David Martin 2 Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 hello matey, the ladies pictures all came out as dots I'm sorry to say..! There was a good (edited..!) video though of the whole thing but sadly I don't use a broadband link at home for a youtube upload...maybe I can get some stills from it and post them..? I'm still u/s at putting up pics here but if I could PM you some to post mate I'd be grateful... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Yeh fire em off to me using my email adddy which I take it you still have ? If the video is on a disc, or could be put on one...why not post it to me in a jiffy bag, and I will host it for you on Utube, your credit of course ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Martin 2 Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 Thanks Timbo, see what I can do. I have got some stills from the video but they are of comparable poor quality and a bit small. I'll forward them to you to see what you think.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 send the whole vid if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Martin 2 Posted December 18, 2007 Author Share Posted December 18, 2007 If you could PM your address mate I'll send it over.Thanks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Martin 2 Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 Doesn't seem to have landed here Timbo..? I usually get an E-Mail of confirmation when I get a PM, but nowt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Martin 2 Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 Just figured out how to add an image, remembered Timbos description a few posts back and I can now do it from here using Photoshack...Here's the beast, had 2 flights just before Christmas and everything seems to be still intact so the vibration and glitching all seems to have been fixed ok........Seems to fly very smooth and at a scale speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Excellent...looks a treat, very well done David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Hi David, great stuff, how do you do the weathering?ernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Martin 2 Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 Cheers Mateys, still waiting for my membership renewal to plop on the mat for another go..!My first attempt at the dirtying up Ernie, I thought...I haven't got an airbrush and I'm not going for a spot on look, just something that will look like oil mixed with general grime...the answer came to me in the shape of Humbrol canopy tint spray, brown and fuel proof (so it appears up to now!) and all done in a couple of hours.I wanted it hand applied so I nicked a few of the girlies makeup remover pads and gave a quick sissst onto one, then smeared it where I wanted it. It goes off quite quickly and if you keep going, you get different effects (like the gun trails on the underside of the wings).I used the spray in quick bursts at an angle on the rads and rubbed it in all over the rubbed down fuselage.The exhaust trails are matt black humbrol applied by tissue. I lightly brushed some paint onto newspaper then smeared the tissue into it (only getting a very little on the tissue) then streaked it where I wanted it. Do the streaks in a oner and the paint runs out giving the feathering effect.The exhaust stubs were black gloss plastic that I wanted rusty and carboned. Humbrol leather effect paint seemed pretty close to rust (same that I used on the pilots jacket), so I brushed that on and whilst still wet, I dragged Matt black Humbrol from the outlets back through the brown. I was fully expecting to need a load of goes but I was quite pleased as it turned out so I left it. I was a little worried about starting it, but in the end I was rubbing on the tint with gay abandon! Probably would have looked better if I'd have kept going or followed a book but I left that for another day. Not a scale comp winner but good enough for my sport scale model, plus I could easily have another go one day. I'll try and get a few hours on the model first though..I meant Photobucket, not Photoshack as I said in my last post..I followed Timbo's instructions by selecting the picture in photobucket by clicking on the 'direct link' bar and copying it, come back to this post, click on the green tree symbol above right on the new post box and paste into the URL strip then 'insert' - done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Hi David, This is great stuff...no hi tec equipment..Not too sure about raiding the big bums makeup box...I reckon model warplanes should be really beaten up...In WW1, they were maintained in fields, held together with string and tape. Read Von Richtovens biography...How about a thread about weathering, and dirty aircraft....I have seen a photo of a WW1 cockpit that was incredibly repaired and lashed together..But, I've lost it, does anyone have something similar?Ernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Martin 2 Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 Hello Ernie,I was in a local model shop before my attempt and asked the national heli champ there some tips on weathering warbirds...he said 'they weren't always dirty and oily you know, why don't you just leave it', not for me though. I wanted mine like something that had been around a while and seen a bit of action..I did notice that it was very easy to put on too little weathering that didn't even notice from 2 yards.The photos don't really show up the grime, it looks the pits! Julia thought I'd ruined it and kept asking if I knew what I was doing...I just kept telling the truth saying 'no'.This model has the panel lines dented into the fuselage and all I've done is used a perminent fine marker pen run along all the lines. Not fuel proof but very little exhaust residue got anywhere else other than the underside, so it seems to be ok for now. All the panel lines on the wings were measured out and drawn with the same pen to a Spitfire Mk14 3 view I got hold of.My Pupetteer is over 20 years old Ernie and has weathered on it's own! The solartex was sprayed with matt Flair fuel proofer that settled down to a brown tint and looked the part with no effort from me! Plenty of sheeps mess on the strip being ground in after each days flying has added the final touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Martin 2 Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 Really itching for another go of the Spitty now.......I only have access to a fairly uneven grass strip now though with plenty of sheeps leftovers to avoid....more weathering.You blokes with the bowling green strips or tarmac don't know how good you've got it..!...Trawling through different club's websites makes me as green as their grass..I mean, look at this for goodness sake..!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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