Author Topic: wnw sopwith pup RNAS (Read 24641 times)

michael · « **Reply #60 on:** March 15, 2013, 05:34:14 AM »

Cheers Greg and Mark, your kind words are much appreciated

Lindsay and Steve hope your pups go well, i know it sucks when real life gets in the way

michael

michael · « **Reply #61 on:** March 23, 2013, 12:54:59 AM »

Got the decals on and sealed in with a coat of gloss varnish

cheers
michael

pepperman42 · « **Reply #62 on:** March 25, 2013, 09:22:48 AM »

Shaping up very nicely!!

Steve

kornbeef · « **Reply #63 on:** March 25, 2013, 10:18:22 AM »

In the words of Frank Spencer "MMMM Betty" (for those old and daft enough to remember Frank)

rhallinger · « **Reply #64 on:** March 25, 2013, 10:48:45 AM »

Looking good Michael! Your red fuselage front looks excellent.

This is one of my favorite Pup schemes, as my mother's name was Betty.

Keep up the good work!

Regards,

Bob

GAJouette · « **Reply #65 on:** March 25, 2013, 11:45:29 PM »

Michael,
She's looking awesomely great my friend.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

michael · « **Reply #66 on:** March 26, 2013, 01:20:43 AM »

Thanks for the kind words guys

Frank Spencer - there's a blast from the past

i tried to improve my photos by reducing the clutter around the model by using a sheet of card, looks like i need more light though.

michael

Pete Nottingham · « **Reply #67 on:** March 26, 2013, 08:13:56 AM »

Looking good Michael, nice scheme for the Pup.

Cheers

Pete.

Bluesfan · « **Reply #68 on:** March 26, 2013, 11:37:52 PM »

I love the look of this particular Pup, looking forward to seeing it done

Just a thought about photos: I found that with dark subjects ie. just such as you have here, a mostly dark British scheme, having a white background makes things very contrasty for most cameras and it's hard to bring out the details. Do you have any mid-tone cartridge paper or sheet? Grey or maybe neutral brown or grey, something like that? Absolutely right, about reducing the clutter

Cheers
Mark

michael · « **Reply #69 on:** March 27, 2013, 12:35:11 AM »

cheers for that Mark. would black card be ok to use?

michael

Bluesfan · « **Reply #70 on:** March 27, 2013, 05:00:25 AM »

Well I have tried that, but for me you start getting problems the other way ie. a typical camera may tend to overexpose the subject. To be honest personal taste also influences this and as ever you should experiment. I use a sheet of grey paper mostly.
And if you also have a photoeditor (many of which are cheap or even 'free', bundled with printers etc - apologies if you know all this!), adjusting contrast is pretty straightforward. And other factors like colour shift, eg. if you've shot under tungsten light. I try to use natural light from a window. A little bit difficult at the moment with the wintry weather we're having in the UK

Cheers, Mark

michael · « **Reply #71 on:** March 27, 2013, 05:19:38 AM »

cheers Mark

yep the weather is rotten

michael

michael · « **Reply #72 on:** March 29, 2013, 09:40:03 PM »

Top wing is on

i just need to get all them wires to the right place

that should be fun !

cheers
michael

Pete Nottingham · « **Reply #73 on:** March 29, 2013, 10:39:41 PM »

Looking good now Michael, you just need to give it a haircut now.

Cheers

Pete.

michael · « **Reply #74 on:** April 02, 2013, 01:31:44 AM »

Haircut job done!

a million miles from a decent rigging job.

my first serious bash at rigging and my poor eyes know it

i think i was improving as i went along but the jury's still out on that one.

what i struggled with was getting the line as tight as i would like

cutting the line neat as it came back through the brass sleve

and leaving tiny drops of ca on the brass sleves that then turned whie and i can't get off

pretty much every aspect of rigging then

any tips always welcome

thanks for looking

michael