Spitfire IX 1/72 finished page 4

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Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Secu » Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:06 pm

A lot of pictures today I had time to work on the model last weekend.

First masking with blue tack worms (french "Patafix")
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Then masking tape... it's a long and borring work.
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When masking's done, preshading again
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Then it's time for paint. First the colour a little bit lightened by white or sand, and after, randomly some patches of the colour (here green) with more light tones added
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After that, another time, some random patches of the original colour without any other mix
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Finally the original colour, verry diluted, is lightly sprayed to tone down the contrast.

Sorry I didn't take picture of that stage

And...

Tà làààà...!!
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After that it will be, gloss varnish, decals, gloss varnish again, weathering, matt varnish and more weathering...

To be continued
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Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Broadsword » Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:59 pm

Lovely stuff - this kind of thing is so far outside my skillset, but it's endlessly fascinating to see how it's done :nice:
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Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Tex » Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:24 pm

Tres bien.
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Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Bunny » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:35 pm

You make it look so simple!!

"I stuck some wibbly wobbly stuff on the model, then sprayed it a bit, and now it's gorgeous."

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Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Pariah » Sat Oct 28, 2017 3:50 pm

All that and it's 1/72. The boys got skill out of the wazoo.
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Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Secu » Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:36 pm

Time to give you news about the Spitfire. Weather is rainy in France so it's dificult to have good indoor pictures. What's are the evolutions since my last message ?
The aircraft was varnished gloss and the decals fitted with Superscale decal setting solution to avoid micro air bubbles which cause silvering effect.
After that, another coat of gloss varnish was applied to protect the decals.
There is a law you have to follow for varnish and weathering :
Acrylic varnish for oil paint weathering
Enamel varnish for acrylic weathering
Then the weathering began, first the chipping with silverish acrylic colour applied with sponge and after all the dirty effects.
For me, I mainly do dirty with artist oil paint, with experience you can do lots of very cool things.
Then some little streaking, all of these have to be very light but visible, it's really a matter of experience to find your own balance.
The pictures :
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Now I will let it dry for a week (oil paints are longer to dry) and after I'll start the airbrush work for exhaust pipe's smoke, more visible leaks with acrylic inks etc.
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Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Biggs » Sat Nov 18, 2017 4:13 am

absolutely beautiful work secu! cant wait to see it all done.
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Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Tex » Sun Nov 19, 2017 8:58 pm

Very nice.
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Re: Finished page 4 Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Secu » Sat Dec 02, 2017 12:37 pm

Finally she's finished, one week ago in fact, but the weather was too poor for pictures. Matt varnish a little bit more weathering with pigments and pastel powder and that's done.


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See you for the next one :salute:
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Re: Spitfire IX 1/72 finished page 4

Post by Ginger » Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:28 pm

Top class Secu. :praise:
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