| svsavory | 04 Sep 2009 8:50 a.m. PST |
My project this year has been building my 1/144 WWII aircraft collection. Until now, all my planes have been plastic kits and prepaints. I've just completed my first resin models, a trio of FoW P-40 Warhawks. With virtually no assembly required, aside from attaching the metal prop spinners, these were cleanly cast models with no voids or flash. I primed them with grey Gesso, which was probably a mistake as it took a very long time for the Gesso to dry on the resin. For the canopies, I took my inspiration from TMP'er miscmini's excellent work. This was my first attempt at painting resin canopies, and I'm quite satisfied with the results. I did not originally plan to paint the panel lines, but the models were simply too bland otherwise. picture picture picture picture |
| anleiher | 04 Sep 2009 9:04 a.m. PST |
Very nice. Congratulations. |
| Top Gun Ace | 04 Sep 2009 9:19 a.m. PST |
Nice job. They look great. |
 John the OFM  | 04 Sep 2009 9:50 a.m. PST |
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| Jovian1 | 04 Sep 2009 10:10 a.m. PST |
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miscmini  | 04 Sep 2009 11:25 a.m. PST |
I like 'em. I really like the canopy & may have to borrow the colors & pattern. Kevin |
| 103 Club | 04 Sep 2009 11:26 a.m. PST |
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| pbhawkin | 04 Sep 2009 4:36 p.m. PST |
Very nice, well painted.
I also like your canopy painting but too me it looks too bright, like you are looking at the sky or it's reflection (in which case it is well done). Personally I prefer a darker hue to reflect looking into a cavity. But that's just me and nevertheless your technique is very good. regards
Peter |
| svsavory | 05 Sep 2009 8:31 a.m. PST |
I looked through the WWII Aviation Gallery message board for ideas on how to paint canopies. Ultimately I tried to mimic Kevin's reflected-sky technique because I wanted the canopy to contrast with the olive drab paint scheme. Sadly, any color chosen is an imperfect solution; I much prefer the clear canopies on my plastic planes. |
| BelgianRay | 05 Sep 2009 10:24 a.m. PST |
Very very nice. Can you tell me what (brown) paint you used on pic 1 ? |
| svsavory | 05 Sep 2009 10:29 a.m. PST |
BelgianRay, the upper surfaces are painted Vallejo Brown Violet. The panel lines are done with slightly thinned Vallejo US Olive Drab. |
| tuscaloosa | 14 Oct 2009 1:46 p.m. PST |
Wow, are the sharks teeth hand-painted? |
| svsavory | 15 Oct 2009 4:52 p.m. PST |
No, they are decals that came with the models. |
