Finally managed to snap off some more shots of the raw finish and now with some time to look it over, it’s not bad but very rough! Am thinking that I will add a little more to it as I get Falke#2 up to a similar stage and just run the effects across both of [...]

Thumbz Up Man done! Seeing as the pilot is largely hidden I thought I might take the opportunity to paint a figure with paints that I don’t use for this but have been becoming more familiar with on painting suits and so on. So lacquer bases and shadows and highlights with oils. It was fun [...]

Hey hey, what’s better than making a Hasegawa Falke kit? Another one! Open cockpit this time with a pilot so got to work on adding a little more life and moving him more towards the cliche of Thumbz Up Man.
He’s signalling that he remembered to buckle up after having a few drinks to his friends [...]

Work continues on this and it’s starting to come to life. Something about the way the main whatever they are coils was bothering me so I sculpted little covers for the tie-ins. Not really noticeable but hey, it gave me something to write about at least. The rest of the decals, flat coat and some [...]

Finally, a reasonable shot and a use for those black back drops I couldn’t figure out how to use… Will take a couple more of this style of photo before going back to work on it. So this is a completed model, for this stage and event and will consider the fully finished another version. [...]