BenAngWJ

Thanks for the compliments guys :) Ben

Hello, Decals are from a local company called Miliverse :)

Hi all, This is my latest build, a Tamigawa F-16. It is a Block 50 kit from Tamiya with a Block 52 Hasegawa intake and Aires P&W229 Exhaust. Mostly OOB with scratch built details except seat and exhaust. Seat belts are 1mm masking tape with PE buckles, complete with safety pins and streamers. Aluminium foil intake and HUD covers, static dischargers made of toothbrush bristles, 0.3mm brass tubing for smoke pipe. Masked and painted with Tamiya Acylics, weathered with Flory Models wash. Not the best looking bird out there and comments are welcomed :)

Painted the rotors and gave it a wash Ben

Finally some updates. Learnt my lesson the hard way the other time so now I air brush a coat of white for base coat before I paint the red.

Yup.. I only realised it after painting. Poor research on my side..

Happy New Year guys! Hope you have a great year ahead and collect more models! Here's what I've completed. Found the original cutout for the exhaust too odd and big so I tried to make it smaller using styrene. Before After After few coats of putty It's not the best fit but it gets the job done. Still better than an overly large hole that sees through to the other side. Ben

My impression of Russian aircrafts are dirty, built to fight and not clean like showroom cars so I weathered the panels more. Anyone knows how to weather khaki drab? Those seats looks too new Ben

Apologies for the lack of updates! Finally found some time to work on my models. Here's the instrument panel ofter some dry brushing. Still need to practice on my skills.. Also weathered some panels and floor of the cargo bay The completed cockpit Followed by the completed cargo/passenger bay First time trying to make the landing gear bay look 'busy' Ben

Repainted the pit because I thought it was too green. Is this better?

Hi there, I believe they belonged to a Russian movie Ben

Yes, that's right, it's the USCG Hind-D. Started building this while waiting for parts for my RSAF Black Knights F-16C. Saw these photos on Foxtrot Alpha and I knew I need to have one! Started on the cockpit and tried my best to mix the paint with my eyeball MkI. Meanwhile, if anyone have an unused 1/48 USCG decal sheet somewhere and want to let it go, please let me know as I am still searching for one. Cheers, Ben

What polisher did you use to remove the excess paints? Ben

More detailed shot of the exhaust. The walls of the exhaust is made of tin foil and weathered Nose landing gear close up Weapons bay close up Main landing gear bay close up Exhaust can close up Overall Some WIP shots Last but not least, the configuration of this bird is inspired from this video when the pilot is doing checks

Hi guys, Finally completed my Kittyhawk F-35 build. This is my first modern jet and it's been frustrating trying to complete it due to numerous fitting issues and my mistakes. The jet is finished in single grey camo and with The Republic of Singapore Air Force, 143 sqn decals applied. Comments are welcomed! :D/> Ben My favourite part of the jet is this bottom! ;)/> Not the prettiest canopy because I screwed up while applying PE and got CA onto it. Gave up on the PE and stripped everything

Bought the kit and had it primed! Will be reusing the pit and seat to save some time :) Ben

How did you texture the seats? Thanks in advance, Ben

Anyone knows how to remove demarcation lines in between the two different colours after painting? Ben

So I've decided to give up on this and buying a new kit to carry on because of excessive sanding when I was trying to remove the second coat of red. The beautifully riveted and engraved wings became a cheap piece of plastic triangle. I will be reusing the cockpit and intake for the next kit. Lessons learnt, never mix two different types of ratio for main body colour. On the bright side, I got to see how my masking went. I'll say it's almost perfect.

Hi guys, I think I have a problem. I just sprayed another coat of Tamiya flat red and the colour turned out more orange than it's first coat. I would like to ask if anyone knows what went wrong? Is it inconsistent mixing ratio of thinner & retarder or just bad luck. Thanks, Ben

Painted tamiya flat white and flat red on some parts and masked out the moon, stars and stripes. It was a painful session to cut out each mask by hand. So here's how it looks like now. Also added a drop of flat black to make the radome look one shade darker to simulate dirt accumulation.

Apologies for the lack of updates. Have been busy with my new job. Here's what I've been doing this weekend. Mated the Hasegawa intake with the Tamiya fuselage and I think it looks pretty right. Let me know how you guys think.