SOH Team Project - Grumman Tracker, Trader, Tracer

***Duckie*** · June 25th, 2012, 10:24

Thanks very much Maarten and gribouil. Turning my attention now to the Dutch variant, circa 1962. You guys know I don't work as fast as that young speedster Matt (go Matt!), but I'll post up some WIP screenies when I get to that point in a day or 2.

:salute:

**Milton Shupe** · June 25th, 2012, 10:49

All the superlatives are well deserved. One awesome product after another.

***Duckie*** · June 25th, 2012, 18:35

Originally Posted by Milton Shupe

All the superlatives are well deserved. One awesome product after another.

Tip of the hat right back at you, Sir, for a wonderful model series and some outstanding mapping making decorating these beauties that much more enjoyable! :salute: :salute:

***Duckie*** · June 27th, 2012, 19:29

OK... first look at a little new paint new paint. I said a "little" new paint!

Pay no attention to the missteps.

Had to re-do the RESCUE arrows and settle on an arrangement for them (finally found a couple of good photos for positioning). Anyway, way early but thought I'd give a look. Maybe a full coat of paint by the weekend and another look.

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**t.creed** · June 27th, 2012, 20:26

nice..!! the colors looks real nice !!

rgds
t creed

**Maarten -** · June 27th, 2012, 23:43

Originally Posted by Duckie

OK... first look at a little new paint new paint. I said a "little" new paint!

Pay no attention to the missteps.

Had to re-do the RESCUE arrows and settle on an arrangement for them (finally found a couple of good photos for positioning). Anyway, way early but thought I'd give a look. Maybe a full coat of paint by the weekend and another look.

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WOW Steve! That is jawdroppingly awesome!!!

(whispering: are you going to make both a NAS Valkenburg (V) and HMs Karel Doorman (D) version? Just inquisitive

)

Thank you so much!

Cheers,
Maarten

**mvg3d** · June 28th, 2012, 01:01

Originally Posted by Duckie

OK... first look at a little new paint new paint. I said a "little" new paint!

Pay no attention to the missteps.

Had to re-do the RESCUE arrows and settle on an arrangement for them (finally found a couple of good photos for positioning). Anyway, way early but thought I'd give a look. Maybe a full coat of paint by the weekend and another look.

Hi Duckie,
What do You think about an Italian Tracker ?

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:salute::salute::salute::salute:

**Matt Wynn** · June 28th, 2012, 01:23

Originally Posted by Duckie

You guys know I don't work as fast as that young speedster Matt (go Matt!)

patience young padawan

speed soon comes, remember "The Force will be with you.... Always", the key to speed is knowing the tool settings, the intricacies of the mapping and for me, it also helps to have my most used rivet styles and wear etc... as PSD's, ie. a base 'metal overlay', this PSD in particular is a 30% transparency layer that when overlaid adds a base 'wear' layer, drop me an e-mail and i'll fire it over to you :salute:

she's looking great pal, remember it isn't the spped of your work that's the killer... it's the sudden stop at the end... this sudden stop to us Repainters/Texture artists (Remember there is a difference, repainters take existing work and paint over that, texture artists work from a wireframe from the beginning...) is when we finish something and we end up chewing possibilities over...

great work, keep it up :ernae:

***Duckie*** · June 28th, 2012, 05:45

Thanks very much, everyone, for the positive feedback.

I'm working to have 3 texture sets for the release of the -1; USN gray/white, USN glossy sea blue, and RNNAS. After that I will probably put out a couple more repaints.

Maarten, the RNNAS I'm working now is a "V" for Valkenburg. It won't be that much more to do a "D" as a repaint.

Mvg3d, I'll take a look at the Italian model and and see what I can do, no promises, but I'll look at it for a possible post release repaint.

