This
is an old kit, raised panel lines, mould sinks, not a great deal of detail but
fits together fairly easy. I didn't really want to go to town with detailing
sets but was more interes ted
in the unusual camo schemes associated with the Eastern Front.
The
distempered 'whitewash' that was applied roughly to the German aircraft was
waterbased and so would start to wash off after just a few missions and so I
wanted to try to create that effect.
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I decided to base the
aircraft on a semi-fictional scheme and a technique used by Ian Robertson
on his fantastic Hs129. The base splinter camo was painted with Xtra-Acrylics
then coated with Klear to seal it all in. Decals were applied and set then
the white camo applied initially with a chisel brush using Tamyia white
thinned down so you can see the brush coats. The aircraft at this stage
looks terrible but then give the camo a fine sanding (I use micro-mesh
sand pads - well recommended!) just to level off the brush strokes and
bring a bit of detail through. Next get out your airbrush and spray over
the white filling it in and softening the edges. Finally sand down once
again so that edges start showing through but don't overdo it. Tamiya smoke
was sprayed along the panel lines for additional weathering effect.
I
love these aircraft and will definitely look for a Hasagawa Hs129 and build
a 'tricked' up B-2 North Africa variant.
Lee
Burns
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