SHOW OFF YOUR PAINTING WORK HERE

[T-CAT]

Thanks guys!

Great job Bill and everyone in this thread on their paint jobs. I just went through each page and there are amazing projects that turned out stunning.

[Shirty]

Yep, agreed. I really like that scheme. Nice work T cat, that looks very cool and very original thinking.

Nice job also bill, the yak looks sweeeet.

[bill34207]

Freewing Mig 21 and 70 mm Yak 130

[Aros]

Very nice!

[Grossman56]

Very nice T cat!

Grossman56

[T-CAT]

I just repainted my FMS Yak for fun, and maybe provide a little easier orientation compared to the all Gray look. It's a variation of a Splinter Camo, and some different accenting. I used Createx Colors water based airbrush paint thinned out with Createx Illustration Base so it could be airbrushed at a much lower pressure and flow smoothly without blowing off the light masking done. I also added a different pilot because the stock one is absolutely ridiculous looking. A new power system is going in tomorrow morning, some radio programming, and it'll be ready to roll.

[Aros]

Concur...I always go to my local hardware store and have them paint match my models. Works to perfection.

[Grossman56]

Hi Ablesrc, welcome to the Squawk!
Even if you could do that, it would be a lot more expensive than hopping up to your local Ace Hardware or the Big Box stores and getting a pint for less than $5 usually. I just went up to Ace to get the green matched for the Spitfire, took the old horizontal stabilizer that I have for spare parts, and they scanned and matched it perfectly. All Mine are repainted using Clark and Kensington Stain paint, to date, it's never let me down. Now I have enough paint to last a long time and I can get to work rather than ordering, paying shipping costs ans waiting a week for it to get here.

Grossman56

[OV10]

I have a question about touch up paint.

Would it be possible to get paint direct from freewing,dynum or fms? How about that Motion RC.

That question was asked on another thread late last year or so and Motions answer was no with several solid reasons backing it.

[ablesrc]

I have a question about touch up paint.

Would it be possible to get paint direct from freewing,dynum or fms? How about that Motion RC.

[Grossman56]

I had hair back then as well, but its since migrated into every nook and cranny where I don't want hair to grow!!LOL
I finally broke down and got some touch up paint for the E Flite Spitfire in preparation for the performance upgrade I have planned for her.
Yes, I admit, I got lazy with this one, but I was more interested in her performance as a transitional warbird than anything else. Now that she's proven herself in that regard, it's time to make a real warbird out of her in all respects. I originally gave her a coat of Spar Urethane for UV protectant and left it at that. After she busted her nose off, I did some touch up paint work on her but was never really satisfied, so today, got busy on her.
Now, what I wanted to mention is that I had Ace color match the green and and it turned out perfect, I recalled that the P-40's that the AVG used were originally tagged for the RAF and so the green, in theory, used on the P-40 should be the same as on the Spitty. Sure enough! I love two fer's!!
So, if anyone wants the paint code for the Spitfire/P-40 green, let me know.

Grossman56

[Twowingtj]

Very nice work Alpha and Brandon. Those both look great. I'm with Brandon on the 1.7m Stuka or even an ME-410. It's a Luftwaffe thing;)

[Brandon Moon]

Is that you Brandon?? You mean to tell me you had hair once like me? LOL

Yup...that's me way back in the day while I was home on leave from the Air Force, Back sometime around 1992 I think?

[Aros]

Is that you Brandon?? You mean to tell me you had hair once like me? LOL

[Brandon Moon]

Some really nice stuff here fellas. Great idea for the thread, it's something I'd like to learn to do, and soon. To date, all I've done really is touch up with a brush. I even tried to talk Brandon into painting one for me last year lol. (Freight cost killed that idea, but Brandon was kind enough to say yes to the paint job I wanted). Hopefully it's something I can start learning this year. Sooo many nice schemes to try. :)

Any time my friend...if you can ever work out the logistics ;)

Another one of my favorites from Loooong ago and would love to see redone in foam electric :)

[Shirty]

Some really nice stuff here fellas. Great idea for the thread, it's something I'd like to learn to do, and soon. To date, all I've done really is touch up with a brush. I even tried to talk Brandon into painting one for me last year lol. (Freight cost killed that idea, but Brandon was kind enough to say yes to the paint job I wanted). Hopefully it's something I can start learning this year. Sooo many nice schemes to try. :)

[Brandon Moon]

Here are a few more from from days/years past that I've done.

[Aros]

Alpha and Brandon, great job with those repaints! Excellent examples of how adding a fresh new livery can make an old model seem like an entirely new model altogether.

[Brandon Moon]

Very nice Alpha. I did something similar with my old Airfield/FMS Stuka....Which BTW I would love to see redone in a larger 1700mm or larger :) format

[Alpha]

I finished a Dynam 1500mm Bf-110 as a test platform recently, and repainted it in a North African scheme, specifically 3U KS from Zerstorergeschwader (ZG) 26.

I didn't modify the externals of the aircraft at all except for the wing pitot and ventral antenna made from bamboo skewers and the top antenna made from styrene and painted to look like varnished wood. I'll add aerials later once the initial phases of testing are complete. The aircraft's foam itself is exactly as it is out of the box, just with a different paint job.

All in all, I really like this aircraft. Quite a fair value for the price! It is 1/9.7 scale, "close enough" to the other 1/9 and 1/10 warbirds we sell. There is limited space inside the fuselage for wiring, but I'll write a tutorial showing a simple way to accommodate everything nicely. I'll post that elsewhere to keep this painting photo thread on topic!

Circa 1941...



Twin engine goodness, in "close enough" 1/10 scale (technically 1/9.7). Close enough to the FlighLineRC P-38 and F7F, Durafly and Eflite P-51 and Corsair, etc.

There's always water at my field whenever I bring a new plane out....


Dynam provides a good base worthy of your time to personalize with an evening of assembly and painting.



Subtle shading to simulate fading in the African sun. The effect is better in person.



Inverted pass....