In the previous post I primed several parts for painting. This post covers painting the crewmen and the cockpit.
(Scroll all the way to the bottom of the post to skip to the YouTube video.)
Logistics
So my last post said I’d finish the kit before doing anything about the video equipment. My disappointment with the quality of the video accelerated those plans a bit.
The new camera is a Canon Vixia HF R800, which I’m very pleased with: regular lens, optical zoom, better sensor, and view finder that I can rotate to see my shot setup.
There are two changes to the scene arrangements as well:
- There’s now blue bulletin board paper as a backdrop to show better contrast when working with the model. Several other scale modelers on YouTube use this technique as well.
- I removed one of the LED lamps. It was causing glare (i.e., the shot was over-lit), and the spectrum was too heavy on the blue side. The remaining lamp has five color temperatures, and I went with the setting that has less blue to give the shot a more natural-light feel.
I hope these explanations are useful; I’ve not had much luck finding a post or video that describes these things. There’s so much to learn!
Painting
As is the case with some aspects of scale modeling, there are details that the modeler attends to that probably won’t even be visible. (At least the video shows them during construction.) Many of the pieces painted here will be mostly obscured by the fuselage or the canopy.
This step focuses on painting the two crewmen and the cockpit area. I was able to practice with some new detail brushes, “the octopus,” and a matte lacquer.
Note: I thought the paint vial I grabbed for the cockpit was flat black; it was actually metallic black, which ended up having a neat effect, so I kept it.
- Vallejo Model Air – metallic black (71.073)
- Model Master – dark green
- Model Master – flat black
- Model Master – tan
- Model Master – reefer white flat
- Model Master – aluminum
- Model Master – Chevy engine red
- Model Master – chrome yellow
- Alclad II Lacquer – Klear Kote Flat (ALC 314)
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