James' "Shed"
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Attention returns to the Surtees, well the "cockpit filler" in form of Jochen Mass. I often base coat in enamel as it quickly covers the primer and used Hu25 for his overalls. The rest as done using Citadel acrylics. The blue is a bit subdued but the only primary blue I had was Hu15 Gloss French blue, we'll call it scale effect. The last time I painted a face I didn't need glasses, in fact I used some cheap (£1.49!!) x3.0 reading glasses picked up from Home Bargains this time. I like figure painting as you get some results quite quickly after the base coats are done, the acrylics dry too quick for blending so it's all washes and dry brushing. I still need to add white stripes to the arms and tackle the blue lining on his helmet, which has been sprayed gloss white.
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That figure looks mighty fine, James. Even the eyes are excellent, which in my opinion, really makes a figure stand out.
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Nice figure painting.
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Really smart work on the figure; the eyes are some of the best I've seen
Best wishes
Jim
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Very, very nice figure painting. Will set the car off beautifully
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That is an excellent looking Jochen Mass figure, James and will really enhance the Surtees.
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Very nice, James... it'll be good for Mr Donohue to have someone to race on a table somewhere in the future...
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I've posted an update on the Hunter as I'd missed a few things, http://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=17008;
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Thanks for your comments about Jochen. I tackled the lining on his helmet last night which is quite challenging at this scale. http://www.racephoto.de/fotos/fotos_por ... -01-01.JPG; . I considered making some decals but they would need to be very thin and be a pain to conform to such a tight curve. I similar rejected do a full masking job, instead I decided to go half way.
Firstly I did manage to mask the central band using Tamiya's curvable tape, I hand painted the blue using so flow enhancer to stop the blue from drying on the brush.
I then used the tape to mark one side of the thin lines I then carefully used it like a ruler to paint them then in, slowly building them up with thin paint.
There was still a lot of clean up where blue had seeped under the tape especially where it overlapped. Some gentle scrapping with toothpick and knife tip and then white paint. Finally a coat of gloss.
The image do show how "messy" it is in places but it's only ~8mm across in reality and I'm rather chuffed with the result
Firstly I did manage to mask the central band using Tamiya's curvable tape, I hand painted the blue using so flow enhancer to stop the blue from drying on the brush.
I then used the tape to mark one side of the thin lines I then carefully used it like a ruler to paint them then in, slowly building them up with thin paint.
There was still a lot of clean up where blue had seeped under the tape especially where it overlapped. Some gentle scrapping with toothpick and knife tip and then white paint. Finally a coat of gloss.
The image do show how "messy" it is in places but it's only ~8mm across in reality and I'm rather chuffed with the result
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And so you should be!
Best wishes
Jim
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So he needs a visor...
A masking tape template was made from the helmet and stuck to some thin plastic film (from an old document binding) cut and finished to shape with a coarse sanding stick. I rolled it around a brush handle and then a tooth pick to add some curvature. It was then a simple matter of attaching it to the helmet. This is when I went to crazy town!
A quick experiment suggested that CA glue would not adhere to the acetate visor strongly enough, especially as it's lower curvature meant it wanted to pull away. So I decided to pin it. Initially I was going to use actual pinheads but these were to big. Instead it came together fortuitously by adapting what I had to hand. After taping the visor in place I drilled two holes with the smallest bit I had < 0.5mm and then looked for some wire to fit. 80% of my stock was too thin and the rest too thick. I did find the wire inside some bag ties was just tad too thick for the hold so I tapered it with a file. The taper meant when pushed into the hole that it held the visor to the helmet, result!
Once the CA had set, I trimmed and filed the pins down. Finally I added a sun shield from a piece of plastic card that I'd cut out using some circle templates.
Time to give my eyes a rest now. Thanks for your interest and comments.
A masking tape template was made from the helmet and stuck to some thin plastic film (from an old document binding) cut and finished to shape with a coarse sanding stick. I rolled it around a brush handle and then a tooth pick to add some curvature. It was then a simple matter of attaching it to the helmet. This is when I went to crazy town!
A quick experiment suggested that CA glue would not adhere to the acetate visor strongly enough, especially as it's lower curvature meant it wanted to pull away. So I decided to pin it. Initially I was going to use actual pinheads but these were to big. Instead it came together fortuitously by adapting what I had to hand. After taping the visor in place I drilled two holes with the smallest bit I had < 0.5mm and then looked for some wire to fit. 80% of my stock was too thin and the rest too thick. I did find the wire inside some bag ties was just tad too thick for the hold so I tapered it with a file. The taper meant when pushed into the hole that it held the visor to the helmet, result!
Once the CA had set, I trimmed and filed the pins down. Finally I added a sun shield from a piece of plastic card that I'd cut out using some circle templates.
Time to give my eyes a rest now. Thanks for your interest and comments.
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That is truly artistic work!
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That is a great piece of modelling, James, an excellent example of using a bit of imagination and materials to hand.
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Excellent work on the helmet and visor.
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