One or two more

[ndicki]

Couple more of mine - sorry about the dust!

Revell/Dragon/Trimaster 1/48th FW190a-8, with an unusual Mediterranean scheme; some may have worn it in Italy, I have heard, and as it's pretty, that is enough for me!

Hobbycraft 1/48th Bf109g-6, Hungarian A.F. seen from the business end.

Revell 1/72nd Me262b nightfighter

Matchbox 1/72nd Hawker Fury, unfortunately discoloured by the flash!

 

[twoeagles]

Really lovely work! But, I am not seeing the 109G-6.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yes excellent work. The 109 is missing though.

 

[ndicki]

So it is. How much have I had to drink this evening?

 

[Vince57]

I love those german birds! I had never seen a trop. camo'ed 190A8; it suits very well, but strange it doesn't have dust filters on sides of engine like 190Fs Gs...
It's been a long time since I wanted to see a Hungarian 109G, and this one has a very realistic camo and weathering. Beautiful job.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yes I like the weathering, especially on the props.

 

[timshatz]

Is that a Hawker Hind or Hart? BTW- Great color schemes.

 

[Wildcat]

Cool models, I like 'em!

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff ndicki, I like the weathering.

 

[ndicki]

Lots of fun doing the weathering, too! I overspray the basic paintwork with several toned down coats - with whites, greys, yellows, etc, depending on the effect I wanted, and then do the lining and engraving. I also use model tank techniques, which involve using thinned down black/dark grey-brown paint to "draw" round raised areas or areas which are shadowed. Then dry-brushing with the same selection, more or less, of lightened basic colours, and finally, scuffing by simply painting it on in the right sort of places with a very fine brush; Vince's method of using an aluminium undercoat is valid - especially for, say, Japanese planes - but I prefer my way! If you use bright silver, it doesn't look right, so I usually tone it down with some pale grey, again depending on the degree of wear it gets...

It sounds complex, but it really is not - if you have that airbrush (!) and a bit of time!

 

[ndicki]

Is that a Hawker Hind or Hart? BTW- Great color schemes.

Fury, actually - single seat fighter; all the same family.

 

[net_sailor]

Beautiful job!
I like this Focke-Wulf. Is it a R2 wersion? The barells in the wings roots are very short, and looks like MK 108 barells.

 

[Vince57]

Good attention on details net sailor; yes it looks like MK108s as outer wing cannons; short barrels, small rectangle rounded blister on top of wings. So, it would be an A8/R2 in desert camo but without dust filters. D'you have photo evidence of such a nice plane, ndicki?

 

[ndicki]

Absolutely not! Stop being boring!

I just enjoy sometimes messing around a bit, and I wouldn't dream of letting historical accuracy always get in the way! Actually, most of my aircraft are accurate, but now and again, I just want to do something a little more...imaginative! Go back to the first post - I have seen the odd profile of this scheme. Some suggest - and that's about the best I can do - it was used in Italy.

JG2 flew a-4s in Tunisia, but that's the nearest I can find.

Tamiya's f-8 is offered up in similar cam, too.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I like to make mine as accurate as possible but sometimes I dont mind going out there a bit, just to make a beautiful model. Besides the average person does not know the difference anyhow.

 

[ndicki]

There you are - same approach.

 

[Wurger]

The winner is .........Fw190 as my favourite,the second place goes to Bf 109.Certainly the rest of models is also an excelent work.Ndicki,I like them.

 

[net_sailor]

The winner is .........Fw190 as my favourite

No, no, no... this sentence is wrong.

The Oscar (Ki-43 of course) goes to.... Wurger (FW-190 of course) anyway

 

[Deadeye18]

Couple more of mine - sorry about the dust!

Revell/Dragon/Trimaster 1/48th FW190a-8, with an unusual Mediterranean scheme; some may have worn it in Italy, I have heard, and as it's pretty, that is enough for me!

Hobbycraft 1/48th Bf109g-6, Hungarian A.F. seen from the business end.

Revell 1/72nd Me262b nightfighter

Matchbox 1/72nd Hawker Fury, unfortunately discoloured by the flash!

Good work!