Good morning!
We've had a very fun and engaging airbrush workshop on Sunday. With 6 people plus myself it was a bit busy, but cosy and (hopefully) informative. Keep an eye on the homepage for future dates!
I made some simple 1/72 aircraft kits as 'paint mules', and it got me thinking about organising a 'Start to Model' workshop... I'll have to start writing and organising one of those.
On to the models then. I masked and primed my Viggen. I primed with white, starting on the underside, then switched to black for the cockpit hood frames. While I had the black in my airbrush, I sprayed the nose as well. Once dry, I gave the topside a coat of white.
With the workshop quickly appoaching, I decided to preshade the underside, going back to black and going over every panel line. My lines are way too thick, but still it gave me the chance to show how you can build up colour while leaving the paint semi-translucent. The right wing underside has received some thin layers of grey; notice the difference with the other wing?
The effect is still too stark at the moment, I'll give it a few more layers (with the correct grey colour) and expand it to the entire underside of the plane.
Minerva time! I masked off the engine, sprayed
chipping fluid and then carefully applied an extra layer of
XF-82 over the body. The paint was then lightly chipped in the bed, where the spare wheels will rest:
As you can see, I gave the seat another coat of oil paint and installed the steering wheel and machine gun pedestal.
When that was all done, a coat of
gloss varnish was airbrushed, allowing me to stick on the decals, and give all the rivets and lines a wash with
Citadel Nuln Oil.
Modern tires are black because carbon is added to the natural rubber, reinforcing them and extending their service life. I seem to remember reading that this process was invented somewhere around 1916, so the tires of World War I vehicles should be natural rubber, which has a greyish off-white colour. I found
Citadel Wraithbone to be a nice colour match.
Each wheel has a tiny tire air valve to be installed in between the spokes. I sprayed these
Brass to make them stand out a bit:
Next up: Satin varnish, weathering, installing the wheels and gun.
The Bloch is nearly ready for paint. I first painted the engine:
When constructing the cowling, I found the instructions had omitted a part:
There's a small grille in that bulge, but the separating plate is not mentioned.
This is how the cowling should look when complete:
It didn't fit, of course, so I cut off the backside that should have gone underneath the cylinders and lined it up on the front.
Finally, slow progress on the Ford Focus. I fixed the Martini-blue decals. They haven't aged well and were damaged, so there are lots of areas to fix. Just need to find a decent colour match for the blues.
Once done, I can give it a varnish, then mask for the red areas.
That's it for now.
See you next week!
