Good stuff Vic, get a wriggle on dale...
**** DONE: 1/48 Arado Ar 196A - Seaplanes / Floatplanes of WWII
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mikewint
Captain
That white tail stripe was a Giant PIA. I fiddled for an hour or more and still had to carefully do some trim work after it dried
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dneid
Staff Sergeant
Hey, Guys,
Well, I have a decent start on the weathering and the floats on. A few more fiddly things to do:
* Aerials / Aerials wiring as needed
* Finish up float bracing
* Cannons
* Remainder of the fiddly bits (ladder struts, remainder of float braces, control surface counter wgts, pitot tube(s), etc)
* Remainder of canopy
* Final weathering - I am trying for a very "salty" look in the final weathering
* flat coat
Pics below:
Well, I have a decent start on the weathering and the floats on. A few more fiddly things to do:
* Aerials / Aerials wiring as needed
* Finish up float bracing
* Cannons
* Remainder of the fiddly bits (ladder struts, remainder of float braces, control surface counter wgts, pitot tube(s), etc)
* Remainder of canopy
* Final weathering - I am trying for a very "salty" look in the final weathering
* flat coat
Pics below:
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Shaping up nicely Dale!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Sure is.
mikewint
Captain
Looks really good Dale, I wanted to "salt" mine but was not sure on how to go about it. If you can please post some photos of the "Salting" I would really appreciate it for future reference
Good work so far!
Donivanp
Major
I like what you've done
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dneid
Staff Sergeant
Hey, Mike,
I did not mean to indicate I was going to use the salting technique I have seen others do to get a chipped effect. I am going for most of a salt deposit effect on the finish, something that looks like a whitish deposit from saltwater spray on the bird. For that I am using a set of tamiya "pastels" that I found online. I like em. I used them heavily on my F4U biuld from GB 21.
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mikewint
Captain
Dale, My post was not clear. I wanted to do exactly what you stated, give the plane a whitish film as if salt water had dried on it not the chipped effect given by sprinkling salt crystal on it. I do my "chipping" effect with a prismacolor metallic silver pencil. Sorry to have been unclear.
Have never used pastels for anything so if possible could you please take pics as you do it.
Have never used pastels for anything so if possible could you please take pics as you do it.
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dneid
Staff Sergeant
Hey, Mike,
I will post the steps here. First picture is the Tamiya weathering sets I have. I like these and I find I get a very subtle effect to very heavy handed. As you can see, they each come with a sponge like application pad on one end and a fine, soft brush on the other. I tend to use the pad for the heavy handed things like exhaust staining and gun fire residue. I used the brush application side for all the salting effects.
I will post the steps here. First picture is the Tamiya weathering sets I have. I like these and I find I get a very subtle effect to very heavy handed. As you can see, they each come with a sponge like application pad on one end and a fine, soft brush on the other. I tend to use the pad for the heavy handed things like exhaust staining and gun fire residue. I used the brush application side for all the salting effects.
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dneid
Staff Sergeant
Hey, Mike,
I will post the steps here. First picture is the Tamiya weathering sets I have. I like these and I find I get a very subtle effect to very heavy handed. As you can see, they each come with a sponge like application pad on one end and a fine, soft brush on the other. I tend to use the pad for the heavy handed things like exhaust staining and gun fire residue. I used the brush application side for all the salting effects.
View attachment 271059
The next picture is picture is the plane as she was this morning. I wanted to go a little heavier in the inner wings and the fuse just forward of the windscreen. I wanted to go a little heavier with the salting in these areas.
The next is a shot of the applicator with the sponge loaded up. I did not use this applicator. I just wanted to show it to you.
Ok, this is the brush loaded up. This I did use.
Note that the snow effect has been added with a rather heavy hand. One thing you need to be aware of is that the final clear coat will reduce the effect of the pastels. I had already shot one coat on and I was not happy with the reduced effect. Hence, this application.
Lastly, here is the same shot after a fresh coat on clear flat. Here you can see the reduction of the effect after the clear coat.
I hope this helps out, Mike.
I will post the steps here. First picture is the Tamiya weathering sets I have. I like these and I find I get a very subtle effect to very heavy handed. As you can see, they each come with a sponge like application pad on one end and a fine, soft brush on the other. I tend to use the pad for the heavy handed things like exhaust staining and gun fire residue. I used the brush application side for all the salting effects.
View attachment 271059
The next picture is picture is the plane as she was this morning. I wanted to go a little heavier in the inner wings and the fuse just forward of the windscreen. I wanted to go a little heavier with the salting in these areas.
The next is a shot of the applicator with the sponge loaded up. I did not use this applicator. I just wanted to show it to you.
Ok, this is the brush loaded up. This I did use.
Note that the snow effect has been added with a rather heavy hand. One thing you need to be aware of is that the final clear coat will reduce the effect of the pastels. I had already shot one coat on and I was not happy with the reduced effect. Hence, this application.
Lastly, here is the same shot after a fresh coat on clear flat. Here you can see the reduction of the effect after the clear coat.
I hope this helps out, Mike.
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Donivanp
Major
Ya done good
