Dear friends,
here are some pics on my work on the Garuda Feldpropeller. Pictures of the original propeller showed two very dark red-brownish types of tropic-wood (mahagony and another type) used for the lamination process.
I tried my best with Vallejo paints, given the propeller a base coat with a mix of Vallejo 036 Mahagoni and 033 ochre.
For the masking I used Tamiya masking tape, cut into stripes of .5 - 1mm. The Stripes marked the outer regions of the darker wood first and the space in between was "filled" with more tape.
For the lighter type of wood I used the same Valleyo mix of coloursbut more towards 033 ochre
After a coat af Vallejo gloss varnish, oil paints were used for the wooden grain. The umbra oil paint was applied undiluted with a sponge. After waiting for about ten minutes the grain was worked into the oil paint by using a brush moistened with white spirit. Some black grain was applied following the same method.
After a drying time of three days, the propeller was sealed with Vallejo semi gloss.
The propeller hub was detailed by drilling a few wholes around the hub as can be seen on the windsock file (vol. 28). I used Alclad metal colours for spraying.
I am quite satisfied with the outcome, especially because the very subtle contast between the wood came out very nice.
Hope you like it, all kinds of comments are warmly welcome,
Dirk
