Recent content by Ambaryerno

Does anyone know of an alternative to Grey Matter's accessory bay for the F4U-1A? When I start work on my kit (Tamiya 1/32) I'd love to have that part opened up for a ground crew diorama, but sadly it's been OOP. I have a 3D printer so if anyone knows of resources for printable files that would...

Updating my painting guide: Overall Colors Fuselage Tricolor, but NS Sea Blue uppers are well faded with a very poor demarcation with verticals Less fading of Intermediate Blue verticals All paints for the cowling should be darkened with a hint of black to depict heat effects on the paint...

I'm specifically talking about fading the surround while making use of the difference between the airbrushed factory insignia and the hand-painted surround.

I'm all for something that would be atypical or unusual. I could probably brush the blue surround on over airbrushed markings to give it the different texture, though I'd need to figure out an approach for fading the top portion. Maybe glazing. I don't think regular blending would quite have the...

Vargas Cowgirl looks pretty matte from what we see of the forward fuselage, though it's hard to tell what the panels over that accessory compartment would have been like, so I'll probably not worry about applying any sort of gloss, there. So mix a little black into the NS sea blue and...

Curious there's a noticeable sheen on the forward fuselage of those two VMF-113 birds, considering those parts were painted non-specular. A result of leaking fuel and oil on the forward fuselage? For the actual engine cowling, it sounds like I just wouldn't fade the NS sea blue and intermediate...

Ah, so that could be something I'd still want to paint on after all. Or maybe use something like this for a "dusty" effect: https://hugeminis.com/product/pure-white-weathering-powder/

Ok, summing up so far: The star on the left wing insignia was reapplied at some point, having previously been incorrectly rotated (or have the bars been rotated, as well?). All insignia have red surrounds. Fuselage uppers are well-faded with poor demarcation from the verticals. Wing and...

Ha, that's actually my skin I was working on. Haven't played WT in a while, tho, because I'm tired of the gaminess of it. As far as the skin itself, I now realize that I've been interpreting many things in the photo wrong, IE the cowling and such.

I think I see it. So at one point the roundel was repainted over the existing insignia, but turned slightly. So rather than being heavily faded on the forward fuselage and inner wing, that's just junk from the extinguishers (the fuselage uppers are STILL heavily faded, as the demarcation line...

I posted this over on the Large Scale Planes forum, but I'm trying to get as comprehensive feedback as I can. I'm gearing up to start working on my Tamiya 1/32 F4U-1A, which I plan to build as White 8 "Vargas Cowgirl" of VMF-422. This is the one and only picture I've ever been able to find...

So, I'm aware that some services recognized gunner kills in multi-crewed aircraft (IE the gunners on a B-17). However there's a very particular situation I'm looking for information on: Who gets awarded the kill in a case that BOTH the pilot and the gunner score hits on the target? For...

Looks like those are all enamels. Will the hairspray weathering technique work with those?

As I'm getting back into the hobby I'm running into a problem I never used to have to deal with when I was younger: Finding paint. In the past, I almost exclusively used Testors Model Master, because they had just about EVERY FS color imaginable. But now that they've cancelled the Model Master...

It's a shame. Here's the 1/48 set: Slow Roll and Dear Edna could have been options with a nice splash of color (Obviously also BuzzBuddy, but there's that green tail I'm not overly fond of again). The only "Girl Art" scheme from this set that's also in 1/32 is My Madge, but I'd like the art...