Some folks here may not believe that I actually do work on models.
Well, here’s proof…
I present the cockpit of a Hasegawa 48th P-47D razorback. It’s SOB with no extras except tape belts and straps. The buckles look a bit funky, but this is an outta da box build done in accordance with IPMS rules and I could only do the tape thing. I’ll probably go back and try to make 'em look reasonable with some paintwork though…
Well, I did thin the seat edges out… but that’s the only real mod.
Apologies for the grungy images… my camera is a little P&S POS and there’s no way I’d have been able to get this close with it, so these were done on the scanner!
Hey - alright.
The sidewall pic is a little dark, but the IP looks great!
You coulda knocked me over with a feather…Blackwolf posting pics of a model he’s makin…I’ve been here years and this is a first for me.
Can’t wait to see it finished. Keep posting pics, mate.
Lookin’ very good! Nice work so far. Nice IP. I’ve also built this but why would you call it a "Son of a b***h? I thought it was a very nice kit…[(-D][(-D][(-D]
Yeah, 'tis quite dark but the original image was umpteen times darker. And I could only lighten it up so much in photoshop before the color noise got too annoying. It looks kinda lousy in the images but this is probably one of the nicest pits I’ve done, even if it is SOB. I was gonna rip the whole assembly apart and scan the sidewalls separately but it wasn’t worth it. Besides, the glue job was too solid… LOL
Hehe… well, I have posted stuff in the past… mostly old builds but there have been a few inprogs here and there. However, it’s been too long since I posted anything at all…
Which leads me to…
Yeah, I should, shouldn’t I? In the old days it was sticking one’s nose in books that kept them from building, these days it’s the net… and books too… and 1/1 stuff… and… LOL
‘SOB’, in this case, stands for ‘straight outta da box’… [;)]
Thanks again all… glad you like! Hopefully I can keep on keepin’ on with this one…
Thanks Justen! Yeah, I know… there must have been some sorta funkification going on in the solar system over the last week or so for something like this to happen.
And I too am waiting for my entry in the P-40 GB… [:I]
Guess again… this is what the original scans looked like…
As you can see, they are much darker and there’s a helluvalot more dust in two of them. Photoshop was used to lighten them up so that folks can actually see something and also to get rid of the dust.
I certainly hope you’re not insinuating that I’ve used photoshop to enhance my work, because if that is the case then I take great exception to your remarks.
I need no such ‘help’, as I’ve been doing this modeling thing for more than 25 of my 34 years and I know my way around the workbench… even if I haven’t been sitting there a whole lot in recent years.
I am generally a humble man when it comes to my stuff, however I take great pride in the work I do. Especially when it comes to my instrument panels… and I invite anyone to come and see this particular example, and any other that I have done, with their own two eyes…
As to getting that crisp look… it’s mostly drybrushing… plain and simple drybrushing with a pick or two of carefully placed color. If I get some highlights on the IP itself I have a system of dark washes to fix such mistakes, although I didn’t have to resort to that on this one. The glass was done using that old standby… a drop of clear does the trick every time…
Sheesh Wolf, I didn’t mean to offend you. I just misunderstood.
I thought that you did something like printing out a scale image of
the control panel & guages and glued it in place. I don’t see why
that would make you less of a modeller, because the whole point
is to make a model that looks realistic. The method of doing so
is just details. But obviously you think that is cheating somehow.
Sorry, dude. I’ll remember not to ask you questions in the future.
You should take my guess at your method as a strong compliment.
To me, the control panel looks that good.
