Trumpeter 1/48 F-100C

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Extremely well done!

Absolutely gorgeous!

Great job, especially with the paint burn off on the rear!

Nathan, that is simply divine. I love your treatment of the drop tanks, where the finish is smoother toward the front. And the burnt paint/metal on the aft fuse right before the exhaust nozzle. The weathering is perfectly subtle. Fantastic work. Inspiring

Absolutely fantastic job, Nathan!

Once again proving you know your shhh....tufff! Congrats!

Have their 1/72 G model.

Going to go look at the wall and drink now.

But seriously very well done.

Outstanding work, Nathan!! I have one question - How did you do the burnt paint effect on the rear fuselage? I've seen this many times on the forums, but have yet to see it explained. Your work on that is just awesome!!

Thanks guys. Glad you like it. For the engine area, I used Alclad stainless steel. Its a high shine color so I sprayed gloss black after I primed the whole model. Then I sprayed the stainless steel. I then sprayed some Alclad Hot Metal Violet in the center of some panels. I also mixed up some Tamiya clear blue and smoke and airbrushed it in various panels. I oversprayed the camo according to the ref pics, to make it look like the camo paint was wearing away. I glossed the whole model and gave it a wash, using a burnt sienna around the engine. I tried to avoid a flat coat over the metal area to preserve the shine. It was actually a simple process. Just get yourself some hot metal violet and some clear blues. Those paints are perfect for this work.

Stunning looking build, really nice job on the scheme. I have gotten a bit of a hankering for Vietnam era US aircraft after Stik Vietnam GB, I do like that SEA scheme.

Excellent work!!!  That is a great paint job, as everyone else has stated, I too, love the burnt metal/paint on the rear of that Hun!

Nathan. Very well done. Not often you see the SEA Huns

Bish, Jet, and John- thanks guys. I too like the looks of sea camo over aluminum on anything, except maybe a starfighter

Very nice Thud!

That is remarkable!

Outstanding, what a show stopping model!

Thanks again guys- Lee- A Thud is next in the works for me

I can't wait to see the Thud. You going 1/32 on that? I dare ya!

The black primer looks really nice under the camo, like a subtle pre-shade. What kind of paint did you use? Mr Hobby? Or, is that Tamiya?

I recently read "Bury us upside down", about Vietnam Misty's Great book.

Hey Tom, 48 scale it is. 32 would be insanely big. The 48 version is already bigger than any shelf or display cabinet I have. For the Hun I used gunze acrylics. And that book is on my short list to read!

She is a beautiful build Nathan! Just curious though as to why you painted the front end of the Napalm cans in gray? That is something that I have not seen before.

Excellent work!  She's a real beauty!

Thanks Stik. I looked at a bunch of ref pics regarding the Napes. It seemed most had a darker nose cone, and it didn't look metallic, more of a neutral gray, so that's what I went with. Could easily be wrong, but not that big a deal.

Thanks Fly.

Supermodel!

Woooooow!!!! The paint finish and the camouflage alone are da bomb!!! That's not even mentioning all the detail wrapped up in this thing!  Great build Nathan!!!

That is one beautiful planes,  great job

John

Thanks guys. Glad you are all impressed considering i'm still new to building kerosene burners...

Looks great Nate!! =]  I can see some really nice things going on with different aspects of the painting process.  Any chance you could get a couple of brighter photos?!  I hope to have such luck when I get to my Phantom.