Sebastijan Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Both are Italeri 1/72 kits. One's gonna carry the Tiger markings while the other will be posed in-flight with Patrouille Suisse markings. The kits go together quite nice... I used black primer on these 2 birds just as an experiment, how the top colours will react... #1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted March 29, 2005 Author Share Posted March 29, 2005 (edited) #2 Edited March 29, 2005 by Sebastijan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted March 29, 2005 Author Share Posted March 29, 2005 well basically it's Revell's gloss black paint... I'll see what will come out of it... I love experimenting B) And they looks so great all black, that I got an urge to build a Top Gun MiG-28 :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Khan Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 I'm curious, are these a what-if project? I've seen F-5's with the sharknose, but not with the F-20's intakes. Has that been done in real life? Whatever the case, your setup there has made me begin considering giving my F-20 an ***-transplant. ;) :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Iron Eagle Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Black primer works great for metallic finishes, but it will be a great discovery if the same applies to the dreaded white... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Khan Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 F-20 intakes? Not really, as far as a full F-20 intake mod. The F-20's intake were significantly wider, from mouth throat on down to the IGV's. Yeah, upon further inspection, they are just regular F-5 intakes. The blackness was making my eyes play tricks on me. It sure would have looked cool with F-20 intakes though. Thanks for the heads up on the effect of the intakes, too. I was pondering it as a what-if, the F-5E Tiger V, but if it would be such a hazard to fly if it were real, screw it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted March 31, 2005 Author Share Posted March 31, 2005 OK here they are... basic paint on... I have a feeling that white paint has a "deeper" feeling... both planes were painted with ModelMaster and Revell enamels... I'll future them this evening... I hope you like 'em... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lockheed2004 Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Looking good, nice and colorful. One thing though, it looks like the nose/forward fuselage on the orange one has some of the black showing through, might want to make another pass with the airbrush there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted April 3, 2005 Author Share Posted April 3, 2005 I think that was just the lighting... here's how they look with the decals on #1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted April 3, 2005 Author Share Posted April 3, 2005 I'll post the next pics of completed birds! :) #2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted April 3, 2005 Author Share Posted April 3, 2005 yeah the nose colour is a bit too dark but I'll leave it as it is... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stusbke Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 those are some great looking tigers dude! so are you happy with the black undercoat or are not gonna use it any more? I also would like to know how many coats it took to get the colors right. And does it matter wether you use flat or gloss paints? love to know greetz STB :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 I painted the PS Tiger with MM enamel semigloss white and gloss red - I covered the plane with white in one painting session. I have a feeling that the black primer gives the white a more of "deeper" look... check out the other topic for the completed models... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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