Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin - JW Pearson (1/32, Wingnut Wings)

[GB]

 

Gary

[PrzemoL]

Three weeks of no reports did not mean I was not working on Dolphin. Actually it was all about cleaning, airbrushing, masking, shading, decalling, wash, initial assembly, etc. All this led me almost to the point where the final assembly may begin. There are still some final touches to wash to be done.
Basically the progress was from the box. My only intervention was in the plastic eyelets at the interplane struts. Having learned from Camel builds where I had a few cases of monofilament tearing off the soft plastic I decided to cut the weak spots and replace them with Bob's eyelets - only to learn that Lance Caroll did the same on his build 
So here it is how my build stands at the moment

[bobs_buckles]

Always a pleasure viewing your work, PrzemoL 

Excellent update.

vB

[buzby]

Now I can recognize whose model it is, do not need any comment from author, all I need to do is see this delicate shading, the way of spotting, even if you do not see all such rigging. Promises to be another masterpiece. I am waiting for the final assembly ...
 

[rhwinter]

Beautiful!!

[uncletony]

Excellent.

[Manni]

Great work, as always when you get your hands on a kit.
Byye,
Manni

[Juan]

Looking fantastic.  Beautiful work as per your usual high standards.

[lcarroll]

Przemol,
    Can you provide a brief outline of how you did your shading? It looks like you pre-shaded and then post shaded over the roundels once applied. It's perfect! Also, if I may, what PC.10 mix or product did you use? (or is it a PC.12?)
Cheers,
Lance

[PrzemoL]

Thank you, everybody.

Lance, my shading is post-version. I first did it before roundels were applied, beige brown on cdl and smoke on pc? Then repeated smoke post shading on roundels
I am not sure if it should be pc10 or pc12. I followed the WNW instructions calling for brown hue pc10. I selected the nice brown paint from Vallejo acrylic range. It is Tierra Mate from Vallejo Color series.

[lcarroll]

    Thanks for that Prze, my technique is much the same however I usually use chalk pastels vs paint. I really like your results as they are very subtle.
Cheers,
Lance

[NinetythirdLiberator]

WHooooo Baby!  Nice job, Prze!  As if we expected any less.

Dan

[PrzemoL]

Lance, I have never tried pastels but as far as my understanding, delicate airbrushing with several coats of shading colour strongly diluted in clear lacquer does indeed give more subtle and uniform results. Give it a try, the trick is indeed in the dilution, so that one needs 3-5 airbrush passes to get the desired result. I found a drop of Vallejo Marron Beige in good ten drops of clear gives the fine result. With smoke the proportion of black to clear is even smaller.

Thanks, Dan!


And now, ladies and gentlemen, let me present - Sopwith Dolphin monoplane 









You may notice, that I have repainted the Vickers cooling jackets into Battleship Grey. It was rigthly indicated to me by Buzby, that WNW call for that colour. I was surprised at first but then checked the Cross and Cockade monograph and found a couple of photos clearly indicating this. As we well know, routine is dangerous.

[RAGIII]

Spectacular results as always Your painting and weathering techniques are flawless!! The tail rigging is superb as usual!
RAGIII

[krow113]

lol
its a Sopwith D 1.