RedFlag Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 (edited) Now is time for a minor update.... Managed to squeeze some time to finish the non-slip walk way. I’ve seen from photos that the walkway color can range from black to dark grey to light. i personally prefer the dark grey versions as it breaks the rather dull TPS scheme, so i applied my "artistic license" in this aspect... I'd also painted the tail white in preparation of the decal that will be going up. But after some measurement, i realized that my slightly enlarged tail was now bigger than the decal. The only way was to mask and paint the area that exceeded the decal. So i printed out a scanned copy of the tail art and used that as a guide for the mask. Below are the results: Now the next step is to lay the decal over and hopefully the color will blend in Chris Edited January 24, 2009 by RedFlag Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Gorgeous!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spad Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 It's a pleasure to watch them works! Beautiful! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Najk Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Now that's a remarkable paint job on that tail! Looks just great, and the build itself is not all that bad either... ;) :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
petebuilt Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Chris, Outstanding level of detail! Beautiful job on the tail! Thanks for a fantastic tutorial as well. I will be using many of your corrections when I find the time to start my next Prowler. Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack-Swiss Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Weeeee that's fantaaaastic! you managed to make an awesome prowler! Great great great build indeed The TPS is gorgeous! Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steph' Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 No words!!! :D :D Absolutly fabulous work!!! Stéph' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hornet78 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Excellant work, Keep it up and us posted. Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lock n' Load Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Holy..... Ph0ck.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony in NZ Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Absolutely beautiful work right from the start! I have been following along right from the start on this one and am really enjoying it. The paint is really the icing on the cake now. Well done, I am speechless Cheers Anthony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedFlag Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Thank you everyone for your kind words, really appreciate them. i wish i can speed up the build a little but this "beast" ain't letting up easy....For the past few days, i have been fighting with the tail art and in the process was forced to remove the molded on antenna fairings...However, i am glad to announce that i have succeeded in salvaging the left side and below is the result. The blue and yellow lines were masked and sprayed on while the rest of the designs straight from decals. The 2 rectangle holes were where the molded on antenna fairing once were. I had to remove them jus so i can mask those lines straight and notice that the "beer can" is missing in this pic, a victim of circumstance....Frankly, those fairings ought to be separate parts in my opinion.... Here is the disastrous right hand side. In the removal process, i have to sand off the earlier painted design. This will set me back some time Fortunately, there is change in tide and my little experiment with printing my own nose art decal works Granted, i only succeeded on the fifth try but hey, i'm not complaining :lol: Thanks for looking. Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Najk Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 A tidious job, removing those fairings, but it looks like it was worth it. The paint job looks really great on there, RedFlag! Well done!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hornet78 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Keep it commin Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMan Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 WOW, this is one of the hottest models I have ever seen. If I could I would marry her! hehe, kidding! Redflag you have proven yourself to be a master modeler! AWESOME F'in job, cant wait to see more! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karl Sander Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Eye-watering work! Is this going into a museum? Because it probably should! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clumber Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 :blink: Wow. I can't decide if your Prowler is inspiring me to go retrieve one of mine from the stash.. or to sell the entire stash and take up rock gardening.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedFlag Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Eye-watering work! Is this going into a museum? Because it probably should! LOL :lol: Thanks for the compliment Karl but i'm not worthy...For one, i'll probably not do another monogram Prowler until a better correction kit comes along... So being my one and only, i thot i'll try alittle harder. Wow.I can't decide if your Prowler is inspiring me to go retrieve one of mine from the stash.. or to sell the entire stash and take up rock gardening.... Hey, u r back go on and take that first step and give your prowler a go. if it doesn't work out then there is always rock gardening... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedFlag Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 i thot i should bring this up since i'm still at the decalling stage. For those who own the Superscale decal no 48-1166, there is a small error on the portside tail art. See pic below... The order of the alphabets (circled in blabk) are reversed. The picture below, courtesy of Rodger, clearly indicate otherwise. Hope this tip helps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
longmc Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Wow, I wish I had your skill and, more importantly, your patience! Great stuff! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karl Sander Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Quite a curious error on the decal sheet.... an error in the buno or misspelled aircrew name would be understandable, but you'd think that given how much VAQ-136 is photographed Superscale would have gotten the tailcode right.... Nice catch! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 The difference between building with or without refs......well spotted dude! How did you correct it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedFlag Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 The difference between building with or without refs......well spotted dude!How did you correct it? Simple dude. i jus sliced the tail decal up and set them right. i ended up painting most of the design as the thin lines supplied in the decal sheet are too filmy for me to handle but the end result is still acceptable. :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
petebuilt Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Since everyone here, (including myself) appear to be EA-6B modelers, I thought I'd share this. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the person who did the painting. But I thought it was pretty cool! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedHeadKevin Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 wait... that's a painting?! Damn, that's sweet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedFlag Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 Since everyone here, (including myself) appear to be EA-6B modelers, I thought I'd share this.Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the person who did the painting. But I thought it was pretty cool! Thanks for sharing Pete, and i have to agree, it is COOL U will have to stare real hard to notice that it is a painting.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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