tamiya 1/48 spitfire

[madpig]

hey, guys~i am a new menber in this website, and come from Hong Kong. nice to you guys!~
i have done the spitfire a month ago. plz give me some advice to improve my skill~
THANKS~

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING

 

[Wayne Little]

Welcome!....you seem to have done a pretty good job on the Spitty and figures....

 

[Wildcat]

Looks pretty good to me!

 

[madpig]

Welcome!....you seem to have done a pretty good job on the Spitty and figures....

I dont think good job with the figures, it hard to print the eyes. And the DXXX decals were very hard to put on. and i did broke some. some of the deacls were printed~ anyway, thanks!~

 

[minter]

lovely diorama, i would have it displayed, but the wife might not

 

[madpig]

lovely diorama, i would have it displayed, but the wife might not

1/48not too big!~this one only 23CM X25CM only~
I'll make the other plane Bf-109F-2. that one included German pilots ground personnel~
i would like to make more grasses and short trees, maybe.......~

 

[otftch]

Very nice work.
Ed

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work.

 

[Airframes]

I agree with all, very nice work. The only thing I would do differently is to give the figures a matt clear coat, to get rid of the shine.

 

[Crimea_River]

Yup, I agree with Terry. Glossy clothing is not realistic unless it's leather (or kinky latex!). 1/48 is getting pretty small to do eyes on figures. I have not mastered this myself but believe that the secret is in shading the eye sockets rather than trying to get the eyballs right. I think you've done it really well.

On the plane, I'm not sure what happened to the the sliding canopy section - seems to be missing. I might have thought the yellow recognition banding on the wing leading edage to be a little wide but if Terry didn't mention it, it's probably right.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Welcome to the forum madpig, that's a great little diorama my friend and as others have said, maybe tone down the gloss on the figures. Also welcome to the forum

 

[Airframes]

To be honest, I hadn't noticed the yellow I.D. bands! Yes, they should be slightly narrower along the leading edge, and the finish of the aircraft is a touch too shiny. Also, the instrument panel should be black, but, so what, it' pretty good anyway!

 

[lesofprimus]

Agree with the guys here, theyre right on the money... Canopy was probably removed to show the pilot in the cockpit...

 

[badbear]

Thats nice work mate i would have done the figures in matt paint for the uniforms .BB

 

[madpig]

Yup, I agree with Terry. Glossy clothing is not realistic unless it's leather (or kinky latex!). 1/48 is getting pretty small to do eyes on figures. I have not mastered this myself but believe that the secret is in shading the eye sockets rather than trying to get the eyballs right. I think you've done it really well.

On the plane, I'm not sure what happened to the the sliding canopy section - seems to be missing. I might have thought the yellow recognition banding on the wing leading edage to be a little wide but if Terry didn't mention it, it's probably right.

the canopy is not missing, just forgot to put it on when taking photo~
thank you about the print eyes advice~

I DID forgot something to print~
1)the figures didnt flat, too shining~
2)the plane didnt use the semi gross~
3)the grass-- i just use a piece of fake grass stick on it~(that is the wrost thing)

and thanks all guys let me understand one thing, that is my ENGLISH not good.
MOM..........where is my dictionary??

 

[Wayne Little]

Still think you are being too hard on yourself....then again we can be our own worst critics!