Industria Mechanika 1/35 The Hornethopter

[Steve Jones]

WOW! That looks so fragile! A wonderful build. I really do like the colours. Cant wait to see the wings on:thumb2:

[Guest]

Here are the wings, very nearly finished (just some minor cleanup to do).

Deciding on the final colour and what material to use proved to be a real challenge, but after some great advice I opted to go with a graduated green wing, but that wasn't the end of the problems.
I downloaded the wing template from Industria Mechanika with the intention of colour laser printing them on clear OHP Transparencies, but I wasn't happy with the results, the faint green areas looked dirty when held up to the light, so I tried again using HP Tough paper (a very thin plastic like paper) but it wasn't transparent and looked too "Flat".
I then had another idea. The clear OHP transparencies come with tissue paper between each sheet, so I printed two wing templates (one mirrored) and sandwiched the tissue paper between them...Voila, a slightly transparent wing with vein texture.

Picture 1: One half of the wings glued to the OHP transparency (using spray glue)



Picture 2: Both sides of the wings now glued and cutout



Picture 3: The tissue paper sandwiched between the OHP Transparencies creates a nice vein effect



Picture 4: Yeah, I think that'll work

[Steve Jones]

Stunning!! Absolutely stunning!!!. I am so pleased the wings worked out the way they did. Terrific stuff Norman:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[Guest]

Amazing work! You nailed it :thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[minitnkr]

Excellent workmanship. Love the finishes. It'd make a great escort for 'bowman's' steampunk airship (If he ever finishes it). PaulE

[Tim Marlow]

That’s great, really great.... a perfect effect.
Tim

[Allen Dewire]

Norman, what can a man say...Those wing are too cool and the coloring you've achieved is one of a kind!!! Just like a real Dragonfly or the like....

[Peter Gillson]

It just keeps getting better and better

[Mickc1440]

Those wings are amazing, superb work.

[RM6239]

I'm with everyone else, those wings are amazing.

cheers
Ross

[Steve Brodie]

oh my lordy, thats looking awesome

[Jim R]

Hi Norman
Wings look great. Your method worked a treat.
Jim

[Guest]

Thank you all for your kind comments, I just wish I had more time to work on it at the moment.

I couldn't resist test fitting the wings to the body to see how it looked...ok, I confess, I just wanted an excuse to test my new camera and photo box

[Guest]

Nice photo :thumb2:

It seems a Canon...?

[Guest]

Nice photo :thumb2:

It seems a Canon...?

Correct, it is a Canon EOS 800D. That photo is one of my first attempts at producing decent images, but I have a lot to learn about photography