Sometimes when I need a aircraft first off I head out here to Simviation. 9 times out of 10 no need to go anywhere else to find the aircraft.
It just so happened that this particular aircraft was not on the list of aircraft that people would do. I find myself thanking Paul Clawson once again for the models that this person has generated. I did travel hard on the web this time to seach for a Howard DGA 15P and it seemed that no matter where I went this was the only model to be had. So thanks again Paul Clawson.
When viewed for the 1st time I noticed it was a great model, however it seemed to be lacking alittle in the finer details of the aircraft, so it seemed I had alittle work cut out to see if I could improve this model alittle bit more.
With looking at actual photos, to blue prints of the aircraft I have actually started a ground up restoration of the model. This did a couple of things for me from the stand point of seeing how the aircraft was built with the varying compositions, to now being able to lay the paint on in the last stage and allow the model to reflect the different composists that lay beneath the paint.
This to me I believe will actually give me the detail I will be looking for. The wood still needs to covered with the white canvas and the hardner applied and still reflect the wood and tubular framing that will lay underneath when the paint goes on with a opacity setting.
I have a few pics of the aircraft I started with to a few of the various steps I have created already along the way. We all have our ways of doing things thats 4sure. I have found this was a good way for me to get what I was looking for as well as have some fun along the way.
Showing yet another techique that could be used to aid in the desired results of aircraft we paint.