Revel 1/144 Focke wolf FW190A having trouble

[eddiesolo]

Cheers Si I've started on the base now but I'm having trouble with making the trees stand up so what I'm going to do is stick them in some balsa wood and stick a load of lichen on it to hide it then I'm going to stick the spit to the top of the trees pointing down at the Focke then a few bushes and it's done

So this is a seriously low level encounter...get low get fast...the 190 is doomed then, no room for maneuver, no room or height to bail out...or is he?

Si

[Guest]

I push a head-less dressmakers pin into the tree trunk then stick that into the balsa base Alan.

Gives the tree a lot of strength.

Hope this helps mate

Looking forward to the dio

[eddiesolo]

I push a head-less dressmakers pin into the tree trunk then stick that into the balsa base Alan.Gives the tree a lot of strength.

Hope this helps mate

Looking forward to the dio

Failing that could you drill the base for the tree trunk that way it would be more secure?

Si

[Alan 45]

Cheers chaps but in my haste I've gone with the stick and plonk method and realised that my lichen and trees are from autumn so I've spent most of my time painting them

My impulsiveness is my own down fall !

[Alan 45]

It's not worked I'm trying to correct it but it's just making it worse [ATTACH]74127.IPB[/ATTACH]

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This isn't what I had in mind when I started

[Guest]

What is it exactly that hasn't worked?

Colour? Doesn't look too bad

The hedges could need thickening a tad (personal preference) but apart from that it's a nice layout

[Alan 45]

Do you really think so mate ?

Your right about the hedge and that's not a big problem , I think I need some dirt under that and it's a little flat , the grass is looking more like a carpet instead of a natural contour of the ground , maybe I just need to step back and approach it with a fresh mind

[eddiesolo]

I think the Spit is putting you off via the vision of the piece, it looks plonked so in your view it looks daft and not dynamic. The scene looks okay mate, as said the hedges need filling out, as for the grass add some features under it to build it up or failing that add some watered paint to highlight track ways or colour variations, this will stop it looking like a mat.

I think, as most of are, that you're being too critical. I like the idea mate, besides you could count it as a exercise and test piece, learn from it, all good stuff in the end.

Si

[Guest]

How about raising the spit off the tree with a short length of thin wire, would just give that small amount of space between to add a bit of tension (i.e. "phew that was close") to the scene?

[Alan 45]

How about raising the spit off the tree with a short length of thin wire, would just give that small amount of space between to add a bit of tension (i.e. "phew that was close") to the scene?

Not a bad idea mate I was thinking along similar lines

I have however done this to it [ATTACH]74129.IPB[/ATTACH]

[eddiesolo]

That looks better Alan, you seem to be working the issues and getting good results.

Si

[Alan 45]

That looks better Alan, you seem to be working the issues and getting good results.Si

I'm still not completely happy but it's better than it was

And thanks for the help guys just need to find some wire now