Italeri 1/72 Italian S-79 Sparviero
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Ron slow down you're building this way too fast......I haven't finished counting the rivets in the cockpit and you've gone and joined the dammed fuselage halves together..........What's a body to do????
Great to see you having so much fun with this one. I have not seen but one wartime picture of this bird and was immediately taken by it. As for that camo job.........good luck. Rick H.
Great to see you having so much fun with this one. I have not seen but one wartime picture of this bird and was immediately taken by it. As for that camo job.........good luck. Rick H.
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You deserve a good spanking for that one Ron! I'm sure Justine would oblige, but knowing you, you'd probably enjoy it!
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Thanks chaps.
Cheers Rick.
Tony, it's a cracker. Perfect, first time fit. The wing root/ fuse. and the wing halves joints, which can all be a problem, were spot on, first time. I couldn't even fit a bee's wing between any of them!
Well recommended.....
Dave - Moving on rather rapidly!
I've set my mind to the camouflage application, and because it looks a very complicated pattern, I've decided to paint the wings separate to the fuselage. This, I've reasoned will give me a flat surface which I can lay on my cutting mat, thus making the painting a lot easier - hopefully!
As for the fuselage.....?
I've brush painted on the Vallejo sand and gull grey. Clever use of the wide band of gull grey on the leading edge and nose of the aircraft. It's a torpedo bomber, so when attacking shipping, all that can be see from ahead is grey.
Here's the one piece lower wing done, and the two top sections ready for the camo. Luckily, one brushed on coat of paint proved to be enough.
Because I brush paint, I have no need for masking tape, however, to make the painting on the upper wing sections straight forward, the demarcation line is a panel join, so I drew the loaded paint brush along that.....
Right, time to open a can and get stuck into the camouflage.....
Cheers.
Ron
Cheers Rick.
Tony, it's a cracker. Perfect, first time fit. The wing root/ fuse. and the wing halves joints, which can all be a problem, were spot on, first time. I couldn't even fit a bee's wing between any of them!
Well recommended.....
Dave - Moving on rather rapidly!
I've set my mind to the camouflage application, and because it looks a very complicated pattern, I've decided to paint the wings separate to the fuselage. This, I've reasoned will give me a flat surface which I can lay on my cutting mat, thus making the painting a lot easier - hopefully!
As for the fuselage.....?
I've brush painted on the Vallejo sand and gull grey. Clever use of the wide band of gull grey on the leading edge and nose of the aircraft. It's a torpedo bomber, so when attacking shipping, all that can be see from ahead is grey.
Here's the one piece lower wing done, and the two top sections ready for the camo. Luckily, one brushed on coat of paint proved to be enough.
Because I brush paint, I have no need for masking tape, however, to make the painting on the upper wing sections straight forward, the demarcation line is a panel join, so I drew the loaded paint brush along that.....
Right, time to open a can and get stuck into the camouflage.....
Cheers.
Ron
Thanks chaps.
Cheers Rick.
Tony, it's a cracker. Perfect, first time fit. The wing root/ fuse. and the wing halves joints, which can all be a problem, were spot on, first time. I couldn't even fit a bee's wing between any of them!
Well recommended.....
Dave - Moving on rather rapidly!
I've set my mind to the camouflage application, and because it looks a very complicated pattern, I've decided to paint the wings separate to the fuselage. This, I've reasoned will give me a flat surface which I can lay on my cutting mat, thus making the painting a lot easier - hopefully!
As for the fuselage.....?
I've brush painted on the Vallejo sand and gull grey. Clever use of the wide band of gull grey on the leading edge and nose of the aircraft. It's a torpedo bomber, so when attacking shipping, all that can be see from ahead is grey.
Here's the one piece lower wing done, and the two top sections ready for the camo. Luckily, one brushed on coat of paint proved to be enough.
I don't mask my stuff, but to make the painting on the upper wing sections straight forward, the demarcation line is a panel join, so I drew the loaded paint brush along that.....
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Right, time to open a can and get stuck into the camouflage.....
Cheers.
Ron
Careful Ron! You don't want to be putting the contents of the wrong can on your model!
Here am I trying to comment on a build and it's nearly finished. My fault, I must try harder. Anyway, a very interesting subject and a good looking build. Looking forward to the rest, however, by the time I've typed this you'll have probably finished.
