Lightning
Since it’s been a while since my last Lightning, I decided to build another Tamiya one. To make it more interesting, I bought the Eduard base for it, some resin figures and built a table. I put resin ammo boxes and a .50 caliber machine gun on the table. I also printed out the Lightning’s design and put it on the table. Since the rest of the diorama seemed pretty empty, I 3D printed a couple oil barrels. Cutting the lid off one, I filled it with resting to make it look like there was water inside. The rest of the barrels I used the hairspray chipping technique on.
Beautiful combination, Amari.
Those Tamiya Lightnings are a joy to build and you clearly showed the quality of them.
Together with this diorama it is an absolute winner.
An excellent diorama, my friend @themturtles!
Congratulations!
That's a nicely done diorama! One small tip - you might go just a tad lighter on the chipping/silver application. Focus on natural "wear" areas, not just panel lines: places where crew will walk on the airplane frequently, edges of panels that are removed often, and sometimes on the leading edges of wings and lips of air scoops - that sort of thing. Reference photos are a huge help to get it looking more natural.
Thanks @gkittinger, I will keep that in mind for my next project.
Excellent work. I agree with Greg. Reference photos are you friend. Most of these aircraft saw wear, dirt and chipping on either side of the cockpit .
Nice diorama showing the maintenance point of view.
Great work! What 3D printer did you use?
@michel-verschuere, Thank you! I have the Qidi 3d printer.
Fantastic @themturtles I have an older Prusa i3 (SLA) but the resolution you get is very good compared to mine. Great work my friend!