be much more detailed.

 

[Wayne Little]

Here is one more for the enhanced section the good old Messerschmitt and a vacuum form aircraft as well, there were only three entries for the Vacform category so they won't take up much space.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

They look very nice.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Matt308]

Excellent.

 

[tpikdave]

Both are terrific, I like the view of the leading edge slats on the BF.

 

[Heinz]

awesome!

 

[Screaming Eagle]

to quote borat "very nice"

 

[Wayne Little]

Ok the second vacform...