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crackerjazz started following Tamiya 1/48 F-35A, Revell 1/48 F-15E Mudhen OIF "Shangri La II" FINISHED!, Tamiya 1/48 P-47D Razorback "Ruthless Ruthie" and 5 others
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Revell 1/48 F-15E Mudhen OIF "Shangri La II" FINISHED!
crackerjazz replied to Drew T.'s topic in Critique Corner
I must live under a rock. I never even saw this : ) All I can say is that I really envy your weathering skills. They're really like scaled-down jets -- like zapped-down real aircraft -- because of the detailed weathering. Would you care to elaborate on your photography? I often use a phone but the weathering and tonal variations are often not captured maybe because of the limited dynamic range of phone cameras? Then I moved to DSLRs but it's a bit harder to control the depth of field. What's your setup like? -
Tamiya 1/48 P-47D Razorback "Ruthless Ruthie"
crackerjazz replied to Drew T.'s topic in In-Progress Pics
Hi Drew, the fiberglass pen you mention looks interesting; I might pick one up. Do you notice if it makes you itchy at all from small loose fibers? -
Hi Pete, I just came across this thread.. You're doing some serious hacking. Grabbing a seat and some popcorn! : )
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1/48th Hasegawa A-7D, 4450th TG "raison d'etre"
crackerjazz replied to A-10 LOADER's topic in In-Progress Pics
Those are beautiful pylons, Steve! -
Very cool rivets, Tracy!
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Wow, that's some exceptional work, RichB63! Following along : )
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Hi Gwen, thanks for your kind words; so nice to have you drop by : ) Yes, I can see how the kit can be a nightmare to put together. My to-do list for this kit is growing by the day. But then I have to itemize the sequence in detail or else I just forget. Looks like there are more gaps to fill once I glue the wings on so I picked up a tube of valejo putty. I tossed my old one but after seeing a vid recently where water was used to smooth it out i thought I'd give it another go. Also have some two part putty for the bigger gaps just in case. Hi Pete, thanks! : ) Just a couple at
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Thanks, Mr. Happy. No, the slats are still the original ones I cut off from the wings and glued together. I only had to thin down the walls and will glue them onto the printed inner part. I got carried away, habu2 : ) Thanks, Steve : ) Not as fun as building from scratch but it can be a real lifesaver on tricky parts : ) Thanks, Elmo : ) Yes, I want to capture that Dilophasaurus look : )
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Hi toadwbg, cool build. My 10+yr old Future also shows signs of yelllowing in the bottle but still works great and the yellow tint doesnt show at all whenever I use it. Canopies still end up nice and clear. Future is now called Pledge Floor Care or Pledge Revive It Floor Gloss.
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Thanks, fellas! : ) Did some more cutting on the other wing.. I also had to thin down the walls of the slats: Then I tried to figure out how to fill the hole in front and make that red leading edge for the slats. I was thinking about laminating styrene sheets and progressively sanding down from the thick wing root towards the wing tip. I was trying to wrap my head around all that work -- to be able to do that correctly -- and to do the same for the other wing -- I felt overwhelmed just thinking
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Super-beautiful work, chuckw! That cockpit looks amazingly realistic. And I love the tonal variations that make for realism -- the walls, floors, all of it. That coaming, for example, I'd say you have 2 or 3 oil colors that go onto the black? I'd love to learn how you do your weathering. There's no mottling/blackbasing anywhere, is there?
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There's a step at the wing root that I had to shim: But will still experiment further. It might actually be better to stick some styrene strips: Proceeded with cutting up the wings, starting with the wingtip airbrakes. I figured once I cut off the slats, spoilers and flaps there won't be anything left to hold the shape in the middle because the glue points are on the outer edges. I wanted to put some ribs or bulkheads to hold the shape but co
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Very nice, Shaw. And that info about how you took the outline of the windows is extremely useful. Thanks for sharing : )
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Wow, you mean business, Badmofo. That wing detailing is something else! : )
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Beautiful work on those added details, konbini! : ) That weapons bay looks fantastic!