Airfix Gloster Meteor/v1 bomb "dogfight" kit

[Guest]

I completely agree with the figure painting. If in any doubt do less and I would strongly recommend that you do not even try to do eyes at anything smaller than 1/35th. If you take a photo of a face and reduce it so that the size of the face is the same as a 1/35th scale figure can you see the whites of the eyes? I've done this a number of times and always found that I couldn't. I do a base colour then a wash and finally dry brush some highlights on when I'm doing 1/72nd figures. I know the wargaming lads would throw thier hands up in horrow and say you should be using two highlight shades and two shadow shades but it's importnat to stay within your capabilities and be happy with the result rather than try something extreem and get very frustrated when it goes wrong.

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[Guest]

Ok all primed, then sprayed dark sea grey. I then masked of the camo pattern and sprayed dark green.

Cant help but think the recomended green is too light a colour? Its Vallejo model air dark green What do you guys think?

Edit ok ive had a good look at pics of the real thing online and it seems that the green colour varied alot in darkness so i should be ok i think.

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[stona]

The Dark Green colour seems to have weathered quite quickly,particularly on aircraft operating at high altitudes and therefore high exposures to UV radiation. The colour is supposed to be fairly olive and weathered,depending on the paint,to various shades. Sometimes it seems to have gone almost brown!

Our perception of a colour is very much influenced by its context,meaning,in a camouflage scheme, the colour it is next to.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

I decided to respray the entire model and usd a darker green this time.

All finished and i have to say it was a nice kit to put together, with no real dramas at all.

I decided against putting the v1 on the display stand and will get a eurofighter to display with it, First jet fighter and the latest one. For now my revell spitfire is on ther with it.

Let me know what you think, good or bad.