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Offline yasya

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a6m2b ZERO FIGHTER model
« on: February 26, 2003, 06:29:38 AM »

253rd Naval Air Group flown by Tetsuzo Iwamoto
Janualy 1944 Rabaul
1/48 scale model
« Last Edit: February 26, 2003, 06:49:37 AM by yasya »
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Offline SirLoin

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« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2003, 07:15:11 AM »
Beeeeeeeeauty!!!:)
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thx!
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2003, 06:35:00 AM »
thx SirLoin :)
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Offline Mr.H

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« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2003, 06:55:58 AM »
Thats been done really well, nice paint job.
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« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2003, 07:18:41 AM »
Great job Mate.  Awesome finish
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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2003, 10:40:15 AM »
does it randomly catch on fire? a true scale model of a japanese plane would.
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« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2003, 11:11:17 AM »
Nice job!  I like the smoke effects around the guns.  That's a skill I haven't mastered. Nice touch.
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« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2003, 11:40:05 AM »
easy work with a good airbrush and properly thinned paint gofaster.  Problem is the investment:)
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« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2003, 12:49:20 PM »
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easy work with a good airbrush and properly thinned paint gofaster.  Problem is the investment:)


I prefer to use pastels/chalk for this.  It works great for gun residue and exhaust stains.
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Offline midnight Target

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« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2003, 12:58:54 PM »
Thanks Mathman..

Now, who has the secret for painting those tiny little lines on the freaking canopy!!??
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Offline Pongo

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« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2003, 01:02:53 PM »
You can buy a black magic mask or make one from several matierial. best low tech solution is small pieces of tape.
Nice Zero
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« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2003, 01:44:47 PM »
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I prefer to use pastels/chalk for this.  It works great for gun residue and exhaust stains.


I haven't tried pastels yet.  I read and see articals where folks have obtained great results using this method though. I need to try it myself. Exclusively i have used an airbrush to do this up till now.
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« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2003, 01:47:45 PM »
Phenomenal job yasya.  The weathering looks great.  Just enough without being overdone.

If I ever actually FINISH any of the coupla dozen models I've got in progress I'll post some pics. :)
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Offline Mathman

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« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2003, 08:59:57 PM »
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I haven't tried pastels yet.  I read and see articals where folks have obtained great results using this method though. I need to try it myself. Exclusively i have used an airbrush to do this up till now.


Since I use a Paasche H (single action) and have limited skills concerning magical airbrushing, I decided to try out the pastels a few models back.  I grabbed a set that comes with about 10 colors (grays, black, white, browns and other earth tones) and went to town on an F6F.  Heheh, I overdid it a bit, but got some decent results.  I then tried it on the SBD-3 I was making, greatly toned down, and it worked great.  I used just a bit on the nose guns and some light exhaust staining.  I like the way it turned out.

Now, I just have to master the panel lines.  Debating about using a wash versus a drafting pen/pencil or even pre-shading.  One of these days, I will be satisfied with the results I get.
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Offline cajun

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« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2003, 09:18:03 PM »
I been workin on game too long, first thing that pops into my head is a computer model! lol.
Soon I'll start wondering how world can be so high poly without lag lol.

Very nice job there! I use to make a few models a long time ago, but I don't think any of them are even in one peice now, if I could even find them. lol
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