Weathering the cabin.

[Guest]

Hi all.

I have start a plane. In fact, after an attempt time ago, now will go for my Tartan Spitfire.

I'm building the cabin this moment. Need to paint and have a Tamiya XF-71 "Green cabin". Seems to "light" to me, is correct?

And the most important, what can do to weathering the cabin?

Any advice and comment will help me!

Thanks

Polux

PS: the new model is a Spitfire (Eduard) scale 1/48.

[Guest]

I have used either a black or burnt umber oil wash then dry brush by adding a little bit of white to your green colour.

scott

[stona]

XF-71 is generally considered a decent match for the RAF Grey/Green used in cockpits and elsewhere.

Weather like you would anything else. A pin wash followed by a bit of post shading and or dry brushing works for me. I also "chip" areas of heavy wear with aluminium paint or a silver pencil.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Thank you very much Scott & Steve.

Regards

[Guest]

On most of the planes I have been involved with the cockpits do not really "weather" like on the outside. You will hovever have to try and "accent" some areas to give it feel.

On the full size you will usually get some scuffing on the floor just at the rudder peddals where the boot heels wear through the paint to the allu sheet. On the cockpit cils where the crew will tend to put hands or bums to get in and out of cockpit, even on the top part of the windshield frame where people pull themselves up.

The inspection pannels (usually on the floor) for the collomb controll links also sometimes chip paint when removed for MPI's (mandetory periodic inspections) but they are quite small and might not even show up in 72 scale.

Also the edges of the seats (bang seats aswell) where the safety straps bang or chafe when not tied down tend to get a little faded.

For some variation in the instrument pannel you might play with different tones of grey and black to show that some of the instruments have been swopped out during the plane's carier.

Hope it helps

Theuns

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Hi Polux ......... I dry brushed the cabins on my Kingfisher with a thinned "Blue/Black" over the green. It worked really well.

Peter

[Guest]

On most of the planes I have been involved with the cockpits do not really "weather" like on the outside. You will hovever have to try and "accent" some areas to give it feel.On the full size you will usually get some scuffing on the floor just at the rudder peddals where the boot heels wear through the paint to the allu sheet. On the cockpit cils where the crew will tend to put hands or bums to get in and out of cockpit, even on the top part of the windshield frame where people pull themselves up.

The inspection pannels (usually on the floor) for the collomb controll links also sometimes chip paint when removed for MPI's (mandetory periodic inspections) but they are quite small and might not even show up in 72 scale.

Also the edges of the seats (bang seats aswell) where the safety straps bang or chafe when not tied down tend to get a little faded.

For some variation in the instrument pannel you might play with different tones of grey and black to show that some of the instruments have been swopped out during the plane's carier.

Hope it helps

Theuns

Great and explication Theuns!

Will be very useful!

Thank you very much.

Polux

[Guest]

Hi Polux ......... I dry brushed the cabins on my Kingfisher with a thinned "Blue/Black" over the green. It worked really well.Peter

Thinned blue/black...mmm... I like it Peter!!

Will try! Thank you very much!

Polux

[Guest]

Hi all.I have start a plane. In fact, after an attempt time ago, now will go for my Tartan Spitfire.

......

Polux

PS: the new model is a Spitfire (Eduard) scale 1/48.

A Tartan Spitfire! I love it. But are you serious? Please let us see it finished.

[Guest]

A Tartan Spitfire! I love it. But are you serious? Please let us see it finished.

Hi Steve!

Is an 'old' project. After this first attempt, now, I want to do it seriously!

Look the first time, if you want.

Thanks

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/planes-helicopters/16917-spitfire-f-mk-vii-tartan-version.html