Wessex Wreck - Finished 22nd April

[Leon]

Steve that is looking mighty fine.

[Deleted]

thanks for the support Leon, good to have you here

Cheers Mark, watch this space 

Very quick update for you....
Decals, or those that are going on are...well.. on  Used a gloss coat and Sol to make them sit nice and tight on the rough paintwork.
The whole thing was then sealed with a Humbrol rattle can of satin acrylic ready for a bash at fading effects with oils
Tally ho! wish me luck



ACW Cheers Steve

[`Boots`]

Thats looking real nice Steve.............suprising how a few decs can totally transform a build, they will blend in very well with the weathering process fella...............great work and keep it rollin` matey

[Deleted]

Thanks Boots, yep the decals seem to have brought her to life a bit 

burning as I type MrD 

Just noticed... I've not painted the radome ... Doh!!! 

[Leon]

WOW what a transformation.The decs look great.

[TRM]

Had to play a little backtrackin' here Steve...sorry bout that!! Looking tops my friend!! Decs look spot on as does the coloring!! Well on your way!!!

[Deleted]

Leon, MrT,  thanks guys   Up until 20 minutes ago things were going well, oil paint fading has not though   
Lack of experience, nothing else, washed it down in white spirit to remove most of it and I'll have another go tomorrow 
Try, try try eh?

[deafpanzer]

Me like it!!!

[TRM]

Feb 26, 2013 16:34:13 GMT -5 @stevem said:

Leon, MrT,  thanks guys   Up until 20 minutes ago things were going well, oil paint fading has not though   
Lack of experience, nothing else, washed it down in white spirit to remove most of it and I'll have another go tomorrow 
Try, try try eh?

It does happen from time to time..can't tell you the amount of times I have stripped a model and go again and again.... Keep at it!! You'll get it!!

[fightnjoe]

decals look great. sorry to hear about the oil fading issues. want to try oil fading but dont have a clue where to start.



joe

[bbd468]

Looks mighty fine with its decs on! Nice work Steve.

Gary

[venom1]

Lookin' good buddy!

Watching with interest here, I will need to do some fading on my Wessex, so keen to see how yours comes out.

Cheers,

Sam

[Deleted]

Sorry DP, posted crossed there. Thanks for the support buddy   The faded stuff is a pain in he butt though  

T, Yep, I'll keep going with it, even if it ends up just a learning piece, have to start somewhere right? 

Joe, the decals went on really well with Sol, even surprised myself !   Oil fading.....mmmm....Mark's (Boo) Advise on here has helped and lot as I knew nothing to start with, but it's definitely an skill you need to learn well 
 I'll do a bit more research on the web and hope that Gary give us a bit of a SBS  eh Gary eh? 

[406 Silverado]

Paint and decs are on, looks great Steve. The fun part is sure to follow eh.

[wouter]

forgot to respond to this baby...nice work on the blue shade Steve, and looks very cool already with those decals in place!

Cheers

[Deleted]

Thanks Boss, nearly there now.

Wouter, cheers buddy....Wowa! How spooky is that, crossed posts on each others builds 


update later today 

[armorguy]

Lookin' good Steve ! I'd go for a bright, light yellow to make washes stand out, I can't wait to see more of the next stages !

[`Boots`]

Bump.....

[Leon]

Looking good Steve.Waiting for next update.

[Deleted]

Ferk me!!!! I thought this was an update!!!

[Deleted]

Now that's a bit spooky ... I've been working on this tonight   Photo's soon.. Honest guv 

[Leon]

No rush Steve, CB is always in a hurry.

[Deleted]

OK modelling friends, due to popular demand... here's an update
Over the last couple of weeks I've tried to fade the paint and decals with oils and weathered with enamels all over a flat coat to seal the decals.
Not too sure on the result, it's a first go at the technique so I'm not unhappy, just not sure I've got what I wanted





I've do a bit more and start to pull it into the groundwork and see where it takes me

ACW as ever

[Deleted]

Looks good from Bordon,mate!!! Radome and rotorhead look like they still need work,but I bet you knew that,eh?

[Deleted]

Thank you MrD,   As I say, I'm happy with it as a learning piece , in truth I found it harder to know what to leave on than what to wipe of if ya know what I mean 

Cheers CB   Yes I've not touched the rotor head yet. I did paint the Radome but the colour came off with the oil thinner, strange as it was Tamiya acrylic, still it did leave a watermark to work to later   

[Deleted]

re the radome and rotorhead,it might work if you make them look corroded,oxidised,as opposed to over exposed?

Notice I didn't say 'rusted'!

[Deleted]

Do you know is what the radome was made of? I was thinking fibreglass or bakerlight ? 

[Deleted]

Not much corrosion on that ferker then!!!! .....Just faded paint,eh?The alternative is to show a broken one with electronicicy bits showing?

[Deleted]

Faded cracked 'glass it is then   Cheers guys   

[Deleted]

Neems,you know me and me technificationary vocabulary mate!!! ;D