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Here Come the Marines!

Started by Old Wombat, April 06, 2026, 07:31:08 AM

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Old Wombat

Quote from: Rick Lowe on May 06, 2026, 11:07:37 PM
Quote from: Old Wombat on May 06, 2026, 05:02:51 PMplus, of course, I went for a rather complex camo, didn't I.  :banghead:  :banghead:

Of course! None of us believe in making things easy for ourselves, do we... sort of a 'badge of honour'... or 'facepalm behaviour'...

Or "head-bang of stupidity" (repeatedly doing the same thing over-&-over expecting a different result).

Second camo colour is done! Now onto the masking gymnastics to prep for the third (& final!) colour!
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Rick Lowe

Quote from: Old Wombat on May 07, 2026, 01:13:48 AMOr "head-bang of stupidity" (repeatedly doing the same thing over-&-over expecting a different result).
It works in Poly-Ticks... or, well, it keeps them occupied and us poor/frustrated...   :banghead:

Old Wombat

Camo is done - needs a few touch-ups, though.

Here's a teaser;



PS: Every colour on there is "grey".  ;)
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buzzbomb

Oh.. nice. I feel your efforts on getting in,on and around the all the hull members.. looking great  :thumbsup:

kerick

Nice job getting that masking tape around all those other parts. If the paint pattern lines were all curved I would suggest silly putty.
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

Joe CalPo

Quote from: Old Wombat on May 07, 2026, 01:13:48 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on May 06, 2026, 11:07:37 PM
Quote from: Old Wombat on May 06, 2026, 05:02:51 PMplus, of course, I went for a rather complex camo, didn't I.  :banghead:  :banghead:

Of course! None of us believe in making things easy for ourselves, do we... sort of a 'badge of honour'... or 'facepalm behaviour'...

Or "head-bang of stupidity" (repeatedly doing the same thing over-&-over expecting a different result).


One might call that apropos given the subject matter.
 :wacko:
In want of hobby space!  The kitchen table is never stable.  Still managing to get some building done.

Old Wombat

Thanks, gentlemen!  :bow:  :bow:  :bow:  :bow:

Having looked at it in low light, I've probably under-done the contrast & should, perhaps, have used a bit more DSG.  :rolleyes:

Still, I'm OK with it. I just have to get on with tidying it up.  ;)
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"The purpose of all War is Peace" - St. Augustine

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Old Wombat

Added a bit more DSG. Looks better now.

Still a bit of touching up to do, though.

A couple more teasers:



Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering!

"The purpose of all War is Peace" - St. Augustine

veritas ad mortus veritas est

kerick

" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

buzzbomb


jcf

Dazzling, Dahling, simply dazzling.

😉

jcf

Of course, you could have made yourself completely crosseyed.
🤣



Rick Lowe

Yikes! Think of the masking...  :o  :banghead:  :banghead:

Old Wombat

I looked at lots of dazzle schemes to inspire this one.

Some of the ones I looked at are below;






























If anyone is interested in doing a dazzle scheme, this site is particularly useful; https://renopenrose.getarchive.net/amp/topics/dazzle+camouflaged+ships?page=1


Apologies for the pic-heavy post but I seriously looked at hundreds of schemes before designing my own (& revising it in situ).
Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering!

"The purpose of all War is Peace" - St. Augustine

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PR19_Kit

Oooer, my eyes have gone all funny..............  :-\
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

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Kit