My 1/72 Scale Planes - Page 9

**Vinalssergio155** · #81 05-14-2018, 05:58 PM

Spectacular, great construction, I loved the Fokker and your collection, those planes of the first war are beautiful. Very well done !!!

**Draco** · #82 05-21-2018, 09:31 AM

Thanks, Rata, Sergio.
I spend all the week thinking how to straighten the wings with some esotherical devices, at last used just the fingers and it worked. :-)
Sergio, I included a picture of one of my ¿hangars? with part of my fleet. Some of them are plastic models, some paper.

I already started my next proyect, a De Havilland Mosquito. I'm using a pen to give relieve to the ailerons and rudders, and using cardboard to reinforce part of the model. This one was printed in black and white and will be painted.
I experimented with some paper fillings in the wing, and I happy with the results. By the way, the section of the radiators must be glued to the wing before assembling it.

**elliott** · #83 05-21-2018, 10:07 AM

Looks like you're building your own private air force there Alejandro. Nice! The Mosquito is looking great.

**Vinalssergio155** · #84 05-21-2018, 07:02 PM

Nice fleet you have built, and your showcases must do their job very well, protect your models from the blessed dust. I like what you have done in the ailerons and stabilizers, I do not know what it says, burnished or something I think, it looks very good. I love the tones you give to the painting, now how do you do with the lines? Do you have to mark them again after painting?

**Draco** · #85 05-21-2018, 08:05 PM

I'm using the word relief, relieve (I'm spaniard). To "carve out?" with a pen, using a pen hard on the opposit side of the sheet of paper and over a flexible surface, it makes the "ribs" stand out over the surface. You can see the lines on the sides of the first picture of the wing. So, I don't need to do any special paint effect, it's real phisical effect like in the plastic Beaufighter.

**Vinalssergio155** · #86 05-22-2018, 02:30 AM

I think that styling sounds better in our language, interesting work, it looks great, never try something like that, how the model changes, it stops being a smooth surface. Great work, thank you very much Alejandro

**Draco** · #87 05-28-2018, 06:05 PM

Finishing the wing and the vertical tail.
I'm a bit unhappy with the color, but it's just the first layer. When finished I'll apply another one.
I'm thinking about placing rockets or bombs, but there is time for that.
Next weekend, the fuselage. I think the best approach will be making two halves and leaving joining the fuselage and wing to the last.

**Draco** · #88 06-03-2018, 03:49 PM

My intentions were to build the fuselage in two halves separated by the wings... and when I started, I had to build the fuselage starting by the supposed last part. :-(
Wathever. The fuselage is taking form. I placed four tabs between the wing and inside the fuselage to give more resistence and preventing any deformation.

**Vinalssergio155** · #89 06-03-2018, 04:37 PM

Alejandro looks very good, I think that in any model you have to modify something to adapt it to our way of modeling, I almost always change something. You said that painting does not convince you, I loved that aspect, I do not know how to say it, as well as worn with different shades, I have seen old models drawn and colored by hand and yours looks a lot. And they are very nice, a greeting

**Draco** · #90 06-03-2018, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Vinalssergio155

Alejandro looks very good, I think that in any model you have to modify something to adapt it to our way of modeling, I almost always change something. You said that painting does not convince you, I loved that aspect, I do not know how to say it, as well as worn with different shades, I have seen old models drawn and colored by hand and yours looks a lot. And they are very nice, a greeting

Sergio, hi.
About the paint, I was talking that the first layer of paint of the Mosquito doesn't convince me.
But, as you have seen, I love to paint my models. Once the plane is finished I'll apply a second and definitive layer of paint with some effects like the darkening of the exausts.
The Mosquito is going to be light on the weathering side, but I have in the queue a Ju-88 torpedobomber in wave pattern that is going to be a joy to assemble and paint.
https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Ju-88/KG...y-1943-0B.html