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Fly-n-hi

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  1. Does anybody know where I could get a set?  I'm at the decal stage of my 1/48 Hasegawa F-15C and she's painted up to match the 1983 jet in the Eiffel Eagles set...but I have the 1/72 sheet instead of the 1/48!!!  (I didn't notice until I started applying the decals!!)  I posted in the Buy & Sell forum but I was hoping somebody might have a set in their stash that they'd be willing to part with.

     

    Or if someone can recommend a sheet that would work for an F-15C painted up in the early '80s that would help, too.

     

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

  2. Specifically, I'd like to know what color AIM-9M Sidewinders would have been on Bitburg F-15Cs in 1983.  I'm guessing grey but I'd like to be sure.  I've google searched a million different phrases but I never really get any solid answers.  And photos of the planes back then aren't really clear.  Any help would be appreciated!

     

    Thanks!

  3. All the 757s definitely have it but I’ve never seen a 767 with it. I could be wrong, though. I think I’ve flow every one. 

     

    Edit:  I should mention the coroguard is on the horizontal stabs, too.

  4. I had an interesting experience with the white primer.  It lifted from the model when I used Tamiya masking tape.  The grey primer stuck just fine.  Might have been something I did but I doubt it.  Alclad II has had some quality control issues before.

  5. Fantastic work!  What I really appreciate is how "clean" the details you added are.  Like the wiring on the nose gear for example.  Would you be willing to give some detailed explanation how you do it?  I know that is one area I'd really like to improve in my builds and I'd be happy if mine could turn out half as good as yours!

  6. Did the tape get wet at all?  If it did (like when you cleaned off the model before priming for example) the wet tape will react with Future.  I stopped using future on my canopies about 12 models ago.  Now I just use micromesh followed up with Novus fine scratch remover (using a Dremmel polishing tool).  Gets my canopies crystal clear without having to worry about Future or whatever getting scratched or messed up.

  7. Remember also that many "pros" have been modeling for several years and have built up an extensive set of tools and building supplies.  Many of them have hundreds or even thousands of dollars worth of tools and things.  And I don't mean that in a discouraging way...but having good tools makes a big difference.

  8. I've found that pre shading is a waste of time now.  I use so many post painting techniques that they cover up the pre shade.  Plus, I think that pre shading tends to draw too much attention to the panel lines especially in combination with panel line washes.  Just a wash by itself brings to right amount of weathering to the lines in my opinion.  I personally like to put down a normal coat of paint and then fade, modulate and filter on top of it.  

     

    The new fad is "black basing" which is just some weird way of saying black primer.  You can use white primer and "mottle" on darker colors with the same results.  Kinda the same thing most of us have been doing for several years now.  Many people used to  (still do) pre shade and mottle on dark areas first.

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