Mintox Posted December 22, 2021 Author Posted December 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, derex3592 said: Those pilots look great! I suck at figure painting, especially faces. They were painful to paint. My eyes are getting too old for this crap (and scale!). Quote
derex3592 Posted December 22, 2021 Posted December 22, 2021 @Mintox at 46 I hear that! I pretty much have to do everything with my magnifiers nowadays! 1/350 ship models are going to be the death of me! Quote
Mintox Posted December 23, 2021 Author Posted December 23, 2021 19 hours ago, derex3592 said: @Mintox at 46 I hear that! I pretty much have to do everything with my magnifiers nowadays! 1/350 ship models are going to be the death of me! Amen to that. Everything I do at small scales is now with a magnifying glass/light. I cant paint small stuff without it! Quote
Mintox Posted December 29, 2021 Author Posted December 29, 2021 Cockpit is now finished. I have to polish the canopies to make them clearer and then mask and paint the canopy frames and eventually glue them on. Quote
coronadlux Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 Those pilots came out looking really good. Quote
Mintox Posted January 30, 2022 Author Posted January 30, 2022 Im almost finished it. Here Im just fitting the missiles into the weapons bay. Ill post more picts soon. Quote
MechTech Posted January 30, 2022 Posted January 30, 2022 That's looking cool! A little air tot air protection. - MT Quote
pengbuzz Posted January 30, 2022 Posted January 30, 2022 9 hours ago, Mintox said: Im almost finished it. Here Im just fitting the missiles into the weapons bay. Ill post more picts soon. WOW!! Really nice work! Quote
Mintox Posted February 6, 2022 Author Posted February 6, 2022 Probably the last in-build shot I will post. Im finished all the painting and decals and most of the weathering. The canopies will need a little more detail, most importantly a panel line across that large bar on the right of the canopy that contains the split for the canopy which isnt moulded in so I'll need to get creative. In this shot I havent done the top of the fuselage with a flat coat but that has been done along with attaching the missiles. Ill do post build shots soon. Quote
derex3592 Posted February 7, 2022 Posted February 7, 2022 Looks amazing! Can't wait to see final "show it off" pics! Quote
MechTech Posted February 11, 2022 Posted February 11, 2022 That looks great! It's a nice way to take something fictional and bring it into the real world. All those details made a difference. - MT Quote
Mintox Posted February 12, 2022 Author Posted February 12, 2022 UPDATE - It is finished and I'm taking photos of it now before I pack it up and send off to its new home. I'll post them here and on the Aussie Macross FB page. Quote
Mintox Posted February 14, 2022 Author Posted February 14, 2022 A teaser shot. Not the beauty shots I will post soon but a quick "here it is finished shot". Quote
derex3592 Posted February 14, 2022 Posted February 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Mintox said: A teaser shot. Not the beauty shots I will post soon but a quick "here it is finished shot". Quote
Goodman Models Posted February 16, 2022 Posted February 16, 2022 that is just awesome! well done! Quote
Mintox Posted February 17, 2022 Author Posted February 17, 2022 Photos in the gallery. I think I stuffed that up as I didnt know how to create a separate album but they are there. Quote
Bolt Posted February 17, 2022 Posted February 17, 2022 That's a beautiful job . I also really like the blue background . Quote
Mintox Posted March 4, 2022 Author Posted March 4, 2022 Here are the final photos of the finished Commanchero. Quote
MechTech Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 Beautiful execution overall! Nice colors and shading too! - MT Quote
arbit Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 2:58 AM, Mintox said: Here are the final photos of the finished Commanchero. It's difficult to pull of a nice finish with such a detailed resin kit, it's not as easy as a snap-fit plastic model, and I do not envy you working on those canopies. I don't know how much previous experience you had to help you through it, but it looks great!. Quote
Mintox Posted March 9, 2022 Author Posted March 9, 2022 8 hours ago, arbit said: It's difficult to pull of a nice finish with such a detailed resin kit, it's not as easy as a snap-fit plastic model, and I do not envy you working on those canopies. I don't know how much previous experience you had to help you through it, but it looks great!. Ive built my fair share of resin and injection kits. Given a choice I'll always go injection simply because of the fit and minimal cleanup time. Having said that Hexamodels did resin kits that were next level. They were a work of art. Quote
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