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Don't worry Dave, they are well labelled!
Nice to have your comments Colin.
Cheers Rick. I've made a start.
O.K. I've glued the wing sections together, and despite it being a hot day today, I was still able to push on with the camouflage.- plastic in the fridge/paint/dry/....repeat,....
Like my Lancaster painting method, I first drew the shapes, but when I started to brush on the first coat, they looked like ruptures rugby balls. Far too uniform as well.
I was after random shapes and sizes, so I re-painted the bit of wing I wasn't happy with and started afresh.
I dispensed with the pencil marks and went for it completely freehand, varying the shapes and spacings as I brushed on the green paint. Once this colour was dry, I filled in the gaps in the green with the brown, again varying the shapes and obviously leaving sandy lines in between them both.
Here's the first coat. Because the camo. colours are both dark, they covered the light sand colour very well.
As I guessed, having the wings flat on the board made a huge difference to the paint application.
One more coat should be enough - I b****y well hope so, my eyes are cabbaged already!
Cheers all.
Ron
Nice to have your comments Colin.
Cheers Rick. I've made a start.
O.K. I've glued the wing sections together, and despite it being a hot day today, I was still able to push on with the camouflage.- plastic in the fridge/paint/dry/....repeat,....
Like my Lancaster painting method, I first drew the shapes, but when I started to brush on the first coat, they looked like ruptures rugby balls. Far too uniform as well.
I was after random shapes and sizes, so I re-painted the bit of wing I wasn't happy with and started afresh.
I dispensed with the pencil marks and went for it completely freehand, varying the shapes and spacings as I brushed on the green paint. Once this colour was dry, I filled in the gaps in the green with the brown, again varying the shapes and obviously leaving sandy lines in between them both.
Here's the first coat. Because the camo. colours are both dark, they covered the light sand colour very well.
As I guessed, having the wings flat on the board made a huge difference to the paint application.
One more coat should be enough - I b****y well hope so, my eyes are cabbaged already!
Cheers all.
Ron
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Wow!
That's pretty much all I have, looks excellent Ron
That's pretty much all I have, looks excellent Ron
Jim R
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I tell thee what , thats a cracking bit of painting old lad . as jim says the only way to do some of these Italian schemes is hand painting ,especially in this scale . If youre wanting another challenge , I can recommend the Italeri Macchi MC 202 in 1/72 , lovely kit and another killer camo - the smoke rings .
keep it up mucker , tha doing a reyt old job , regards benito mussolini
keep it up mucker , tha doing a reyt old job , regards benito mussolini
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Thanks fellas....
I'm chuffed you all approve.
Now I only have to go over it all again to sharpen things up. Then, of course I have the fuselage daring me to pick it up!
Bruno Tonioli
I'm chuffed you all approve.
Now I only have to go over it all again to sharpen things up. Then, of course I have the fuselage daring me to pick it up!
Bruno Tonioli
Oh come on Ron! I thought we'd cured you of that nasty habit! You've climbed up the rafters in the museum roof and taken a picture of the real thing under restoration ain't you! Careful you don't fall off 'cos now you got to go back home and get us pictures of your model.
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Nice one Dave, thank you.
You wrote earlier how you fancied this model, but the camo. put you off. There are no less than 5 different camo. options for this aircraft. Going from the ridiculous (this one) through to a plain green version. The kit itself is a joy to build.
Thanks again for your excellent post.
You wrote earlier how you fancied this model, but the camo. put you off. There are no less than 5 different camo. options for this aircraft. Going from the ridiculous (this one) through to a plain green version. The kit itself is a joy to build.
Thanks again for your excellent post.
Just perfetto. PaulE
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Joining late, but your work is really fine, Ron. Morevoer, every time I see an Italian subject I'm more than happy.
According to a "Sparviero" pilot memories, they carried just one torpedo even if the a/c had 2 pilons under its belly, because with 2 torps the SM 79 became too slow and numb.
The painting is wonderful too and only the gods of modelling know how complicated is to paint properly Ita camo schemes. Well done!
According to a "Sparviero" pilot memories, they carried just one torpedo even if the a/c had 2 pilons under its belly, because with 2 torps the SM 79 became too slow and numb.
The painting is wonderful too and only the gods of modelling know how complicated is to paint properly Ita camo schemes. Well done!