Dornier 17Z-2

[Ralph Haus]

Ok! How many eye rolls did I get??

 

[Crimea_River]

I think fubar57 used a brush on his winter-finished Mig3 from a couple of GB's ago but I could be wrong.

 

[Ralph Haus]

Well, here she is. Finished...maybe? Somehow I feel I've gone backwards in my building skills with this one. I could blame it on the kit, but quite honestly I got discouraged with my abilities in building a kit like this without all of the modern kit manufactures 'hand-holding' (better details, better fits, better instructions). So, maybe in a way it was the kit??

In any case I am presenting her, sans distressing. Creating distressed looks and weathering is defiantly an area that I need more practice in. In other words, this is how I envisioned she would have looked just after the white was applied and on her way to the front. I know, the markings are wrong as well. The 50 year old decals just would not work. My stash was too limited to create an 'accurate' craft. So, I went with what I had. Believe me, no one who will see her in the display area will have a clue!

The 'maybe' on the completion. I may 'attempt to do a paint 'flake away' distressing in the future? But for now she remains a pure white virgin.

 

[fubar57]

That looks very smart Ralph. White is a total biotch. Andy is correct about my MiG-3. Though a much smaller aircraft, I sprayed the white first and then dry-brush the camo colours onto it, baby steps.

 

[SaparotRob]

Well, here she is. Finished...maybe? Somehow I feel I've gone backwards in my building skills with this one. I could blame it on the kit, but quite honestly I got discouraged with my abilities in building a kit like this without all of the modern kit manufactures 'hand-holding' (better details, better fits, better instructions). So, maybe in a way it was the kit??

In any case I am presenting her, sans distressing. Creating distressed looks and weathering is defiantly an area that I need more practice in. In other words, this is how I envisioned she would have looked just after the white was applied and on her way to the front. I know, the markings are wrong as well. The 50 year old decals just would not work. My stash was too limited to create an 'accurate' craft. So, I went with what I had. Believe me, no one who will see her in the display area will have a clue!

The 'maybe' on the completion. I may 'attempt to do a paint 'flake away' distressing in the future? But for now she remains a pure white virgin.

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It looks really good.

 

[Crimea_River]

You did good Ralph. FYI, the white was applied at the unit level, not the factory.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so far!