Newsfeed

Ekki
Watching.

Nicolas
Me two.

Robert Podkoński
Me 3.

Guy Rump
Me 4! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Cool dio! Chapeau bas!

Ekki
Very well done!
Congrats!

Guy Rump
Very impressive! 👍

Nicolas
Great Dio. 👍

J35J
Great work!😬

Erik Leijdens
Well Ryan, that is really looking like a well-used Hellcat! The weathered condition of the sea blue is very realistic with the zinc chromate visible and the lighter faded pieces. It all looks very goed, not overdone. Very tidy build, great job 👍!

J35J
Great build, weathering is really spot on! Congrats 👍🏻

Jan Peters
Cool setup, going to follow this 👀

Dave Pluth
It is next up on my list!

Ben M
Oh wow, this will be fun

Dave Pluth
Yeah, pretty excited about it.

John
Cool dio idea! I just want to know how they got it up on the Sherman's back deck!

Marcin Dudek
👀

Alex K
Taking my usual seat...

Nicolas
Taking a seat next to Alex.

Ben M
🪑

J35J
Joining!

Ben M
It's looking great!

Nicolas
Good looking plane.

Duster_d
I'm starting to get a little nervous about those NOVO/FROG biplanes that are in my stash. If their racks are cast in the same crooked way, then the buildings promise to be "interesting". 🙂

Nicolas
Hey, great result. 👍 I'm allways worried about biplanes, but that's perhaps cause the only Biplane I build so far from a tool that wasn't from th 60s was from Amodel.

J35J
Great work👍🏻

Alex K
I agree with Nicolas and J. 👍 👍 Glad you found a shade of blue that you were happy with - and you have such a nice result (I wish i also had this iconic plane in my showcase...). Oh, and, dear Dmitry, please don't stop building those Frog/Novo kits, I really enjoy your work with them!

Duster_d
Thanks, mates! Yes, I will continue building models from FROG\NOVO kits, as it is great and brings me back to my childhood days in a way.

Erik Leijdens
Great result Dimitry, looks like a chunky kit! You've done a great job on it.

Nicolas
Following

Freak
Wow, beautiful shading!!

CaptGPF
Agree with Freak

Bruce Huxtable
Watching in anticipation of the final unveiling 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest.

Vincent
This looks great. I really like the scheme!!!

Thomas Kolb
That weathering looks awesome. What technique did you use? Just oil paints?

Finn
Following

Maciej Bellos
Beautiful!

Cuajete
Very nice painting job and weathering 👍. I have the same question that Thomas.

Tzonglin Wu
Thank you all for your likes.
For me, this time is also an experiment. It's my first time to build a kit like this way.
I'm looking for a quick way to save time while I'm busy at work.
This time I didn't use primer or do pre-shading.
I airbrushed whole fuselage with the main color.
Then refer to photos, hand brushed the darker and lighter colors to create difference.
I think this make the shade effect.
Until this process, only water-based acrylic paint had been used.
In the #13~#15 pictures shown, I have used Mr. Weathering's black to create the panel line.
Yesterday, I covered the plane with mat varnish, I found that the contrast became smaller.
I think I should increase the contrast before the mat varnish in the future.
My weathering process is not over yet.
Oil paints, color pencils, etc. may be used to enhance the effect.

Cuajete
Thank you so much, Tzonglin Wu 👍

Romain Sablou
Nice weathering, we can clearly see that you worked closely with photos references. What did you use for the main color ?

Erik Leijdens
Looking great Tzonglin! Love the way you've weathered it