That looks really nice Bish. I particularly like the look of the wood on the beaching trolley. How did you achieve that effect? And the base looks great too, can you post a link to the tutorial?
Oh wow!
I like!!!
That’s all looking very nice. What a finish on the airplane and the base’s concrete!
Very very outstanding Bish. Well worth the wait, that’s for sure. The trolley looks great. You’ve done some wonderful work there. As for your base, wonderfully executed. I’m excited to see it all come together.
Thnaks guys, its almost there. Will have the final pics up later.
Bob, for the wood effect, i painted Tamiya XF-60. I then adde some un thinned oil paints, mainly Burnt Sienna but then with a litle raw umber and yellow orche on top. I let that dry for a while and then removed excess with some thinner. Its bascially the same method i used for all wood such as weapons and so on. But then i added some Flory wash to dirty it up a bit.
Time to call this done. For the final touches i added another crewman at the main hatch and a ground crewman guiding the tractor back. Some pars of the Realistic water did not clear up, but i like the effect and for my first water, i am pretty happy with it. I got these two water products mainly for armour dio’s, but i think it works perfectly well here as well.
Overall, a nice build. Been a while since i built an Italeri aircraft, and despite its age and lack of interiour detail, i really enjoyed it. One important lesson, get a biger area to take photo’s. I’l be moving my modelling up to the spare bedroom after the summer, so no excuse not to have a proper photo setup.
Now, the pics.
Thanks to everyone for following along, and all comments welcome as always of course.
Nice display, Bish. It seems like there is never enough room for doing photos of larger models. I’m thinking of trying a curved backdrop.
I love your flying boat and want to land it on water…
DANG! That turned out awesome! Hoist yourself a tasty frosty (or two) for that effort Bish.[B]. You have just about built the exact vision I have for my He-115. Now, I am filled with inspiration and motivation. Thank You my friend.
Very well done Bish.
I’m fascinated by seaplanes and your model is a very interesting example indeed.
Thanks guys.
John, now thats an idea i had not thought of. Be interested to see how yours turns out.
Funnily enough i was looking at Steves pics on the floatplanes GB. I still want to get a 115, but he has already given me an ida for a scene. I lok forward to seeing yours, love the look of that aircraft.
Bish! I’ve said it before, but it is worth saying again…what you do with 1/72 scale kits is AMAZING! The PE in that thing is spectacular! And you base…brilliant, simply brilliant! Bloody well done! I’m going to buy you a tickit to the states just so you can teach me how to do those rockin bases! Super job mate!
Eagle90
impressive! most impressive!
Simply amazing dio. I am in awe of your skills.
Appreciation accepted.
Thanks buddy, and thanks for the chance to build it.
Thanks Jay jay.
Great job on this aircraft, Bish! Looks fantastic. I really like how the concrete turn out.
Cheers Bruce, i rather like it, much better than my previous builds.
You think you could share that concrete tutorial you spoke about? Please!