Yo people,
or hello to the more conservative of you, ( to be honest thats me)

so lets start again

Hello.

i am primerially an armour modeller, building 1/35 or 1/72, german or bristish subjects, i like to paint figures also, when i ahve my rattlecan of primer ¬¬
if you are from armorama you will know me for my ability to kill a topic instantly

anyway to buisness!! i started moddeling when i was around 8 on aeroplanes, it was only till recently (2-3 yrs ) that i was just pratting around:D albeit having fun,
of the few planes i have tried recently i ahve never got right, (my airbrush is rubbish and rarely used) what i can never seem to achieve on a aeroplane. is a good finish, it always ends up cruddy, from interior cockpit walls to wheel housings, and this gets ya down and puts you off,

also i have never sucessfully weathered an aircraft, is i shaded panel lines it always looked a bit naff, any of you hd the experience of trying to like a finished result , but actually know in your mind that it was crappy, i get that with planes:D
dont get me wrong, i love planes, hence my library of many plane books.

i stumbled across a section of the tamiya 1/48 kits in my lhs , there was a Swordfish, about 5 fw 190's about 3 spitfires, a modern us fighter, maybe a f18? a 162 Salamander many many 109's i thin aslo there was a fiseler storch, anyways, my friend who i am trying to get more into modelling picked up a me109, i did a bit of the painting on request, and found out i could not do a good wash on a plane, and when detail painting it looked a bit guff compared to the displys on here, ( she was quite pleased with it tho) ( i was pleased at the dashboard? as i have a thing about ot using decals for it, looks too flat?)
i was wondering what advice people could give on the kit to purchase, on washes and weathering, ( i have been throught the features, and find the weathering guides more geared to the A/B user.)

any help would be smashin'
all the best
James/Jimmy, whatever

ps; sorry for the length

Get a Tamiya P-47M and load up on Eduard accessories then go on over to the Thunderbolt site and you will have more help than you could ever imagine.

Edit. Here is a link to one http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal8/7301-7400/gal7346-P-47-Oishi/00.shtm

Well normally I don't model WW2 subjects , but I do have a few in my stash.
Weathering aircraft is far different then armor , but the principles are the same . Key word is partice , practice and practice . You didn't say on what type of paint you use so I will tell you how I do it , or started to learn how .

Washes , after my main colour has dried I seal it with either gloss coat or future floor wax . word of caution if coated with future . Acrylic thinner will eat right through and make a big mess . When this has dried very well I mix small amounts of black paint just to add a light or dark tint to the thinner and using a wide brush draw this over the surface , let this dry . If you want it darker still go over it again when dried . Once every thing is fully dried I then dry brush . load paint on brush and wipe it off on a rage or something until barely any paint is left . drag this across the surface . This will hit any high spots . let dry and seal with dull coat . Dry brush your instrument panels , works like magic and and a drop of clear in the face and this will make them pop right out even more . Just start with the basic and learn your way up . I'm still learning new tricks as I go along . We all do !

As for which kit , well that's hard to say every one has there favorites and dislikes when it comes to kits . What ever you like to build !!!! just go with what you like and feel like building . Me , my thing is WW1 aircraft . I build Eduard kits , Roden kits , Blue Max kits , Special Hobby kits , Koster kits , Toms Model Works kits , Copper State Models kits , Pegasus kit's , Flashbacks kits , Gavia kits , Hobbycraft kits and I'm always added to this each one has their pro's and con's .

Must of the people here build either the Eduard kits , Tamiya kits and Hasegawa kits.

Hope this helps you out .

thankyou both for your responces:D

Kelly, im unsure if theres a p 47 in me lhs but ill have another look , i try to buy only pe and resin bits online due to the cost of postage, but i have heard its a easy kit to build, ( i think ) but man i cannot paint blue to save my life:D
the cockpit on that p 47 is immense, how much on average are the cockpit detail sets/exterior detail sets cus tbh with armour, i have spent more on resin figs that i have detail sets, and aint to great at fiddly pe:D ( i use two scalpels to bend it lol )

Terri, ah ww1, before i gave up the ghost on 'planes i did my fair share of the little £3.99 revell kits i suppose i got into moddeling through pc games, back when i was a kid ( well not to long ago im 19 ) there was this jazzy lil ww1 flight sim and i was obssesed! so ( i knew the basics cus dad made a few kits for me and i had a few under me belt) i went and picked up the Dr1, a Se5A , Pflaz's, Spad's and so on, they were fun but the wing spars drove me mental:D mt wings were alwats lop sided.
i keep peeking at the ww1 page and all i see is Roden 1/32 build log all the way down the page, and im definatly gonna have to get me one of those when i get back into it, its lucky as my lhs supplies the 72'nd roden kits so im sure they would eb able to order in a 32'nd

i paint with tamiya acrylics, i know people have had trouble brush painting them , but it seems to only be the greys, or bright colours that dont brush well.
and me last attempt at sealing a kit inb a clear coat was awful, i prodeded to do a wash but it wouldnt stick to the gloss surface, nor would acrylic, was quite confusing,
would be nice if my good airbrush was fixed, ( i have an iwata, but the nozzley bit snapped...)

thankyou both for your tips and advice,
a im hoping to be jumping straight into the frying pan very soon

You can build the kit p-47 d or m without the pe and it turns out swell and is quite easy to build I would say pe for aircraft and for armour all depens on how much you want as to the cost. I build most with out anything but what came with it. Terri is the one to listen to on weathering as that is not my strong suit I like nice shinny aircraft one with a good crew cheif that won't let it get run down .
Just grab a kit dive in and you'll be surprised how easy and fun it is...
Later,
Kelly

I dont normally plug a lot of sites, But this a good site to look at for planes. Lots of good tips and completed models swannymodels.com. Sorry cant highlite it, Good luck. Andy

I'm sure the guy's will like swannymodels but swannysmodels might be more revelant to this site. Then again,.......... http://www.swannysmodels.com/
Later,
Kelly

So Sorry I Left Out A S

I thought it was me and until I googled it and found out

hello, everyone, thankyou for the link its quite a helpful site and is bookmarked:D

kelly, thankyou for the P47 suggestion, but i will be straying from the allied airspace a lil at the moment, althought its still hanging in my mind
i have decided to have a pop at ( holds breath) the Heinkel 162 "salamander" purely because i like the german "experimentals" (even if it did go into service, it looks experimental to me haha)
and with the change from that, i may get the spitfire 1b or i may not, depending on how confident i feel.
if anyone has any tips, again, i would be glad to hear them, ( i know for a fact , my paintjob will be naff:D )

Kelly you can hold me to a p47 , i will do one

i wont open up a new thread for this one, im just wondering, if the current detailsets, (res cockpit and radio and gun bays will fit in yonder tamiya hs 162