{"id":7477,"date":"2015-11-30T21:48:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T19:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modeltalking.hobbyart.sk\/?p=7477"},"modified":"2019-08-03T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T15:05:00","slug":"aircraft-carrier-deck-with-cats-sweet-1144","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/modeltalking.hobbyart.sk\/?p=7477","title":{"rendered":"Aircraft Carrier Deck with Cats, Sweet, 1\/144"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nRoyal Navy\u00a0Wildcat FM-2\/Martlet Mk. VI and the Flight Deck Set<\/span><\/h1>\n

by\u00a0Marcel Meres<\/span><\/p>\n

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1. Introductory Notes<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Royal Navy Wildcat FM-2\/Martlet Mk. VI<\/span> model kit No. 14111 from Sweet comes with the Flight deck set. This set consists of the flight deck, 8 cats crew and the wheel chocks (both Royal Navy\u00a0and U.S. Navy). I built the Wildcat plane first – you can find my article concernig this build here<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0while\u00a0the\u00a0flight deck with all the cats were built afterwards. The c<\/span>ats were a lot of fun! I painted the flight deck plate and positioned the cats with the airplane on it. I tried\u00a0several compositions. Improvised dioramas made this way were photographed with a real joy! A\u00a0bit infantile play maybe but it was a great relax for me.\u00a0<\/span>I hope you too will have the smile on your face watching these shots.<\/p>\n

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Royal Navy\u00a0Wildcat FM-2\/Martlet Mk. VI sitting on the carrier deck plate.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

2. Painting the Deck<\/span><\/h2>\n

a\/ Wood decking<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

At first all the deck was oversprayed with very light shade of sand colour. MR. PAINT\u00a0MRP-76 Sand Yellow was used.\u00a0Prior to spraying, this “base” colour was lightened by adding drops of white into it.<\/span>\u00a0The wood effect was created by applying uneven ammounts of Burnt Sienna. The oil colour diluted in Mig’s Thinner for Washes was hand brushed onto the deck using a thin soft brush. After thorough drying off the oil colour all the deck got the lacquer coat\u00a0–\u00a0Mr. COLOR\u00a0#181 Super Clear, Semi-Gloss was used.<\/p>\n

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b\/ Deck details<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

After finishing the wooden-like surfaces they\u00a0were masked-off with the TAMIYA masking tape. The deck metal drainage<\/span> bars and\u00a0the white bars <\/span>were airbrushed in this stage<\/span>. Also the edges of the deck plate were oversprayed using a\u00a0reddish\u00a0brown colour.<\/p>\n

All the deck looked flat and boring to me. I wished to add a bit of plasticity and\u00a0patina into the scene. Thus\u00a0a\u00a0dark brown wash was\u00a0applied onto the whole surface and\u00a0then it was wiped out quickly using a paper tissue. Only the recessed lines were darkened this way. Then several spots were made using nearly a black shade of the heavy diluted oil colour. I tried to evoke the oil stains and maintenance dirt this way. All the deck surface was sealed then – with the Semi Gloss lacquer again.<\/p>\n

2. Painting the\u00a0Cats<\/span><\/h2>\n

At first all the cat figures got\u00a0the gloss white colour as a base. All other colours as you can see them in the picture were hand painted. The white base was left on those places where the decals were to be placed\u00a0– all the cat eyes and a tiny U.K. flagged bow tie are the decals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here you can see the tiny cats laying on my finger (upper picture).\u00a0The box art (below) was my inspiration which colors to chooose for painting the cats crew.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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3.\u00a0Shooting the Dioramas<\/span><\/h2>\n

Now the whole deck is ready to accomodate the Wildcat plane and all the Deck Cats… the fun may start. Let us play! I decided not to cement everything together but make several different shots for fun instead. Photographing was fun for me and maybe these diorama shots will\u00a0entertain you too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Frankly I have never shot such tiny things together before – please keep in mind the airplane you see is in 1\/144 scale. The dimensions of the deck plate are 4 x 4.4 inch (approx. 10 x 11cm) \ud83d\ude00 . It was not easy for me to make an acceptable composition and keep everything sharp at the same time. The cats did not want to stand upright – they laid down as if they were drunk every time I started to breathe – I was too close.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the way – SWEET suggests to make small circles (maybe of some very thin transparent material) and stick\u00a0all the cats onto them for better stability. This was not used here\u00a0for\u00a0I felt it would have been disturbing\u00a0 in the\u00a0shots.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You will count all the 8 cats here – the sleeping one was added onto the cowl.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Both kinds\u00a0– U.S. NAVY and ROYAL NAVY – wheel chocks can be found in the Flight Deck Set.\u00a0You can see the\u00a0U.S. NAVY type above\u00a0and\u00a0the ROYAL NAVY chocks\u00a0below:\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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And finally the funny\u00a0box art from SWEET. Female mechanic was not included<\/em> \ud83d\ude00 .<\/p>\n

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Keep on modeling folks!<\/span><\/p>\n

If you enjoyed this post, I\u2019d be very grateful if you\u2019d help it spread by\u00a0sharing it on Facebook<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more finished model-kits please see the\u00a0Built Kits<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0category.
\nModel, Images and Text Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Marcel Meres.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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