Sunday, June 30, 2013

Military Aircraft vol.58: Nakajima Ki27 Nate






Subject:
Nakajima Ki27 Nate
Scale:
1/48
Manufacturer:
Hasegawa
Price (June 2013):
US$100,00
Construction:
Out-of-the box
Extras:
Resin Japanese Army Pilot
Paints:
1) Engine: XF-1 Flat back on cylinders, drybrushed with Modelmaster metalizer steel. Crankcase XF-82 grey, with pushrods in alclad aluminium. Oil cooler painted in a mix of Tamyia Gold titanium (70%) and cooper (30%).
2) Cockpit: Overall internal color XF18 medium blue, highlighted with intermediate blue from Vallejo acrylics. Control panel painted flat Black XF-1 and drybrushed with modelmaster metalyzer steel. Details painted with various colors from Vallejo acrylics. Seat painted with Tamiya XF12 IJA grey.


1) The sprues:





2) Markings:


3) Extras: Resin figure of a Japanese Army Air Force pilot.


4) Construction:
4.1) Engine:

4.2) Cockpit:





Thursday, June 20, 2013

Military Aircraft vol.57






Subject:
Lockheed SR71A Blackbird
Scale:
1/72
Manufacturer:
Acadeny
Price (June 2013):
US$35,00
Construction:
Out-of-the box
Extras:
Low viz markings from spare box
Paints:
XF-69 NATO black base color, light shades done by adding XF-2 White. Titanium color for the wheel wells; White oil wash for the panel lines











Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Weathering over black painted models


I personally don´t like washes. I think that the technique is difficult and the results were not always the same. However, there is one situation were it is the best option. Working with dark colors, specially black, may hide the details that you try so much to put in your models. Here, oil washes with light colors may help to show your work in a way that is not that artificial. While looking at black planes, you often see some kind of light brown or gray colors along the panel lines. That´s the central idea on weathering on black: wash the panel lines with white!
Here you have an example of what i am saying. You can see the light color along the panel lines.


Bellow you see a sequence of pictures from the weathering of a SR71A Blackbird. It illustrates the weathering of the kit using the white wash technique.
1) Here you have a picture of one of the rudders of the blackbird. It is already molded in black.  It has recessed panel lines, that were necessary for the washes.


2) To get the base color, i used different shades of very dark grey. Black and white were used to get some tone variation.

3)The blackbird is not really black. It is in fact a very dark grey. Here you see a comparison between the grey painted rudder and the bare plastic part. Don´t worry: once you apply a gloss coat, it will turn darker.

4) To get more perspective, i painted some panels in a lighter grey shade.

5) Once the panels were painted, everything is sealed under a heavy coat of Future floor polisher.

6) With a 2-0 pointed brush, i applied the white wash. I used artist´s oils dissolved in turpentine.
7) Excess was removed with cotton swabs with some turpentine. Than, a coat of mat varnish is applied to seal everything.

8) Don´t trust decals over black or very dark colors: silvering is common. I masked the walk lines and painted them red.


9) The underside markings were also masked and painted. The wells were painted with Tamiya Titanium acrylic colors.
10) The panel lines were highlighted in white. If you think it´s overdone, apply a coat of the base color dissolved on 90% X20A thinner.

Friday, June 14, 2013

Aircraft Walkaround vol.22: McDonnell-Douglas F4C Phantom II


Subject
McDonnell-Douglas F4C / RF4C Phantom II
Year
2012
Location
Pacific Aviation Museum, Honolulu, USA and Fluggausstellung L.+ P. Junior, Trier, Germany