Sebastijan Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 (edited) Academy 1/72 kit... nothing special really but I do like the kit so... I'll post more pics when it'll start looking like a hog Edited May 18, 2008 by Sebastijan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 little progress... Because I decided I'll build Capt. Kim Capmbell's mount, whose plane was beaten pretty heavly over Iraq, I'll have to improvise a bit and make battle damage on this model - first time trying to do that... first damage I'm trying to simulate is a torn vertical stabilizer which had its center leading edge torn away to the main wingspar... picture of the real thing (courtesy of Aircraft Resource Center): Progress: unmodified kit piece creating a new leading edge - I bended a piece of 0.3mm sheet styrene over the leading edge, squeezed with tweezers and hold that over candle for a couple of seconds, so the shet styrene softened and conformed to the leading edge... result then I had to cut out a piece of leading edge - a modellers saw and tamiya's scriber were of big help and here's the basic damaged stabilizer... more detailing will follow after painting... actually the photo doesn't really show how good it actually looks - I guess painting will show it up... to be continued... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ahaley Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 oooh! Watching this one with interest. I had thought of doing Capt. Campbell's plane, but figured that the battle damage is way above my experience level at this point. Looking good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 little update exhaust are pretty thick in the kit and need to be sanded from the inside... the left one is sanded while the right one is from the kit - it's hard not to notice the difference I've added some extra bits to the damage on the rear wings Hog got her wings. there were no problems with main ones, but the rear needed some Surfacer to fill the wing to fuselage joint Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted May 9, 2008 Author Share Posted May 9, 2008 Punctured tail... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted May 9, 2008 Author Share Posted May 9, 2008 some little progress - fuselage and engine got battle damage, too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guard Hog Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 That's looking really good. I'm looking forward to more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
longmc Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 this is going to be sweet to watch! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack-Swiss Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Now that's a damaged one!!!! lookin FW to see more!!! Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Very impressive on the damaged tails. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 primed with Alclad grey primer and only minor touch-ups will be needed, so tomorrow she heads to paintshop for preshading :P I love working with airbrush ever since I bought Evolution Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juanchopancho Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Looking good man. :P Harder & Steenbeck, nice huh? I love my Infinity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 Preshading Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 here you go, faded two-tone grey camo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack-Swiss Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Lovely job!!! keep it up Cheers B) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Panel lines looks like it came out very well. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Looking great, Sebastijan! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Looking good, Seb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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