Heavens Eagle
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That is looking quite good Michel!
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Bachem Ba 349 Natter 1/48 Dragon kit
- Thread starter MichelC
- Start date
Thank you old dog!
Time to tackle the Schmidding rocket boosters! After assembly the round front part was cut and sanded flat as can been seen on some of the Natter photos, the main reason being to make it easier to apply the decals in that area.
Then painting and weathering as usual.
Final assembly!
Next: the base!
M
Time to tackle the Schmidding rocket boosters! After assembly the round front part was cut and sanded flat as can been seen on some of the Natter photos, the main reason being to make it easier to apply the decals in that area.
Then painting and weathering as usual.
Final assembly!
Next: the base!
M
Shwing! 
I started work on the launcher with the pole.
First a base coat of Gunze H66 Sandy Brown was applied. Then for the wood effect, Vandyke Brown oil paint was applied straight from the tube, no thinning, and then smeared and partially removed with a dry, clean soft brush.
To add variation, after 24 hours of drying time, more oil paint was removed with a cotton bud moistened with white spirit. Then the airbrush was used to lighten some areas with highly thinned base coat color. Similarly Tamiya Smoke mixed with Gunze Black was used to add some dark patches.
A coat of Future was applied to protect the work done so far and an oil wash (Vandyke Brown + Black) was then applied, which worked well with the kit’s engraved wood veins texture.
A coat of Vallejo flat clear was followed by dry-brushing with Vallejo Medium Sea Grey.
The hooked spikes were painted with Vallejo Natural Steel followed by a black oil wash to dull the metallic shine.
In a slightly different lighting:
I'm quite satisfied with the result. Hope you like it too!
M
First a base coat of Gunze H66 Sandy Brown was applied. Then for the wood effect, Vandyke Brown oil paint was applied straight from the tube, no thinning, and then smeared and partially removed with a dry, clean soft brush.
To add variation, after 24 hours of drying time, more oil paint was removed with a cotton bud moistened with white spirit. Then the airbrush was used to lighten some areas with highly thinned base coat color. Similarly Tamiya Smoke mixed with Gunze Black was used to add some dark patches.
A coat of Future was applied to protect the work done so far and an oil wash (Vandyke Brown + Black) was then applied, which worked well with the kit’s engraved wood veins texture.
A coat of Vallejo flat clear was followed by dry-brushing with Vallejo Medium Sea Grey.
The hooked spikes were painted with Vallejo Natural Steel followed by a black oil wash to dull the metallic shine.
In a slightly different lighting:
I'm quite satisfied with the result. Hope you like it too!
M
Woo!! Looks great 
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Looking Good!
Thank you all for the nice words!!
Ian, you're very kind but it's not that hard to do, really, if one follows the steps. The kit's pole really has great engraving, which really helps too.
Michel will you please paint ALL of my 'wood effect' stuff from now on ! - Good Lord, that's just superb.
Ian.
Ian, you're very kind but it's not that hard to do, really, if one follows the steps. The kit's pole really has great engraving, which really helps too.