Aigore Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) I finished the Spad last autumn right before my computor gave out. Nothing much to say, fantastic kit and lovely to build! I had great fun weathering it ๐ Tamyia 1/48th scale Douglas A-1H Skyraider enjoy the pics...there are a couple more models I have to shoot for the display case too so stay tuned. more in part2 Edited February 10, 2019 by Aigore Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Part 2 More in part 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Part 3 More in part 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) Part 4 Thanx for dropping by peeps ๐ Cheers! Built thread Edited February 11, 2019 by Aigore Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Beary Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Greatย model and superb photography!! ย How are you lighting the model and keeping the background black! ย Thanks, ย Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Bob Beary said: Greatย model and superb photography!! ย How are you lighting the model and keeping the background black! ย Thanks, ย Bob Thanx Bob ๐ ย Ah, the world of photo editing ๐ I use Adobe Lightroom for editing the picture. I shoot in RAW format and bring the picture into the LR program, tweak the picture until I looks good then Inuse a radial tool and "paint" the background with a dark mask and then I erase the mask covering the model, thus making the model pop against a dark background. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Teeradej Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Impressive weathering!๐ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 4 hours ago, Teeradej said: Impressive weathering!๐ Thanx ๐ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Beary Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 13 hours ago, Aigore said: Thanx Bob ๐ ย Ah, the world of photo editing ๐ I use Adobe Lightroom for editing the picture. I shoot in RAW format and bring the picture into the LR program, tweak the picture until I looks good then Inuse a radial tool and "paint" the background with a dark mask and then I erase the mask covering the model, thus making the model pop against a dark background. ย Thank you for the quick and easy to understand reply.!! I figured it was more than just the lights. ย And superb weathering on that model!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Bob Beary said: ย Thank you for the quick and easy to understand reply.!! I figured it was more than just the lights. ย And superb weathering on that model!! You're welcome and thank ๐ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Great job, she's good and dirty!ย Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 1 minute ago, eraucubsfan said: Great job, she's good and dirty!ย Thanx eraucubsfan ๐ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okthree Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Eye watering. Nice work.ย Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 5 hours ago, okthree said: Eye watering. Nice work.ย Thanx okthree ๐ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Beautiful as always Jan!ย ย -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 2 hours ago, GreyGhost said: Beautiful as always Jan!ย ย -Gregg Thanx Gregg ๐ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Beautiful job Jan !! Great weathering. ย Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 6 hours ago, A-10 LOADER said: Beautiful job Jan !! Great weathering. ย Steve Thanx Steve, very kind of youย ๐ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 3, 2021 Author Share Posted April 3, 2021 In a nostalgic mood today, looking through old builds to find my mojo ๐ Dang I was pleased with this Sandy ๐ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Beautiful Skyraider! Can you imagine how fun it would be to be a young Air Force Lt. flying Skyraiders out of Thailandย for a year!ย ย Cheers...Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 4 hours ago, aircommando130 said: Beautiful Skyraider! Can you imagine how fun it would be to be a young Air Force Lt. flying Skyraiders out of Thailandย for a year!ย ย Cheers...Ron Thanx Ronย ๐ exciting at the very least! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MA Cooke Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Bravo! You've done a marvelous job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 On 4/8/2021 at 12:32 AM, MA Cooke said: Bravo! You've done a marvelous job! Thanx MA ๐ It was such a fun project! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 On 4/3/2021 at 11:12 PM, Aigore said: In a nostalgic mood today, looking through old builds to find my mojo ๐ย <...> ย Mojo is an iffy, mercurial thing. I really want to continue with my Migs - got an idea for weathering on the Bulgarian Fishbed that sounds great in my head -, but at the same time, I also really kinda don't want to.ย Instead I'm looking at modelling videos on teh YouTubes, only to constantly find that now it's too late at night to continue on the MiGs, but I'll definitely do it tomorrow. Yeah, right.... Good luck finding your mojo. ย On 4/3/2021 at 11:12 PM, Aigore said: <...> Dang I was pleased with this Sandy ๐ ย And rightly so! Looks like the blood sacrifice really paid off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 On 4/17/2021 at 5:51 AM, ChernayaAkula said: ย Mojo is an iffy, mercurial thing. I really want to continue with my Migs - got an idea for weathering on the Bulgarian Fishbed that sounds great in my head -, but at the same time, I also really kinda don't want to.ย Instead I'm looking at modelling videos on teh YouTubes, only to constantly find that now it's too late at night to continue on the MiGs, but I'll definitely do it tomorrow. Yeah, right.... Good luck finding your mojo. ย ย And rightly so! Looks like the blood sacrifice really paid off. Thanxย Moritz ๐ ย the mojo is still not found tho ๐ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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