Tomcat Fan Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 looking realy nice... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Stunning work on the freehand camo Seb as always! After all these years, i have yet to learn/master that... Decals really tied everything together as well, and love all the tiny stencils all over the frame. Regarding the 1/144 XB-70, it is this one; https://armorymodels.com/product/1-144-xb-70-valkyrie-us-experimental-supersonic-strategic-bomber/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share Posted October 30, 2023 On 10/24/2023 at 9:29 PM, Berkut said: Stunning work on the freehand camo Seb as always! After all these years, i have yet to learn/master that... Decals really tied everything together as well, and love all the tiny stencils all over the frame. Regarding the 1/144 XB-70, it is this one; https://armorymodels.com/product/1-144-xb-70-valkyrie-us-experimental-supersonic-strategic-bomber/ Good paint, good airbrush and lots of painting is the recipe for doing it 😉 With decals applied and everything sealed in with an excellent VMS Satin Varnish it is time to play with oils. If you are following this build from the beginning you might have noticed that I didn't use any of the preshading or black basing I would have normally used. That is, because I decided to create all the weathering and paint fading using oil paints. I admit it is a time consuming job that takes time and patience but at the same time gives you total control over the final outcome. I am using Abteilung502 and Oilbrusher paints combined with VMS Universal Weathering Carrier as a thinner. This is where I am at right now and the weathering is not finished yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 I liked the previous result of the oil paint rendering and though I could push it even further for more fading. Even though it is time consuming, I am really starting to love this technique. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Your Flogger is looking great. Very nice weathering. Looks way bigger than 1/72. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Very nice! good job. Yep, hard to tell it is 1/72 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mario krijan Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Great work my friend!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 On 11/7/2023 at 5:33 PM, Thadeus said: Your Flogger is looking great. Very nice weathering. Looks way bigger than 1/72. Thanks mate! On 11/7/2023 at 7:49 PM, rom said: Very nice! good job. Yep, hard to tell it is 1/72 Thanks rom! On 11/7/2023 at 8:06 PM, mario krijan said: Great work my friend!! Hvala Mario! Again playing with oil paints, I've faded and distressed the plain look of pale blue grey undersides... Some streaking was added and as you can see, the wheels assembly has started. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 Weapons: missiles are a nightmare to build - nothing wrong with them, really, but just for example, the little R-60s are made out of 13 parts each plus over 20 stencil decals. The larger R-24s are a little better construction wise, but again many decals slows the build down. They look good though in the end! Landing gear: It is a complex affair on the real aircraft and the same goes with the model. While the gear struts have nice secure locating positions, great care must be taken attaching all the landing gear covers and their associated actuator arms. Wheels: I have to say I am very disappointed in this area. The plastic ones look good, but I've decided to up the ante a bit with Clearprop's resin ones, just to get that little bit more of detail into the build. Unfortunately that was a mistake. Resin has shrunk during curing and the separate wheel hubs were of smaller diameter than the holes in the tyres; I managed to hide the resulting gaps a bit with the main wheels, but front ones were unusable and I ended up using plastic ones. Also the locating holes were of smaller diameter than the plastic pegs on the struts, while the main struts have a "key-hole" like peg, that enables correct positioning of the hubs, but the resin ones have just a hole and you need to modify the parts. Anyhow, just a few more details left to finally finish this build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 God's Seb, my eyes hurt from that fantastic detail work you do in that tiny scale! I'm considering moving up to 1/32 scale because of my eyes :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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