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Offline pepperman42

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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #15 on: January 31, 2013, 12:41:20 AM »
Looks very sharp. Nice colour work and thanks for the painting steps.

Steve

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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #16 on: January 31, 2013, 01:07:03 AM »
  Gary,
That's one outstanding DH-2 in the works my friend. Excellent painting.
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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #17 on: January 31, 2013, 02:14:16 AM »
Excellent work, Gary.  Love the wing shading and color.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2013, 01:23:36 AM »
Got a bit of daylight so I can post some better photos, well slightly better anyway.

The decal on the underside went down really well, I did spend quite some time sorting the seam out beforehand though

The mud is too red brown, what was i thinking. Some light earth will sort that out as will some more splashes



Topside and my box of bits up next for the paint shop



top wing rigged, not sure i'll ever untangle this mess. I used knit in elastic and looped it through the sleeve. I didnt find one method that worked perfectly but the best advice is to split the thread in two for the loopy bits.



Alclad, Mithral silver and a wash did most of the damage here. I may add some brown. fishing line was used for the engine wires.



need to tidy up the leather painting on the straps and combing. Most of the subtle light effects have been toned down by the camera






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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #19 on: February 03, 2013, 02:21:27 AM »
That looks very nice....

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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #20 on: February 03, 2013, 02:24:05 AM »
Very nice, indeed! 
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #21 on: February 03, 2013, 02:35:52 AM »
couple more plays with the camera and RTFM





that was in low light. I've learned about messing with the exposure today.  :D

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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #22 on: February 03, 2013, 01:36:22 PM »
Good work. Its coming together nicely.

Steve

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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2013, 02:33:02 PM »
Taking shape very nicely Gary, all your shading looks extremely good, well done so far.

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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #24 on: February 04, 2013, 02:23:47 AM »
I don't know how I missed this thread, but you're doing some outstanding modelling here. I appreciate your step by step coverage on how you accomplish different aspects the build. The more detail, the better! Who knows, I may even work up the nerve to try some of your techniques myself.

Cheers,

Chris
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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #25 on: February 04, 2013, 02:53:48 AM »
Thanks gents your feedback is appreciated.

Now camera and Gary are in a little more harmony I will now post more pictures.







I managed to put the top wing on backwards TWICE. I have to say I was raging at this stage. Other than that it went on ok, in fact the engineering is so good it fits backward too. :-[

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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #26 on: February 04, 2013, 05:10:34 AM »
Great work!  You really nailed the color, and the overall finish is outstanding.  Makes me want to build one of these!  ;D

Regards,

Bob

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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #27 on: February 04, 2013, 05:15:22 AM »
Backwards, eh?  :o And twice to boot!  :o :o Now there's something I haven't tried yet.  ;D

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Chris
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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #28 on: February 04, 2013, 06:38:56 AM »
Chris I know, that takes some doing.

I'd even glued the cabana struts on the first attempt as well, still it's all ok now.

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Re: WNW DH2
« Reply #29 on: February 04, 2013, 07:37:00 AM »
Don't be too hard on yourself for the backwards wing trick; it was probably obscured by all the loose rigging, Man, that looks busy! Looking very nice so far.
Cheers,
Lance