nicholassagan
sippin on gin + juice
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glad to help! there may be some things you're already thinking, so maybe we can help confirm those thoughts...
the wire antenna should be taught. it's something i try to maintain during builds (its really tough!). every little bump loosens it a bit. some people use stretched sprue and gently drift over it with a hot blade after application to tighten it. personally, that method is too touchy and still fragile to me, which is why i use wire. however, the scale and connecting points on yours look appropriately in scale.
while i love the chipping effect you've re-created, are there references you used for such a pattern? i see this method working really interestingly well for perhaps a sci-fi vessel. i could be wrong but my understanding of pacific theater sand and salt chipping on actual aircraft was (is) a little more fine grained and concentrated on leading edges. of course im no expert on wwii japanese painting techniques so maybe it just comes down to more research? barring that, logical assumptions of actual use?
propeller-wise, i think the splotchy chipping is more out-of-effect. which is to say it doesnt make as much sense if it had seen a lot of use. perhaps more chipping on the tip of the spinner and a little more smoothened wear on the leading edge of the prop blades.
lastly, maybe a little more rust on the flaps neighborhood? but again, that's another area that would benefit from historical research, which i am not fluent in for this particular bird...
either way, i still voted for you. she's a fantastic bird and your level of skill is well-proven. could be that it's just subject matter that doesn't appeal to the voting constituency as much as modern jets...
cheers
the wire antenna should be taught. it's something i try to maintain during builds (its really tough!). every little bump loosens it a bit. some people use stretched sprue and gently drift over it with a hot blade after application to tighten it. personally, that method is too touchy and still fragile to me, which is why i use wire. however, the scale and connecting points on yours look appropriately in scale.
while i love the chipping effect you've re-created, are there references you used for such a pattern? i see this method working really interestingly well for perhaps a sci-fi vessel. i could be wrong but my understanding of pacific theater sand and salt chipping on actual aircraft was (is) a little more fine grained and concentrated on leading edges. of course im no expert on wwii japanese painting techniques so maybe it just comes down to more research? barring that, logical assumptions of actual use?
propeller-wise, i think the splotchy chipping is more out-of-effect. which is to say it doesnt make as much sense if it had seen a lot of use. perhaps more chipping on the tip of the spinner and a little more smoothened wear on the leading edge of the prop blades.
lastly, maybe a little more rust on the flaps neighborhood? but again, that's another area that would benefit from historical research, which i am not fluent in for this particular bird...
either way, i still voted for you. she's a fantastic bird and your level of skill is well-proven. could be that it's just subject matter that doesn't appeal to the voting constituency as much as modern jets...
cheers