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Offline Marco

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Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« on: December 13, 2012, 10:06:47 PM »
Hi everyone!

Greetings from Brazil!

I finished this one yesterday after some months with no production.

I normally build 1/32 WW1 aircraft but I really like this bird (or fish, or whale... I dunno...) so I got the 1/48 kit.

It builds nicely and the fishscales go on pretty well with Microsol and Set.

The kit is profipack and built OOB.

   

I moved the control surfaces. Did this buy scribing the parts without actually removing them. Just enough to move them up and down.

    

    

    

    

    

 


Hope you like it!


There are other pictures of the build process here:

http://mtj-kits.blogspot.com.br/

look in the recent posts column.


Offline rhallinger

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Re: Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2012, 11:36:49 PM »
What a beautiful Walfisch Marco!  The finish is superb, the weathering very well applied and realistic, IMHO.  I really like the way this looks!  ;D  Great job! 

I'm with you--I love this aeroplane, but I really want it in 1/32.  I believe it's only a matter of time.  :D  Perhaps I should follow your lead and build the Eduard 1/48 kit for fun, as an hors d'oeuvres for the bigger one!  ;)

Regards,

Bob

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Re: Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2012, 12:23:54 AM »
  Marco.
Absolutely beautiful Roland C.II my friend.Excellent fit and fantastic weathering. I'm most impressed with your decal work on the fish scales which is outstanding. Congratulations and Well Done. Looking forward to seeing more of your skills and craftsmanship,
Highest Regards,
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Re: Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2012, 12:43:31 AM »
I like it very much especially that I`m just finishing mine! Great weathering!
Best regards
Filip

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Re: Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2012, 01:00:14 AM »
Very nice work!!! ;)

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Re: Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2012, 01:02:00 AM »
Very nice flying beasty!!

Steve

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Re: Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2012, 01:35:50 AM »
I add my compliments Marco; very nice finish and a beautiful model! (I really like the subtle shading and weathering)
Cheers,
Lance

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Re: Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2012, 03:11:04 AM »
What a beautiful Walfisch Marco!  The finish is superb, the weathering very well applied and realistic, IMHO.  I really like the way this looks!  ;D  Great job! 

I'm with you--I love this aeroplane, but I really want it in 1/32.  I believe it's only a matter of time.  :D  Perhaps I should follow your lead and build the Eduard 1/48 kit for fun, as an hors d'oeuvres for the bigger one!  ;)

Regards,

Bob

Thank you, Bob.

Even after building this one I would still like a 1/32. No doubt about that! :)

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Re: Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2012, 03:11:14 AM »
She's absolutely stunning, Marco!  The weathering and shading are brilliantly done.  Superb job on the decaling, as well.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2012, 03:24:30 AM »
  Marco.
Absolutely beautiful Roland C.II my friend.Excellent fit and fantastic weathering. I'm most impressed with your decal work on the fish scales which is outstanding. Congratulations and Well Done. Looking forward to seeing more of your skills and craftsmanship,
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

Merry Christmas tp You and Yours

Merry Christmas too!


The weathering was done with diluted Burnt Umber oil paint over a gloss finish. Left it to dry a bit and then cleaned it off with tissue paper in the airflow direction.

One other thing is that I preshaded before painting the blue. I think that this preshading blended with the weathering ending in the overall effect.



the preshading before applying the oils looked more-or-less like what I did with the Gotha:


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Re: Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2012, 03:29:15 AM »
Thank you, Bud, Lance, Steve, Filip and Decibel!

Glad you liked it. I learn such a lot here (even though I don“t post so much...) with you guys so its very nice to hear your opinions.

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Re: Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2012, 05:35:36 AM »
Thanks Marco for posting the photos of your brilliant model, it looks fantastic. The weathering is superb and the decal application is second to none, you have done a great job and the overall finish is excellent. I hope to see more of your talent posted here soon.

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Re: Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2012, 08:34:51 AM »
Very nice, Marco.  As the others said, the weathering is very well done.  That Gotha is also a good looking build.

Cheers.

Dal.

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Re: Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2012, 07:51:37 PM »
Very nice Roland, Marco. Fine shading! I like it very much.
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Re: Roland C.II - 1/48 - Eduard
« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2012, 10:54:48 PM »
Excellent, one Marco

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