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For curved surfaces, I like DYMO tape. Get the old fasioned stuff from those push-up letter labelers. Office max or someplace like that should have it. Cut of a section, stick it on the model, and follow it with the scriber. If you use a metal template, tape it down! They slide all over.

I think it looks great. One thing I noticed comparing to the photo link you posted is that just behind the canopy, the grey strip should be in fron of the blue one, and should be very close to the canopy. Normally I wouldn't mention such a small thing, but you paint job is soooo close to the actual one, I thought you might want to know. If you don't fix it, it still looks great to me (I wouldn't fix it, I tell you that!)

Grrrrr.....Me too. I have e-mailed him many times. I'm officially *#@$%ign PO'd. Oh well.

Very nice. Good job!

Best brushes are Dick Blick, available direct mail order from them. http://www.dickblick.com/categories/brushes/ Get Kolinsky Sable for enamel, but get Taklon for acrylic. The alkalinity of the Acrylic binders will micro-etch and ruin the natural hairs of the Sables, so DON'T do it. They will wreck the Taklons over time also, but they're cheaper anyway, so just live with the idea of replacing your acrylic brushes every so often. They have all sizes, shapes and materials for brushes. I started using them for painting (pictures on canvas), and liked them so much that I started using th

I built the F-102 6 months ago or so. I didn't think the fit was that bad. Sure I had to use superglue filler on the intakes, and sand smooth, but it was just a couple of hours of work. I remember the build being fun and relatively problem free. I realize now that the reason I thought this build was pretty nice is that just before this, I built Italeri's F-22. All kits seem nice fitting compared to this.

Looks Great! I like the helmets. I think your weathering is fine. Remember that those marking were used for a change of command ceremony. I would guess they clean the jet up for that.

I usually just throw the whole fret on the carpet and forget about it. It's where it all ends up anyway.

Here she is as of today. Decaled and flat coated, just needs some armament. It's the Revell D kit, the sensor under the nose is from my Academy kit. I'm not happy with the fit of the canopy, but overall the kit was OK. Armament plan is (eventually) a set of steel beach bomb racks, fuel tanks and Lantrin pod, with the kit glove pylon on the other side. Of course, that would happen much faster if Darren weren't sooooo slooooow getting us our goodies I think I'll just put the kit glove pylons on with the AIM-7's and take photos for the GB, unless Darren is hard at work in his basemen

Since the kit is in production, you can order spares right from Revell/Monogram's website.

Looks Fabulous Ken!!! One quibble, and I may be nitpicking...I saw pics of the real plane and there were absolutely no giant strips of blue tape on the canopy. Just thought you might want to improve your accuracy.... Really does look great, though!

I would add a chimeny in the roof so you can vent the spraybooth outside

It'll be completely wrong. For starters, plastic won't deform in the same way as metals, second thing is a missle strikes from the outside. Best bet is a knife.

Thanks guys....except Andy. GRRRR (just kidding!) I'm just glad it's right!

I like it...looks great!

Very Brave...very nice. Good job

That interior looks great. Wish mine was that good!

I have changed the transition from Dk ghost grey to the Med. grey to be farther forward, as everyone suggested. I have also blurred the border between them so that it is softer. I must say that it looks better. Hopefully it is right.

I think it looks FANTASTIC. I agree that the line birds are a little glossy right out of the paint shop, but I think they flatten out pretty quickly. If you look at this pic of the Annv. paint job, it's dead flat. Look at the sunspot on the canopy, that tells you that if there was any gloss at all to that paint, you'd see it in this photo. I think you're OK anywhere from semi-gloss to dead flat.

OK Brian, when you said "medium grey" in your first post, I think you really meant "dark ghost grey", which is the middle tone of the camo scheme. That makes more sense. One poser, though is that I have painted it exactly like the twobobs instructions. You have stated that those instructions are correct, which would in turn make my paint job right (I'm not saying it is, just pointing out the contradiction). Do you have any better shots of that area from your Victory 110 walk around? The pics you posted don't show a demarcation line, but then again it's hard to see that area in your pos

Brian, I have read your post a dozen times, and looked at my twobobs instructions, and for the life of me I can't figure out what you mean. Please clarify. I really want to get this right!! Crasca, thanks for the kind comments. On the Med Grey, I just added a bit of white, and sprayed along the panel lines, then in random splotches here and there. On the Dk Ghost grey, I added a few drops of Panzer Chocolate Brown to Dk. Ghost Grey, and sprayed this around here and there for "dirt", especially in wide, faint lines along the panels. Then I cleaned the airbrush, added some white to Dk g

Don't worry Steve, I've got a thick skin, and I recognize the difference between helpful discussion and an attack. Anyway, I've looked at Brian's walk around of my specific A/C, and this shot leads me to believe Twobobs may have been right as far as how far back the DK. Ghost Grey goes: Also, some of the other pics show the demarcation line up front, and it it a bit softer than my hard masked line. I think I'll try to soften it up a bit. One thing for sure is I need to lighten up the Med Grey on the nose to get less contrast. BTW, that's the Revell kit.

Finished painting and weathering the Med. and Dk. Ghost greys. Still need to touch up the bottom. Tried to go light on the weathering, with the panel lines lighter than the surroundings, with some brown dusted here and there. Comment welcome, especially on the weathering.

Well, Bob will surely do those markings proper justice. BTW, Which black and white bird are you going to include? That's the only one I haven't figured out for sure. Could it be the 1991 VF-84 CAG jet? (Balances out the sheet, 2 VF-103's, 2 VF-84's) Also, after that sheet sells out, how about a low-vis JR history! In the spirit of the thing, you could include the Sluggers jets with the JR chevron stripes on the tanks! Technically, this is a Jolly Rogers plane: