LVG C. II (et Vauxhall staff car)

Bonjour a tous,

OK, it is not a very comfortable situation for the plane and its crew, but nevertheless it's a LVG C. II in 1:32. It is a scratch build from plasticcard, tin foil and brass rod according to the drawing in the Windsock datafile. The Vauxhall staff car is scratchbuilt as well, but I used some parts of a long oop Airfix Prince Henry racing car kit. The motorcycle is a kit from AVIATTIC. The figures are conversions from several sets from Miniart, Masterbox and ICM.





I do not want to forget what war really is: Death and horror. And I am very happy that it's over -- at least in Europe.

Cordialment
Andreas

C'est superbe et très vivant Andreas, Félicitations!
La flaque de boue entre la voiture et la moto est parfaite. Les projection s de boue sur l'avant de l'avion super bien.
Les figurines sont très bien peintes
Tout est bien équilibré, Bravo!
Un seul bémol je trouve le contraste entre les montants et la toile aurait pu être plus atténué.


Xan

Autre chose, mon Aviatik sera entoilé en blanc comme ton LVG.
quelle couleur de base as tu choisi pour le blanc?
Pour foncer tu as utilisé quelle couleur, de gris neutre? cela semble bleuté sur les ailes...

Xan

Merci beaucoup a toutes!

Xan a écrit:
Un seul bémol je trouve le contraste entre les montants et la toile aurait pu être plus atténué.
Xan

I think it depends on personal taste. You are generally right but especially an all-white finish quickly looks dull and boring so I tend to accentuate the surface maybe a little too much...

Andreas

Xan a écrit:Autre chose, mon Aviatik sera entoilé en blanc comme ton LVG.
quelle couleur de base as tu choisi pour le blanc?
Pour foncer tu as utilisé quelle couleur, de gris neutre? cela semble bleuté sur les ailes...

Xan

I used Gunze's  white, just straight from the bottle. Shadowing is Gunze's Smoke that could probabely give the bluish tone in some of the photos. I have many Vallejo/AK/MIG acrylics, but I use them only for brushpainting. I only spray Tamiya and Gunze acrylics and Drooling Bulldog and Mr. Paint enamels. For the neutral grey on the metal parts I used a Gunze color as well, I think it was RLM02. There is no color information regarding these grey or greygreen shades. And as far as no one disovers a monochrome color picture of a 1916 German aircraft and prooves us all wrong, I'll use what looks authentic and fits the other colors in the game
Andreas