zark Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Well...well...well, I am sure you have;nt seen anything like this before!...it's real, I swear! ...and some more... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flyingfortress Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 How can over a hundred people see that and not comment? That is some great work!!!!!!! How did you make the base? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Moore Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Hi Zark- That is a fantastic presentation! The paint/weathering on the model and ground work are well done. You're right, it's not often we see a jet built in a derelict manner. Thanks for sharing your work with us. Cheers, Albert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oortiz10 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Sweet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SatelliteChaser Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Very cool presentation... Where is the real a/c from if it's actually existing out in the world!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Walker Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Wow. Very nice work! M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Great work on this little Freedom Fighter! This is a bird with a truly unique history: a former Imperial Iranian AF F-5A transferred to the Royal Jordanian AF during the early 1970s, then to the Hellenic AF during the 1980s. Classic Iranian Asia Minor camo, but with replacement wings from another F-5A wearing the Aegean Blue scheme. Sweeet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zark Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Greeeetings to you all!!! Let's start with a picture of the actual aircraft... and as Diego was paying attention to his history class, he covered me completly. I like building "different" aircraft and as the F-5 is very popular with the Greek modelers, I was planning for an ex-Jordanian or an Aegean blue camo aircraft, the combination of "both" was the answer to my modelling wish. Thank God the actual aircraft has been photographed by many Greek modelers that helped me get an idea of the looks of it. The difficult part with the presentation of this camo was the weathered "look". No preshading or postshading was applied, just the camo colours adding a looot of white to make them lighter and finaly "chipping" using what else...salt. I am not "happy" with the base, I wanted to represent "high" dried grass and I thought brush bristles were good...ok, good but not good enough. Never mind, next time it will be better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toniosky Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 (edited) AWE-SOME You gave a lot of attention to details, making your dio very interesting to look at. I especially like the bird poop on the fin Edited February 5, 2013 by toniosky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearmatt Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Really great job! And I was browsing your other pics as well. Awesome stuff you have there. Could you display the A-12 please!? Is it the one of Anigrand, 1/72? Cheers bearmatt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Trella! That looks friggin awesome Zark! Excellent work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 . . GORGEOUS... Absolutely. OUTSTANDING build. Love the diorama ...PERFECT T. :worship: :worship: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Mind = blown! What an awesome diorama! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grand Toad Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Great diorama. I really like the way it's set, and it's an great idea. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I don't think that's a real model. Tell us the truth: you managed to get hold of that device from "Honey, I shrunk the kids" and shrunk a REAL plane, didn't you? :D Seriously, fantastic work there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dsahling Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Great work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
compressorman Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 (edited) This is really a fantastic looking dio! I agree on the grass looking a little out of scale. Dont feel bad though, I have done the exact same thing and thought that it would look finer than it did. I have never used this stuff, too expensive. But it is supposed to be really, really good. My link Edited February 8, 2013 by compressorman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr B Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 outstanding work rgds mr b Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KRI76 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I LOVE IT! The sunset lighting, the grass field, the faded paint job, the opened panels, the bird "presents",....It's simply astonishing! I would love to see in-progress pictures of the diorama, if you have any... /Kristian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zark Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Ok...ok...ok...thanks for your kind comments boys, I alredy feel much taller. Now the truth is...it was'nt hard work. The Kinetic kit was a"shake & bake" kit and all its faults were easy to correct. The camo was done in a different than the usual way, I didn't preshade as I usually do, all the colours were lightened a lot and the camo was applied with in "thin strips" so that in some places you can see the colour underneath. A combo of oil washes and pastels gave the final look. Now the diorama base, is just a mix of white glue, acrylic polyfiller, "toilet paper", brown colour and sand! In top of it I sprinkle anything from brown to green "grass" and finally I added the "brush bristles"...thas all...! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Teeradej Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 EXCELLENT! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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