Revel 1/72 Lancaster

[Guest]

Thanks Jim.

I've done a bit more this morning and am just waiting for the 57 coats of yellow to dry :tongue-out2: before demasking then popping on the sticky up bits at the stern.

[Guest]

After painting the underside I did a bit of preshading on the wing tips and vertical stabilisers

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Than after several coats of yellow I took it outside for some slightly blurry pictures which at least show up the colours better. I also made a start on painting the 48 exhaust pipes

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[colin m]

Looking very nice. Freehand camo in 1:72, top work. One thing though, have a look at that grass will you.

[Guest]

Cheers Colin.

The grass was almost dry enough to cut yesterday but before I got the mower out it decided to rain again! The temporary paving slabs are a path Zoe laid to stop me trudging mud in from the garden while going back & forth to the shed :smiling5:

[topgazza]

Masking would certainly be the more sane way to do it, but I'm determined to crack freehand. To be honest I'm still struggling with the conversion to airbrush after so many years with a spraygun. Whilst the Infinity is a lovely brush it's better than I am, and I can't get the best out of it. I really should have invested in a better trigger style one instead.

I'll be having a go at the lower half with the Bartsharp 116A. It's a bit annoying as it's (variable) single action so I get some paint as soon as I breathe on the trigger, but it's more natural (for me) to control. Maybe I'll pull it apart and see if I can modify it to dual action. What could possibly go wrong? :smiling5:

Yellow is a bugger as it needs so many coats I know. Despite having the quite superb Evolution I have been looking at a trigger style airbrush. Has to be quality though. I guess to freehand with a sharpish edge its low pressure to avoid splashing and lightly thinned paint to get a clean edge first time ?

I cut my lawn for the second time in three weeks yesterday. Madness

[Guest]

Yes, thin paint, low pressure, and as close as you can get without touching for the finest line.

My issue is trigger control, as I'm a weirdo that holds his spraygun funny, using my middle finger on the trigger with my index pointing down the barrel as it were. Switching to using my index finger is proving harder than I thought!

[AlanG]

Never had a problem with yellow, red or white. I use Tamiya paints for that and i find two coats is more than enough.

As for cutting the grass. Not a chance. Only got rid of the snow on it yesterday lol

[Guest]

Never had a problem with yellow, red or white. I use Tamiya paints for that and i find two coats is more than enough.

Yeah, totally my fault this time for going a bit overboard with the thinner. Since I'd spent a bit of time mixing, adding drops of red to get it a bit closer to the proper colour, I didn't want to waste it so splashed it on anyway.

[colin m]

Cheers Colin.

The grass was almost dry enough to cut yesterday but before I got the mower out it decided to rain again! The temporary paving slabs are a path Zoe laid to stop me trudging mud in from the garden while going back & forth to the shed :smiling5:

I can't talk. If that pic was taken on my lawn, you might be saying, "Oi, Colin, have a look at that moss would you" Low growing though, doesn't need much of a cut.

[Guest]

Yellow is a bugger as it needs so many coats I know.

This is why I generally paint it first: put on a white undercoat, then yellow over that and mask it off so I can add the rest over the top of it.

[Guest]

Mixed bag this morning. Props came out nicely following the painting instructions of matt anthracite blades, yellow tips, and gloss black domes.

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But the decals were less successful. It took a lot of hard work to get silvering of such epic proportions!

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Now removed and in the bin...

[Jim R]

Hi Andy
All coming on a treat. Yellow is a difficult colour. Like Jakko I prime under yellow with white - still not easy though. Shame about the decals.
Jim

[Guest]

Thanks Jim.

I've been getting better with decals lately but these didn't want to play ball. I'd thought about painting the lines in but decided against it, I wish I had done now! I know it's still possible but it'll be a whole lot harder now the roundels are on.

[Tim Marlow]

Andy, you could mark the lines using a rotring (technical) pen and straight edge, or a mapping pen and Indian ink....again with a straight edge....

[spanner570]

I had a thought about partially hiding it with a tree, as though the aircraft was flying low and almost brushing the tops, but I guess that would be more appropriate for something other than a bomber!

Looking good Andy.

I don't see why it wouldn't be perfectly feasible and correct to display your Lanc. flying low.

617 used standard Lancasters for training at low altitude all over mainland Britain (Down to the required 60ft.!) To quote one front gunner when his Lancaster brushed the top of a tree - "This is getting bloody dangerous!"

The crews didn't know their target until a short time before the dams raid. It was only at the last minute 617 took delivery of the modified 'Dam Buster' Lancasters.

I'm currently building the same model as you, but brush painting it. I will be displaying it in flying mode to start with, then when I've taken the airborne shots of the aircraft, I will add the undercarriage, before finally take some snaps of it on the ground.

Cheers.
Ron