SMER (Heller) 1/72 Dewoitine d501

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
That's a fine looking paint job. Those Vallejo metallic paints are rather good.
Jim

[Tim Marlow]

Looks great.

[flyjoe180]

Superb work Tony, and I've made a note of your fantastic wooden propeller technique. :thumb2:

[yak face]

The model has now had a coat of Alclad aqua gloss , decals , and another sealing coat of aqua gloss.The decals went on fine , the tail stripe decals being the trickiest as you always have to trim and touch them up . Just a few last bits to put on tomorrow , windscreen , guns , aerials, headrest , wheels , then the exhausts to paint and a pin wash for the control surfaces. Its not getting any weathering as the few period pics show very clean machines , not even a trace of exhaust staining .

[papa 695]

Great work Tony

[outrunner]

Great looking finish.

Andy.

[Mark1]

Nice job,might have to try some of those alclad paints.

[yak face]

Nice job,might have to try some of those alclad paints.

Its only the clear coat thats Alclad mark ,and thats one of their water based acrylic finishes. The silver is Vallejo Metal Color , another water based acrylic . I tried the Alclad metallic laquer paints once and couldnt get on with them , they didnt cover well enough for my liking plus they really stink ! Ive found these Vallejo metal color paints to be very suited to my style , theyre the most hard wearing , forgiving metallic acrylics ive come across so far . Heres a link to Johns shop https://www.scalemodelshop.co.uk/pro...s/metal-color/

[adt70hk]

Tony.

That's coming on very nicely indeed. I remembered someone mentioning a certain Vallejo range of metallic paints were very good but couldn't remember which ones, so thanks for the tip.

I see these are specifically designed for airbrushing. Do they need much thinning on top? Also have you tried then with a brush on smaller areas?

Thanks.

Andrew

[yak face]

Dave

That's coming on very nicely indeed. I remembered someone mentioning a certain Vallejo range of metallic paints were very good but couldn't remember which ones, so thanks for the tip.

I see these are specifically designed for airbrushing. Do they need much thinning on top? Also have you tried then with a brush on smaller areas?

Thanks.

Andrew

They just spray straight from the bottle andrew , just a quick shake ( theres a ball bearing in the bottle too) and off you go . I usually apply them over a gloss black primer . Theyre very hardwearing and take a lot more handling and masking than the model air metallics , As for sealing the finish either Klear or alclad aqua gloss, i tried their own metal color varnish but it was a bit thick and I did t fancy thinning it for fear of it separating on the surface .I have tried brushing , its fine on smaller parts , if a little thin , but on a larger surface you would struggle to get rid of brush marks hope this helps cheers tony

[yak face]

Got all the final little bits done so im calling this done. Its been a quick , trouble free build and its a lovely looking thing , almost art deco in appearance . The wide track , lovely spatted wheels and the long elegant wings make it look more like a circuit racer than a warplane . Heres some pics to round off the build , i’ll be putting some on a completed thread once ive took them off the camera and put them on the laptop thanks to all who've been watching , Vive la France !!
regardez Antoine

[Vaughan]

Tony what a result, great paint job and a very realistic wooden prop.

[Guest]

That looks very good. The plane isn’t my cup of tea, but the model is very well done.

[Tim Marlow]

C’est superbe Antoine!

[Neil Merryweather]

Luvley!