OT's Talon

[Old_Tonto]

Looking good even if you won't finish on time

Thanks mate. It will get finished some time but I think will go straight in the bin.

The decals are doing my nut in. The PM decals are horrible so I binned them & with much trepidation decided to use the Micro Scale sheet which includes a nice NASA scheme. I have used this sheet before but the decals disintegrate on contact with water.

So I coated them with Klear, left that to dry overnight and cut them out as close to the decal as I dared. The first two declas I put on went on great. There is hope yet I thought:



But alas the blue fuselage stripe broke up badly:



I did what I could to save it but will have to patch it up later. I did make a scan of the decals so perhaps I could print some off another time. (don't have any decal paper at the mo!)



For the otherside I cut the decal into 3 smaller pieces before wetting them & this seems to have worked better. Although they are still fragile & far too short. Either PM (Hasegawa) have gotten their measurements very wrong or these decals have shrunk.



I will press on as time permits just for the experiance. Then this one will be fed to the shredder.

[lancfan]

Sorry the decals let you down, this would have looked good in NASA colours.

David.

[Dirkpitt289]

That's a shame OT. I would like to have seen it in the NASA garb. Would have looked cool. I don't know if I'd dump it in the trash right away. Put it aside for awhile and maybe strip it down and redo it again at a later time.

[coptermech]

I had toyed with the idea of doing a NASA T-38 like this one on display at Kennedy Space Center, but i just couldn't get it to look right either. It would be nice if one of the manufacturers made a specific T-38 kit.

[Dirkpitt289]

I was there last year and got the idea of building it as well. When it comes to these aircraft the scheme is a bit boring but still good.

[Old_Tonto]

Although I didn't finish, I got 90% of the way there:





All that work I did on the interior is lost beneath the mirky depths of the ill-fitting canopy.



On the positive side I now know how to convert an F-5B into a T-38.

[Dirkpitt289]

I'm glad you decided not to toss this one. Nice comeback