speedlimit Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Looks like its taking shape now. I like the paint scheme and cant wait for the finish product. Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Nice paint scheme Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a4s4eva Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Looking good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 The colors look right on the spot! HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 I thought I'd try painting the walkways, so I experimented on one of the horizontal stabs to see if I could pull it off. First made a mix of orange using Tamiya XF-3 Flat Yellow and XF-7 Flat red and sprayed in the hgeneral area of the walkways. Then masked off area using 2mm tape and a sharp No11 blade Then sprayed over with the fuselage colour and viola... It was a little time consuming but I'm up for the challenge and I dont want to buy anymore AM for this kit. Thoughts on the colour of the walkways? I was going off drawings so I don't have any real life examples. I planning on fading it in a bit so it wont be so bright. Any real life photos would be appreciated if anyone has any. Thanks for looking... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) Bit the bullet and decided to do the whole walkway thing by masking rather than decals. It took quite a while do get all the masking done... Finally done... 3 1/2 hours worth to get it right... Sprayed the grey and here you go. Reallyhappy with the end result.. I'll tone it down a bit. Still haven't found any real life pics of how they look exactly. Few more touch ups and I'm ready for decals...Thanks for stopping by. Edited May 3, 2017 by Crazy Snap Captain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Wow! that's nice! and looks sharp! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancer512 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 The real life walkway line is a solid yellow line with a red 45° dashed line directly next to it, on the outside of each area. Virtually impossible to do in this scale, so the way you did it is a good alternative, and most people do no know how the real line looks like. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 But now you told them! ;) Anyway, it looks brilliant! HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Thanks guys. Happy with it anyway. Scale wise should be ok. Despite taking so long I enjoyed the process. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tobiK Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 6 hours ago, Hajo L. said: But now you told them! ;) Anyway, it looks brilliant! HAJO haha...now you will have bad dreams and wake up at midnight with fast heartbeats....NOW you know! Shame on Lancer! ;-) What do you do to Captain!?? Ya, joking aside...you did a crazy snap job and YOU ARE SO FAST!! Fast...as a shark...(almost). Hmm...that reminds me of an old song from the 80ies...sung by "Accept" (a german heavy metal band). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 (edited) Hahahaha! Now that I know I will NEVER be satisfied with this model!!!😁 Nah, all good. By the time I fade it in it will be almost all gone anyway. Going for the scheme just before it was changed so lots of fading and weathering. Subtle but noticeable. I've painted the fuel tanks in varying states of weathering and paint application and the pylons will be mix and match as well as I've seen in many photos. Thanks for all your kind comments. Edited May 4, 2017 by Crazy Snap Captain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 Work has been mayhem so progress has slowed down. Putting down some decals... The HaHen decals are nice but it's the first time I've used ALPS type decals and they behave a tad different...for me at least. All good., however time consuming as I find cutting them out a pain... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Crap! you'd just make me realize that HaHen decals where of ALPS type... i'd take a look just to confirm the set i own is also of that type...yep... happily there is not so much stencils to lay down... not like a Norm72 RF-4E for example... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Impressive work Captain Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike J. Idacavage Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Captain, your paint and decal work looks great! Have fun modeling Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tobiK Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Hey dude! Where are you hiding? We miss you here and I just realized that your Tornado was not to find in our display case! Hope you are just completely busy with real life and all is fine...ya!?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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