A few of the highlights in the new gallery are below - the rest are in the gallery!
Monday 17 September 2018
Gallery Updated!
As per the post title - I have cleared out some of the older pictures and added a fair few recent builds. Since starting to 'properly' build models in a professional capacity I have made the transition from brush painting to airbrushing, from enamels to acrylics and from being utterly terrified of building helicopters to actually enjoying putting them together.
A few of the highlights in the new gallery are below - the rest are in the gallery!
A few of the highlights in the new gallery are below - the rest are in the gallery!
Tuesday 11 September 2018
On the Workbench - A little bit of everything.
Somewhat of a gap in posts due to illness - however the workbench is far from empty!
Red Bull AH-1F Cobra - a 1/48 model based on the old Monogram kit from a long time ago. Revell rebox a variety of models - some good, some less so. I think the Cobra is one of the good'uns - decent fit, low parts count and a fair amount of detail. The main challenge lies in not obliterating the raised surface detail.
Once all of the transfers are carefully layered into position (an exercise in patience if there ever was one) the result is pretty unique. I will have to keep an eye out for another one of these because I did enjoy building it.
Avro Lancaster Mk III - also from Revell. I learned a few lessons from doing the Dambusters Lancaster a few weeks ago - namely that painting the thing is easier if it is split into three main sub-assemblies. The wings and fuselage are all awaiting coats of paint (the yellow wingtips already done and masked off).
I tend to add the clear parts and delicate bits like turrets, landing gear and props last - if only to reduce the chances of damaging them while grappling with other parts of the model.
Lockheed Martin F-35A - the 'Joint Strike Fighter' - very expensive and controversial in real-life. Thankfully Italeri offer a 1/72 F-35 for a lot less cash! I will be doing a step-by-step build review of this and posting it to the blog + facebook page.
Finished last week, the Hawk T1. This is the recent(ish) Airfix tooling in 1/48 scale - goes together well, easy to paint (any colour you like so long as it's black) and a decent project to do over a weekend.
Finally, a pair of Lightnings. One is an F3 and the other is the later F6 - both being an opportunity to practice spraying metallic with the airbrush. More than any other finish - metallic silver really does show every blemish, dimple and scratch on the model. Much careful prep work needed!
Being a fairly recent convert to the world of Airbrushed Acrylics - I've found Vallejo Model Air to be reasonably user-friendly paints that work straight from the bottle. They've come out looking fairly presentable - the silver parts being painted with Vallejo Metallic Steel and the green being Vallejo Dark Green.
Red Bull AH-1F Cobra - a 1/48 model based on the old Monogram kit from a long time ago. Revell rebox a variety of models - some good, some less so. I think the Cobra is one of the good'uns - decent fit, low parts count and a fair amount of detail. The main challenge lies in not obliterating the raised surface detail.
Once all of the transfers are carefully layered into position (an exercise in patience if there ever was one) the result is pretty unique. I will have to keep an eye out for another one of these because I did enjoy building it.
Avro Lancaster Mk III - also from Revell. I learned a few lessons from doing the Dambusters Lancaster a few weeks ago - namely that painting the thing is easier if it is split into three main sub-assemblies. The wings and fuselage are all awaiting coats of paint (the yellow wingtips already done and masked off).
I tend to add the clear parts and delicate bits like turrets, landing gear and props last - if only to reduce the chances of damaging them while grappling with other parts of the model.
Lockheed Martin F-35A - the 'Joint Strike Fighter' - very expensive and controversial in real-life. Thankfully Italeri offer a 1/72 F-35 for a lot less cash! I will be doing a step-by-step build review of this and posting it to the blog + facebook page.
Finished last week, the Hawk T1. This is the recent(ish) Airfix tooling in 1/48 scale - goes together well, easy to paint (any colour you like so long as it's black) and a decent project to do over a weekend.
Finally, a pair of Lightnings. One is an F3 and the other is the later F6 - both being an opportunity to practice spraying metallic with the airbrush. More than any other finish - metallic silver really does show every blemish, dimple and scratch on the model. Much careful prep work needed!
Being a fairly recent convert to the world of Airbrushed Acrylics - I've found Vallejo Model Air to be reasonably user-friendly paints that work straight from the bottle. They've come out looking fairly presentable - the silver parts being painted with Vallejo Metallic Steel and the green being Vallejo Dark Green.
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