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Well, it took a while, but I finally finished my Saber Jet. I tried to duplicate the following real 1:1 fully restored Saber Jet. I got this photo from Airfighters.com.
I knew that paint would not be a substitute for the natural metal finish, so I finished my model in Bare Metal Foil. I painted the center section of the main wings with Testors Metalizer Aluminum straight from a rattle can. I used Photoshop to duplicate the plane in flight. You can follow along how I built this model at :
http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/173828.aspx
Following are some more pictures of the finished model. The Hasegawa decals were really thick and had a matt carrier film which would look terrible against the metal foil. I cut apart the letters "USAF" so there would be no carrier film. As you can see. I incorrectly located the letters "USAF". They are too close to the fuselage. Oh well, better luck next time.
In the past I have tried to use paint to duplicate a NMF. I was never able to make it look correct. IMHO, only Bare Metal Foil can duplicate the look of real metal.
These last two pictures are via Photoshop. I picked up photos of runway aprons from the internet and pasted photos of my model on top of the pictures of the aprons. I really like the results.
Your comments and questions are always welcome.
Very very real!!! What a fantastic build. I love how you did the NMF with foil.
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
Looks great, excellent NM finish.
Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!
Looks just great! Wonderful job on the NMF!! Excellent PS skills as well.
Mike
Hector Berlioz
Thats nice, you have really caught the look of the real thing.
I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so
On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
WOW beautifully done NMF. must try this on mine as I ruined the black base coat for use with Alclad.
I'm finally retired. Now time I got, money I don't.
Oh wow, other than the misplaced decals she's prefect!!! One of the best jobs I've ever seen of replicating the real thing.
And you've had better luck than I with Hasegawa decals, I generally just toss them and use aftermarket.
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Beautiful model, and great pictures, too! Looks real.
"Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"
Thanks to everyone for the nice comments. I appreciate them.
Gamera Oh wow, other than the misplaced decals she's prefect!!! One of the best jobs I've ever seen of replicating the real thing. And you've had better luck than I with Hasegawa decals, I generally just toss them and use aftermarket.
I had to cut the USAF decal into individual letters:
That came out really nice!
-BD-
Very nice!
What is the squadron?
Kevin
We live in fame or go down in flame.
I don't want to look like a dummy, but how would I know?
JohnnyK I don't want to look like a dummy, but how would I know?
Was there something in the directions? Maybe a marking with one od the decals 36TFW or anything like that?
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