Just A Note, My Friends

[ALBATROS1234]

Sorry to hear of your malady sir.hope you will continue to improve and get back to your hobby.i do enjoy your work a great deal and have for some years.cheers and good luck

[WarrenD]

So sorry to be late to this Old Man, but I'm pleased as punch you won't have to undergo chemo. Hang in there. I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

Warren

[Old Man]

Thank you all very much for the good thoughts and kind words. A couple of you have certainly had it laid on worse than I had, and I value your advice. 'Positive' is perhaps a little different for me; I am one of those odd ducks who prefers autumn to spring, and grey skies to sunny days, but I understand the spirit being conveyed. There is a real sense of climbing up out of a hole. We go for walks and such; there are a couple of parks nearby. I came upon some interesting reading, some old books that had long interested me. I am starting back up on modeling a little, though not a Great War subject. Something I took out of the 'cupboard of doom' where it had languished for several years....



This is what it looks like now: finish is green mottle over foil, kit is the Hasegawa Ki-43 (in 1/72 of course).

[WarrenD]

On eo f my favorite all time a/c Old Man. So it's paint over foil?  Airbrushed or hairy stick method.

(FWIW, I too prefer autumn, and I do love a cloudy day here and there myself.)

Warren

[Old Man]

So it's paint over foil?  Airbrushed or hairy stick method.

Warren

Hairy stick, Sir, and one with very little hair. After the splotching, a good rub with a 3000 grit polishing pad (knocks away a good bit of the paint), then repeat the splotching and again the rub-down. Keeps it even and adds a certain extra randomness.

This is the machine it is intended to represent....



(I think the mottle is overwhelmed by glare, not absent, near the cockpit)

[WarrenD]

Old Man, I agree, the glare is hiding the finish here. You've done a great job, but then you're doing it as mother nature did in real life. It certainly looks the part. Thanks for posting so we could see it.

Warren