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After almost 2 years of modeling meditation (:P) I´m back in the game.

Just could not pass the opportunity to participate in this GB. I will be building the old but still really good Monogram F-105G Wild Weasel in 1/72. The only thing is the decals are to thick, so lets see how this works...

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happy modeling.

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Crappy update i-phone pictures. Cockpit is coming along really good to me...

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Great work so far. What did you use to do all the rivets?

This is my riveting tool, Hasegawa´s. I really like this tool, it really gives detail to models.

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Model now taking form...I like it!

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but his gap...! between the right wing and the fuselage....uuuuughhhhh!!

This is when an old model shows its age... :S

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but nothing a filler, sanding and paneling (and patience)can fix..

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For a gap of that magnitude, I'd definitely fill the bulk of it with some stretched sprue and fine tune it with filler as needed. That's a pretty healthy gap to ask a filler to fill, unless your using Bondo.

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For a gap of that magnitude, I'd definitely fill the bulk of it with some stretched sprue and fine tune it with filler as needed. That's a pretty healthy gap to ask a filler to fill, unless your using Bondo.

Forgot about the stretched sprue filler, thanks!

I'll give it a try.

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Coming along nicely Ivan! Never been a fan of raised panel lines, but that sure looks right the way it is! How did you deal with the raised lines around seam areas?

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The panel lines erased by sanding are rescribed with a gold old xacto. The new panel lines are not that big, so its hard to tell the difference.

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Ah, ok, you're rescribing the areas that couldn't be kept raised @ seam lines. I've yet to do it, but some people will use stretched sprue to replace the lost raised lines and keep them raised.

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Update.

Camouflage complete and corrected. All shinny and decaled...

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Some "frost" after decaling.. :(

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some Future to fix it...nice! :)

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20 year old thick decals responded very nice to the solvaset and Future. They almost looks painted... :cheers:

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le Raison d'être... :whistle:

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Some "frost" after decaling.. :(

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I've never had that happen. What causes that? Old, cheap decals? Looking good though, looks like your bird is on final approach to completion!

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I've never had that happen. What causes that? Old, cheap decals? Looking good though, looks like your bird is on final approach to completion!

Since I started using Future years ago, I had this "problem", maybe its the combination Future/Solvaset/Decal glue, but using Future again over the decal it seems the old Future recovers, and also is an extra coat of Future to protect the decals.

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