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- Marek
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Wow, I am happy to finish retouch and main painting of the airframe. In a process I broke pitot tube, which was promptly eaten by the garage monster . State as of today:
Overall, I am quite happy with the kit so far. As always, every screwup is my own doing .
Overall, I am quite happy with the kit so far. As always, every screwup is my own doing .
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Great stuff, nice metalwork. Much more detail on rear of these compared to my two.
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that's one nice paint job! How did you do it? How did you make the panels different shades? Or is that just how it's catching the light?
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Well, wings are white upper, grey lower, there are grey and steel panels on a stabilizer and parts around the engine are partly steel, everything else is tamiya chrome silver. .....and there will be red elevator/horizontal stabilizer. I have not done any shading for the fuselage panels yet, will try to modulate them later with a tamiya clear smoke solution (kind of an experiment).Blueberryruby wrote:that's one nice paint job! How did you do it? How did you make the panels different shades? Or is that just how it's catching the light?
Now, I am off to the paint shop to put clear on.
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Interesting. So what you're telling me is that if i want the same effect (which i do on a future model) i have to do loads of boring masking! You've done a really nice and neat jobMarek wrote:Well, wings are white upper, grey lower, there are grey and steel panels on a stabilizer and parts around the engine are partly steel, everything else is tamiya chrome silver. .....and there will be red elevator/horizontal stabilizer. I have not done any shading for the fuselage panels yet, will try to modulate them later with a tamiya clear smoke solution (kind of an experiment).Blueberryruby wrote:that's one nice paint job! How did you do it? How did you make the panels different shades? Or is that just how it's catching the light?
Now, I am off to the paint shop to put clear on.
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The silver looks to have gone on very well. Overall it looks excellent.
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Different possibility would be adding bit of grey/dark silver more to the mix you are shooting. Still have to mask though, I have tried masking on the go with cardboard paper. "Hot masking" works good if you have 100% control of your airbrush, which I do not, so usually have to take breaks .Blueberryruby wrote:Interesting. So what you're telling me is that if i want the same effect (which i do on a future model) i have to do loads of boring masking! You've done a really nice and neat jobMarek wrote:Well, wings are white upper, grey lower, there are grey and steel panels on a stabilizer and parts around the engine are partly steel, everything else is tamiya chrome silver. .....and there will be red elevator/horizontal stabilizer. I have not done any shading for the fuselage panels yet, will try to modulate them later with a tamiya clear smoke solution (kind of an experiment).Blueberryruby wrote:that's one nice paint job! How did you do it? How did you make the panels different shades? Or is that just how it's catching the light?
Now, I am off to the paint shop to put clear on.
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All decals on, I repeat, all decals on! Hasegawa decals performed FIRST time ever (for me) almost flawlessly with Micro Sol softener. This is an eureka moment since I had not have replacements (except for Modeldecal from ...1973! ).
The old Modeldecals will go on a CF-104 in camo from 1CAG (when, I don't really know, hopefully this year )
The old Modeldecals will go on a CF-104 in camo from 1CAG (when, I don't really know, hopefully this year )
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That does look the part. Amazing how decals can really transform a kit.
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Totally agree, looks great! I used mirco set and sol for the time on my one. I haven't quite got the look i was after but it's much better than just water and about a million times easier to use then humbrol's decal fix.TobyC wrote:That does look the part. Amazing how decals can really transform a kit.
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Never used the Humbrol' decal fix, is it strong like Solvaset or is it just diluted vinegar with soap?
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That looks really smart in the Canadian scheme.
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Great looking Starfighter.
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Thanx guys! On its legs today, tanks added, still some painting/retouching needs to be done.
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Very smart. I think I prefer them in plain silver to the camou versions. That's what comes from watching the Right Stuff umpteen times I guess.
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