Hi folks,

quite late but in time for december.
No much talking. Lets kick it.



That´s, what we ´re after. At times, less is more.









The chipping is made with gouache (Mr masking sol) in sponge
technique. Under the green layer is a brass-coloured Alclad II system applyed.
A matter of taste if one like it. I love it when things went wild a bit. :-)

Next up in queue.
Stay tuned.

best

Alex

Hi Alex:

Your weathering, chipping etc., are outstanding. The wooden planks in the floor boards are equally outstanding. I have followed your work on Aerodrome, and am looking forward to seeing this unfold here.

Best
Mark

Real nice work Alex. Love those floor boards. Very realistic look you have achieved.

Hey guys! Thanks for the friendly comments! :-) Great to be in here! Hope i am able to entertain you as good as possible.
Back soon with some further development!

Cheers! :-)

Really nice work. I built this a little while back, IMHO the finest kit I've handled by WNW, looking at your work I think you will make it shine.

keep us posted.

Keith

Very nice work  – I like it, keep it coming as it develops.

Mikael

Gentlemen!
Thanks for the friendly feebacks!
Very much appreciated indeed!
I hope i can entertain you with the next update.




Here we go


I am quite used to things like that these days.
Transfering the shape of a piece.



The piece in the scene




Sweet little seat






In Place




The work on the engine also has begun. To be handled separately later.
For now: Polishing colours from Gunze.




The dashboard went in.



















No decals here. Just brush strokes.



Its fun but goes ahead slowly due to long drying times of oil colours.
The frames now get together and the whole piece is almost ready
to be mounted in the fuselage halfes.

Fun!

After your he162 thought nothing can surprise me, now I just wonder how far perfection can go

Hello Alex,

Iam very impress with your work all is stunning i like the seat in particular

I start the WNW Albatros i will try to do my best for a result like your, but....

Jullian.

Thanks gentlemen!
Well perfection might be something else. There is way better stuff out there.
But i really do appreciate your comments and i am fine as long as you find it entertaining.

Thanks so much!

The interior looks real sweet overall but the seat it real nice

Will be following this build closely , most excellent so far !

Thanks again, guys&gals.
Good point for another update, right?
Here we go:



The good old X-15 came in for the base coat.




A little masking here and there, a little playing around....



More and more i come to the conclusion that its more simple to have a
single colour basecoat. Any variation can be set with clear orange and yellow afterwards
pretty easy. Lots of the variation in the basecoat gets lost with the
incoming of the oil glaze anyway.



The upper half is with the decals, the lower one without. It will be the finished interiour fuselage
but it was a comparison test as well. I think there is a little more depth on the half
with fuselage. Not all the planks had have a decal, just a few.
On the outer side i will work with the decals.
This is another proof that the decals work on larger squares at best.


Lets have a set of pictures to finish this update.
















A little more work here and there, seat with belts and stuff, then we can close it.
Got to make sure the the engine fits in when the fuselage is closed.
So, lets keep it slowly....

cu guys!!!

Alex,

Your work is stunning! Can't wait for the update.

WOW... that really looks awesome.

Step by step i finish the works on the interiour and slowly things move to the engine area....
I guess this will be the topic for the next update.

CU then!

Wow! Those Mucha's prints bring such a lovely taste of art deco to the whole building process. Simply inspiring!

Wonderful work enhanced by Mucha, always waiting for your uppdate

Jullian.

This is one excellent build thread – Your treatment of the different textures is most inspiring!

Mikael

Thanks for the nice feedback and the friendly comments, gentlemen.
And thanks for coming up with that name, Alfons Mucha.
I didtn had a clue that all these artworks came from him.
He is got a interesting bio i found out on wiki.
He became to be one of the leading artists in art noveau style at his time.
I never heard of him before.

Thanks for that, gentlemen!
There is always something to learn.

Great to be in here!

PS: next up is in queue. Its about the engine this time.
Things look quite good from here already.
Curious what you guys will say to it.

Thanks for your interest!
bye

Alex

If it looks anything like the rest of what you've done know what I'm going to say... HUBBA HUBBA!

All right, so here we go....

Got that damned engine ready.
Jesz....what a fiddly stuff that is...........or better.... was.
Happy to have passed that stage.
It took about a week in total, 3hrs daily.
My next engine is a rotary one, i swear....

That engine looks incredible. I seriously thought the first pic was of the real thing in a museum. Great job.

Incredible is the word! I've bookmarked this one for my next Mercedes build. A wonderful job and more. Looking forward to future updates.

Cheers,
Lance

Arghh !

I love it !!!