Thadeus
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Thadeus started following USAF - F-104G Starfighter, Doing different scales?, 1/48 Meng F/A-18E (eventually with Maverick's color scheme from Top Gun: Maverick) and 2 others
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I don't think it comes down only to scales. There are strict prop modelers, AFV ones and so on. I for one am mostly a 1/72 jet guy. It's nice to see how different aircraft look next to eachother. Both because of the size comparison but also features. Placing an F-5e next to an Su-24 puts things into perspective. But from time to time, its fun to build something slightly different. So I go into 1/48 and even once wandered into 1/32. Again, a 1/48 F-16 and 1/72 Su-34 are quite similar in size. It all comes down to the subject for me. If it's Hornets, I'll build 1/700 to 1/32 provided I can
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Hasegawa and Hobby Boss F/A-18's + a Kinetic one!
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As I wrote earlier - I managed to finish the Hasegawa model. After more than 67 hours of work over 2.5 years. Of course I overdid the weathering. The streaks on the upper wing surfaces should either not be there for my timeframe, or should be much lighter, assuming I depicted the jet mid-cruise. I am very happy with the grays however. They look right to me. A tiny bit too blue perhaps. I'll make some comparison shots in the future. This is as close to natural look of the model as I could achieve. On a sunny day in my kitchen.- 44 replies
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Hasegawa and Hobby Boss F/A-18's + a Kinetic one!
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Thanks Holmes! So. I actually finished the kit. But with some personal stuff happening I wasn't really into posting things or frankly keeping track of every step. So... the tail fins almost cost me my sanity. See, apart from all the troubles with checkerboards, red and yellow trims, I knew there would be trouble with opacity of the CVW tailcode. After a few not so brilliant ideas I came up with something I figured will be easier. I will make a white background for my decals. I copied decals on my printer, and masked around the masking tape. I thought of cutting the shap- 44 replies
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That's looking like a very nice Tomcat.
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Italeri 1/48 SR-71A Blackbird - renovation project
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Oh, I've seen that one. There was this bald guy that controlled it with his thought. Or was that dirty Harry in a russian jet? It must have been on tv, so it must have been real. Restoration is looking pretty good.- 100 replies
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Hasegawa and Hobby Boss F/A-18's + a Kinetic one!
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Not well thought of... I guess this could be my idea of a theme for this build. I have dusted off my Inkscape skills and done a few of proper checkerboard decals, plus some mesh decals for the gun gas vents. So all I need is a printer. And decal paper. So armed with that I tried to remove the decals. Not a lot of success. This gave me the idea - Since I will probably have to strip paint and repaint it, I might try and fix the mess I have. I quickly cut a few 1.2 mm strips of paint and attempted to mask the outermost rows of squares. While I was at it I pain- 44 replies
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So... I got myself a nice multi sized cutting board. For squares from 2 mm to 3.5 mm. Apparently the squares on the Autheitic Decals sheet are 3.4mm. My paint layer apparently didn't cure well enough as the masking tape was showing some residue. A little bit which may be just some glue trace that would go away after a gloss coat. But I decided to go with decals. First decision try the tip decals or the checkerboard. I went with checkerboard. They tore a bit, but I didn't want the main decal coated over with clear decal film, as it was already quite thick. Eventually I managed to- 44 replies
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Italeri 1/48 SR-71A Blackbird - renovation project
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Second for the Night Hawk.- 100 replies
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Hasegawa and Hobby Boss F/A-18's + a Kinetic one!
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Yesss Yess Yes. I have become a man. I know fire... Hold... I know fs 36320. After some careful deliberation I figured I'll stick with Gunze H307 as a top coat. After careful calculations I cheerfully guesstimated the mix of white and gray and added literally a 1/4 less of it. That pic came out quite light. IRL the demarcation line is a bit more visible. Here i did it freehand, while on the rear fuselage I used elevators as masking templates. And You know what? I did not like it. So I took what I had left in the jar, ad- 44 replies
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Hasegawa and Hobby Boss F/A-18's + a Kinetic one!
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Thanks a lot! Thank You very much! I'm still in the game. The Hasegawa and Hobby Boss Hornets will not build themselves. I've decided to go with Hasegawa first. But before that, I wanted to do some color checking. Apparently it's something I'm doing all the time now. I migh have mentioned, My favourite colour for the 36375 and 36320 was always Pactra colours. Very similar to the old Model Master Acryl paints, but I feel a touch lighter. So I bought myself a jar of each, tested it agains the Hataka and Gunze colours, as these I had- 44 replies
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for the variety of metallics I'm testing out the Vallejo Model Color line. They have very fine pigment. And they are acrylics, so if You have by any chance problem with laquers and other smelly paints that is a big plus. Here is Vallejo Model Color Aluminium, White Aluminium and Vallejo Model Air Silver covered with Gunze H30. Paint chips have no gloss coat on.
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Nice. HB Corsair is a very fun kit. And IMHO the double seater is one of the nicer variations out there.
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Pretty neat start on the Starfighter. Can't wait for some more.