Jeroen Veen Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Well, she's done. And I'm pretty pleased with the result as well. She looks like the mean and menacing night prowler I had in mind. But... I couldn't have done it without all your suggestions, good advice and supportive critiques. So thank you all for that, I really did appreciate it and it helped me a lot to do improvements along the way. I hope you enjoy the pics as much as I did building and painting her. All comments welcome as usual, happy modelling! Jeroen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Mikester Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Amazing, a scheme like that is really difficult to pull off and you've nailed it! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ForestFan Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Looks fantastic, reminds me of the old Heller 72 scale kit that I did in this scheme many many years ago! perhaps you could do an article on how you achieved the finish for us lesser mortals?!! ForestFan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Fantastic job, especially on the weathering, never easy on a black livery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Britaholic Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Fantastic job on the black paint scheme, it could have come out really bland but that looks great. Cheers Den Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dsmith Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Jeroen, That looks fantasic! Is there any chance you could share how you painted it? I have to paint my wimpy soon, and I am not quite sure how to approach the bottom, as it is all black Cheers, -Doug :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jeroen Veen Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 Jeroen, That looks fantasic! Is there any chance you could share how you painted it? I have to paint my wimpy soon, and I am not quite sure how to approach the bottom, as it is all black Cheers, -Doug :lol: hi Doug, In short: I selected a couple of panels at random that I painted with a mix of grey and black. The linen and the flaps were all painted with a mix of black and dark earth. The rest was painted with black. At this stage the contrasts are rather strong, but they will become less over the followoing steps. When all this was dry I took pure grey (something like panzer grey or similar) and sprayed at random streaks over the wings and fuselage. This step can be best seen around the exhausts. I then added the decals and coated the whole thing with Tamiya Gloss varnish. When that was fully dry I took a light grey, thinned it down to tinted white spirits and used it as a wash for the panellines and higher details. After this was dry it lookd to strong, so I knocked it back by spraying a very thinned down pure black over the lighter grey wash. Although this step wasn't what I had planned it worked very well, because it added even more variety to the black. It took me 6 passes with the black for ti to start showing, so to give you an idea how thinned down it was. I then added the browns on the top of the wings were the walkway is and behind the exhausts. I have a patchy painting style, but it works well I think. I work with very diluted paints, alomst layers of transparancy, because that gives me great control over how visible it will become. After this step I mattcoated the whole plane and did the chipping on the wingroots. Another Matt coat finished this off. In all honesty: it's just a matter of fiddling around until it looks right. The beauty is that you can always knock contrasts back with the thinned black. I hope this helps you somewhat. Happy modelling, Jeroen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Outstanding build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moeggo Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Nice way of doing the Black Jeroen! You should write a up an How to do article! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dsmith Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Thanks Jeroen, I will give it a try B) Cheers, -Doug :blink: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Krukowski Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Good looking model. I know we're supposed to focus on the paint but what really jumps out at me is your treatment of the wheels and tires...very nice! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gambler Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Jeroen, that is absolutetly superb! The best Hurricane model I have seen, and especially in this scheme. Outstanding work! Jeff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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