Thiago Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Hello, friends! This is my first post in the ARC Forum after a long time lurking around. This is Arfix´s 1/48 Hurricane that I finished a while ago. I kept it almost OOB, except for the addition of a few scartch details into the cockpit (impossible to see with the canopy closed), wheel well, copper wire latches to the canopy and brake lines and some mesh material into the radiator. I also drilled the exhausts and the air intake. I painted the model with Humbrol and Model Master enamels, the camouflage was freehanded and the weathering was achieved with black pastel chalk and a blending stick. Some parts, such as the landing gear legs and bay, were washed with diluted burnt umber acrylic paint. The decals are from the kit, except for the fuselage roundels and letters and the "Death" noseart, all stolen from Tamiya´s Mosquito sheet (I couldn´t put the Airfix decals to good use, the GZ B code was way to big and silvered badly), thus resulting in a nice "fake" Hurricane! Finally, the aerial is made with invisible thread and white glue insulators. Comments and critiques are always welcome. Thiago Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocat Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 nice! waiting for more :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SlickWillie Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Cool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
polo1112 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Beautiful Hurricane!!!!and a wonderful rendering of the camo. Congratulations!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DDC Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Very nice build! Makes me want to dig mine out of the stash and have a go! Denzil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulo Jose Simas Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Great Work !!!! Congratulations ... Cheers, Paulo Simas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Nice Hurricane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thiago Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Thanks, dudes! No derrogatory remarks at all? What about the "polite critiques"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Green man Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 overall I though it was very nice ! (and now for the polite critique) it looks like the 'GB' on the left side does not follow the same line as the 'J' or is this a trick of the photo? may I ask how you are photographing your model? (Yes , I know the critique was for the model...) I think a few slight changes could help improve the images a great deal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thiago Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 overall I though it was very nice ! (and now for the polite critique) it looks like the 'GB' on the left side does not follow the same line as the 'J' or is this a trick of the photo? may I ask how you are photographing your model? (Yes , I know the critique was for the model...) I think a few slight changes could help improve the images a great deal. Thanks, Green Man! Indeed, those decals responded very well (better than I expected) to microsol and ended up like that, wrinkling a little. The angle of the photo enhances the "effect". The pictures were taken with my cell phone, which has an aledged 5 mp camera...the lighting is far for appropiate also, consisting of the lamp above the mirror my wife uses to do her make up (a 100 watt bulb, IIRC) and the one l use in my bench, which was moved around the model while I was taking the pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Green man Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 I'm afraid I don't know anything about cell phone cameras , I hate those damn things ! (I use a 35mm film SLR camera with built in light meter and 3 75-Watt GE 'Reveal' bulbs and filters 80A and 82A for correction) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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