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very beautiful design.....

i am stumped by the front and side"lights" is there a very, very bright green that would suite?? :)
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carried on with the base .....

put a couple of trees in to disguise the support rods....

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I'm sure Humbrol do a bright, almost fluorescent green.
In this months SAMI, Mike Grant describes painting lights, by starting dark and adding paler tones, all topped off with a bright, white highlight.

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OK..back off my hols...

lets get some modelling done..

war machines..coming along..

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So how did you do that lovely green?

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MerlinJones wrote:So how did you do that lovely green?

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Tamiya X-15, Light Green.

Painted the large "light" inside..and the outer, wing lights onthe exterior..i think overall it has turned out ok...
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Ooh can't wait to see this come together it's going to look cracking.
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couple of pics of the finished item....
see gallery for more.. :)


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Nicely don. Very cool
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Brilliant...and in 1/144 too!

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Thanks guys, i hope i did this kit some sort of justice...

a great kit, everything fitted well, very little in the way of problems...

and also one of my favourite films..
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Use the trees as support was really a good idea. Brilliant.
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Excellent !!!!
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