trietmcam Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) Greeting All This is the 1/72 Italeri former Esci kit. Build pretty much out of box, except the steel tubes were used for gun barrels, and the camera windows were replicated with clear styrene sheets. The markings were from various sources. Tamiya acrylic paints were used, by mixing of course, since Tamiya do not do FS colors. The checker band was done by painting the yellow background first, then with black diamond decals cut individually and properly placed. As I understand, the original mold dated back from the 80's. It is still a very nice kit even in today's standard. Edited January 27, 2017 by trietmcam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Boyer Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Oooh, nicely done! Kudos for representing 1/72 scale so well! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karl Sander Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Looks great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevehnz Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) Very very nice, especially in the SEA scheme. Steve. Edited January 27, 2017 by stevehnz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tobiK Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Super job on the Tiger! First I thought it is quarter scale...hats off to your work, especially the yellow checkered band! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Jolly nice work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Top notch stuff! Those black diamonds must have taken forever to place. Well done! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Very nice work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trietmcam Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Thank you for the kind comments above gentlemen. Actually the fuselage band decals was not that time consuming as I originally thought. Here's how I did it similarly. First I marked out the size of the pattern, then print it out on a piece of masking tape. I used this as a template to cut out the decals. I put a piece of black decal next to the template taping it down, then using a pair of drafting triangles, slide the triangle to where the cut is, and transfer the cut into the decals. Slide down to the next line and make another cut. I was able to get a perfect parallel line cut everytime. This picture was an example from another build. I just cut into the tape and use the diamonds as masking on the fuselage bands instead. 4 hours ago, Don said: Top notch stuff! Those black diamonds must have taken forever to place. Well done! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
my favs are F`s Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Beautiful! It looks like 1-48. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
let_models Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Always very nice build trietcam especially a small scale, thank for sharing. let_models, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trietmcam Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 On 2/2/2017 at 0:18 PM, my favs are F`s said: Beautiful! It looks like 1-48. On 2/7/2017 at 11:14 AM, let_models said: Always very nice build trietcam especially a small scale, thank for sharing. let_models, Thanks for the comments guys. Just for kick, I thought I put it next to the Classic Airframe that was finished a few years ago. Cheers Triet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Awesome! F-5 looks great in SEA scheme and Yours is looking great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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