Elan13 (EL81) RAF Pilot with dog WW2 75mm 1/24

[Steve Brodie]

Latest project for me (hopefully not as long as the last one :smiling5: ) is this fantastic rendition of a RAF Pilot in a relaxed pose with his ever faithful Hound, looking at the sculpt he is a Cocker Spaniel. Parts primed and ready to go;



Base coated the life jacket in white, wish i had done this on my Bader figure!;



Next a base coat of Dark Yellow



Ice yellow added to lighten things up



Masked and his trousers and lower jacket airbrushed in blue;



Thanks for looking in

[Steve Brodie]

Colour Palette for his jacket;



And on the figure;

[Jim R]

Hi Steve
I have seen this figure on the Elan13 website but never seen it painted. I look forward to seeing you paint this. Looks like you are off to a good start.
Jim

[papa 695]

Cracking start Steve.

[Richard48]

Nice one Steve.Looks great so far.
Richard.

[Steve Brodie]

Found some great references for the Mae west, at Cosford airshow. the re-en actor very kindly let me take a photo of him wearing one. what i did deduce was that they are not as yellow as i thought, more of a khaki colour. even so from the pictures you can see they change shade depending on the light. Also great to understand why they had army uniforms on and not air force ones.

[Steve Brodie]

[Guest]

Looking very nice indeed Steve.

[papa 695]

Yes looking very nice indeed Steve.

[Jim R]

Hi Steve
Great start. Certainly looks more realistic than the bright yellow often seen on models.
Jim

[Steve Brodie]

Hi Steve
Great start. Certainly looks more realistic than the bright yellow often seen on models.
Jim

Thanks, still not happy with the colour on my Mae-west, so will be repainting it next.

[Steve Brodie]

Looking very nice indeed Steve.

Yes looking very nice indeed Steve.

Thanks chaps. having fun with this one !

[Steve Brodie]

Mae west painted up last night. Also added a satin varnish to his Irvin Jacket, which was a bit worrying at first as it seemed very dark ,but over night the jacket has gone back to its original shades - phew;

Palette;

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Mixes;

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Mae West;

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[Guest]

Nice work on the Mae West Steve - just the right faded yellow colour. When I first painted one I got all sorts of flack for making it too yellow. The work on the fur and leather is very nice too.

[Steve Brodie]

Nice work on the Mae West Steve - just the right faded yellow colour. When I first painted one I got all sorts of flack for making it too yellow. The work on the fur and leather is very nice too.

Thanks,

Thanks Peter, yep they seemed to be various shades of yellow/beige depending on the wear and tear of the items;