Clipperkite
Recruit
- 3
- Jan 6, 2011
Hi
This is my recently completed Eduard's 190 A-6. It's my very first attempt with an airbrush (and my first post on this forum) so it was, as they say, a bit of a 'challenge'. My first two attempts at painting it were so bad that they had to be removed - mainly because I didn't understand that airbrushed paint will dry in the air if you hold the brush too far from the model!! We live and learn.
The aircraft is intended to be a fairly representative bog-standard 190 as one might have seen on the Channel Front in 1943/44 (two contrasting tones of grey with light blue undersides).
The kit is essentially as provided by Eduard, although I did replace the cannon with drill bits and the hoop aerial with a bit of aluminum wire (because I broke the plastic part). I appreciate that the cannon are a bit shiney. However, because I really like the contrast effect I decided to just gave them a very light wash of matt black.
This is my recently completed Eduard's 190 A-6. It's my very first attempt with an airbrush (and my first post on this forum) so it was, as they say, a bit of a 'challenge'. My first two attempts at painting it were so bad that they had to be removed - mainly because I didn't understand that airbrushed paint will dry in the air if you hold the brush too far from the model!! We live and learn.
The aircraft is intended to be a fairly representative bog-standard 190 as one might have seen on the Channel Front in 1943/44 (two contrasting tones of grey with light blue undersides).
The kit is essentially as provided by Eduard, although I did replace the cannon with drill bits and the hoop aerial with a bit of aluminum wire (because I broke the plastic part). I appreciate that the cannon are a bit shiney. However, because I really like the contrast effect I decided to just gave them a very light wash of matt black.
