sweaty Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Hello Boys and Girls This started of as a fun build but then i thought i'd try rescribing the whole kit as the raised panel lines didn't look right, then it began I added some detail to the cockpit, front landing gear well and the exhausts WIP here It then turned into a bit of a drama, all my doing :D . I sat on it, droped the windshield and stepped on that and in the end managed to drop the whole kit whilst decaling destroying the nose. But its finished now :D On to the pictures Please feel free to leave nice polite constructive comments on anything All the best Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MiG31 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Not too bad at all. You managed to reverse the damage pretty well, although I am annoyed that you went with the scheme and configuration I was going to use on mine. :P It's not often that I see a finished YF-12 in all-black. The exhausts also look well done. The're not quite right out of the box. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Must of did some good repair work as I see no evidence of prior damage to it. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sweaty Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 Thanks chaps, thinking of doing a black and silver one soon with the lessons learned from this :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 You made the black and silver look POLISHED...and its a wonderful combination as your YF-12A looks STUNNING... HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Fantastic ! We don't see many of the Interceptor Blackbirds ... I love the weathering on the inside of the burner cans ... Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sweaty Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 Homles and Gregg, Thanks for the kind words chaps Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richter111 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Great job, I am working on a 1/48 bird right now. The Italeri kit is driving me nuts, warped, rough joins, and inaccurate details, but in the end, I am hoping it will turn out well. And oh year, the decals were badly printed. The white is off center from the background, so it looks like all the white decals are ghosted... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
model_madness Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Lovely rendition of one sexy bird!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sweaty Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 Richter, thanks for the support fella. I've got a 1/48 italeri YF-12 and a couple of the testors sr-71's as well. Any tips on the decal front, i've been thinking of scaning mine and trying out decal paper and sealer, it can't be any worse or harder than the kit decals. I think the 1/48 and original 1/72 kits came out at the same time and the decals were printed by Cartograf to boot. The originals went on ok at the start with micro set/sol and a couple of base coats of klear/future, but after 5-10 mins they started lifting around the edges and then just came away completely and floated away, major nightmare. Luckily i had a spare set in the newer 1/72 boxing, not so with the 1/48 you only get one chance . Model Madness, thank you as well its greatly appreciated. All the best Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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