Hello!
Some time ago the Kid wanted me to buy him a HobbyBoss F-84G Thunderjet. I did that, he glued the cockpit in and then took a break. After the break lasted for several months, I thought that the kit is much too nice to lay in the box like that, so I went on and made it my training project - it was about nailing the NMF. And that's what I did, I have found out that Gunze Super Metallic over gloss black Motip base (automotive - spray can) works just fine, it's a hard and durable finish that can be masked with no problems. The Hobby Boss kit is nice but kinda funny in places, so I couldn't help but to modify it - I have scratchbuilt the front wheel bay doors and the rear deck of the canopy, that was just not there in the kit. I have also drilled out the machine guns and had to scribe the additional air intakes, because I got the fuselage sides for the F-84E (with no intakes) in the kit. The decals were a bit funny, too - they didn't react so well to decal solvent (Solvaset), but you can use the Hasegawa style on them - put on the decal, some solvent on it, then dry out with a peper towel and after some time the decal conforms to the surface.
OK, enough writing - here are the photos:
Thanks for looking and I hope you liked it - have a nice day
Paweł