Mike J.
Master Member
My first serious model in a long time. Been working on this for a few weeks; now it's to a point where I can show it off.
Thought I'd go non-canon with this puppy and paint her with cues taken from other birds.
No real rhyme or reason to it.
Also building a 1:72 FM X-Wing at the same time. This big one is much easier to mask. The little one's more of a test bed to brush up my skills.
Not sure if I want to go to the trouble of masking her again, to add some warm gray panels. I'll need another roll of masking tape, I f I do. I'm actually using an old roll of Ace Hardware brand tape and it works like a charm. I had a little roll of the Tamiya tape, but I can't find it.
I'm also using Future to 'seal' the edges of the applied tape, to prevent bleeding under. It's working pretty well. Not sure where I learned that trick; probably here.
One trick I 'discovered' and would like to share: this 1:48 bird comes with two sets of decals, peel & stick stickers and real water-slide decals. By applying a couple layers of packing tape over the peel & stick decals, and then cutting the 'painted' area of the decal out with an X-Acto knife, you can end up with a homemade, self-adhesive mask for the markings. I used it for my blue markings on the wings.
Almost time for decals, which I'm actually looking forward to.
-Mike J.
Thought I'd go non-canon with this puppy and paint her with cues taken from other birds.
No real rhyme or reason to it.
Also building a 1:72 FM X-Wing at the same time. This big one is much easier to mask. The little one's more of a test bed to brush up my skills.
Not sure if I want to go to the trouble of masking her again, to add some warm gray panels. I'll need another roll of masking tape, I f I do. I'm actually using an old roll of Ace Hardware brand tape and it works like a charm. I had a little roll of the Tamiya tape, but I can't find it.
I'm also using Future to 'seal' the edges of the applied tape, to prevent bleeding under. It's working pretty well. Not sure where I learned that trick; probably here.
One trick I 'discovered' and would like to share: this 1:48 bird comes with two sets of decals, peel & stick stickers and real water-slide decals. By applying a couple layers of packing tape over the peel & stick decals, and then cutting the 'painted' area of the decal out with an X-Acto knife, you can end up with a homemade, self-adhesive mask for the markings. I used it for my blue markings on the wings.
Almost time for decals, which I'm actually looking forward to.
-Mike J.