Adding hull details:
Sunday, September 6, 2020
Golden Hind progress pix 1
Progress photos of 1/96 scale Revell-Heller kit, molds from 1965:
Starting on Heller's Golden Hind. It's usually done newly painted as though it were departing on its 3 year voyage. I've been leaning toward how it might've looked upon its return. I plan to make my own sails, and have them patched and discolored; and am fooling around with possible weathered looks for the tarred wood surfaces:
Sorted out the worn look about 95%. Black base color, with washes of grey and brown, all craftstore acrylics:
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder
ESCI's 1990 1/72 kit, finished on Jan 9, 2020. The silver and white are local hardware store spray-can enamels. I was pleasantly surprised by the paint quality, and the fine mist made by the nozzles. 1917 Fokker Triplane makes a nice contrast. Only 42 years separate the two.
Sunday, August 30, 2020
P-51 Mustang
Finished on Sept. 29, 2019. Revell's 1/32 kit, initial release in 1969. Made one back then, now a second. R.A.F. Mustang, OK-to-dreadful fit, cracky old decals even after 2 coats of decal film. I bought some new ones. No rearview mirror, antenna, or pitot tube installed; to me such odd bits just distract from the model as a lovely object:
F-16 Aggressor
F-16 US Navy Aggressor, Russian camo pattern. The 1/72 Revell kit, 1985 release of 1981 molds. Hand- and airbrushed, enamels and acrylics. Guards insignia taken from a 1/35 BMP kit by ESCI. Pairs well with the Kfir:
F-21Kfir
Israeli knockoff of the Mirage, dressed like a Russian, in the US Navy's Aggressor unit. Hand- and airbrushed, mostly enamels. Italeri 1987 initial release.
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