1/48 Tamiya Rufe

[keavdog]

Been a while (about a year!) and felt a little out of practice - but lots of fun



First time I ever had negative results from Flory wash - must be incomplete clearcoat on the bottom. Went with old pastels for light weathering on top.























Lots of residue left over from the Flory wash...not sure what happened but I figured the bottom of a seaplane would be dirty anyway

[TJ]

Great finish. I noticed you had to use a stand to keep it from tipping back. On my Hasegawa I ended up filling the front of the float with weight

[keavdog]

Thanks TJ - I totally forgot to put weight in the float... so yep, stand is glued in place for all eternity lol

[deafpanzer]

Pretty cool as it looks like if it is flying thru the cloud in one of your pics. I think you did very good with this build and I approve anything weathered!

[406 Silverado]

Man…..you just BLEW through this one John but it turned out GREAT. I’ve had times we’re washes didn’t “behave” but you recovered nicely…….especially for not doing anything in a year.

[jeaton01]

Looks good, John, sorry about the bottom. I'm starting to thing oils are the safer way to go, I have had issues with the Tamiya washes.

[stikpusher]

That’s a beautiful quick build! Great work John!

[tcoat]

The wash residue on the bottom is just saltwater staining. In fact it could probably stand even a bit more and still look right.

Maybe was not intentional but...

[Medicman71]

Great work John!