Plastic Scale Models

Scale

1/72 = I like this scale for planes

Tools

• Air brush - needed / iwsh list

• Panel liners

Techniques

• Think about what to glue on and paint, versus what to pain _then_ glue on.
• Clean the model before primer
• Using black primber for shadow and highlist hwith whie, then apply basecode of colour

Process

planes

• cockpit
• landing gear
• assembly
• putty
• filing, sanding
• redo panel lines

• black primer, white highlights

Tanks

• lower hull and suspension
• upper hull
• tracks
• wood handles on tools: light sand, washes of brown for grain.

• black primer, white highlights

Weathering

1. light matt clear to cover base paint job

2. ragged sponge with very little paint, dabbing around edgers and high ares, hinges , etc.

3. light layer of mineral spirits

4. while still wet: oils on places where rust might happen.

Colours:

• Rust
• burnt/raw sienna
• burt/raw umber
• "Streaking grime"

light treatment, then once over with dry brush

Thanks to Andy's hobby headquarters for these steps. https://www.facebook.com/Andys-Hobby-Headquarters-141526949244927/

Kids

• Monster Truck

• Spaceship

• DeHavlaine Vampire - done
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9EP6aRHvL0

Me

• F-8 Bearcat

• Cheiftan Tank

• Supermarine Swift FR.5 Airfix

Wish list

• 1/72 OV-10 Bronco
  • Ref https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXxoSyew1Rg
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWi7xYE2JWg

• A-10 Thunderbolt

• 1/72 Academy A-37B Dragonfly

• Sukhoi Su-25 1/72
  • Frogfoot

• Ka-52 Alligaor
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy1av2mbXgY
  • "Hokum-B" 1/72 Italeri

• Douglas a-26 invader

• Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw
• possibly the HO4S-3
• UPDATE
  • Got it for X-mas 2017 from the fam. the 1955 kit. Whoa! classic. Whoa! crude. But I'm stubborn and like a challenge.
  • model guide https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/h-19/h-19_all.shtml
  • great walk around https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/h-19/h-19_walk1.shtml
  • more stuff

I Seem to be drawn to ground attack craft

• Messerschmitt Me262 B-1/U-1 Nightfighter - revell maybe ?

• AT-802L Longsword aka OA-8 Longsword
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Tractor_AT-802

• Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne
  • possibly also it's prototype / testing predecessor Lockheed XH-51

• F9F Cougar

• Mig-21 ( Eduard ? )
• Aérospatiale Gazelle

• UH-72A
  • big walk around - black scheme http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/howard_mason5/uh-72a_11-72224/
  • http://www.ridder.aero/article/train-to-win-lakotas-at-hohenfels/ good write up of American UH-72A in Europe.

resources

• Paul Budzik https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrdcVbQE5fUvTKxMbhnN_KQ , very good, classical old school

• Plasmo

• Big Modeller https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZEWsfls6g4TEuMmt_tNDMg <- very gud

• Sall M Y https://www.youtube.com/user/OGGB30171 - too much talking.

• Andy's Hobby headquarters - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChnAgeghaNKLdftbfJY8zNA - very accessible

• Great list of walk arounds: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/forum/341-rotary-wing-aircraft-walkarounds/