The Star Of Afrika

Rui S
Great work 👍

Ethan Williams
Lovely weathering on that! Great job

Niels C
Nice work! Love the spray painted markings, wheatering is perfect!

Paul Moore
Stunning build! I really liked your shading along panel lines. Just right amount without looking like a grid. How did you shade those panel lines?

Also, any issues with this kit? Would you do anything different?

Thanks, Paul

Bill Mathews
paul - I used a very thin mix (90% levelling thinners) of tamiya smoke applied in very thin lines at about 8-10 psi ... as for the kit - construction is pretty good - it's the accuracy issues that are the main problem . the large scale planes forum has a great section on "fixing" the major issues with many big kits - i did a couple of those fixes - the rudder is way too short horizontally - used a resin one for the hasegawa kit , but i think the worst is the spinner - too bulbous - once you see the profile of a hasegawa resin fix you can't unsee it - unfortunately a resin replacement for the trumpy kit is hard to get so I just machined the original down to improve the profile ... it's better but not perfect . for the next trumpy one ( doing a G-6 that is currently in the australian war museum ) i'm using the model monkey 3d printed prop hub and spinner to save the machine work ...

J35J
Great work & paintjob! Congrats👍🏻

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful work, congrats!

Paul Moore
Bill,
Thanks for your thorough answer. I'll give the smoke a try.

Paul Moore
Looking at your photo of the right side of the forward fuselage that labeled, "scrape, scrape, scrape" ….i wonder if there's an interesting weathering technique there? The scraping (except down to plastic) looks pretty legit. 🤔

Paul Moore
And I like your display cabinet. Could I see some more photos of that and any data you could provide: maker, size, lighting, etc.

Bill Mathews
Paul - the scraping was something I forgot about the kit . There are mould seams on the upper cowls (that are in the perfect spot for panel lines) and on the lower sides of the fuselage that both need to be removed… I noticed the fuselage ones in assembly but thought the cowl ones were supposed to be there … hence the scraping to remove them (definitely easiest way) cabinets are from ikea - have extra shelves made from perspex but no lighting . Will add some photos

CaptGPF
This is a rare build where the weathering is done just right IMHO - pronounced enough but not too much where it buries the details, but rather accentuates them. VERY WELL DONE!

Bill Mathews
Thanks for the great feedback everyone