The 1:72 Mitsubishi Ki-15 / C5M2 Babs control surface and flap masks from Dead Design. The templates define the outline of the moving surfaces, around which a shadow is sprayed.
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The set belongs to the moving surfaces, not to the glazing. It deserves special attention because the control surfaces of aircraft of this generation were covered with fabric stretched over a framework. On a model that shows as fine ribbing, and an outline shadow settles into it more naturally than onto a smooth metal surface. The result looks as if the moving surfaces were separate from the rest of the structure, although it is only paint on the surface. The control surfaces cannot be deflected once the set has been used; the structure of the model is not changed in any way.
Work at the lowest pressure you can and with paint thinned more than you are used to. Guide the airbrush at an angle, not perpendicular: the shadow should come from one side and fade smoothly toward the other, because an even outline all the way around looks drawn on. Lay it on in several very thin passes and look at the result from a meter away between them, not from ten centimeters. When the shadow seems weak to you, it is usually just right. An overdone shadow is hard to correct afterwards and on a small model it looks coarse.
The Mitsubishi Ki-15 was a Japanese fast reconnaissance aircraft with a radial engine, fixed landing gear in teardrop fairings and a cockpit for a crew of two in tandem. The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service used a comparable machine under the designation C5M. The type became known mainly for its speed, which in its day not many fighters could match.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
Zeptejte se na co potřebujete, odpovíme co nejdříve.
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