Blackfeather Vega

[Ironworker]

Well It's time to re-paint my Lockheed Vega for my "Blackfeather" Pulp serial game.  The paintjob will be red and it will have a stylized black crow with outstreached wings on the top.  Hopefully it will turn out as nice as my truck.  This model isn't very accurate but I'll try to make it look as nice as I can.  

Here is a picture of the model stripped of it's paint.  I used a citrius based stripper brushed on.  The plastic wheels took a bit of damage but not much.  I removed the plastic window and engine to strip the paint.  

[Ironworker]

Ok well a stripped plane isn't that interesting I know but it did take some time to strip it and prime it so that's about all I got done last night.  No need to show the primed plane either since it was just primer grey.  


Here is the Vega painted red.  I chose to hand paint the plane red using about 4 or so thin coats.  I like the slight variation of the hand painted surface over a smoother spray painted surface.  Vegas were made of plywood and the fact that this plane is diecast already makes it look a bit smoother and more uniform than it should.  Also the pics I've seen of older planes make a lot of them look hand painted.  


The next task was to go ahead and tackle the main decorative feature of this plane.  I wanted to have a stylized crow with it wings spread out over the top of the plane and wings.  I made a basic half template to trace around.  


After tracing around the left side I flipped my template over and traced the right side.  


Then I drew in the beak and feather tuft on the head.  


then I painted it in with black.  I still have some touch up to do here.  I'm also going to add some highlights before I'm done to bring out the crow more but I'll wait to do that after I finish laying in some more detail and give the model a light wash.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

nice trick, have to give it a try, too  

[Rhoderic]

Nifty! It's going to take all my willpower to keep myself from switching projects again and have a try at this myself.

[Ironworker]

Ok well most of the basic decoration is blocked in here in black.  The black designs on the spats, tail, and nose will be outlined in yellow and I'm thinking about putting a stylized lightning bolt down both sides in yellow.  Also the windows will be painted in as well.  

[Evilcartoonist]

Very nice :love:   Whereabouts did you pick up the Vega?

[Ironworker]

Very nice :love:   Whereabouts did you pick up the Vega?

Oh I found it in a consignment shop where I live.

[Darren]

Cool looking model there

I have a quick browse on Ebay and there's a stack of these on sale cheap...

[Ironworker]

Ok I finished the yellow outlines and painted in all the windows.  Here are shots from two angles.





I still have to put the identification numbers on the underside of the wing and add a few more details to the body of the plane then finish the engine and prop and the canopy.

[Mogimbu]

She's a beaut!!!

[Vanvlak]

WOnderful - great colour scheme and a terrific execution of it too.    

[KeyanSark]

Great work!!  :love:

I've always had problem with plane weathering... Anyone can give some tips or links on this subject?

[matakishi]

Wow    The yellow lining is very impressive. This is going to look great when you've finished (it looks great now so I'm eagerly anticipating the finished item)

[Heldrak]

It really does look great :love:


Can we see a figure along side to get a sense of the scale?

[Ironworker]

It really does look great :love:


Can we see a figure along side to get a sense of the scale?

No problem.