Silenoz Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Holiday is over, and I'm still waiting for an outstanding (placed in february...) order for my Su-34... sigh... Just wish that Advanced Modeling would sent the parts to that shop So what to do, another gem from the stash, the Tu-160 from Trumpeter in 1:144... So far I cleaned up most of the parts, and started painting the cockpit and wheelbays Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Silenoz Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 (edited) some work done in the cockpit, pretty basic, not that much can be seen after closing the hull: they even thought about the toilet... Edited August 26, 2016 by Silenoz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 they even thought about the toilet... I detailed mine - in 1/72 scale...... Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Silenoz Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 Is is a nice bird you've build there... I was already using your build as a guide for colors, etc... maybe I'll put some extra effort in the front landing gear, but it is really flimsy... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Silenoz Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 (edited) Did some further work in the wheelbays: These need a drybrush: Edited August 27, 2016 by Silenoz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Hi, Just make sure you assemble the rear landing bays perfectly, otherwise it will be difficult to join the top and bottom fuselage together Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Silenoz Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 didn't had a lot of modeling time lately, but managed to do some work: basic painting of the main gear legs with some wash Need to attach the plates that close the opening at the hull, these are missing in the kit A lot of noseweight is necessary to avoid a tailsitter, more nuts can be found under the cockpit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Silenoz Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 Pretty impressive when the hull is closed some nasty seams to clean up... could have tackled these before the wings were attached... Canopy masked, and started rescribing: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Silenoz Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) Paint is on... now the details around the engines: tried some shading of the panels with light brown, lightgrey and grey, seems in the end that only the grey had some effect... Anybody has some ideas of how to add some different shading to the panels afterwards? Edited November 10, 2016 by Silenoz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikkod Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Oh very nice, i made one of these "what if" Thats huge plane even on 1:144...Keep it up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Silenoz Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 thx, I have a few questions for some guy's with more knowledge about this plane than I have. On the painting instructions, the aircraft is completely white, on most there is a dark metal surface in front of the engines: are there aircraft without this "unpainted" metal parts? What would be an appropriate color for the discolorisation on the swing-wing mechanism at the base of the wings? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikkod Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I did paint it like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kotey Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 UIf you mean the leading edges of big centroplane - it is not metal, it is RWRs, which painted in milk white, not so bright like main painting. This paint looking like dirty white. If you talking about small dark metal casing plate just near engines hatches - it can be white too, not only metal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Silenoz Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 thx for the info: so I made a quick recapitulation of the info: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kotey Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 (edited) Yes, you are right in all quesions, big engine hatches always dark metal, small usual painted in white, but metal is offer, that white - in this place part of wing, which standing verically in maximum sweep position is adjoins closely to this closing plate. BTW ring-type hatch in front of exaust is darker, than main big area casing. Edited November 15, 2016 by kotey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Silenoz Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 (edited) thx for all the help. most decals are on, including the small ones. I have a rahter fast way to do this, so in max 1h I applied all the small ones. too bad Trumpeter didn't mirror this decal, so they provide the same one for left and right. I tried to fix it with some creative cutting and pasting... and an overview from atop. Hinges are painted with a mix of english uniform, dek tan and white. Some panels are handbrushed with white, offwhite, ivory white and Ivory white and english uniform (border of the the square panels in the wingroot...) and below (still need to paint the below bare metal surfaces and do some retouches where the metal went under the tape...): Edited November 18, 2016 by Silenoz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Silenoz Posted November 24, 2016 Author Share Posted November 24, 2016 Started with a lightgrey wash on this one: Hope you can see where I started this one needs some cleanup to do before and after Any comments about it? to light, to dark.. good.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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