My new Arado 555 Luff's 46 (1 Viewer)

[cnq]

This is Revell 1/72 kit. Hope you like the pics.

 

[RedBaron]

Very nice work!

 

[RPZ]

Very impressive. On a side note I am surprized Arado did not have those engines merged into the tail fuselage to reduce drag.

 

[Mitch]

Very nice
Mitch

 

[wayne556517]

Another beauty mate well done.

 

[cnq]

Thanks very much guys.

I like this plane so I'm planning to do another one but to have it display in-flight with different paint scheme. Since the Germans designed it to attack the US, a couple Mustangs trailing it over American city would look nice for a dio ^&grin

 

[THE SHOOTIST]

Wow. I used to do a lot of 1/72 aircraft. I love the Luftwaffe '46 stuff. You have skills I dream of having, keep posting your work!
This made me think about breaking out the toolbox once again!
Thanks!

 

[cnq]

Wow. I used to do a lot of 1/72 aircraft. I love the Luftwaffe '46 stuff. You have skills I dream of having, keep posting your work!
This made me think about breaking out the toolbox once again!
Thanks!

Thanks very much for the comment.

 

[THE SHOOTIST]

You're most welcome. How do you get the panel lines to stand out so well on the underside?
What airbrush do you use?

 

[cnq]

You're most welcome. How do you get the panel lines to stand out so well on the underside?
What airbrush do you use?

I have the Badger 100 LG airbrush with medium tip
I use small brush that they use for drawing on nails to do the panel lines ( with regular black ink). I usually pre-drawn all the panel lines on bare plastic and do pin wash after decal as well. It takes a bit of time and patience but the lines come out decent.

Here are few more pics of the underside and with the BF109.

 

[THE SHOOTIST]

Your lines come out GREAT! "Decent" is an understatement. I'll have to try that technique. I usually do a thinned out watercolor wash/wipe-down before sealing. I have a terrible airbrush, and I'm using "canned air".

I need better tools to get better results.

 

[cnq]

Your lines come out GREAT! "Decent" is an understatement. I'll have to try that technique. I usually do a thinned out watercolor wash/wipe-down before sealing. I have a terrible airbrush, and I'm using "canned air".

I need better tools to get better results.

I would recommend to use a decent air compressor as well. The one that has separate air tank and pressure valve. I normally set
mine between 17- 25 psi.