Hamiltonian
Airman
- 49
- Feb 17, 2014
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My last in the trio is a 1/72 BV P170 "Schnellbomber" from Planet Models. Resin and vacform, which is a first for me.
I'm just about to start decalling, so I should have some photos soon. You can expect to see some wonky panel line scribing, since this is the first time I've tried it.
The Schnellbomber is still at the decalling stage. I should have some pics soon, although I've just realized I still have the rotating prop discs to build, so that'll delay the finished model.Pics not loaded?
Here's a closeup of the tailplane on the BV 141. The sequence is Lifecolor acrylic camouflage / Vallejo acrylic gloss varnish/ decals / Vellejo acrylic matt varnish. I had thinned the varnish, but can't now recall to what extent.The heating of the model doesn't sound good and I wouldn't follow that way. Could you take a close-up picture of the "bluish" effect there and post here? Unfortunately these uploaded above aren't too good in the view.
Here's a closeup of the tailplane on the BV 141. The sequence is Lifecolor acrylic camouflage / Vallejo acrylic gloss varnish/ decals / Vellejo acrylic matt varnish. I had thinned the varnish, but can't now recall to what extent.
I fully realize that I messed up and got overenthusiastic with airbrushing the matt coat on the BV 141 - I let it run and pool and I deserve what I got.
But the BV P194 has that silky look to it because I detected a general blueness appearing after a few careful thin coats of matt varnish, so I baled out before it got any more obvious. I presume there's an unavoidable degree of Rayleigh scattering from any matt varnish, but other people seem to get much better results than I'm getting!