MichelR666 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 My latest build. I took quite a bit of liberty with the camouflage. I wasn't too crazy about the "polka dot" front end, so I simply used the same two-colour camouflage as the rest of the plane. The camouflages is loosely inspired by the instructions, but different enough. Eh... As usual, looks good enough next to the other ones in the living room. It's final "resting place" is next to a die-cast model of a Canadian Lancaster (after one of the two Lancasters still flying).I seem to have a think for breaking antennas, so it's missing (behind the cockpit). Amazingly, the two-part lighting decals on each side of the roundels were easy to align together./media/tinymce_upload/1235a31d4adbb7d16dea0985fc20a7d0.jpgMy next contestant is a Supacat HTM400 Jackal (armoured vehicle). Seems relatively simple, though looking at some of the parts, some of them are pretty thing. Like the antenna on the plane. uhoh... Anyway, I haven't built a vehicle since the late 70s, so this should be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Symmons Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Interesting; Very interesting. Neat model.Remember we do this for fun John the Pom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiracleMasks Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Add the dangly bits last and if you are prone to braking off the antena mast then attach it last of all 😀 You could scratch build a replacement?I see that you don't like painting canopy frames either 😮 A Hurricane canopy is one of the easier to mask as it is mainly strat sides. A tip for painting canopy frames is to paint the interior colour first. This is for 2 reasons: 1. The interior colour will be visible through the canopy on the inside and 2. because the canopy is clear and lets light through the painted frames will show up lighter than the rest of the model so the 2 layers help to remedy this.Your choice of course but you shouldn'y be wary of painting a model in an historically correct scheme. The "polka dot" front end was used to confuse the Italian ground troops as to the identity of the aircraft as it was based on Italian Air Force camo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Interesting; I read Michel's "I wasn't too crazy about the polka dots" as "I didn't like this" rather than "I didn't believe it" as Mal seems to have done, or "I didn't think I could paint this". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangertime Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 You can see original photos of this and other Hurricanes under the official designation of the 'spaghetti' scheme. Camo seems to vary how it was applied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichelR666 Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 Add the dangly bits last and if you are prone to braking off the antena mast then attach it last of all 😀 You could scratch build a replacement?I see that you don't like painting canopy frames either 😮 A Hurricane canopy is one of the easier to mask as it is mainly strat sides. A tip for painting canopy frames is to paint the interior colour first. This is for 2 reasons: 1. The interior colour will be visible through the canopy on the inside and 2. because the canopy is clear and lets light through the painted frames will show up lighter than the rest of the model so the 2 layers help to remedy this.Your choice of course but you shouldn'y be wary of painting a model in an historically correct scheme. The "polka dot" front end was used to confuse the Italian ground troops as to the identity of the aircraft as it was based on Italian Air Force camo. Hi! Sorry for the very late reply. The past few weeks have been hell and this is my first time on the forums in a while, so I only just saw this.Yeah, sometimes I do dumb things (such as attaching the antenna too early in the process). Hopefully as I build more kits, I'll remember those little things. I guess I have enough spare plastic from other kits that I could try to rig something.Canopy frames... To be honest I completely forgot about that! I'll definitely keep your painting tip in mind for the next one.I still have a hard time following the scheme in the instructions when working on the model. Somehow something always goes wrong. I could blame my progressive lenses, but I won't. Likely I just need to be more patient and slow down a bit. For the "polka dots", notwithstanding the fact that I didn't like them, I did consider painting them and I could probably have done it but, considering the size of the plane and my still beginner-ish skills, I doubt it would have come off looking very good. Trust when I say that was the good call to make. :) This was my third model, so I was more worried about making it look decent than historically accurate - but I know I will get there! Lots of unbuilt kits to practice on. heheheI just finished a Supacat Jackal armoured vehicle - small model with lots of very small parts. It's not perfect but it did teach me some patience (I actually had to take a break from it).I'm now working on a 1/72 Zvezda Kamov Ka-50 helicopter kit. I spent over two hours painting the small pilot (it's smaller than a 5-cent Canadian (or U.S. - same size) coin, so already I'm paying more attention to small details (I usually left out the pilot or painting him in one or two colours max; the Ka-50 pilot has five colours).Thanks for the tips and comments everyone. Very helpful!Michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiracleMasks Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 "Interesting; I read Michel's "I wasn't too crazy about the polka dots" as "I didn't like this" rather than "I didn't believe it" as Mal seems to have done, or "I didn't think I could paint this"."I didn't say that I I thought that Michel666 "didn't believe the scheme (why would I think that?)I said, "Your choice of course but you shouldn'y be wary of painting a model in an historically correct scheme." Which I would take to mean, "give it a go"! Michel666,I may have an antenna that you can have, from a 1/48 Spitfire but they used the same antenna. I'll be using the early "pole type" on my Spit 😀Yes, of course, being new to the game means that you have to learn. To learn though you need to give it a go 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toboldlygo Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I/media/tinymce_upload/2377752af8c6b5990deb57f2f46e9c8c.jpgIt's a beauty of a kit, I did the alternative version.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Mal, I wasn't saying that you shouldn't try to paint a complex scheme that you like the appearance of, but that I'd give you licence to not paint a scheme that you don't like just because "they all had this scheme". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 @james mower, that's nice, particularly the very even silver paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toboldlygo Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 @james mower, that's nice, particularly the very even silver paint.Thank you, she's the first 1:48th scale plane I've painted with an airbrush and I chose the silver (training scheme) as it shows all the amazing detail on this kit very well.In case anyone's wondering I use Vallejo Model Air Acrylics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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