Rampage55 Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 This weeks up-date; The wash has been applied and I have begun applying the decals. I decided to mask and paint red intake warnings by hand. I still may use the intake covers though I keep going back and forth on that. Right now the decals look like they have been freshly painted and I would like this to appear as a well worn machine so I plan on dulling them down with a clear coat that has been tinted with the base color. After that I will reapply the wash in some select areas followed by some pastel dust streaking. I really want this to be a dirty bird. Undercarriage and flaps are ready to attach. Fuel tank, pylons and LAU10's just about ready to go. I also managed to get all the Snakes glued together cleaned up and ready to be painted. Just about there. If all goes well I should be able to finish this by the deadline. Thanks for looking, Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doupnik Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Awesome looking scooter! Really looking forward to seeing it dirtied up. Coming together nicely. I really like the Has A-4s. Great job. mason Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mildenhall rules Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Great looking A4, one of those aircraft that looks good in almost any colours. Good job mate . Tim :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
volzj Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Very nice work there Mark. That's going to be a nice loadout. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rampage55 Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Thanks guy's! ^_^ She's up on here feet. I finished painting the other intake and adding the rest of the decals. I'm just about ready to start adding the clear coats to tone down the decals a bit. The flaps have been attached and leading edge slats are painted and ready to attach but I managed to knock off one of the actuator arms on one side that I'll have to re-do first though. The pylons have been attached and the centerline fuel tank has been dry fit. I'm hoping to get this build wrapped up before the Super Bowl Sunday deadline . Thanks again for the encouragement guys. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sentry30 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Looking great so far ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
POMPEO Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 nice work on your scooter, i had one this kit too, but i need decals to made a vietnam war aircraft, looking forward cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Excellent work! I made one of these kits and had a hard time with decals on the rudder - you've done that superbly. Weathering is awesome as well. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rampage55 Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 Here she is, finished!... I managed to squeak another one in by the deadline, but not without a struggle. Just as I was applying a final dull coat and being in a rush to finish this one off, I decided to use a rattle can of dull coat. I've done this before with good result. I heated the can in warm water and was ready to spray a light dull coat and I noticed a bit of fuzz from the Q-tips I used to remove the wash sticking up, so I set the can down to remove it. Then I reached back for the dull coat (without looking) and sprayed a light pass on the right wing and realized that I had picked up the can of Floquil "Old Silver" that I had used to paint the burner can instead of the dull coat. Talk about bone head moves. Fortunately the wife and kids were out because I was cussing myself out something fierce. I immediately wiped it down with a cotton ball dampened with thinner and was able to salvage it but I spent most of the evening getting it back to where it was before the whole sorry episode began. It is still not where I would have like it but considering what it looked like yesterday afternoon, I'm relived to have just gotten it finished. The rest of the done images will be posted in the finished build thread. Thanks again to everyone for their encouragement along the way, and especially to Dave (TomcatTweeker) for the decals, you're awesome Bro. Semper Fi, Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderGrunt Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Great Job!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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