Bowcat's 1/48 Tornado F.3 ADV

[Dave W]

Fantastic paintwork. You may have inspired me to take mine off the shelf of doom and finish it!

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Dave.

[Mr Bowcat]

Started the weathering tonight.

Normally I'd use an oil or enamel and do a pin wash, but this time I decided to try a Flory clay wash.

I was pleasantly surprised. Easy to use and I think a nice result.

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[Steve Brodie]

Thats looking brill, yep the Flory washes are great

[Mickc1440]

That looks the dogs parts Bob.

[Guest]

Hi Bob just caught up with your build, very nice work indeed, I've just ordered a set of those Foley washers and they look pretty good like what you've done . Keep up the good work
Old puffer Pete.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers gents.

Not sure about Foley washers Pete, but I'm pleased with the Flory washes. :tears-of-joy:

The only thing I'm not sure about is whether to varnish again before going on with some enamel streaking. I'm assuming that enamel or low odour thinner wont disturb the clay based wash, but i'm not 100% sure??

[colin m]

Very nice, you've done a great job bringing a simple scheme to life. The flory washes are very good. Whilst I know they are water based, I think any liquid will probably get them moving again. Maybe it's time to experiment, somewhere out of sight.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Colin.

[Steve Jones]

Impressive stuff Bob!! The finish is excellent. Any issues with the decals? By the time you had done the 150th you must have had enough!:smiling5:

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Steve.

The decals mostly went down ok, one or two had some silvering so I had to cut in to them a bit to resolve that. They were quite thick though.

[Jim R]

Hi Bob
A really interesting blog. That wing roots shading was very clever and worked well. Decals look to have gone on well and the wash is something I've heard of but not seen used. You have got a great result from it.
Looking really fine.
Jim

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Jim.

[Mr Bowcat]

Small update.

Got the gear built, painted, weathered & installed.

Also got the gear bay doors black based, mottled and top coated and the tanks and missiles undercoated.

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[Steven000]

Lovely build Bob, looking great already! Keep it coming :thumb2:
cheers, Steven