one for the mottle...

[diymirage]

figured id share this one with you guys perhaps i can get some tips 

 

i always loved the way the german planes looked so i bought this 1/48 109 kit 

it is a pretty basic kit, not a whole lot of detail and it require a LOT of sanding to make things line up 

 

not a big deal, i mostly bought this kit to try my hand at painting it, so we will see. 

i hope to have her in primer by the end of the day 

 

 

[diymirage]

Got the primer down, and the yellow 

 

Not sure I like the yellow 

[diymirage]

Got the base blue down, now it will probably be a week or so before I will get to it again 

[diymirage]

Found a few minutes to lay down the first of the top paints 

 

I was gonna go with grey, but found some "mud brown" and thought, that'll look cool 

 

I think I will detail some of the mottle with a brush later 

But I like the lines I put down 

[diymirage]

I was able to get the second coat on 

 

Not happy with the overspray, but hopefully that will wash out during weathering 

[stavanzer]

I like where this is going.

Keep up the good work.

BTW, what kit is it? What scale? 1/48th?

[diymirage]

2 hours ago, stavanzer said:

I like where this is going.

Keep up the good work.

BTW, what kit is it? What scale? 1/48th?

Thanks! 

 

It is a starfix, 1:48 kit 

About the cheapest kit I could find, but since it was only going to be paint mule I didn't mind 

(It did take a little more sanding then I liked to get the two sides of the fuselage to line up) 

[stavanzer]

Starfix!?!

Holy Cow, I admire you.

It looks great for a paint mule!

[diymirage]

Yeah, the starfix isn't the greatest kit, but I am not looking to build a 100% correct replica 

I have no idea how old this kit is, or where it falls in the production run, but it could be the molds were just getting old 

 

Perhaps what bothers me the most about is is the lack of swastikas on the decal sheet 

 

I guess if they had put an ace of spades on there I could pretend to be making a 9 staffel jg53 plane, but there don't seem to be any real markings on the decal sheet

 

 

[diymirage]

 

Back to the plane 

I'm not totally happy with it, but it's starting to look like something 

 

(One of the complaints people have about this kit is that the scale is of...which doesn't become apparent untill you start to add properly scaled decals) 

 

This was my first time using a pinwash, and I did a light chalk detailing over top 

 

Not done yet, but she's got her feet under her again

[diymirage]

since some time past i figured it would make sense she would be in winter camo...if she hadnt been shot down by now 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this was my first time using chipping fluid and i think it came out allright 

(definitely did not flow from the airbrush as i would have liked)