Looking good there Aggie. Man thats alot of work. I think your right Alclad might have been the way to go but its always nice to learn new stuff too.

I am plugging away at the Ha-1112. This is your typical Academy kit. Good basic detail and a good price. Downside typical Academy fit which means lots of filler on every jiont and lots of time spent with the sanding sticks. Still its the only HA-1112 in 1/48 scale. The took the sprues from the 109 kit and made a new fuselage sprue. Unfortunatly the shape of the wing where it meats the fuselage is not even close. The wing is almost a good 2mm narrower than the attachment points on the fuselage. I ground down the fuseage stubs and then glued up the wings and layed down a thick layer of Squadron putty and worked it iinto shape. Now the front intake is coming up about 2mm short on both sides and does'nt meet the cowl. More putty and sanding for tomorrow!

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Great work in here... love those old Codl war era bombers, look forward to seeing them finished!

I just came back to the bench after some months off due to health/work issues, and was going to re-start with a couple P-51s (what else? ;)   Can I join this GB? The "NMF" finish, I was going to use the MM Metalizer series AB different panels. Not sure if that qualifies?

The kits are the old Revell 1:48 scale, one finished as the "doll" one a green nose. I recon both have at least 50% NMF?

Cheers

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The B-58 is looking pretty darn sweet!  And I thought that I had a lot of area to foil!

Here are a few shots of about 6 hours of cutting and foiling progress on my F-86F.  Think that I am slowly going crosseyed!!

You can also see the meager progress that I have on the Mig-17 for this GB in the background of the last photo.

After these pics were taken I added more panels to the wing bottoms, and finished the front windscreen.  This method really requires a massive amount of patience, but when it is finished it will look way sweet!

Thanks for looking,

Matt

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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur!!! - Anything said in Latin sounds profound!

WOW....These builds are looking great.  Outstanding work gentleman....

I got around to working on her again.  Completed one of the inboard engines using the virgin inboard engine as a guide for panel seams.  I removed the kit elevons, and attached the tail.  Since these pictures were taken, I attached the lower wing to the upper wing.  I wasn't going to do this until the engines were attached, but the seams would have been very difficult to work with....Oh ya...This thing is BIG

Thanks for looking

Cheers

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Rob Byrnes
Novi, Mi.

Ok Randy here you go. All of the silver spots are all of the places that needed putty and sanding. Tonight I am going to do the final sanding on the seams and lay down a primer coat to see if I got all of the seams.

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Ok here is the Ha-1112 with a coat of Talon alluminun paint polished with the Talon alluminum polishing powder. I gotta tell you guys I like this stuff. Now the Academy kit is no show winner and I was now trying to sow a silk purse from a sow's ear here but the results look very promising. I managed to have a couple of scratches show through the paint and I accidently pressed the nail from my thumb down agianst the cowl when I was buffing which left a faint line in the paint. These paints come already thinned for airbrushing but they are thinned a little bit more than I usally thin my paints. Therfore I layed down a bit to much paint probally. I sprayed them at about 30 psi. I think lowering it to25 psi would yield even better results. I am really excited now that I have learned the basics of using the Talon acrylics I want to tackle all of those kits that have been sittingin the stash forever because I was not confident about spraying the NMF. I hightly recomend this stuff. It was very easy to spray, no fumes and a snap to clean up. Polishing it is no harder than polishing your silverware for Xmas dinner!

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Soulcrusher WOW!!! THAT LOOKS AWESOME!!! Cant, just cant wait to see it finished. Very nice work. Do you apply a sealer of some sort for weathering and such ?

I gotta talk with that Hawkeye guy about getting some of that stuff. It doesnt look grainy at all. I wonder how it would work with raised detail, I am not too sure the foil will work on the P-38, had to do a bunch of filling and dont know if it will stick to the puddy around the radiator intakes.

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Randy

So many to build.......So little time
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Aggieman WOW an hour for the adhesive to cure ?? What are you using, I use Micro Scale Micro Metal Foil Adhesive and only takes 5 to 10 minutes to dry on Reynolds Wrap. Sorry you are having so much trouble. Hey Aggie I hope you have a great vacation, enjoy and see you when you get back.

My trouble has been with the subject I choose for the build I spent most of today foiling the radiator housings on my P-38. Glad I decided to do them before mating the booms to the wing, would have been almost impossiable to foil them otherwise.

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Randy

So many to build.......So little time
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Aggieman Ahhhh ok. Well I would suggest the Micro Scale Metal Foil Adhesive and you would be much happier. Its not expensive 3 bucks and change for a 1oz bottle that goes a long way, got mine a bit over a year ago and still have 2/3 of the bottle left after 3 builds, its kind of like white glue. Cleans up with water when wet and 91% alcohol when dry, and is dry in like I said 5 or 10 minutes. I apply a thin coat with a very soft 1/4 inch brush. I have used the BMF and found the strength about the same as aluminum foil and it seemed to stretch a little better but is way more expensive. Also with the Micro Scale adhesive I found I can apply it to either side of the foil with the same results allowing me to create both dull and shiney finishes. I have been seeing it in the LHS around here and Squadron carries it also. I am nowhere near the modeler most of you guys are so it has to be easy to use if I can get the results I do.

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Randy

So many to build.......So little time
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