Mithrill Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 Hi. This is my recently comission work finished: Hasegawa's 1/72nd SV-51 from Macross Zero. Basically is the version used by Nora in the OVA, but the pattern of paint was customized. It is Tamiya bright blue (to me, a close tone of the YF-21 color), Federal Standard Medium gray with the addition of the Nora's decals vers. To the base, I add 2 plates of plastic styrene, one of them I cut in few squares and glue them to represent part of an airport or something like that. Originally it has a white "5" but my client told me to add an extra white "4" conforming a number "45" . Before painting, was "texturized" the surface. The color used on the base was FS 36375, Medium gray for the dark shades between squares (post-shading) and neutral gray to unify the tones of grays. Add some oil effects, dirt, dust on some points of the base. Hope you like it. Here's the gallery of the pics http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/ll277/uruzu07/SV-51/ Best regards MVMM Quote
David Hingtgen Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Awesome job, but I agree on the weirdness of requesting the 5 be changed to 45. For those not in the know, "45" is impossible for any runway to be numbered. But 5 is fine. Quote
Valkyrie addict Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 good job!! very nice custom, you're client will be very pleased Quote
jardann Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Beautiful scheme! Looks like an Eastern Bloc show bird. Cool! Quote
Ignacio Ocamica Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Wow, that scheme suits the SV-51 very well!!! Quote
Mithrill Posted July 11, 2008 Author Posted July 11, 2008 Hi. Thanks for your comments guys. David Hingtgen: That was I told him. To be a "45" must be an airport with the size of Texas Originally my client wanted a black with red flames scheme (I did the drawings), so it could be plane with the black around the model due it's a dark color, also the details of the aircraft could be lost (panels, rivets, etc). I suggested a WWII Coursair's scheme (2 or 3 tones I think would look great) or the F-18 Navy with 3 tones of grays. He chose a gray with semi dark blue. I did the drawings with the final scheme. He's so happy now with the results. Thanks again for your very appreciated comments Best regards Mithrill Quote
big F Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Very nice suits it well. I like the runway too. Quote
Phyrox Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 David Hingtgen: That was I told him. To be a "45" must be an airport with the size of Texas Eh...I don't think it's possible even then. There are only 360 degrees in a cirlce, so I think runway 36 is about as high as the numbering can go...no matter the size. Or is there another convention in place for particularly unique airfields? Quote
David Hingtgen Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 36 is the max. If you exceed 3 parallel runways (I.E. 25L, 25C, 25R--DFW has a "C" runway) you start "fudging" the numbers and go one off---so you can have 25L, 25R, 24L, 24R----even if they are all really aligned with 247 degrees and should technically ALL be runway 25. That allows 6 runways "straddling" the same true magnetic heading. San Francisco is a famous example of "4 perfectly parallel runways, but with 2 different numbers". (28 and 29 I think) Quote
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