Matt, great tips, and I would definately like to take a look a your base metal overlay texture, thanks for the offer (pm e-mail later). :salute:

I employee many of these time savers as well, such as a base "grime" PSD with varying shades of black, yellow and brown than can be deployed at varying levels of transparency. Ahhhh yes, rivets, have set up various scales of "dotted lines" with rounded edges for use with pen tool to draw rivets. Streaks of oil and grime are collected and added as separate layers to their own PSD for future use.

Still learning and looking for all the tips and time savers I can find.

**Maarten -** · June 28th, 2012, 06:04

Originally Posted by Matt Wynn

remember it isn't the spped of your work that's the killer... it's the sudden stop at the end... this sudden stop to us Repainters/Texture artists (Remember there is a difference, repainters take existing work and paint over that, texture artists work from a wireframe from the beginning...) is when we finish something and we end up chewing possibilities over...

Matt, that is SO true!

Cheers,
Maarten

**Maarten -** · June 28th, 2012, 06:06

Originally Posted by Duckie

Maarten, the RNNAS I'm working now is a "V" for Valkenburg. It won't be that much more to do a "D" as a repaint.

That's fantastic Steve. Thank you so much.

Cheers,
Maarten

**gribouil** · June 28th, 2012, 12:47

Originally Posted by Duckie

OK... first look at a little new paint new paint. I said a "little" new paint!

Pay no attention to the missteps.

Had to re-do the RESCUE arrows and settle on an arrangement for them (finally found a couple of good photos for positioning). Anyway, way early but thought I'd give a look. Maybe a full coat of paint by the weekend and another look.

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It will suit Marcel Ritzema's carrier soooooooooooooo well... many thanks Duckie!!!

***Duckie*** · June 29th, 2012, 21:26

Got her clothes on her. Now we are accessorizing!

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**Maarten -** · June 30th, 2012, 00:11

Originally Posted by Duckie

Got her clothes on her. Now we are accessorizing!

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OOOOOOHHHH!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!! BEE-OO-TEE-FULL!!!!
A true masterpiece Duckie!

Can't wait to go for quite a few spins with this Stoof.

Cheers,
Maarten

**mgr** · June 30th, 2012, 01:32

Originally Posted by Duckie

Got her clothes on her. Now we are accessorizing!

Looking GREAT!!!

minor remark, the edge between the light and dark gray is way to sharp, real-life it was more "brushed".

Marcel

***Ferry_vO*** · June 30th, 2012, 01:48

That looks great Duckie, can't wait!

**Milton Shupe** · June 30th, 2012, 05:12

This is the awesome scheme we have been waiting for. Better than I could have imagined.

**Blackbird686** · June 30th, 2012, 07:03

Absolutely Stunning Work, Duckie!

BB686:USA-flag:

**Cirrus N210MS** · June 30th, 2012, 07:09

any news on the Turbine Version???

Took This Yesterday Afternoon

**Milton Shupe** · June 30th, 2012, 10:31

Originally Posted by Cirrus N210MS

any news on the Turbine Version???

Took This Yesterday Afternoon

Great pictures Sir; thank you for sharing them. :-)

In post 2232 on June 20th, I answered the question this way:

"Unfortunately, we are still awaiting panel and gauge work for all TP versions and it may be Fall before we see that finished.

Also awaiting textures ...

It is not generally my practice but I may package these up with what I have and put them out there as alpha WIP models and let someone else complete them. The alternative is to wait ... "

**Milton Shupe** · June 30th, 2012, 10:49

To supplement my response in the previous post, here is a visual status.

**Cirrus N210MS** · June 30th, 2012, 10:58

Looking Sweet

***Duckie*** · June 30th, 2012, 19:57

Would have posted earlier but Xfiniky internet's been down all evening 'til just now.

Thank you for all the encouraging and positve feedback. Marcel, thanks for the tip. I have softened the paint demarcs a bit. It's on to the 3rd and last for the series.

Here are a few shots before she's rolled into the hangar awaiting her last sister for this edition.

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