WHIFs found at model contests

[major]

I don't think this is a Whiff but the paintwork is just too beautiful not to show - and it's better in the flesh.

That is gorgeous.  I think I would lose my mind doing that scheme

That paint!!!!

[Dizzyfugu]

Cool. And demonstrates what you can achieve with just three tones! 

[Weaver]

Cool. And demonstrates what you can achieve with just three tones! 

Lovely job isn't it? I reckon there's just ONE lot of masking there as well, plus some very precise freehand work. 

[comrade harps]

Cool. And demonstrates what you can achieve with just three tones!  Thumbs Up

Up close, there's 4 tones, with a subtle use of brown almost submerged by the darker green.

I'll upload some more whiff pics from the Melbourne Model Expo later. I'll see if I can give a close up of the S.M.81's subtle airbrush effects.

[comrade harps]

More whiffs from Melbourne Model Expo 2014:
RAAF F-16

Tunisia 1946

In addition to the Double Douglas Dakota was the double Osprey

This biggy:

Some Japanese whifs:




A Romanian Bf110 with a Tu-2 nose:

A Lippisch:

A stubby prototype:

A Dutch Spitefull:

And a Zombie Badlands Bushmaster:

And this D-Day whiff:

[comrade harps]

Not a whiff, but more on that astonishing S.M.81

Look closely and you can see the subtle use of the brown:



Here's a colour profile source for the scheme:

and another attempt at the same scheme (really nice, but it misses that watermark effect on the Expo example):

And some info here:
http://www.stormomagazine.com/ModelArticles/SM81/LucaBossi/SM81_LB_1.html

[NARSES2]

Thanks for the extra photos Comrade 

My personal favourite amongst all those goodies ? The Romania Me 110/Tu 2 merger. Had me scratching my head for sure but it looks so right 

[Librarian]

Just love the Savoia. The way they've squeezed in a little map of Italy booting Sicily in the bum .

[Old Wombat]

I wont do another re-post of it but that S.M.81 is absolutely stunning!

This is another buzzbomb creation;


This is by uncle les (may be found at Beyond the Sprues), owner-creator of Uncle Les (resin kits);


Contactable via;
UNCLE LES, Leslie Applebee, P.O. Box 223, Newport, Victoria 3015, Australia
email: [email protected]
http://myworld.ebay.com/uncle.les
Aviation: historic, experimental, what if?

He even has a small thread in Model Kit News, here: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php?topic=31177.0
Build/creation may be viewed here: http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=3917.0

[Logan Hartke]

Indeed, Old Wombat, uncle les has even more representation at that show, too.

The 1946 DAK, Bf 161/2, and Quad Tilt-Rotor are also his and have their own build threads at Beyond the Sprues.



Beyond the Sprues: Afrika Kombi & another 1946 DAK idea...



Beyond the Sprues: Bf161.or 2 .. or sumthin



Beyond the Sprues: Uncle Les Builds a Quad Tilt-Rotor Aircraft

Also, the Maxson DUKW is from our very own comrade harps.



Monty wanted AAA on the beach

Cheers,

Logan

[FAR148]

Absolutely breathtaking 

[Hobbes]

I like the Miles M52 derivative but I can't work out what kit(s?) he used:

[The Wooksta!]

Spitfire wings and certainly a Hunter canopy.  It's also a hybrid - can't see the intakes but I presume they're under the wings and the rocket exhaust is below the jetpipe.

[Caveman]

SR 53 fuselage with the 'hump' removed?

[kitnut617]

The fuselage looks like a Bell X-1A, Special Hobby does a 1/72 kit of it. Even the canopy comes from the kit I think

https://hangar47.com/Bell_X-1A_D.html