Tropical Megatop Help Needed

ANG MING CHUANG · 10-04-2001, 01:43 PM

Hi I am currently painting a 1/144 Tropical MegaTop. I have problem painting the large FC, palm tree and the E on the sides of the plane and those little wordings on the nose...my 1/200 effort failed quite miserably....does anyone have any method of getting these intricate details painted on the plane....is decal the only option? Anyone out there made these decal at all?

Thanks!

niels · 10-04-2001, 07:01 PM

I think you have done quite well!
There are only `normal' Singapore markings (decals) in 1/200 and 1/144 as far as I know. You might want to try a group I moderate:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airlinermodelling
and see if someone else is interested.
So that I don't appeear to be in advertising mode: normally, I would have e-mailed that link privately
There are ways of printing your own decals, though of course you need the art work to start with.

Vikings770 · 10-04-2001, 07:23 PM

Getting the artwork is easy as long as there ia a decent picture on Airliners.net.

I make all of my own decals.

Jao · 10-05-2001, 09:59 AM

Not bad ANG MING CHUANG. I think you did well.

TG757 · 10-07-2001, 11:57 PM

Yea, nice model M.C!!!!!

Jeremy F. · 10-08-2001, 05:11 PM

Damn! Thats one sweet looking model! Excellent job so far!

justplaneobsessed · 10-09-2001, 02:22 AM

Hey there Ming Chuang, that is very impressive. If you don't mind, is the model hand-painted with a brush or air-brushed?

Edwin

ANG MING CHUANG · 10-10-2001, 02:08 AM

thanks for all the compliments....

really glad that you guys like it......the model in the background is a 1/200 Hasegawa 747-400 kit 100% handpainted...except for the decal for the vertical stabiliser and spray paint for the wings....the model infront is a Revell 1/144 747-400, again hand-painted....I am not sure whether I should proceed to hand paint the rest of the details...as I really do not know how to make these decals. I used the Rise Soon 1/250 and SJ 1/500 Tropical MegaTop as reference....there do not seems to be 2 tropical megatop that have the same colour scheme from different manufacturers....Thanks again

justplaneobsessed · 10-13-2001, 05:12 AM

Thanks for the answer Ming Chuang. I think you should be able to get some of the details you need from books. I'll try to email you some from some magazines I got if you'd like.

Edwin

10-04-2001, 01:43 PM	#1
ANG MING CHUANG Collector Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Singapore Age: 41 Posts: 84	Tropical Megatop Help Needed Hi I am currently painting a 1/144 Tropical MegaTop. I have problem painting the large FC, palm tree and the E on the sides of the plane and those little wordings on the nose...my 1/200 effort failed quite miserably....does anyone have any method of getting these intricate details painted on the plane....is decal the only option? Anyone out there made these decal at all? Thanks! __________________ ~~@~~ Last edited by ANG MING CHUANG; 10-04-2001 at 01:46 PM.

10-04-2001, 07:01 PM	#2
niels Insane Collector Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: , Location, Location Posts: 1,518	I think you have done quite well! There are only `normal' Singapore markings (decals) in 1/200 and 1/144 as far as I know. You might want to try a group I moderate: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airlinermodelling and see if someone else is interested. So that I don't appeear to be in advertising mode: normally, I would have e-mailed that link privately There are ways of printing your own decals, though of course you need the art work to start with. __________________ ---- BWIA West Indies 1:400 final livery MD-83; oldest liveries: Britannia, Viscount, Viking, DC-3; sandy livery: A321, DC-9-30, -80, 727, 707-138, -220) 1:250 scale? No, thank you. ---------------------------

10-05-2001, 09:59 AM	#4
Jao Insane Collector Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines Age: 31 Posts: 1,761	Not bad ANG MING CHUANG. I think you did well. __________________ JAO Please visit my webshots for more pictures.Thank you. http://community.webshots.com/user/jaopao http://www.wings900.com/gallery/show...t=1&ppuser=602

10-10-2001, 02:08 AM	#8
ANG MING CHUANG Collector Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Singapore Age: 41 Posts: 84	Thanks all thanks for all the compliments.... really glad that you guys like it......the model in the background is a 1/200 Hasegawa 747-400 kit 100% handpainted...except for the decal for the vertical stabiliser and spray paint for the wings....the model infront is a Revell 1/144 747-400, again hand-painted....I am not sure whether I should proceed to hand paint the rest of the details...as I really do not know how to make these decals. I used the Rise Soon 1/250 and SJ 1/500 Tropical MegaTop as reference....there do not seems to be 2 tropical megatop that have the same colour scheme from different manufacturers....Thanks again __________________ ~~@~~

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10-04-2001, 07:23 PM	#3
Vikings770 Professional Photographer Join Date: Sep 2001 Age: 40 Posts: 2,965	Getting the artwork is easy as long as there ia a decent picture on Airliners.net. I make all of my own decals.

10-07-2001, 11:57 PM	#5
TG757 Insane Collector Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,655	Yea, nice model M.C!!!!!

10-08-2001, 05:11 PM	#6
Jeremy F. Insane Collector Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,978	Damn! Thats one sweet looking model! Excellent job so far!

10-09-2001, 02:22 AM	#7
justplaneobsessed Insane Collector Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Quezon City, MM, Philippines Posts: 1,882	Hey there Ming Chuang, that is very impressive. If you don't mind, is the model hand-painted with a brush or air-brushed? Edwin

10-13-2001, 05:12 AM	#9
justplaneobsessed Insane Collector Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Quezon City, MM, Philippines Posts: 1,882	Thanks for the answer Ming Chuang. I think you should be able to get some of the details you need from books. I'll try to email you some from some magazines I got if you'd like. Edwin