Johnny_K Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Well, it took a while, but I finally finished my Saber Jet. I tried to duplicate the following real 1:1 fully restored Saber Jet. I got this photo from Airfighters.com. I knew that paint would not be a substitute for the natural metal finish, so I finished my model in Bare Metal Foil. I painted the center section of the main wings with Testors Metalizer Aluminum straight from a rattle can. I used Photoshop to duplicate the plane in flight. You can follow along how I built this model at : http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/173828.aspx Following are some more pictures of the finished model. The Hasegawa decals were really thick and had a matt carrier film which would look terrible against the metal foil. I cut apart the letters "USAF" so there would be no carrier film. As you can see. I incorrectly located the letters "USAF". They are too close to the fuselage. Oh well, better luck next time. In the past I have tried to use paint to duplicate a NMF. I was never able to make it look correct. IMHO, only Bare Metal Foil can duplicate the look of real metal. These last two pictures are via Photoshop. I picked up photos of runway aprons from the internet and pasted photos of my model on top of the pictures of the aprons. I really like the results. This is how I made these photos: http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/tools_techniques_and_reference_materials/f/51/t/174209.aspx All comments are welcome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CF104 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Nice looking jet! This should be over at the The Display Case forum though. Cheers, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnny_K Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 John, I am somewhat confused. When do I use the Display Case forum as opposed to the Jet Modeling forum? John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CF104 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Hi John, PM sent your way. Cheers, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gene K Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 That's a beauty, John!. Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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