Luft46's Blog

Yes another one is done. That’s six for the year now. The only one left is the 3 storey job.

The toon one was relatively simple and I did end up weathering it a bit. Decals were ok but the matt varnish (Lucky) I used tended to chip and peel when I was doing the weathering causing a lot of fiddling to get it right.

I think it would be better on aircraft where the varnish is the absolute last stage rather than on armour.

I always feel the urge to do a little weathering over the last coat of varnish just to make it more grimy and realistic, something I don’t usually bother with for aircraft.

Ok they could’ve been better, I might reshoot with more light later.

Just a few progress shots on the 3 story. I have now got all the steps (12) on, its not perfect but it will probably have to do. I’ll clean it all up , do some primer and work out which if any I redo.

The tow rope is now also done so the only other thing to do is get a new grass mat that has longer grass. I’ll probably add some Russian brown dirt to it to get a better look.

See the pictures below.

I ran into issues with varnishing the Meng Toon version and that is why things have dragged.

Its nearly done, just needs another small round of weathering.

I’ve got one side of the rungs on the 3 storey turret in but as this is the beauty side i have one that i am tempted to redo. Painting and weathering should be easy I hope. On the diorama side of that i wasn’t ultimately happy with the mat i used so it got ripped out and I will need to buy a new one soon.