Planes ..... a bit off topic

[paul463]

Guy's there's always lots of great stuff to look at in this section, I never seem to have the ideas of stuff to customise so I though I'd stick up some pics of my creativity in another area. I think I improve a wee bit with every model I turn out. Also playing with a new airbrush as well so I've had so real disasters with that!

Cheers

Paul463

[scoobydie]

Love the work there Paul
There is a great deal of skill involved in painting those kits, steady hands for the pilots!
Are they 1/72 scale?

[paul463]

Thanks Andy. They are all 1/48 scale. I prefer the bigger ones to try detailing the cockpit and so on, any smaller than 1/48 and I find it too fiddly, bad eyesight and all.

HAd some disasters with the airbrush though was spraying a Typhoon (WW2 type) and managed to spray the wall an my framed prints. 10 minutes after cleaning up the first mess I did exactly the same again! Who says lightning doesn't strike twice!

Cheers

Paul463

[scoobydie]

I still have a BF109 at 1/48 ready to be built.
Never got round to it!
I`ve been told that if you get yourself a nice size box, cut a couple of sides out and airbrush in that, it can save incidents like yours.
You can even put a lamp in for more light for the fiddly bits
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/50CM-STUDIO-PHOTO ... .m14.l1318
These are in the same train of thought but good for taking photos for ebaying.
If you`ve mastered the models like you have on your photos, you won`t have any problems with
1/18 scale Action Force customs.
You probably have a head start with the paints and airbrush.

[paul463]

Thanks for that link it looks like a super piece of kit. Forgot to mention above that I was spraying in a box I had lifted the model up to get at a fiddly bit! Thankfully I have never done it three times!

[scoobydie]

I`m going to be investing in some really small brushes soon, the ones the Warhammer
painters use. Going to need them for the small figure logo`s and stripes etc.
What airbrush are you using? I`ve heard the Badger ones are really good, bit out of my price league at the mo. but worth it in the end.

[tintinlostsnowy]

I have never used an airbrush oops but have quite a few planes and tanks etc and still loads still to do but don't have the time i did most of mine while in bosnia on duty driver,
I will post some pics at a later tonight or tomorrow.

[scoobydie]

Any top tips on putting tank tracks on Tintin?
I`ve had many a frustrated hour trying to fit them on!

[paul463]

The Badger air brushes are really good. I use an Aztec http://www.wonderlandmodels.com/Profess ... 56130.html I pushed the boat out a bit at the end of last year.

Like Tintin I've got loads still to build (close to 60), got some really nice Tamiya and Hasegawa kits that I won't touch until my skills are up a bit.

[tintinlostsnowy]

Here is the pics i said i would post seeing as i am at my mum's for the night, I dusted them and they still look bloomin dusty also didn't want to do too much as i now have to repair a few of them because of it as you will see they were all complete but i broke some bits tonight and some a while ago but i have pictured them any way.
Regarding the tracks i can't remember exactly but i did the wheels and the paint first, then i glued the tracks and somehow manouvered them over the wheels holding the glued parts of the track with pin snips bloody tricky i know that but until i do another and it all comes back to me that's the best i can explin it for now