My FW190 project

[Guest]

Dear Guys,

Once again you guys flatter me with your kindness. Ok so here's the deal. Basically gonna mess around with paint and weathering effects.I have started with a Testor's Flat Dark Aircraft Gray spraypaint (I don't own an airbrush set). I want to take the wingtips and make them Yellow. I also want to cant the nose and paint that yellow as well.

I want to weather the leading edge of the both wings and I want to color the back of the tail yellow or black. I also want to smudge up trailing edge of the engine cowling dark brown or a flat black.

I will begin painting the airplane tonight and should have a few pics for you guys that make my work look like crap

Cheers everyone! I hope your having a great night (Or morning depending on your location)

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[aaron]

Hey Mike, Good luck with the weathering and this build.

I take my hat off to you guys without airbrushes, Its one of my main weapons and id be lost without it.

What i mean is..i salute the hairy stick club.

once again good luck bro

edit: I didnt know the word airbrush linked.

[Guest]

Thanks for the good luck aaron! I will have some pictures in the morning. I cheated a tad and I had to use some spray paint for the nose of my plane. Brushes suck.

Regards,

Mike

[Guest]

What kit is that Mike?

[Guest]

Hey Tony!,

It's a dragon.

Mike

[Guest]

I know I am nowhere near your levels, but I am trying. This is the unweathered Dragon FW190-A5.

I have already weathered the nose and the spinner. Wings come tomorrow.

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Hope you like the pics guys! :-)

Mike

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[aaron]

Hey Mike,What a crazy way of building! I normally build the bloody things in like 4 sub sets, but you put the whole thing together.

Is the office primed or painted?

Great looking bird and a very nice tidy build.

[Guest]

Dear Aaron,

Thank you so much for your kind compliments! Yes, considering the fact I just have basic Mark-4 brushes and cement, I tend to make my models quickly. If I had an airbrush and some fancy stuff, I am sure my models would take 10x as long. As for painting,

I am not sure if I am going to CAMO the bird or not...decisions, decisions.

Once again, thank you for your kind words!

Michael

[Guest]

Mike looking good so far! Eagerly awaiting to see what finish you go with.Theres some great hairy stick work and quite a few others on the forum do it often with great results so do'nt feel the need to rush out and spend money on an a/b set up,cheers Trey

[Guest]

Dear Aaron and Trey,

What do you think of this as a start for a camo pattern!?!?!

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[aaron]

Thats a great start mate is it freehand?

you can make masks of camo up with masking tape or bluetac works too.

[Guest]

Freehand baby! I only have double sided tape at the moment, Aaron. I was thinking about buying some double sided.