Bobo1953 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 hi everybody. it's been quite a long time since the last time i posted on arc. i'm back to you with the german utility a/c of ww ii i have been building while waiting for the colors for tha TU-95 Bear h i had on my workbench to be delivered. i actually wasn't a week-end modeling as the academy kit is nicely complex and the camo livery i coosed was a bit of a problem. this is -one of- rommel's transports, and i had to get the decals on e-bay from a heller kit. they had rather yellowed and, to my surprise, the light-therapy was eventually successful before i had to scan the sheet and find someone to restore it. i stuck in the full sunshine we had this winter - it was early in march- the decals directly exposed -no window- to sunlight...and it worked! i had made other attempts at this procedure earlier but to no avail, probably because i exposed the decals behind the double-paned windows. another note on decals is about the propeller logo, which i have found in a very nice set of german prop logotypes by kora decals i recommend to all prop lovers. in the photo album they appear onlyin the last pics as tey arrived later. al as for the camo pattern, after some web-searching, i used rlm 78 undersides, and rlm 80 olive green over rlm 79 sand yellow; i hoped to put to good use the new hair-size airbrush but it didn't work, so i took up my old rapidograph with a 0.3 point, thinned the paint adequately, and draw the wormy pattern by hand. as the paint was so thin, i had to do many passages on the same lines, which ended up in a bit of a shaded trait and thin color, but as compared with pictures online it looks acceptable. i took a lot of fun scratchbuilding the radio sets from plasticard and a 5,0 mm. square rod. i was really satisfied with the outcome but though i tried to show it off in the pics, the smalll size and the position through the clears are not favorable. all in all, a quite nice build with decently acceptable glitches, mostly with the canopy parts fit. then the paint for the Bear h arrived, but that's another story. thanks for having a look if you wish: https://photos.app.goo.gl/EFbtdkqhQ9iLQjQx1 best ciaos, bobo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greenghost Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Great job!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bobo1953 Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 thank you & happy modeling! best ciaos. bobo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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