hooter Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Hi Everyone, Here is my latest effort for your inspection. It is a combination of an Esci kit with landing gear from the Revell version, as that had better details . The model depicts an F - 100D of the 493rd. TFS, 48th. TFW based at Lakenheath in the early 70 's. Brush painted with Humbrol paints, apart from the aluminium. which is Xtracolor. with a final spray with Matt Cote. I used the technique of painting round the edge of each colour with a fine brush and a 50 / 50 mix of the adjacent colours to achieve the slightly feathered overspray of the real airplane, as my airbrush is only a basic one, but I think the effect works in that scale. All comments ( good or bad ! ) welcome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 I gotta say, the painting technique works pretty nice. On green/green border I feel it looks pretty convincing. I also love how smooth Your brush painting is. I really like the red turbine stripe. Looks pretty cool too. I love the Esci Hun. A basic but somehow very nice kit. I do hate the fit of the nose on these kits though. And I feel the dual seater fits even worse than single seater. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crackerjazz Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Brush-painted? Wow! : ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 If you hadn't said it was brush painted I would never have known. Excellent result. Geoff M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hooter Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 Thanks for the kind words, guys . I usually mix my paints 50 / 50 with thinners, and give a slight rub down between coats, and this helps to remove any brush marks. The final matt, gloss or satin finish is sprayed on with my trusty Badger 200. I don't use acrylics ( I tried once and spent an hour cleaning out the gunge that had formed inside ! ) I do use a spray coat if it's one colour, or an aluminium finish required, and that system has worked well for me over the years. 🙂. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AD-4N Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 You brush painted that light gray? Come on, pull they other one! 😁 Seriously, good job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hooter Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 That light graey was Humbrol 28, and went on like a dream. It was just different enough from white , so that it covered nicely, as dud the other colours, so was a pleasure to paint. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 That's awesome! Brush painted??!! The "hot section" is very realistic too. Cheers...Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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