Fly-n-hi
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You mean this decal set?
There was an email address at the bottom of the decal sheet. Maybe you could write to the company and see when they will ship more decals out.
FYI, this decal set is showing the incorrect engines although it won't make much difference.
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If this is your first airbrushing attempt I'd say it looks like you're off to a really good start. Nice job.
One thing I would say is don't settle. For example, in the second pic, I see that there are some light spots in the OD paint on the wings. I'd say go back over those spots with some OD even though it means that you have to mix paint, wait for it to dry and clean the airbrush again. What I mean is don't settle just because you want to get the kit done sooner or because you want to get to the decaling (the fun parts) sooner. You won't regret putting the extra time into it.
There are a couple of areas where the masking could have been a little tighter, too. In those cases don't be afraid to touch them up. Since you are using an airbrush now you can spray some tight lines. Practice on an old kit or a piece of cardboard if you aren't comfortable.
You don't need to drive yourself crazy but correct some of the more glaring mistakes as soon as you see them. You'll be glad you did.
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Looks great. I like it.
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Looks fantastic. And it has the right amount of weathering IMHO. I see many models where people just get carried away with the weathering...although the builds themselves are excellent.
Nice work.
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Depending on the type of DC-10 you could use the 90's British Airways livery. IMHO it's the nicest looking livery I've seen. Why they changed it I'll never know. (Actually, I do know why.)
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Nice. You did a great job!
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Nice work!
So how long did it take you to apply all those decals on top of the wings?
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Nice job! Was that one of the Revell re-releases? If so how'd it go together?
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Nice work!
Maybe I missed it but was was your "easier" way of threading the fibers?
And, how did you trim them down after painting? Seems like some of them would be hard to reach.
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First, you did a great job. Second, your bird does in fact represent the VF-84 scheme as it would have appeared in '76 or '77. After '78 the upper surfaces of the wings and the horizontal stabs were not painted white. The birds in The Final Countdown had the grey upper surfaces.
This paint scheme...with the white upper surfaces...looks way better in my humble opinion.
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I think its cool. Nice job.
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Great work. What colors did you use for the really dirty brown spots? They look very realistic.
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The flap position changes depending on whether we are taking off or landing. On the 737 we are at "flaps 1" or sometimes "flaps 5" for take-off. For landing we normally use "flaps 30" and sometimes "flaps 40" for shorter runways and contaminated runways.
The difference to the naked eye is that during take-off the trailing edge flaps are down only a little ways and the leading edge slats are extended to roughly 50% or their travel. On landing the trailing edge flaps are extended fully and so are the leading edge slats. The 747 has leading edge kruger flaps which swing open from the bottom as does the 737 and 727 on the inner panels so pay close attention to their locations.
I'd say that your best bet is to decide which phase of flight you want your model to be in and then look at pics on airliners.net to figure out how to cut out your flaps.
Hope this helped.
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Very cool. I like it.
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That's a great build. I'm curious too about your "photo booth."
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That looks great. I really like the F-2 paint scheme.
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I use steel birdshot and Apoxie Sculpt. Just mix in the birdshot with the Apoxie until it looks like chocolate chip cookie dough and mash it into any space you like.
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Very cool, man. Nice job.
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Thanks again for the nice comments.
I can't take full credit for the paint colors. I saw another F-22 build (maybe here on ARC...I can't remember for sure) where the builder used a paint brand called Citadel paint. Its a paint marketed to the gamers that use the little metal figures. I bought some and mixed it the way he recommended but his mixing for the dark part of the camo was way too dark. So I tweaked it a little and made my own mix.
The light part was 70% "Chainmail" and 30% "Codex Grey." The dark part was 70% "Boltgun" and 30% "Codex Grey." Basically, its just a lighter colored steel and a darker colored steel mixed with Dark Ghost Grey. I wondered if Tamiya Gun Metal mixed with Tamiya Sky Grey would work as well. The trim around the plane is Aqueous Hobby Color Light Ghost Grey (H308).
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Nice job. Cool display base, too.
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Great job. And nice work with the Minicraft kit. I've got a half assembled one now and it really is a POS.
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Nice work. The camo is fantastic.
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It seems to me that even with a nice sharp pair of sprue cutters you will sometimes still get the the problem you are having. One way to avoid it is to cut the piece off so that you leave a little bit of sprue on the piece. Then all you have to do is sand it down. Its easier to sand a little bit of sprue off than fill up a cut mark.
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It's cool. I know that you weren't criticizing me. I was just pointing out that if the paint looked really bad I wouldn't use it. Having the glowing effect is cool but if the colors were incorrect it wouldn't be worth it. Heck, even if it didn't glow I still think this paint looks better than the decals! Once you see it in person you get a way better idea of what the color really is.I wasn't referring to your work at all. I was referring to many builds you see in the gallery which, as you pointed out, are likely decals.
BTW, I really like your F-22. It looks like a super paint job and those slime lights look great to me.
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