Voting's done for the competition and I guess its safe to come out now...:)
After priming, I took out all the stuff to begin airbrushing in my balcony...Its messy I know :)
And found that part of the air hose broke due to old age. Talk about Murphy's law in modeling! I cut off part of the air hose and jammed the working part into the compressor...
I sprayed black on the engines and thruster bells and then sprayed tamiya burnt iron. Now they look a bit dark silverish.
First, I preshaded the Fled with black (lost that picture), and sprayed the cockpit interior with Tamiya medium blue.
Then I asked KGM2 for suggestions on the color palette based on the scheme i've chosen. Dainaka gave me the links, thanks Dai!!
http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/isaac_...an/ah-64d/
He was quick and kind enough to point me to xf-52 flat earth and xf-59 desert yellow/sand colour, as well as xf-57 deck tan.
The next day I went out, bought the paints and begin with deck tan on the Fled. I glued the engines, thrusters and masked them first.
The Fledermaus after preshading with black and colored with deck tan
The wings
Glued the black/silver engines, masked them and attached the wings
As you can see the preshading still shows through the deck tan, which is good.
After that, I reviewed the base color, and found that deck tan was a bit too light.
So I sprayed desert yellow on the Fledermaus to be the base color.
Masked it using lots of masking tape (this was the hard part, took me 2 hours)
Sprayed the second color, flat earth.
Masked and sprayed with flat earth
Wings folded
Close-up
Front
Side showing the ammo drum and ammo
The end-result is that the wing extensions can open...
...and close!
Another shot showing the putted longbow radar and the grills I've added to the wings...
Sanded the wing extensions, glued the refueling probe and added wires to simulate the fuel lines to the fuel pods on the back of the plane.
Side view showing the epoxy budge I've made for the gatling cannon.
Front view, sorry its not very clear, but i hope you can see the additional grills / air intake I've made on the body. Used metal grills held onto the body by plaplate. The model kit surprisingly left this part empty..
the other side (starboard side?) of the fled. I've epoxied the radar to the wing and also super-glued the longbow radar on the back.
Front view showing the missile tubes. I plan to seal them up.
A shot with the donor kit given by my cousin, its HUGE!
Added an ammo drum (yellow color) which is actually the container for used blades of my hobby knife.
Added a 'radar' as suggested by fellow members (black thing opposite side of the ammo drum which is part of my water pump. Added the longbow radar post (grey plastic) on the read of the plane which is the holder for one of the bionicle kits..
and extend the wings ( I will try to make them foldable like those modern fighters onboard an aircraft carrier)
Oh, an I am thinking 'Tiger Moth' as the name as I am extending the wings to look like a moth..
