discussion Italeri SR 71 Blackbird

[Allen Dewire]

Mr. Ketchup in the house Colin...For only 10 minutes here and 10 minutes there, she's definitely a real beauty, with a fantastic finish!!! Like Chris said, the modulation came out great. It must be pretty big, being 1/72 too...

BTW, if you're ever in my neighborhood, I have a few walls that need a coat on them!!!.........Taxi!!!..................

Prost
Allen

 

[colin m]

she's definitely a real beauty, with a fantastic finish!!!

Thank you Allen. It was a nice model to paint, because you get to play.

I have a few walls that need a coat on them!!!.

How could you. There am I just recovering from the trauma of decorating, and you suggest more. Where's my nurse ?

 

[papa 695]

Sorry Colin,I’ve just seen this one. What a great finish with the paint job, it looks fantastic. Great work mate.

 

[colin m]

What a great finish with the paint job

Cheers old boy. I quite enjoyed playing with the paint.

 

[Guest]

Bit late, sorry Colin.
Matron was very impressed and the Committee agreed its has to have
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Congratulations.

 

[colin m]

Thank you Mr race, and please do pass on my gratitude to matron and the committee.

 

[Gern]

Beautiful

 

[yak face]

Top work colin and who doesnt love a ‘Habu’ . The faded paintwork is perfect , cheers tony

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Once again, I've been a bit busy in the real world, with a fair bit of 1:1 painting, paints by Dulux. Have I said before I'm not a fan of decorating. And it all started with a simple statement; 'I'd like to re-model my aquarium'
Ma'am replied, 'great let's go and buy some paint' I soon realised what she meant.
Anyway, as a way of preserving sanity, I've managed a bit of 1:72 work just a a diversion away from the 1:1 work.
The Italeri Blackbird. Not many parts in the box, so it was great for the odd 10 minutes here and there I was able to give it.
Luckily, there's a wealth of information on line, loads of pictures of some quite tired machines. So, here's my really dark, dark grey Blackbird.

Too small a scale for me I'm afraid...
However... I can still appreciate a nice model...
And that certainly is a VERY NICE Blackbird indeed... A classic plane,and a cracking model mate

 

[Tworrs]

The Blackbird looks amazing in the matt dark grey Colin.

 

[colin m]

The Blackbird looks amazing in the matt dark grey Colin.

Thank you. For a mono-tone finish, it actually gained a very varied finish to its paint work due to many miles covered and the speed it was flying at. Forgetting altitude of course.

 

[Miko]

Brilliant! So purposeful looking

Miko (have one in the stash for an RAF 39sqn Blackbird R1 'what if?' )