He-162 A-2 Salamander

[JudgeDredd]

Managed to get the green on...I think I've been sold a doozy by Vallejo - their Dark Green 71.011 is incredibly close (almost indistinguishable) to their Light Green 71.022

Anyway - next steps are protective coat, decals then wash and finally the guns and nose "pointy thing" and she's done

[JudgeDredd]

The painting isn't quite what I hoped for.

It's rough in places. I tried to hand paint that bit round the nose because it's curved...but I don't have a steady hand. Additionally, when I was doing the green, I had some overspray into the blue. So I tried to touch that up but the paint brush wasn't playing ball and - well, it was a bit of a pita...those are the reasons I don't like the painting aspect.

But I'll get the decals on and give it a dirty wash and hope that covers some of the blemishes.

[JudgeDredd]

So my daughter got me a Revell F14D for father's day.

So I decided to give this a push get it done and get it sold so I could start the F14.

I put some gloss on it so I could get weathering on and the decals. When that was done, I was going to put the guns in place...and dropped the model.

Rather than letting it hit the ground, I decided to close the gap between my body and desk...and caught the model between my body and desk, breaking the undercarriage off.

So this never got finished.

 

[Gusington]