KV.97 Workbench

09/03/2025

06/10/2024

Adding some colors step by step. Keep working on them!

For the mahogany I used C42 from Mr.Color, wich I added some drops of bright orange.

04/08/2024

Moving forward with some colors after discovering that the supposed green color of the fuselage and wings is actually a mahogany color. I will have to make some preliminary mixtures and test them on plastic pieces before using them on the kit. As I progressed with the side red tone of the fuselage and the polished stainless steel of the engine fairing, which, while looking very bright, will have more opaque tones added to the different panels to make it look less uniform and more realistic.
The other tone that makes up the fuselage is the woodgrain texture behind and on the sides of the cabin, which I will achieve by applying the woodgrain decals sold by HGW. These decals require a white base and decalfix to fix them
More progress soon.

29/07/2024

Sopwith Camel, Eduard 1/48
Some advances in the stencils of Sopwith Camel. I prefer to paint them before anything else so as not to have to apply a thick layer of white and to avoid that when removing the masking tape, some white color can be seen below the blue of the english blue cockade. Following this rule, I also painted the greyhound on the sides along with the light blue color, which was a mixture made by eye.
Also the propeller its done. I got this result by painting five layers of different wood colors, added some veins with a fine brush and then added a light layer of clear orange paint to simulate the wood varnish effect. I'm very happy with this result, but sad that I didn't took photos of the process that was only an experiment.

07/07/2024

Applying a white base coat will enhance the brightness of many colors that this scheme provides.
I will use a Cricut Explore Air 2 to design and then cut the vinyl stencils to paint the insignias.

01/07/2024

And the last photos that I took before closing the fuselage. Many technics applied for a tinny cockpit. Maybe a tip to consider is to use less red clear paint to "varnish" the wood of the instrument panel. It looks good for me but I think is a bit far from the original color seen in photos of this biplane

01/07/2024

Projects on the workbench. The Sopwith Camel fuselage prepared for primer al the tinny 3D printed Spitfire ready for last layer of primer. All the sanding process gave me the time to design the stencils to paint all insignias. The Cricut Explore Air 2 does a good job even with little figures and letters.

31/05/2024

Thank you Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum!

Recently KV.97 Workbench reached out to us to show the excellent model he made of our Stuka Dive Bomber in restoration. We thought his work was fantastic and felt it needed to be shared!

If you have a deep love for FHCAM and have made creations such as this, reach out to us at [email protected] to potentially have your creation highlighted.

The real Stuka remains in Charlie Hangar in partially restored condition and is available to see during normal business Thursday-Saturday 10am-5pm.

05/05/2024

Sopwith F.1 Camel, Eduard 1/48 first steps. Preparing for the surface primer application.

01/05/2024

Preliminary exhibition of all components of the "work in progress" of the Stuka.
Only the base is needed to finish this work so the main process of this project is done.
All inspiration was extracted by the restoration of an R-4 Stuka made by the that are rebuilding an extraordinary and unique piece of history.

20/02/2024

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ICM 1/48