TER-OR Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Hey guys, it's been a while but I finally finished another Macross model. I haven't written the article yet, but will do so once I'm back from the IPMS Nationals. Here's Hasegawa's very nice VF-0D kit. It's painted in Gunze-Sangyo and Tamiya WW2 US Navy colors - medium gray and medium blue shaded with Blue FS 15050 (Blue Angels Blue). The gray is shaded with a lighter tone and the blue is faded with a lighter blue in splotches on the upper surfaces to simulate uneven wear common on naval aircraft. I use a multi-pass shading technique trying to give wear and grime etc. The last pass is the base color again to "erase" the overdone weathering where necessary. It's a little overdone on anime planes, but I go with it... The bottles and gear wells are painted with white, then glazed with India Ink in Future - which sucks down into the recesses very nicely for a sharp but not stark delineation. Cockpit details are from an F-18E photoetch set, some gleaned and scratchbuilt details as well. The ordinance of course is from the VF-1 weapons set. See more images on my Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ter-or/sets/72157621852173999/ I'll post better pictures of my QF-11 drone later - I need to crop them etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excillon Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 I like it! Not big on the 0D, but I love the colorscheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimator88 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Damn, that is one sexy bird. Love the colors. Oh how I wish Yamato would make one for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickyg Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 That looks awesome! I love your work in progress pics on your flikr site too. Looks like you spent some serious time and effort on this. Your attention to detail is amazing - especially liked the cockpit treatment. The dry brushing on the "dashboard" (no idea what the real term is for that part on a jet) looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paliodor Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Great work, painiting is done very good and I like this dark color scheme of this Vf-0D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Lovely kit, and nice paint job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hervé Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Excellent work ! Great job for building and painting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TER-OR Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 That looks awesome! I love your work in progress pics on your flikr site too. Looks like you spent some serious time and effort on this. Your attention to detail is amazing - especially liked the cockpit treatment. The dry brushing on the "dashboard" (no idea what the real term is for that part on a jet) looks great! It's called a cowling. It's a combination of the standard Tire Black paint, a dilute black ink wash and very light drybrushing. The HUD projector is painted chrome with clear green over. I still haven't found any HUD display panel treatment that looks better than leaving it clear, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 That looks fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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