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I think to be honest if you are going to use a wash then pre-shading is a waste of time.

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well engine and bearers built fuselage detailed and highlighted just need to start putting together (along with a 190 d9 a 262 a uss enterprise a me109 and now thanks to Richard a Bloody uboat pen

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Well you obviously needed some help with ideas!!!

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i know what you mean nigel. terry keeps suggestion that i should go into r/c tanks, toby keeps showing me pictures of really nice fast speed boats its really, really annoying i wish i could stop time and have a money tree!!!

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True richard but im not very good at washes, i was thinking preshading and then drybrushing, that way i avoid the dreaded wash (although a burnt umber oil wash would look good with the desert camo i think....)

argggg...now i cant make up my mind, lol!

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engine looked bare so its now being plumbed properly (thinking about the gun bays as well now ( bloody prop is inaccurate though)

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engine looked bare so its now being plumbed properly (thinking about the gun bays as well now ( bloody prop is inaccurate though)

Guns bays, lol.....you can tell nigels elite :-)

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story so far

Well folks i thought id just pop a few pics up from my group build spit as you can see i have butchered her a bit made an engine and mounts pre shaded the panel lines, just got the plumbing for the engine and cockpit to do

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[Guest]

Nice spot of detail Nigel. What did you do the pre-shading with? I am not too sure that this has a great deal of effect.

I think putting a wash over a coat of future gives more realistic panel shading. Are you going to do that as well or let the preshading show through and do the job?

Coming along nicely though.

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It depends on scale sometimes it looks right other times you still need a wash also the paint may be too opaque to let it show thru and in that case its a coat of klear and then redone with a draughting pen (isograph)

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Engine all plumbed !Firewall detailed ! Wings on and now just finishing the finer points before painting il post a few pics up asap

[wonwinglo]

***Sounds really good Nigel,looking forward to seeing the end result.

Engine all plumbed !Firewall detailed ! Wings on and now just finishing the finer points before painting il post a few pics up asap

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in Progress

here is my Spit now the engine is in and mostly detailed just doing the framework for the panels

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[wonwinglo]

This looks as if it is shaping into another Nigel classic build,lovely workmanship

[Guest]

Coming along very nicely Nigel. You certainly can't beat the shape of a Spitfire.

I like the extra detailed bits inside the engine bay. Is this destined for a diorama?