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Kit manufacturer: Tamiya
Scale: 1/48
Type: Dornier Do335A-12
Extras used: Eduard ‘Zoom’ photo etch.
Paints and colours used: Underside-Tamiya XF-23, Interior-Tamiya XF-22, Camo.-Mr Hobby H422 and H423 RLM82 light green and RLM83 dark green.
I picked this kit up from eBay for £15 and was pleased to see the usual Tamiya quality when it arrived. Flash was negligible and it went together like a dream.
I decided that as this aircraft would not have been battle worn, that I would keep weathering to a minimum. But I also wanted to give some variation in the paint without showing a ‘faded’ effect. I therefore pre-shaded the panel lines with Tamiya matt black and then mottled the panels randomly with yellow and white for the green camo. on the upper surfaces, and grey and white for the underside. The yellow would lighten the top greens without giving a ‘bleached’ effect.
The interior was fitted with visible photo etch parts and the edges of the cockpit structures were highlighted with Tamiya Weathering master pigments. These pigments are easily removed if you drop a clanger!
The Underside was sprayed with my cheapo eBay airbrush, with the paint thinned with 75% X20-A. The colour was built up with about 6 layers until the pre-shading and mottling showed through as I wanted. The top camo. was masked with Tamiya tape and sprayed with light green first. As I wanted the pre-shading and mottling to make an even transition between the two camo colours, I masked and sprayed them separately. The top colours were again thinned to within an inch of their lives and sprayed on with about 5 light misted coats.
Two sealing coats of Lakeland floor polish was sprayed on and allowed to dry for a day. Decals were applied and given the MicroSol treatment, allowed to dry, cut through on the panel lines and then given another dose of MicroSol. Exhaust staining was done with Tamiya Weathering master ‘soot’ and oil stains with Tamiya Weathering Master ‘Oil Stain’ A panel line wash was applied on the top surfaces followed by a dark umber pencil line in some of the dark green panel lines. Chipping was carried out with a silver pencil.
A couple of coats of Xtracrylix matt varnish was applied to seal everything up.
Photos were taken with a Canon G-12 with an STE-2 transmitter firing off 2 Canon 580EX flash guns bounced onto the ceiling. The RAW Images were processed in lightroom and exported with mogrify.
I hope you like the build. As usual, I welcome any observations or comments
Scale: 1/48
Type: Dornier Do335A-12
Extras used: Eduard ‘Zoom’ photo etch.
Paints and colours used: Underside-Tamiya XF-23, Interior-Tamiya XF-22, Camo.-Mr Hobby H422 and H423 RLM82 light green and RLM83 dark green.
I picked this kit up from eBay for £15 and was pleased to see the usual Tamiya quality when it arrived. Flash was negligible and it went together like a dream.
I decided that as this aircraft would not have been battle worn, that I would keep weathering to a minimum. But I also wanted to give some variation in the paint without showing a ‘faded’ effect. I therefore pre-shaded the panel lines with Tamiya matt black and then mottled the panels randomly with yellow and white for the green camo. on the upper surfaces, and grey and white for the underside. The yellow would lighten the top greens without giving a ‘bleached’ effect.
The interior was fitted with visible photo etch parts and the edges of the cockpit structures were highlighted with Tamiya Weathering master pigments. These pigments are easily removed if you drop a clanger!
The Underside was sprayed with my cheapo eBay airbrush, with the paint thinned with 75% X20-A. The colour was built up with about 6 layers until the pre-shading and mottling showed through as I wanted. The top camo. was masked with Tamiya tape and sprayed with light green first. As I wanted the pre-shading and mottling to make an even transition between the two camo colours, I masked and sprayed them separately. The top colours were again thinned to within an inch of their lives and sprayed on with about 5 light misted coats.
Two sealing coats of Lakeland floor polish was sprayed on and allowed to dry for a day. Decals were applied and given the MicroSol treatment, allowed to dry, cut through on the panel lines and then given another dose of MicroSol. Exhaust staining was done with Tamiya Weathering master ‘soot’ and oil stains with Tamiya Weathering Master ‘Oil Stain’ A panel line wash was applied on the top surfaces followed by a dark umber pencil line in some of the dark green panel lines. Chipping was carried out with a silver pencil.
A couple of coats of Xtracrylix matt varnish was applied to seal everything up.
Photos were taken with a Canon G-12 with an STE-2 transmitter firing off 2 Canon 580EX flash guns bounced onto the ceiling. The RAW Images were processed in lightroom and exported with mogrify.
I hope you like the build. As usual, I welcome any observations or comments
