This guy has no way of getting pics of his models posted at the moment, so I’ve put this one up for him. (Also see the Armor Forum for a shot of one of his WAY-COOL Jeeps!)
This is a Stang from the 357th FG called “Miss Innocence” . It’s a fictitious aircraft, and there’s hand-painted nose art done by some guy named Dawg, or sumthin’ like that. [:p]
This shot was taken this past weekend at our local show here in Buffalo called BuffCon.
Also look for this model (and others by Buffalo area modelers) on my website:
Keyworth,, Thank you very much[:)]. I love the Hasegawa kit aswell. The Tamiya kit is sweet too but the sprue that is attached to the clear gets me[V]. I do have one Tamiya 51 in the marking of the 352nd FG(Fictional a/c aswell).
Thanx again, Flaps up,Mike
Did you use a black/thinner 10/90 Wash on the lines after you painted the body and gloss coated it? I dont think Im using enough gloss coat on my kits, because the wash leaves a residue where I dab my brush.
Whaz up RonUSMC,
This is one of a few a/c that I used pastel chalk for the panel lines.
The first thing I did was put a few light coats of gloss on. Once that is dry(let it sit for a day or two), I started to apply the pastel chalk. For this particular Stang I used Charcoal grey chalk.
To brush it on I used a VERY fine artist brush. Then I go back over the area w/ a wider brush which kinda looks like a cats tongue. By using a wider brush, it helps me to remove unwamted chalk and also helps to blend in to the area. I would repete the steps until I got what I was looking for.
Since that a/c I do the panels w/ a method called**“Smudge wash”**. Again put a few coats of gloss on her(waiting a day or so).
Then I’ll use a water based paint either a dk grey or scale black I than mix distilled water into the paint.(The paint to water ratio is all up to you).
From there I’ll take a fine brush and go over the panels in sections. I’ll let it sit for about 10 - 15 min then go back over the areas w/ a moistened Q-tip. I’ll repete the steps till I’m pleased w/ the look. The “smudge wash” method is also is covered in FSM by Paul Boyer which month I’m not sure of. I think it was in the last 7mnts or so.
I hope this explains the Mustang’s panel method plus I gave you another option aswell that you may like. Any other questions please feel free to e-mail me. Falcon42177@yahoo.com.
Flaps up,Mike
