DenJuve Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Hello Here is my rendition of Kitty Hawk's 1/32 Sabre Dog. Build it out of the box with only some brake lines added. Even used the kit decals. For me this was a speed build as it only took 5 months to complete Best regards, Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlienFrogModeller Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 WOW well done sir. well done. Love the finish you have on the kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cr7driver Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Very nice build. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jfmajor60 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Wow!! Very very nice, excellent weathering I like the staining and subtle chipping....Well Done!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shan Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 wow, totally amazing!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airea Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 This is an excellent model, very well done sir! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Eric. OUTSTANDING build. A REAL STUNNING BEAUTY. BEAUTIFUL model.. I must say that ARC has gotten a lot of talented, skilled, AMAZING modelers and YOU are one of them.. KUDOS :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Just an outstanding build. I really love your NMF and how you weathered it. Can you shed some light on to the type of finish, and how you went about weathering it so convincingly? Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DenJuve Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 Thx everyone Just an outstanding build. I really love your NMF and how you weathered it. Can you shed some light on to the type of finish, and how you went about weathering it so convincingly? Joel Joel, i'll give it a try and will describe step by step how i went about. 1. I used Mr Color Super Metallic en Alclad 2 for the metal parts. 2. Tamiya paints where used to paint the red band around the nose and tail, and also the anti glare shield and black nose. 3. A sharp knife was used to chip some paint of all these colored parts, except for the nose off course . 4. Put on the kit decals without a varnish coat because the silver was smooth enough. And the decals reacted pretty good to the DACO decal softener i use. 5. Then came a coat of Tamiya XF86 flatt clear to blend everything together. 6. I made a mix of Tamiya XF10 flat brown and XF14 flat black. This mix, diluted 1 part paint to 9 parts thinner, was used for post shading the panel lines. 7. Next came a wash of Migs blue black. 8. Followed by some streaking of the underside and selected parts (hinges and some access panels) for which i used oil paints (raw umber, burnt sienna and burnt umber). 9. Some touch ups were made with Karisma pencils silver and black lead. I hope this makes sense to you. If not, let me know and i will try to clarify things. Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Metodi Metodiev Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Very pleasant and realistic result, thanks for sharing your technique. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
durangokid Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 That is really something else! I really like the way you weathered with the BMF. Was is difficult to use the wash after using the flat coat? Really great work... Bryan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Eric, Thanks for the weathering process. I've always shied away from using acrylics for washes, rather I use plain old MM enamels with thinner since I seal with Windsor & Newton's Acrylic gloss and matt varnishes. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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