Great Wall Hobby FW189 Eagle Owl
Another great kit. Flawless fit, beautifully detailed. I think I overdid the paintwork - I should have scaled down the colours, as I was planning to. I'll probably add a few more details with weathering powders, once the top coat of matt varnish has fully set.
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Very nice!
What a great looking build, my friend...most excellent work!
Looks GREAT, Robert!
I've heard the phrase "scaling down the colours" but I don't know what is meant.
Sometimes 100% accurate colors just don't look right on a smaller subject and need to be adjusted for scale. Think of it as the TLAR method. I learned it from this book which was my builder reference when I started getting semi-serious. (Along with tips from Al Jones and Paul Boyer who used to trek up from Milwaukee for our monthly meetings.)
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Here's an article about scale colour, Jeff
https://www.cybermodeler.com/color/scale_effect.shtml
...and here for aircraft colours.
https://www.cybermodeler.com/resource8.shtml
Myself, I just paint with what I have unless the subject actually does have signs of spot fading or new paint added, then I'll weather down the original paint and add unalterated "fresh" paint
I like it ! You don't see too many of these built up... yours looks fantastic.
Unusual and unique. First I have seen built. Love it, thanks for sharing.
Fine job on a somewhat complicated kit to build. All good.
Very nice. I didn't realize it was that large