ALF18 Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 I'm doing an Israeli AF version from the Six Day War in June 1967. I studied the drawings to see what needed to be painted first, before foiling. I will paint the two rectangles on the underside, and the nose cone. I wondered about the vertical tail. After further study, I found that there were decals for some of the black and off-white areas near its leading edge. Nice. Those are quite hard to get perfect with paint. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 Not being too concerned about exact colour-matching, I used a greenish grey for the rear patch, and a flat yellow for the forward one. I had to do a couple coats for the forward one. This can be a tail-sitter, so I loaded up the nose cone with plasticene before gluing it on. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 I used some of the discoloured (boiled in egg shells) foil to do the little vertical separations on the fuselage. Then I alternated some glossy and not-so-glossy foil for the large wing areas. I wrapped glossy foil around the leading edges of the delta wing, so there would be no seam along the sharp leading edge. As AD-4N so rightly pointed out, this is not an easy job. It will take me quite a while to do this right. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 A side note on the glues used. I started using Bare Metal Foil adhesive that I ordered from their online store. It works beautifully. I then tried a bottle of gilding paste from an art store. It went on nicely, but was not nearly tacky enough after it dried. In fact, it barely held to the plastic, and I quickly painted over it with the Bare Metal Foil glue. I don't know if the problem with the gilding paste was its age, or if it's just not up to the task. I have had this bottle for quite some time, so I had to chop off the lid because I couldn't get it to open. Child proof? ALF-proof! 🙂 If at first you don't succeed - use a bigger bomb. That gilding paste is now in my garbage can.  My bottle of BMF adhesive is only about 25% full, so I ordered some Micro-Sol foil adhesive from Sunward Hobbies in Mississauga (Toronto suburb). Hopefully it should work well. At least the shipping was free with a $60 CDN order. I got 3 bottles of foil adhesive, some decal setting solution, and some Tamiya extra-thin glue. I'll let you know how well the Micro-Sol adhesive works. ALF  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dustiepal Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 You can also get Bare Metal Foil Adhesive here: Â https://www.greathobbies.com/productinfo/?prod_id=BARBMF86 Â Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 On 1/1/2024 at 10:30 AM, dustiepal said: You can also get Bare Metal Foil Adhesive here: Â https://www.greathobbies.com/productinfo/?prod_id=BARBMF86 Â Dave Thanks for the tip. Good price on the adhesive... but the shipping is $20+ CDN. The place I ordered from has a flat rate of $10 for shipping, and free shipping for orders over $60 CDN. I will browse around more on greathobbies.com to see if I can find cheaper shipping for future orders. Do you pick up orders at the store? They're close to where you live. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dustiepal Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 6 hours ago, ALF18 said: Thanks for the tip. Good price on the adhesive... but the shipping is $20+ CDN. The place I ordered from has a flat rate of $10 for shipping, and free shipping for orders over $60 CDN. I will browse around more on greathobbies.com to see if I can find cheaper shipping for future orders. Do you pick up orders at the store? They're close to where you live. ALF I usually go to the store in Missisauga, they also have a store in Ottawa. There store in Missisauga is conected to their warehouse, the warehouse has a massive online selection. I just pick my order up at the store about a half hour away. Â Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 17 hours ago, dustiepal said: I usually go to the store in Missisauga, they also have a store in Ottawa. There store in Missisauga is conected to their warehouse, the warehouse has a massive online selection. I just pick my order up at the store about a half hour away. Â Dave Cool. I sometimes go to Ottawa, so I might just use the pick-up option there. Thanks Dave. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 All right! Superbowl is over. I've also gotten out from under a pile of work, so had a bit of time for modelling. Yes, I'm supposed to be retired - but my old Aviation College made me an offer I can't refuse to teach online from home. These days, easy money when working from home is nothing to sneeze at, especially when models are begging to be bought... 🙂 It has taken me a long time to foil this one, because it's huge (that's what she said). I did most of it with the shiny side of the foil up, because I love shiny jets. On the bottom, the painted patches get nicely framed with the straight lines from the foil applied afterward. I touched up the paint brush streaks later.  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 It's not perfect, but I am relearning techniques to foil properly. I will be focusing on proper technique for some later builds, like some CF-104s from that great 1/32 Italeri kit. I painted the nav and anticollision lights with permanent Lumocolor markers.  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 A quick floor polish application, then decals. Calling this one finished. Beside it on the shelf, you can see the other 1/32 contemporary jets I've built - the two-seat Italeri, a Belcher Bits conversion to F-5A from F-5E, and an Academy CF-18B. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ExchefAndy Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Nice work, and far braver then I could ever be! Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Gorgeous! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 Thanks folks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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