EE Lightning F6 – part 2

Posted on 22 February, 2024 by Håkan

First I painted to the best of my ability all the dark sea grey areas.

Then the grey areas was masked off with black goo.

Dark green was painted.

Turns out I had a few missed spots that needed to be taken care of.

Not perfect, but a lot better!

So how did it go with the 2 or 3 years old tape and the paint that was under?

Actually bloody perfect! The stabilizers broke off but that’s really no problem at all.

Next will be to paint everything else that isn’t painted, and to give the plane a clear cote.

Spitfire Mk1 – part 11

Posted on 19 February, 2024 by Håkan

The work with the camo contiues. First of all, don’t leave the black goo too long! 🙂

Then this happens! No bigger problem to fix though.

After some back and forth with the camo colours and masking, it looks like this.

I had a bit of overspray on the underside.

Easily sorted though.

Now it’s ready for clear cote and later decals.

Spitfire Mk1a – part 10

Posted on 12 February, 2024 by Håkan

The underside was masked and then the topside was given a preshade in black.

Then dark earth was painted over that.

Then I used some black symbiote goo was used to cover parts that shouldn’t be painted.

After that I painted dark green.

Turns out that I got some of the fields all wrong. Something I have sort before proceeding.
Other than that I’m quite happy with the colours.

Bane’s Tumbler – Moebius 1/25 – Final reveal

Posted on 12 February, 2024 by Håkan

Here’s some pics of the finished build!

Even if the kit had some issues and needed constant dry fitting, I quite enjoyed the build, and I’m happy with how it turned out!

Bane’s Tumbler – part 6

Posted on 11 February, 2024 by Håkan

I did some weathering on the vehicle. Mostly Tamiya’s mud pigment and some metal scratches made with a sponge.

I also finished Bane’s base with some black, drybrushed with dark grey, and then I added some white stripes and some cracks.

Both together.

Next I’ll take some pics for the final reveal.

Bane’s Tumbler – part 5

Posted on 7 February, 2024 by Håkan

After checking pics on the net, I started painting Bane.

Almost all painting is done with Speed Paint colours. I used Vallejo gunmetal to metal parts on his face mask and some other metal parts. I’ll check pics again to see if there are other details I need to paint.

His base also need to be sorted and I’ve put a bit of putty in the middle. I’m not sure what colours I want to have his base. Dirt or tarmac perphaps.

Bane’s Tumbler – part 4

Posted on 6 February, 2024 by Håkan

With the panels painted, it’s time to glue some panels.

The roof took a while to get in place correctly as it’s many points that need to fit and lock.
Left to do is sorting some details and touch ups. After that I’ll do some weathering and also Bane need some paint.

Bane is a resin printed figure by the looks of it. Quite nice though. I used one of my spare warhammer bases and glued him on it and painted him black.

Next I’ll do some zenithal primer and dry brushing and I’ll also check pics of him before I start painting him.

Bane’s Tumbler – part 3

Posted on 5 February, 2024 by Håkan

Masking the splinter camo took quite some time!

I had to assemble the rocket launcher i order to get the camo right, and I also had to check some of the other panels that had patterns that continued from one to the other.

Once the masking was done, I could lay down some paint.

I also had to paint a few parts that I’ve missed earlier.

After removing the tape the panels looked like this!

I almost forgot to paint the front.

After checking, there was a few spots to touch up. Once that was done I could finally start assembling things again.

Next will be some detail painting and adding more panels and stuff.

EE Lightning F6 – Airfix 1/48 – continued build

Posted on 30 January, 2024 by Håkan

I got a hunch to pick up this build that I started a few years ago.
I had already started painting it and had masked in preparation for the topside camo. So the tape have been sitting there for quite some time. I just have to hope for the best.

First I had to address a few spots with ghost seams.

After that was done, I repainted with black and masked the canopy and front area which should be black.

Then I used a mask for irregular patterns to paint with light ghost grey over the black. This was the first time I used this kind of template, so it didn’t go very well, but I think it’ll do for the purpose of the paint.