Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Stupendous job guys!!!! There is not a single unworthy build in the group!!!
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Its frustrating to not be getting better.Look at my sig. First two GBs, with a combined 6 models, I didn't get any either. Just have fun, enjoy building the models and it will come.
Its frustrating to not be getting better.
Its ok, at least i gave it a shot.
What is killing me is it never seems to come out the way i had invisioned it, I keep trying this or that and it ends up gumming up the works.Exactly. I know how you feel too, because I don't feel I've improved as much as I would have liked but hey, I still enjoy it.
Still trying to get the airbrush to work correctly also, those Iwata brand ones are really good, but it takes some getting used too.It's no different for me! My issue is filling seams. Can never get them right.
I seem to be doing ok with the freehand, I'm having trouble getting the paint to come out in a continuous flow.Yeah they're tricky. I've JUST got a handle on it, finally able to do some freehand stuff.
What is killing me is it never seems to come out the way i had invisioned it, I keep trying this or that and it ends up gumming up the works.
For example, I had the p-40 looking good, and decided to muddy it up, instead of improving it, it killed the way it looked.
On my Hellcat I noticed after I had photographed it that it had a gap near the cokpit my bad eyes had missed completely, another killer mistake.
On the 109 i tried a differnt kind of weathering and it was not right either.
So it goes.
Many thanks to the Judges, participants and fellow place winners. Yep, Wayne's got it right - I need some company in Advanced. Who's up for it?
Cheers
Peter
Chris, don't be so hard on yourself. it just takes time and patience. I built for 20 years before I started getting good at it. The two things that made a difference for me was buying my first airbrush, and my wife subscribing to a modeling magazine for a birthday present for me. It took a couple of years to get the hang of the airbrush, but I persisted and learned it. The magazines were an invaluable source of information on all the tricks of the trade, but you have something much better than that here. You have the whole model building community here at aircraft.net ready to help. If you're not sure how to do something, or how to deal with a problem, just ask and you'll get an answer.What is killing me is it never seems to come out the way i had invisioned it, I keep trying this or that and it ends up gumming up the works.
For example, I had the p-40 looking good, and decided to muddy it up, instead of improving it, it killed the way it looked.
On my Hellcat I noticed after I had photographed it that it had a gap near the cokpit my bad eyes had missed completely, another killer mistake.
On the 109 i tried a differnt kind of weathering and it was not right either.
So it goes.
Yes, there are.
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Again.
What is killing me is it never seems to come out the way i had invisioned it, I keep trying this or that and it ends up gumming up the works.
For example, I had the p-40 looking good, and decided to muddy it up, instead of improving it, it killed the way it looked.
On my Hellcat I noticed after I had photographed it that it had a gap near the cokpit my bad eyes had missed completely, another killer mistake.
On the 109 i tried a differnt kind of weathering and it was not right either.
So it goes.
Thanks, guys. I'm humbled and honored to have placed in the competition. All the entries were top notch, so I was very excited to see my name.
It was great fun, and I continue to learn so much along the way! Looking forward to the favorite aircraft build!