Posts Tagged ‘aircraft post wwii’
BOEING AH-64D APACHE LONGBOW ATTACK HELICOPTER : TAKOM : 1/35 SCALE : IN BOX REVIEW
AH-64D APACHE LONGBOW The Boeing AH-64 Apache (/əˈpætʃi/) is an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. It is armed with a 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 chain gun carried between the…
Read MoreHARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.24
HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.24 This is the final episode, We finish of with final matt coat, making glass out of glue, navigation lights, final conclusion and fianl revel photos. Special Tools: Evolution Airbrush Consumables: Mr Hobby : GX-113 GX Super Clear III UV Cut Flat : Mr.Color : 18ml Find Products In Store
Read MoreHARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.23
HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.23 In this episode we do, Fading with oils, final post-shading, single panel wear weathering and exhaust fumes. Special Tools: INFINITY GIRALDEZ Consumables: Tamiya : Weathering Master : Set C : Orange Rust, Gun Metal And Silver Find Products In Store
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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.22 In this episode we do, painting highlights on landing gear, streaking effects with Mr.weathering liner and oil fading of the paint work. Special Tools: Tamiya : Modeling Brush HF Standard Set Consumables: Mr Hobby : Mr Weathering Liner Mud Colour Set Find Products In Store
Read MoreHARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.21
HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.21 The weathering stage begins, starting with a sludge was to fill in all the recessed detail on the surface of the model to bring out all the detail, we can now start adding our bits and pieces, which I start by showing you the perfect way to glue our tail section together.…
Read MoreHARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.20
HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.20 The harrier now gets some weathering added by starting of with chipping, In this episode we look at the different colours for chipping we can use, from going down to bare metal to light subtle chips using multiple shades of our original camo pattern, we show you how to paint wheels with…
Read MoreHARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.19
HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.19 The Harrier takes on a new look with all the decals placed down, we go over all you need to know about decaling, using products like Micro Sol and Set, we even tackle a tricky roundel decal around the air intakes, this will need some extra care. Special Tools: Tamiya : Decal Tweezers…
Read MoreHARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.18
HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.18 We now in this episode get the Harriers exhausts all done with a natural metal finish, we use 3 different colours to achieve this, starting with MC-213 Stainless as a base with a bit of pre-shading of MC-219 Brass, and finally MC-214 Dark iron misted on top, all this is then buffet…
Read MoreHARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.17
HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.17 Episode.17 we start our second camo colour H-330 Mr Hobby Dark green BS641, And go over some spraying basics of how to spray camo down and to avoid bleed though to our Dark seagrey and how to have everything nicely feathered in, we move on from this to bleaching which we use…
Read MoreBLEACHING & CAMO : BUILDING THE HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.16
HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.16 Time to continue with removing our little blemish left over from a spraying mistake, we do this with a very very fine grit sanding stick, the ones you would use for canopies, this is to lightly sand at the area in question, so lightly that we sand away the blemish but still…
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