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Post by Robbo on Mar 22, 2023 15:35:59 GMT
An air-brush lesson here
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Post by Armorguy on Mar 22, 2023 18:56:24 GMT
It's a lesson to me too Ian chap. The red marking was made more vivid, the fuselage was airbrushed too. I like to spray this mottled camo. Sorry for the not so good pic.
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Post by bwilt on Mar 22, 2023 19:02:54 GMT
That picture is good enough to see what good job you have done, really nice!
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Post by Boots on Mar 22, 2023 19:41:11 GMT
Fantabulous work mucker.......love it
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Post by Armorguy on Mar 22, 2023 19:47:36 GMT
Bert and Boots are thanked.
Red marking history : Major von Cramon-Taubadel was married to a Jewish wife, a fact which came to the attention of Hermann Goering during the Battle of France. As a result he ordered that the whole of JG 53 must remove their famous Ace of Spades badge and paint a red band around the noses of their aircraft as a mark of shame. In the Autumn of 1940 von Cramon-Taubadel was removed as Geschwader Kommodore and Goering told them they could reinstate their "Pik-As" badge; this they did but at the same time, as a mark of protest, all the pilots of JG 53 had the Swastikas painted over on their aircraft. Thus it is easy to recognise JG 53 109's late in the Battle of Britain as they have no Swastikas on them. Source : imodeller.com
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Post by Boots on Mar 22, 2023 19:48:52 GMT
Great bit of info there Guy
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Post by Armorguy on Mar 23, 2023 5:24:15 GMT
At your service Boots. Can you imagine sending a squadron to war with planes "decorated" with a marking of shame?! Not really motivating.
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Post by Armorguy on Mar 23, 2023 9:40:14 GMT
Ok I forgot to switch on my airbrush and started spraying with the remaining amount of air in it...resulting in a not so controllable apparatus once the air was gone. I ended up with my dark camo colour sprayed on too opaque which made the preshade kinda disappear. I then sprayed on a lighter shade and tried to mimic a preshaded surface and I think it worked. The canopy will be masked again and gloss clear coat is next. I'm looking forward to apply the washes, it will bring everything into harmony.
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Post by Snipersmudge on Mar 23, 2023 13:40:28 GMT
That looks bloody gorgeous! Very interesting history as well mate
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Post by Paul B on Mar 23, 2023 14:38:54 GMT
Well done Guy, good to see you kept that pre-shade Sir
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Post by Armorguy on Mar 23, 2023 18:55:49 GMT
Thanks friends.
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Post by SteveM on Mar 23, 2023 18:59:37 GMT
Fantastic paintwork AG, great looking results too. You've created a lot of depth on this one.
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Post by Armorguy on Mar 23, 2023 19:04:19 GMT
Fantastic paintwork AG, great looking results too. You've created a lot of depth on this one. Glad it's noticeable brotha Steve, I try to raise my personal bar.🙈
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Post by bwilt on Mar 23, 2023 21:25:28 GMT
Very nice how the preshading comes through, you did a great recovery on it.
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Post by tommygunn on Mar 24, 2023 5:03:49 GMT
WOW!!!!!
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Post by PorcoRosso on Mar 24, 2023 16:59:11 GMT
Another stunner in the making.
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Post by Armorguy on Mar 24, 2023 22:57:28 GMT
Bert, I had to apply a lighter shade to bring back the preshade effect. I was lucky, it worked out ok. Tommy, Joe, thank you. I made a start with the biggest decals, a lot of tiny ones are next. Photo made in artificial light.
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Post by Paul B on Mar 25, 2023 6:10:15 GMT
Jolly good decalization there Guy
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Post by tommygunn on Mar 25, 2023 6:24:31 GMT
Agreed!
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Post by SteveM on Mar 25, 2023 7:55:06 GMT
Nicely done AG
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