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Martin Oostrom (Mahoo76)
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X-15 Experimental Aircraft WIP

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6 April 2019, 20:01
Martin Oostrom
Started this sneakily in march….. Trying to get different shades of black by preshading 50 shades of grey. Succes or not? Your positive feedback or tips for improvement are appreciated!
6 April 2019, 20:14
Spanjaard
Not easy to get tonal variations in black , looks good
6 April 2019, 22:57
Martin Oostrom
Very thin black paint 90-10 thinner-paint and about 20 layers 😉
7 April 2019, 00:12
Stephan Ryll
I'll take a seat Martin 🙂
7 April 2019, 07:34
Martin Oostrom
Any suggestions for colours of the letters on the base? Silver lining and letters with a black background?
7 April 2019, 07:56
Erik Leijdens
That pre shading works looks good Martin. A must on all black aircraft.
7 April 2019, 08:04
Laurent VILLANUEVA "HELLER-forever"
good job
7 April 2019, 19:14
Martin Oostrom
Merci amis. James, good suggestion.
Painted some grey panels to better reflect my project picture.
12 April 2019, 17:41
Konrad -
Very nice Martin! 👍
12 April 2019, 20:41
Spanjaard
Looping simply excellent!
12 April 2019, 21:29
Martin Oostrom
Thank you lads. I like this one 😄
12 April 2019, 22:43
Martin Oostrom
Added some silver and gunmetal. Scraped the raised panel lines with an 8b pencil for some definition.
Painted the letters on the base.
I want a dustfree box!
13 April 2019, 09:38
Daniel Klink
That looks very good and the different tones of black came out very nicely Martin👍 Like it very much!
13 April 2019, 10:17
Alec K
Same here Martin. The black coat looks awesome 👍
13 April 2019, 11:36
Martin Oostrom
Decals are done as well. Numbers s**k.
By PM one of the more valiant mates gave some honest and sincere feedback. It seems that my black is a bit plasticcy on the pictures and could use more of a metallic sheen. When I look at my model, the black is too metallic imo. Not much to be done with the decals on, except hope that the matt varnish will bring it all together.
13 April 2019, 13:19
Spanjaard
Can it be done better? Maybe. Is it good? Yes it is. Do I like it? A lot. Can I do it better? Probably no. Can somebody else do it better? For sure, but that is always the case!
Above all.....did you enjoy? Would it have a place in your display area? I believe both will get a yes answer😉
13 April 2019, 22:31
Martin Oostrom
Thank you all.
Spanjaard you are right. Bugsy would have build her way better 😄
I did enjoy this one, experimenting with the preshading was fun. It did make me realise that painting is THE area which I can improve most. Which colours to match which. How to get a better mottling, etc. Practice might not make perfect, but improvement is the goal!
And she is in the cabinet already 🙂
14 April 2019, 00:07
Stephan Ryll
Very nice build Martin 👍
14 April 2019, 11:50
Spanjaard
🙂
1 May 2019, 16:19
Martin Oostrom
Thank you once more mates. Most humbling
2 May 2019, 15:37

Project info

33 images
1:72
Completed
1:72 X-15 Experimental Aircraft (Revell 85-5247)
North American X-15A-2
US US Air Force (1947-now)
56-6671
1967
 

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