Excellent mate!
**** DONE: 1/48 B-25C 41-12971 345th BG 499th BS "Dirty Dora" , Heavy Hitters GB
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Stunning work Peter
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Thanks Dan, Andy, Wayne and CR.
Yesterday I was able to get down the first coat of gloss, so today it was time to decal up. This was accomplished but it was not without it's "moments", particularly with the large "Dirty Dora" nose decals. It did reveal that the masks are close, but not exactly matched to the decals. I was left showing a little bit of blue at the bottom which I will need to correct on the starboard side and at the very front around the guns.
The gloss did even out the shading I did earlier, so it's not as prominent. I will probably do a little more shading over the decals and add some staining from the gun muzzle blast.
Here's the pics.
Cheers
Peter
Yesterday I was able to get down the first coat of gloss, so today it was time to decal up. This was accomplished but it was not without it's "moments", particularly with the large "Dirty Dora" nose decals. It did reveal that the masks are close, but not exactly matched to the decals. I was left showing a little bit of blue at the bottom which I will need to correct on the starboard side and at the very front around the guns.
The gloss did even out the shading I did earlier, so it's not as prominent. I will probably do a little more shading over the decals and add some staining from the gun muzzle blast.
Here's the pics.
Cheers
Peter
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COOL!..
lesofprimus
Brigadier General
Looks phenominal Peter....
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Oustanding Peter!
kgambit
Tech Sergeant
Fantastic job Peter.
B-17engineer
Colonel
Sweet!
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Thanks Guys!
Okay what did I get done today?
Pic 1 This is the after shot of the front nose. I fixed up some of the gaps in the decals with white and red paint so that the four decals that make up the mouth appear as one.
Pic 2 I started on the exhaust staining using firstly Tamiya "smoke" - very handy stuff! I will finish this off tomorrow with light grey extending back from the exhaust outlet.
Pic 3 Got all the plane together for the first time. Once that was done, I did a wash of "umber" colour, particularly on the wings and tail, highlighting the control surface hinges and such. following that I was not happy with the level of fading as the gloss coat had made it darker. I went back over a few areas with white and faded olive drab to increase the level of fading, including the wing star and bar and blue areas.
Pic 4 Fixed up the mask/decal miss match and added some "smoke" in front of the package guns both sides. Dora really has become a little dirty! A few bits and pieces to go and the matt coat to follow will basically complete Dora. Did I mention the props and undercarriage were done already? The ADF footy? Well they are. Just forgot the pics. Hopefully completion will be tomorrow. Fingers crossed
Cheers
Peter
Okay what did I get done today?
Pic 1 This is the after shot of the front nose. I fixed up some of the gaps in the decals with white and red paint so that the four decals that make up the mouth appear as one.
Pic 2 I started on the exhaust staining using firstly Tamiya "smoke" - very handy stuff! I will finish this off tomorrow with light grey extending back from the exhaust outlet.
Pic 3 Got all the plane together for the first time. Once that was done, I did a wash of "umber" colour, particularly on the wings and tail, highlighting the control surface hinges and such. following that I was not happy with the level of fading as the gloss coat had made it darker. I went back over a few areas with white and faded olive drab to increase the level of fading, including the wing star and bar and blue areas.
Pic 4 Fixed up the mask/decal miss match and added some "smoke" in front of the package guns both sides. Dora really has become a little dirty! A few bits and pieces to go and the matt coat to follow will basically complete Dora. Did I mention the props and undercarriage were done already? The ADF footy? Well they are. Just forgot the pics. Hopefully completion will be tomorrow. Fingers crossed
Cheers
Peter
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lesofprimus
Brigadier General
She's lookin quite dirty.... Looks great Peter...
B-17engineer
Colonel
Sweet!!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
That really looks the biz! Nice work Peter!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Excellent stuff Peter!
Wildcat
Major
Excellent Pete!
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Well done!
A4K
Brigadier General
Bloody hell Peter, that's lovely!
Doin' a fantastic job Peter...
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