Jamie 'Haggis' Haggo

Hello Song First off may I say it's very encouraging to have a member of a mainstream manufacturing company get in contact with modellers. I am a big fan of Trumpeter's products, thank you for bringing us all those models. OK, you asked about helicopters. Personally, and this is my own selfish choice, I would love for you to do a Royal Navy Lynx in 1:35. As Hobby Boss have shown in 1:72, there are many versions available. Also, there are many inaccuracies with those kits and this would be an opportunity to correct them. We as modellers always have our own pet projects we would love to s

I'll be there on the IPMS Avon stand. I missed last year's as I was away with work but I can't wait for this one.

Here we go fellas.

Hopefully I'll finish her in the next session.

I have touched up the mottling as well as adding the Gruppe marking.

Thanks all, I'm on the finishing straight. The engine is mounted, the prop is on and she's on her feet. The engine was a bit of a struggle but I got there in the end. I wanted to put the two fairings on but this is impossible owing to the fact that the other cowlings won't fit, a real shame. Still, it gives me an excuse for a base.

Yep, I make sure that only a tiny amount of paint comes out and build the mottles up slowly. It works for me, I find that because I use acrylics, if the pressure is low then the paint dries in the air and can lead to a pebbly or grainy finish.

Hi Jack, thanks for the link. The way you could mask the wing root is by applying many strips of very thin masking tape to outline the shape. When I mottle I use almost a thick wash and a relatively high pressure on the compressor. This atomises the paint really well and avoids that speckeled look. This technique would work well around the tail. I love the cockpit detailing, the fuel pipe is very clever. It's something I'll do on my next one for sure.

I've only used the paint for picking out details in cockpits etc but it's quite thick stuff so if you were to try it sprayed it would need a fair amount of thinning. The camo is indeed freehand. I don't think in 48th that using this technique is authentic but I prefer how it looks. Cheers Jack, how's your 109 looking?

Antony - Thanks mate, you make me blush. Jack - I think Warhammer and citadel are the same thing? They are superb and I can't recommend them enough. I have used Vallejo and they are very good but IMHO Warhammer/Citadel are better. Thanks for the nice comments.

The underside has been weathered using the same technique. I experimented with oil paint streaking and I'm please with how it came out. I haven't really used oil paints before but I am a convert. The wheel wells were masked and then the RLM 02 sprayed. I find this easier than trying to mask the wheel wells off and then applying the camouflage.

Here is a close up of the weathering on the wing root. The paint chips are applied using a sponge and a silver/ grey mix of thinned Warhammer paint.