1/72nd Fw-190's and Airfix P-40

Basic camo schemes ready, P-40 and Revell Fw-190 (mottle sheme) still require some touch ups. Other Fw is from Tamiya.

They look nice Gordon ....what airbrush are you useing and do you use air regulator Gordon.....

Looking good Gordon but i think that the mottle on the grey fw needs to be faded a bit. But don;t listen to me unless Marco passes a comment about it. He is the man for that sort of thing. I think that it is too hard edged and too pronounced for mottle. It needs to blend in a bit, maybe slight overspray with the bluegrey. However, always consult the expert before doing anything, i might be totally wrong.

Marco,
As regards the airbrush it's a new Paasche Talon, which I used for the first time. I used the no. 2 needle and nozzle (medium) as the no. 1 (finest) had is fine point broken, but today I just received replacment, and next week I will try it with the fine nozzle, which should improve things as regards fine details. Green paint, (both Hu & MM) seems to hate being sprayed through fine nozzles I think! Sand flowed more easily, although I would have thought the opposite. Air pressure set to around 10-15psi for fine spraying, and about 20 for general spraying.
Brian,
I think that you have a good point there, and believe it or not, some detail are more pronounced in photos, so after I took these I realized I had to do some retouching, on all of them. 1/72 is small for these schemes, but I will keep to this scale! (Also to support Aldo!)

1/72 is small for these schemes, but I will keep to this scale! (Also to support Aldo!)[/quote]


Yes Gordon as long you enjoy Aircrfat modeling keep them comeing...


I asked you about the air pressure , because in my opinion you have to lower more the pressure , as you can see there is a lot of splatters around the mottle .

So it could be dirt in the airbrush or to much air pressure, and the last one I think is your problem...

Regarding the schemes and mottle applictions , check photos for every german scheme if you don't have just ask , it will be my pleasure..



Here is one such scheme like you are building


Fw-190F8 1/SG4 White 11 taxiing Italy 1944..

Marco,
It's the very same aircraft that's depicted in the Revell decals:



Do you think I should join the mottle spots with each other? At least that the impression from the tail.

i still think that your mottle is too pronounced and looking like individual spots, they need to be more random and more like areas of paint than spots. they also need to fade into the sand colour. When i apply mottle i really go to a thin paint and slowly build up the colour. i also overspray it lightly with the base colour in the end to merge the colors.

Gordon in the photo and the drawing, they don't look spots.. but more something like the drawing ... if I find a more clear photo , I will post it .. but as I already told you, these were field applied mottles so nothing standard...

Heq ...German schemes u...

And, as always, the atrist who made the box art did a lot more research than the guy who made the instructions! Why is this so common in today's kits is a mystery to me. At least it is clear that the overspray on the insignas and painting over the swastika is correct. I will have to restart the whoile top surfaces, apply the decals, and resray over them slightly or completely. And Marco, if you manage to find another photo of this aircraft, I'd be pleased as I cannot! There are a lot of photos here:

http://www.wwiiaircraftphotos.com/luftwaffephotos/index.html

No Gordon that's the only photo of this aircraft ..but I can find you in similar schemes to have an idea.......

May be this will help Gordon...

Some updated pictures, still not finished. I think I will give another matt coat on the P-40 as it is still too glossy. Anyone ever had any trouble super-gluing an antenna to the canopies? I have never touched transparencies with SG, and although I tested on the sprues, I don't know if there are any long term ill effects.

Well done Gordom,

Very nice indeed, especially the 190's.

Nice work Gordon but i think you have a bit too much overspray on the desert camo scheme.

re superglue versus transp it is long term effect i would suggestgator glue or the new BISON NEXUS if you can find it locally

re nexus homemate are now stocking this type of gel like glue.

Thanks for the tip Alex.

I'll try to get Nexus then and try it out. Thanks!

I bought the Bison Nexus, but it's not good to touch and hold for a short while as it takes a lot of time to dry. So I went back to normal super glue and fixed the aerials with it. Here's the P-40 in the showcase, but I need to take some photos outside sometime.

Another nice build... model for your collection Gordon...

This model reminde me of the old Frog kits.. way back in the 70's in the same Sqd markings....
Those were the days building OOB model kits ....

Thanks for the reminder Marco, that's how it all started. I used to go to Brittannia store in the morning, buy a model and have it built by the evening, all painted in glossy hempalin paints, shiny as a mirror. Then i used to sell them at school and buy more, and the turnout continued, what a time that was. Still have a couple of those bagged Frog and Airfix kits.

Prosit Gordon !...well done habib
In nannu