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Thanks guys!
There'll be more big scale goodness coming!
...as well as more small scale...and some smaller than that...and yet again, even smaller!!!
Ah, excellent again! That ordnance looks scary real too!
Max
On my bench: Academy 1/35 UH-60L Black Hawk
All we need now is the noise and the smoke! Great work!
John
To see build logs for my models: http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html
Revenant Not bad for 72nd scale...
Not bad for 72nd scale...
... It's absolutely amazing for 1/72 scale! LMAO!
Flawless work!
- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"
It's a 1/32 scale
On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister
What a awesome and inspirational finish. The photos with all the ordinance displayed looks awesome! I love your weathering technique on both the Harrier and A-10. Fantastic build.
Toshi
On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell
Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world. Mrs. Toshi
...and...we are finished!!!
Tough one to photograph, to get it all in and still have complete backdrop!
After far too much time, the ordnance is finally finished up.
Just about wrapped up with this project!
Thanks again everybody!
I'm almost there...just gotta finish up the ordnance...my least favorite (in fact, I HATE it) part of building a model.
The Mavericks and Sidewinders are the only ordnance going on the model, but my customer wants everything that came with the kit, to display with the model.(the little stuff is for another project)
Beautiful!! Great job on the det cord on the canopy too.
Mike
I hardly ever drop by to look in on 1/72 or 1/32 builds since I only work in 1/48 a/c (ship kits I work on 1/350 in military kits and up to 1/96 and larger for sailing ships, etc.).
I've really got to start dropping in for a look at other sizes in a/c. This is an astounding build AFAIC. I'll never acquire the skills for scratch building and modifying parts that you have but it's like watching a fascinating movie - just can't wait to see more!
Masterful work!
Hector Berlioz
. very Nice!!!
In the homestretch now!
Just gotta do some weapons.
There was some pretty prominent rivet detail missing...just behind the nozzle, I added those.
I'm not big on modern aircraft, but dang, Fermis, this is a sweet build!
Got some do-dads and fiddlies on...she's on her feet, ready for dull coat and some more weathering.
Thanks for that tip!!! I was wondering on how this would be done? Now I know thanks to you!
Thanks again, guys!
Getting closer to the end!
Here's a little tidbit.
For the canopy, I ordered "Flying Leathernecks" vynil det cord. That was stupid. The vynil is grey, while that cord should be white (or very close to it). It is also a different size than the molded detail. Initially, I thought the molded detail was raised (it's so fine, it's hard to tell). A bit more investigating...detail is recessed. (either way, you'd have to somehow get rid of that detail, in order to use the vynil replacement...or order a vac-form canopy). Anyway, working about 1/4" at a time, I brushed on some white craft paint(acrylic) and immediately wiped away the excess with my finger. I did this three times, all the way around to get a good fill in the recessed detail.
The money spent on the vynil cord would have been better spent on a Whopper from BK!
"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"
Thank you for your many awesome WIP post, especially this one. I'm learning so much from this build!
...not bad...
Thanks Dudes!
Decals are finished up and sealed in.
The decals were an almost exact match to color of the plane. The first one I put on just about disappeared completely. I masked around it shot it with a slightly lighter shade. I then had to shoot a slightly darker color in the areas where the decals would go, so they'd stand out better...also had to blend the darker shade a bit, so it wouldn't look "off". The tail letters had to be masked around and shot with a bit darker shade, as well.
This is almost as good as your 1/72nd stuff...almost...
You know................some folks have a knack for detail and others have one for paint and bodywork. You've got the perfect balance of both which is why I walk away from watching your progress in model building with useful information and techniques to use in being a better modeler. Thanks for posting this and as always, this is superior modeling.
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Absolutely a beautiful job. I wish mine can look as good as yours. At the very least, I've been using your build as a reference. Also, thank you for the tips you've given me!
BIG painting is done!
Got this all ready for the rest of the paint. Wing/fuselage seams were a slight PITA.
I did a fair amount of pre-shading, before the final assembly...there's a lot of surface here and it is very tedious and time consuming...even in this giant, "blacksmith scale".
You can see the wings were already painted, while I had the paint out for other parts.
Finished up the pre-shading...
Ready for some color!
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