Modelling the O-2A Cessna Skymaster, Italeri 1/48

[rtfoe]

Thanks Vaughan, appreciate the comment.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

I painted up the ordnance that came with the kit. The rocket tubes were so so and it took me awhile to figure out what the pods were and they turned out to be mini gun pods. The round black spots are supposed to be meshed vents. I wasn't going to drill and add mesh as I didn't have reference clear enough and would mean being able to see the gun tubes through the mesh. I settled for just painting black circles.



Cheers,
Richard

[yak face]

Lovely work richard , your pre shading is amazingly neat and straight , whenever I do it its always wobbly ! Just as well i usually obliterate it anyway :smiling5: cheers tony

[Charlie Delta Foxtrot]

This is amazing work, next level skill set! Nice job.

[Tim Marlow]

Just caught up on this one. Looks fantastic Richard. The pre shade is really good. Mine always looks like chewed string. Very clean and sharp throughout.

[Si Benson]

Hi Richard,
What better way to spend Saturday morning than catch up on your excellent build. Marvellous work

[rtfoe]

Thanks Tony, Russel, Tim and Si for those kind words.

Basically the airbrushing comes with years of practice and point of contact to the surface that I picked up as an Art Director. The lines are a minimum of 3 passes with extra diluted thin paint over and over until it appears. It's always a non stop flow from one side to the other left to right as I can't keep it straight from top down.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi, the weapons on the wing, masking of the wing lights are off...



Decals are on and wrinkling as the decal juice works. What I was surprised was the carrier film just disappears...I did cut it as close to the letters.



Then I opened the side windows and propped it at the bottom with a scratched lever similar to the old Ford or Mini car rear windows. At this close up you can see how bad the fit of the canopy is.



Cheers,
Richard

[adt70hk]

Richard

That's coming on very nicely indeed. A top job.

ATB.

Andrew

[minitnkr]

Love the window prop. A nice touch. PaulE

[rtfoe]

Thanks Andrew and Paul, the window prop was done for both sides so it's natural air-conditioning in the cockpit. :smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

[Jim R]

Hi Richard
Looking great. I really admire your skills and patience.
Jim

[rtfoe]

Thanks Jim, glad you like it. I'm happy I've managed to hone my skills through the years and haven't lost the enthusiasm with the kits I have built but more slowly this time around. Great hobby this is...lets you repeat and build on what you left off with new set of skills learned.

Cheers,
Richard