This is my Zero that i finished a while back its my first plane that i built
Thank you
Mike
Mike, You picked a winner for your first kit! I have one of these in my stash to build someday. [tup]
Did you apply your silver weathering effects over your base color?
Yes do tell. I would like to know what method you used to achive the lare war heavy weathering on your Zero. It came out great.
Soulcrusher
Good day. Yes i did apply the siver weathering on top of the green, i just used some tamiya xf-16 and a fine brush. I think i did to much though.
Thank you
Mike
In larger scales, IMO this method of weathering by “adding” becomes more obvious. If you think about how real aircraft weather…paint fades, chips and scratches… is done through removal of the paint to expose what lays underneath. Therefore, a more effective and realistic method is to do the exact same process. Start with the appropriate “base color”, in this case a NMF and use a method (such as the salt technique) to remove paint to replicate the desired wear.
Or you it can be as simple as applying the color ultra thin to replicate fading or using a light touch with a polishing stick to thin the layer of paint. You could also apply liquid masks along those panel lines you want weathered. Paint the model and going back to remove the masking, exposing the NMF under it. Again, taking a polishing stick to ‘ease’ the demarcation line if desired or leave it as is for a “hard chip” effect.
Your build looks great! Hope this suggestion helps you as much as it helped me when someone shared it with me many moons ago.
Examples:
Faded effect by applying the final color ultra thin, leaving the skin somewhat exposed.
A light touch, a little water and a polishing stick to achieve some weathering by removing paint to expose the aircrafts “skin”.
So if you are one who primes a model to expose any flaws in the plastic, consider using an appropriate “skin” color as your primer. Thus saving yourself a step in the process and the ability to weather your model the way real aircraft do…by “removing” to get the desired effect.
Thank you hawkeyehobbies, i have been trying out a few methods on smaller les pricey kits and i am getting it right that was my first attemt at weathering i have another tamiya 1/32 zero and will try it out on that one.
Thank you
Mike
You’re gonna be a master before ya know it! [tup] Keep up the great work!
Gerald
Great job, Mike!
I agree with Hawkeye, you’ll win big with those skills! How did you do the paint chip effect? I’ve been trying for years, but I’ve never got anything that convincing! That plane looks like it came straight from Rabaul! Share the tip please![bow]
-Red
Hold the phone; Hawkeye, you’re from neenah?! I basically live right next to you! I’m in appleton!
-Red
Great job on the Zero, Mike. If that was your 1st plane then you have some serious skills fella. Gerald had some usefull advice and tips that im sure all of us whove never attempted a well 2worn Jap plane can take on board. Thats the grwat thing about this forum that never ceases to blow me away. So many tips, and such a small brain to keep them in. LOL.
…Guy
Then why haven’t we seen you at the club meetings? Our next one is this next Tuesday, 7PM Hobby Town in Oshkosh. We meet upstairs in the flat track room. Come’on by!
Thanks! Will do.
Do I need to bring anything?
-Red.
Nice looking worn out Zeke! Whoa woo wee and all that stuff![:D]
Bring a model along for show-n-tell! See ya there!
Thank you guys i enjoy building aircraft and in a big scale only problem is where to put them i have about 10 in that scale but need to build a display case big enough for them my next bird is a me-262 in 1/32 scale.
Thank you
Mike
awesome work, congratulations, looks really good!!
Great job on the Zero, Big Mike!
I have built three of these Tamiya kits and would build another if I could get my hands on one. The level of detail is great right out of the box. As for displaying my 1/32 planes, I was lucky enough to find a department store in my area that was remodeling and they were replacing some of their glass jewelery cases with new cases. The manager gave me an old display case which is 4 feet wide, 24 inches deep, and 40 inches tall. It want hurt to ask the store managers in your area, they may have some in their warehouse with scraches and dents that they no longer use. If I were to pay for a similar case like mine, it would be in the hundreds of dollars. Just ask!
Again, great work on the Zero.
emo07