SPAD XIII

Naram
hi everyone. starting a new project as i continue self isolation for one week.

Naram
some update on the cockpit finition

Stefan Fraundorfer
Extremely fine details in the cockpit. That is very convincing.

Stefan Schacht
nice start, count me in

René (Lord Bilbo) Bartholemy
Same here! Very nice start!

S M
Very convincing wood-looking paint. Did you use acrylics?

Naram
Thank you SM. yes only acrylics (I did not have oils) with a enamel panel liner from MIg to finish. I will add a pic with the colors used.

S M
Thanks ? I see a wide variety of colors is needed

Naram
I am not a skilled painter I looked for a balance between good finish, fun & no odor (I share the space with colleagues). I picked up everything at hand, but ended up using only few paints:

- wood: Vallejo flat ochre base then strip of flat brow, then airbrushed a (very diluted) yellow as a filter.

- metal: I am lazy 🙂 I blackened the metal area with a black marker and brushed with brass & silver wax paint (smell like shoe shine, quite cool).

- Fixed with 2 coats of gloss varnish + panel lined with dark brown MIG PLW (any dark brown would have worked)

There is definitively better ways & finish, but I had fun, result is correct and colleague found modelling not that bad.

Naram
Hello all, already over 3 months, a lot of mission, work and other attention took me far away from it. anyway back to the business

Naram
I posted the end of the building phase. only one issue the top piece of the fuselage a too large (did I made a mistake ??, let me know)

Naram
Painting done too, on top tamyia on the intrado vallejo acrylic. difficult mix actually

S M
Looks good ? the black part of the camo seemed to shine more compared to surrounding green, but the varnish layer seems to have fixed that.

Naram
Thank you ! Indeed black was gloss (limited number of paints no way to have it deliver in Africa) so I did with what was available.

Naram
some update upper wing fixed. going for decal next.

Naram
sorry for my thingers in the way, the light was not good.

Naram
hello, I will start to rig this week-end. Share some pics in case the kit does not survive my rigging skills 😉

Naram
Rigging done 🙂 !

Spanjaard
beautiful job

Andrew Horton
Great work!