FW190 D-9, 1:48 Tamiya - Centurion3RTR

[yak face]

Excellent mottle john, first time too!! I havent even started mine yet and youre nearly finished! youll have to do another one!!cheers tony

[Guest]

The mottle looks really good, subtle as it should be. I have just had an email confirming mine has been dispatched, I ordered it over the Easter weekend, I knew it would be delayed. Still, should be here for this coming weekend and it looks as though I have some catching up to do.

[stona]

That is looking very nice indeed. Tony's right, you're so far ahead of the game you'll have to do another one !

Steve

[spanner570]

Top dollar John, now't to this mottling lark is there?......I SAID, now't to this...oh! well,

Joking apart, it looks well and as the boy's say your'e nearly there and I have only today starting to hack the bits off from the wings and tail section wot make it turn...I'll have to get the proverbial out!

Keep having fun,

Ron

[Ian M]

Nice Paint work there John!

I notice that you have opted to paint it with out the canopy in place, (or did you do the blue tac trick). I wouldn't fancy trying to match that up.

Ian M

[Guest]

Great job John , the mottle looks fantastic - did you do it free hand or with a stencil , gotta say thats the bit thats scaring the life out of me

Richy

[Guest]

Good job with the airbrush. I just hope that my stay like that.

[Centurion3RTR]

WOW!! Thanks everyone for the kind words, another one? Hang on! I'm havin' too much fun on this one lol.

Ian M i painted the canopy separate mate, just masked it up on both sides. The blue tac trick? Never thought of doing it that way, i'll give it a go next time. (Sorry Ian, it take me all time to write mate and not to call you uncle as i have a uncle who lives in Nykøbing named Ian too lol).

Richy the mottle was all free hand bud, i painted the camo first then i airbrushed the Pale Greyblue. The mottle is sprayed very lightly and in a random squiggley pattern, the more you go to the underside the more the paint goe's on.

Next will be the decals, oh happy days. Have fun, John

[John]

I like the mottling effect that's the bit that I'm worried I won't do right

[Guest]

Hi John just catching up with everyones progress and this is looking very nice the motteling is well coolvery nice work.

scott

[Centurion3RTR]

This is how i airbrushed the mottling on my D-9.

Camo first.

The random squiggley pattern in Pale Greyblue

Built up more Pale Greyblue the further down the fuselage.

It was that simple as you're using the camo for the mottling effect and you don't need to mix up the paint for the mottling. I like cheating lol.

Have fun, John

[Guest]

John - you are a diamond pal , thankyou for sharing this , I did not have a clue where to start with the mottle , thats what I love about this forum and gb everyone helping each other , already I`ve learnt about pre-shading ie- black lines etc and now mottling etc , then again putting it into practice is a completely different ball game ,

Cheers John

Richy

[Centurion3RTR]

No problem Richy, glad i can help. It may not work for everyone (as they have there own way of doing it) but, if it work's for us "Tankies" then i'm all for it lol.

Well, i made a start on putting the decals on yesterday, made a right ash of it so left it alone. Today is no better but i did rectify the yesterdays problem, the Defense of the Reich band wouldn't do as it was told so i painted it on.

Have fun, John

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[Centurion3RTR]

Hi all, thought i'd give the decals another go today and they're still not playing ball. The smaller stencels are ok, it's the bigger ones i'm having problems with. The last one on the underside of the wing would not go down right so it split, had to mask it up and paint it in the end.

It's not finished as yet, the canopy is not glued on because it still needs some small stancels and a matt varnish. Then it's dio time lol, the ICM figures i orderd are nice but i've seen some better ones to go with the Opel Blitz, they are still ICM but in different poses.

Have fun, John

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[stona]

That looks great. Interesting technique on the mottling,it certainly works. Just goes to show that there are many ways of skinning a cat.

Cheers

Steve