I set the base for the Mentor scene on the small floor tile, and used plaster for the concrete pieces.
Couple of wires, tubes, and a profile complete the job.
Started weathering the base. Im using Idea Patina paints for the ironworks.
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Sepia 2 Kosmiczny Kuter- painting the blimp
First stage of painting- preshading. I used the Tamiya acrylics for the job: black, grey, sky and white.
Mist of Buff over the whole thing, followed with off white for highlights, Desert Sand for saturation, and flatened with light grey to finish the base painting.
Using hand made masks, and hairspray technique i applied the first markings.
Some more markings done. Here the Dunlop sign as the blimps manufakturer.
OWB sign painted utilising the double hairspray technique. It is basically multilayer hairspray painting, where the first layer is of dark base color for the letters. When some of the paint is brushed off, we mask the letters again, and paint patches of lighter shade paint over the top. Key is to make that layer delicate, almost transparent for the trick to work.
Thats how it look now.
Oils were used to tone the colors down slightly, and unify them.
Turtlegg
Another year, and another easter egg model contest on PWM.
After completing the "Egg Zeppelin" few years ago, this time i turned towards the submarine subject.
I will build the 1776 D. Bushnell's Turtle.
It was the first American submarine.
The one-man vessel submerged by admitting water into the hull and surfaced by pumping it out with a hand pump. Powered by a pedal-operated propeller and armed with a keg of powder, the egg-shaped Turtle gave Revolutionary Americans high hopes for a secret weapon - a weapon that could destroy the British warships anchored in New York Harbor.
First the egg was drilled. I used Dremel tool for the job.
The shell cracked in one place, so the CA was smeared on inside to strengthen the area.
Whole shell then was sanded- you`d be surprised how imperfect the egg surface can be.
Top hatch under construction:
Added the air valves:
TBC...
After completing the "Egg Zeppelin" few years ago, this time i turned towards the submarine subject.
I will build the 1776 D. Bushnell's Turtle.
It was the first American submarine.
The one-man vessel submerged by admitting water into the hull and surfaced by pumping it out with a hand pump. Powered by a pedal-operated propeller and armed with a keg of powder, the egg-shaped Turtle gave Revolutionary Americans high hopes for a secret weapon - a weapon that could destroy the British warships anchored in New York Harbor.
First the egg was drilled. I used Dremel tool for the job.
The shell cracked in one place, so the CA was smeared on inside to strengthen the area.
Whole shell then was sanded- you`d be surprised how imperfect the egg surface can be.
Top hatch under construction:
Added the air valves:
TBC...
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