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One of the oldest models you will see in Scaleworks. This was the first time I used photoetched parts (a Verlinden set) to detail a model , I also add some copper wire and some pieces or styrene in the landing gear. To recreate the moment of landing, the flaps and slats were cut to put them in landing position, the air brakes and arresting hook was extended and I also had to lengthen the hidraulic of the front landing gear to the completely extended position.
For the painting I used AeroMaster Acrylic paints. The "Jolly Rogers" decals are from Superscale and the lettering and stencils are Verlinden´s dry transfer. I used the Aero Detail #4 to know where to place all the stencils and for graphic reference. The panel lines were marked with a 0.5 HB sharp pencil.
The weathering is concentrated almost entirely on the underside (it also was the first time I weathered a model). At that time I made it with pastel powder, black, brown and ochre, applied dry for the blur effect and wet with water for the sharper marks. Currently I make this things with oil paints.
With this model I did several things for the first time, detailing, weathering, aftermarket decals... It is oldie but very dear to me because it was a great evolution for my way of making models.

Diego Quijano.

Prior to initial delivery to American forces, the Greek Purchasing Commission ordered 30 F4F-3As (Bu Nos 3875-3904) for their struggle against the Axis powers. These aircraft were en route to Greece at the time of their surrender in April of 1941. The British assumed the shipment and the aircraft were diverted for British Royal Navy use under designation Martlet Mk III. They were assigned to 805 and 806 Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm and served in the Egypt´s western desert. They were delivered in overall Light Gray and eventually they were repainted with Mid Stone upper surfaces and Azure Blue lower surfaces. Some aircraft also received Dark Earth on the upper surfaces.
I used the Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat and transformed it into a F4F-3A. The main transformation was to eliminate the wings folding joint and the external machine gun in each wing because the 3A version has fixed wings and only two .50 caliber in each wing. Other minor transformation was to add a lateral frame in the windshield, and one big ventilation flap in the cowling instead of the three flaps of the F4F-4
I used the Aires detail set for the Wildcat to detail the cockpit, gun bays and engine. The detailing of the engine was made with rods of styrene and stretched sprue, copper wire of several thickness and some patience. The camouflage was painted with Vallejo´s Model Air colors. The weathering was made airbrushing a lighter tone on each color and then some oil paint. On the wing roots I added some pigment to give a dusty look.

Diego Quijano.

The subject of this work is a U.S. Marines UH-1N used in Iraq in the first Gulf war. I decided to make it crashed-“but-not-too-much”, with a side almost intact and the other with medium damage as if had crashed with on its side over some rocks. I like the idea of showing different things on both sides of the model as you can see on the previous model “Spanish adversary” which has a side with the avionics bays closed and the other fully detailed, this “two-faces” concept allows us to watch different things on both sides making a more interesting model. The interior is detailed with styrene pieces (Evergreen and stretched sprue). I made the fabric of the rear seats with masking tape. The rotor is also detailed with styrene pieces. The camo was applied using Tac stuff to get a semi-hard border, I used Vallejo´s Model Air acrylics. The weathering was done with oil paint blended with enamel thinner. Scratches on the crashed side were made with aluminum paint. Then I added the dust with Mig Productions pigments mixed with water, this way you can easily retouch and remove where you don’t want it.
Again, any question or observation will be attended, of course.

Diego Quijano.

This work was inspired by pictures of some F-18A that the Ejercito del Aire bought to the U.S. Navy to replace a few crashed aircrafts. This plane previously belonged to VFA-127 “Desert Bogeys” adversary squadron (previously  known as “Cylons”). Once in Spain, the Navy markings were overpainted with the yellow used in Spanish “lizard” camo and then the “211 Escuadrón” markings were added, this produces an interesting three tone camo with the low-visibility grey zones typical of the adversary fighters. The work became a long time project with plenty of detailing and scratch (engine bays, avionics bays, undercarriage, cockpit). The painting was made with Vallejo´s Model Air acrylics and the weathering with oil paints, watercolor pencils and graphite. The subtle riveting is airbrushed with templates or drawn with pencil (depending on the area).

Diego Quijano.

I´m in modelling  for almost 25 years but honestly I think that only the second half of that period has works worthy enough to be shared, so my intention with this blog is to use it as a kind of personal gallery to show my works of the last 12 years (more or less). I like AFV modeling, Sci-Fi, Fantasy but mostly Air modelling, so this is what you are going to find here, a little bit of everything but mostly planes. The text on each work is only a general description of the model so if there is any question or observation, good or bad, please make it, feedback is always useful. As I said, I pretend to use this blog as a gallery for my finished models although I suppose that something different will sneak in from time to time, we´ll see how the thing goes.
I hope you enjoy.

Diego Quijano.