Figures and dioramas in progress
I originally painted both these figures (made by Modellers) a couple of months back. I was going to take some more photo’s of them today and the colors looked to me to be a bit “flat” so I did a bit of touch up and re-glazed both red suits with a red orange to lift them slightly. I also painted a small logo on the chest of Prosts T shirt. It occupied me for an hour or so and gave me a chance to do a bit of color mixing. Continue reading Senna and Prost
I assembled this figure some time ago using a combination of Superglue to attach the arms (and Epoxy to reinforce the legs together with metal pins) – so I thought there should be no problems with it all staying in one piece -alas one of the legs separated just below the knee – so this time I used a heavier grade pin and some really fresh Superglue and after 48 hours, so far so good. I’ll attach it to the base and get started on painting – (which I probably won’t enjoy – I’ll try!). I’ve done a little modifying … Continue reading Valentina – another of Valentino Rossi’s team!
These are a couple of driver helmets from the Denizen range in 1/43 scale I found lurking at the side of the bench – so I painted them up in some of the more recognizable liveries – ie Hill, Amon, Cevert (in the early days he didn’t put his name on the helmet!) Siffert – all painted in Vallejo acrylics with a couple of coats of klear. Continue reading Mini Helmets – 1/43 Denizen
Unfortunately some heavy duty DIY has kept me otherwise engaged for the last few days -taking up a very stubborn old deck on the back patio is no joke – so when I managed a couple of hours break, I finished off Alonsos helmet and Hans!  Now back to the decking – oh how I love DIY….Doh! Continue reading Alonso gets his lid!
After breaking his leg in June last year at Mugello, Valentino Rossi surprised everyone with his remarkably quick recovery 40 days later at the German round in the Sachsenring – so what was the secret behind his amazing recovery! We all know how fantastically resilient and determined an individual he is – I’m sure his mindset and focus were a key part of the recovery process but I’ve no doubt the medical care (and TLC) he received from the doctors and nurses had a lot to do with it! My own take on it is merely meant to raise a … Continue reading Rossi’s secret weapon!
I’m still progressing through my stock of GF figures – this time I’m concentrating on Alonso in his Renault colors – I’m doing two versions – one wearing the helmet and the other carrying it and having a drink at the same time! With the exception of the drink bottle tube, (the fingers on the hand which carries it) and some other bits and pieces the figures are more or less complete. I spent some time getting the detail on the unworn helmet right (I still have to add comm’s wires, hans straps and visor) but so far it looks … Continue reading Fernando Alonso – more 1/20 driver figures!
I think it’s back to the drawing board with this hairspray technique for me – I totally overdid the “scraping back” step and ended up with a very extreme finish and not really the result I was after – stil it’s not the end of the world though as it’s something I haven’t tried before and well, I’m learning! As I look at it again it would probably suit an older era Diorama – say the late 60’s although, the armco they used at that time was only two layers high – I’ll have a think about it – maybe … Continue reading Armco paint job – overcooked the weathering!
I’m trying out this “Hairspray” technique which the armour modellers use to get the faded and chipping paint effect. I applied some initial ramdom “underneath” colors and then gave it a blast of hairspray followed by another thicker coat of top colors. The idea being that when water is now applied to the top coat it reacts with the hairspray underneath and by rubbing the top coat with a toothpick it will loosen the top coat and expose the colors underneath – it sounds all too easy, so we shall see !  Pictures below show the first coat with the … Continue reading Armco paintjob….with Hairspray!
Some shots of the final product – once again a GF-models fgure sporting the 2007-ish ferrari garbe – Schuberth helmet, Hans device Puma suit – branding is a mixture of Marlboro and Barcode (which I referred to in an earlier post) – To get the best from the figure I made some additions / amendments in the area of boots, gloves and drink tube / comms wiring in the helmet. The hinges for the helmet visor are domestic pins and 3d paint was used to represent the small lifting handles in the centre of the tear-offs (which are thin strips … Continue reading Another 1/20 Schumacher driver figure!
I’m making a habit of re-doing visors – it’s not that I like doing them but the first one I did for this version of the figure went missing! This is the ‘GF figure of Gilles again as per his ’82 attire but this time I’ve included the visor for his GPA helmet. – As I didn’t have a decal for the “GPA” lettering at the time of construction, I painted it in, however, since then I bought the Modellers figure which comes with a really good set of decals – including the “GPA” decal for the helmet but there’s … Continue reading Another Gilles Villeneuve helmet!
