discussion Langy's Airfix 1/48 Buccaneer S.2B

[flyjoe180]

Hope you get the paint you need soon Chris, that first layer looks great.

 

[langy71]

Hope you get the paint you need soon Chris, that first layer looks great.

Paint was delivered today, so all being well I'll get back to this over the weekend...

 

[flyjoe180]

does this sound about right to those of you who can understand the mystical art that is involved with setting up a camera for taking better pictures than your phone does.)

I use my phone to take pictures of my models. You should be able to edit the photos on your phone or your computer. I find the colours are darker on the phone; without using too many functions as I am not a photographer and don't understand the myriad of options, I simply lighten the photo using exposure and brightness. It doesn't mess with the finished look of the paint work, but brings it to a more realistic hue

 

[John Race]

Interesting method of doing the basic paint Chris. That's a lot of hard work so far.
Matron went by as I typed; she looked interested !

 

[Jim R]

Looking good. That is a very interesting pre-shade approach.

 

[langy71]

Desert pink is now all done,
done a bit of post shading with buff to bring up the highlights, and completed most of the smaller detail painting...(although there's not much on a desert aircraft),
Applied a couple of coats of mr colour satin gloss ready for the few decals that these aircraft carried and then to start dirtying it down and begin work on the weathering..

oh, And I managed to drop it whilst manhandling it around masking the wing strips..(the silver bits), and broke off the end of the port wingtip, searched for ages trying to find it but to avail, so I'm gonna have to scratch a new bit.....damn and double damn..

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

That highlighting works a treat