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F-111F Aardvark - Hobby Boss and Reskit
my favs are F`s replied to Cliff C's topic in In-Progress Pics
Wowsers! I have the HB kit, and only did the MLGs to open and retract, and I thought it was the most complex and difficult part. I had no idea that there are things like that on the agenda... if I build it some day of course. 🙂 I'm saving a bookmark of your topic, hopefully, it will be very very useful one day. Thanks, and keep up the good work. -
That varnish coat is tremendous! GJ! Do you plan on some subtle weathering indeed?
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Top-notch! The weathering is awesome!
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The fuselage is now one piece, and I straightened the connection with the tail section by adding these plastic plates: The tail section recieved alignment rods to hold the afterburner can in place, too: And I thinned the trailing edge along the nozzle - here the upper half is thinned, while the bottom is not ready yet. I'm very happy with how it looks now.
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The NLG is ready - here are the parts: Assembled/painted: And retracted: The motion is not quite gracious, so I didin't take a video. So, everything was ready for the gluing of the two fuselage halves - I added all sub-assemblies on one of the sides. Also, I preserved the OOB J-79 engine for a plausible outdoor display with the cradle, as it is a very very nicely detailed engine, and it would be a real shame to hide it permanently insidie the fuselage. I switched it with the leftover parts from
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1/72nd Zvezda AC-130J "GHOSTRIDER" 4th SOS
my favs are F`s replied to A-10 LOADER's topic in In-Progress Pics
Sp pristine and clean! I like the paintwork, and if you do some subtle weathering, it should look even better... -
Tamiya 1/48 F-16CJ with Aires , Eduard and Reskit AM
my favs are F`s replied to Rahulred5's topic in The Display Case
Very nicely looking! Lovely! -
1/35 Takom AH-64D Apache Longbow RSAF 120 Sqn
my favs are F`s replied to gb_madcat_sl's topic in The Display Case
From quite some time, I'm thinking about what should I build next - another plane, or this heli. 🙂 And when I see builds like this, it inspires me to lean towards the heli... Awesome result and paint scheme. Congrats! -
Surface preps: formation lights, the gun bay is closed, and the small panel on the bottom side where is the center fin/hook is also added: Just barely glued. I'll sand them flush/rescribe/etc later. Then I cut the Reskit afterburner parts, and couldn't resist to take some ''transparent'' pics at night 🙂 : Plenty of details here... but I used it only for testfits so far. Meanwhile, the rest of the afterburner can is assembled (with several milestones) and painted:
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Very good progress, and very GJ with the matte patterns. Btw I have built this kit too and noticed it really has some imperfections, yet - it is the best of its kind, imo of course.
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Italeri 1/48 SR-71A Blackbird - renovation project
my favs are F`s replied to BastianD's topic in In-Progress Pics
...the camera screens look like ice cubes waiting for some whiskey, for example. 🙂 A very nice placement of the PE pieces - definitely make a difference. Btw, what do you plan for the panel lines and the zig-zag RAM lines along the edges? - maybe some sanding and rescribing, or just leave them higher than the surfaces?- 106 replies
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F-117 Nighthawk in 1/32 (In Flight Pics)
my favs are F`s replied to my favs are F`s's topic in The Display Case
Hi and thanks. The canopy is an aftermarket part - the AFV Club's anti-reflection canopy, and it has this ''special'' coating from the inner sides. I have no idea what is it and how they did it, but it is quite nice looking imo. While for the stretched skin effects - I found out it is called ''oil canning'' effect, and I did it by very subtle scratching of the surfaces in certain patterns, then a little bit more sanding, and the post-treatment payed another major role as well. Check out for example this post with some moments from the ''oil canning'' of the top fuselage. -
F-117 • 1:32 Nighthawk by Trumpeter
my favs are F`s replied to my favs are F`s's topic in In-Progress Pics
10x, and yeah, it does things like this: but I believe (the truth is that I didn't try to open everything at once yet, as is painted/finished) it will look so much better with the bomb bays open as well... and a couple of huge green GBUs underneath... and it's not only that. The big doors when viewed from the side should look nicely contrasting white... the tiny little air disturber plates with the holes, from the front walls of the bays, are also moveable. The intake relief doors, from the top side, can also open and even the engine faces are visible though the -
Congrats on this model! It looks amazing! I especially like the heavy weathering and the... let's say, unparalleled loadout selection. GJ.
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F-117 • 1:32 Nighthawk by Trumpeter
my favs are F`s replied to my favs are F`s's topic in In-Progress Pics
Thanks all! Appreciated. @ Steve, the canopy is the AFV Club canopy with anti-reflection coating... as its label says. I was sceptical in the beginning, but it really changes hue according to the angle. The two small front facets are slighty less orange-y than the larger side facets, while the front center facet has a purple hue. There are certain angles where it looks like a normal transparent canopy. 🙂 It's really a play of colors. And the entire coating is from the inner side, so only it needs legit protection; the outer side is normal plastic and there are no issues with the touching/