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Excellent job on the weathering Michael!

I've never seen grey bombs before - I guess Navy and Army Air Force each did their own thing? Funny how battered they look, you'd think the crews would be more careful

Philipp

Thanks Philipp.
Yes I found it strange too, that's why I ran with it.
Apparently, they were white until about 1942, then started using the USAF Olive Drab with yellow lines around them that were used in the ETO. Must have been a supply thing.

Michael

I meant to say light grey not white.

Michael

They look great Michael, I would assume the salt air would rust things up pretty fast.

Adam Durrant wrote: ↑28 Dec 2020, 07:47 They look great Michael, I would assume the salt air would rust things up pretty fast.

Thanks Adam.
It certainly would not have helped as the bombs were stacked and man-handled and the box fins were in crates to protect the fins I believe.
Michael

For quite a while now I have been contemplating trying my hand at Black Basing. I'd only heard of this when I came across videos from Doog's Models and became fascinated with the effect and started doing some research. Then I started to try out this technique with terrible results. The thing I found the hardest was the Tri-Colour paint scheme I wanted to use. I could not get a good mottled effect in a consistent manner through all colours using black as the base. So I eventually settled on a light grey primer overall and used differing tones of colour.
Unfortunately, this process to all my patience and a few resprays and I didn't take any pics of the hiccups. This is where I ended up so far.
The upper part of the fuselage is still in the grey primer with some of the experimental pre-shade as well. I'm not sure what Mr. Doog would think, but it's just my interpretation of his Black Basing method.

That's it for now. Will be back with the top soon, hopefully.

Michael

Never heard of this method, so it's basically elaborate pre-shading?

In any case, I'd say it turned out fine

Philipp

Black Basing is very prevalent in aircraft builds Philipp, mainly because it's effective at creating visual interest on unbroken surfaces like wings and fuselages. I like the results you can get with it. AFV's have angles and smaller flat surfaces which are well served with existing modulation techniques.

Looking good Michael

Vincent

Philipp Gross wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 21:37 Never heard of this method, so it's basically elaborate pre-shading?

In any case, I'd say it turned out fine

Philipp

Philipp, here is a link which will explain the technique far better than I can.


https://doogsmodels.com/2014/07/03/tech ... ck-basing/

Michael

I am still persisting with the black basing paint method with minimal success, I'm afraid. Maybe the next project will be better. The tri-colour paint scheme is playing havoc with my skill level. The AK primer didn't exactly take to well and when I removed the masking tape the some paint came with it. I can't really blame the the primer completely because I did neglect to wash the plastic first. Any way here's the result, although the images don't show the effect of the black basing technique all that well.

Hope you like it so far.
Michael