FINISHED!!! Revell 1/48 B-29 in Bare Metal Foil

Very nice! Wish I had the time and patience to do that!

steve

That is one hell of a piece of work.

Oh yeah, it's lookin' good! Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

Wow wow wow!  Very nice.  That one goes on the dining room table ;)

That is a beautiful finish.  Just amazing!

Your friend, Toshi

Jim 

Beautiful!!

sanderson_91

Very nice! Wish I had the time and patience to do that!

steve

 

Steve,

I am a retired architect, so I have all the time in the world. I don't know if you know any architects, but they tend to be very patient people. They are able to work on the same building project for months, even years, without losing interest.

keavdog

Wow wow wow!  Very nice.  That one goes on the dining room table ;)

 

Humongous project; extremely well executed!

How long did it take you to get comfortable using BMF? I bought some a while back thinking that I'd give it a go on either my P-47 or B-24 but I can't find the package - duh!! My memory banks are getting very, very long in the tooth. I'll just have to spend several hours looking for it one day if I decide to try it out. I am not sure if I have the ability to do that technique which is why I'm asking how difficult it is to learn.

1943Mike

Humongous project; extremely well executed!

How long did it take you to get comfortable using BMF? I bought some a while back thinking that I'd give it a go on either my P-47 or B-24 but I can't find the package - duh!! My memory banks are getting very, very long in the tooth. I'll just have to spend several hours looking for it one day if I decide to try it out. I am not sure if I have the ability to do that technique which is why I'm asking how difficult it is to learn.

I tried my first BMF model two years ago when I was 66 years old. It was a Revell P-47. That is a good airplane to develop your BMF skills because the P-47 does not have complicated shapes. Give it a try. If I could do it, so can you.

amazing job you have extreme patience. Did you ever take a break during this or was it the only project you was working on at the time?

Fantastic work!  That is a wonderful job on a great old kit. Congrats on a job well done!

I gotta chime in on this one! Really well done!

Max

Looks great!

lawdog114

May be the best Monogram B-29 I’ve ever seen built. Beautiful job Johnny. Stellar work on the canopy frames too.

 

Rambo

amazing job you have extreme patience. Did you ever take a break during this or was it the only project you was working on at the time?

 

Beautiful model, Johnny.

Now that you've finished this project and the decals are applied, do you seal the finish like us folks who use paint? How do you keep the foil from peeling up over time?

fotofrank

Now that you've finished this project and the decals are applied, do you seal the finish like us folks who use paint? How do you keep the foil from peeling up over time?

 

I asked Randy, the owner of Bare Metal Foil if the adhesive used on BMF will dry out as it ages. He said he recently discovered some models that his father built using BMF 40 years ago. His father invented BMF. Randy said that the foil on the 40 year old models looks brand new and the adhesive has not dried out. So, I am not concerned about the foil peeling up. Following is a photo of one of Randy's father's  40 year old models. It looks like it was built yesterday.

MAGNIFICANT!!!!  Superb workmanshit!!!!  And, you must have incredible patience!!!!

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Valkyrie

MAGNIFICANT!!!!  Superb workmanshit!!!!  And, you must have incredible patience!!!!

 

Beautiful build! I can definitely see the need for shades. If the sun hits that you could go blind

This is really superb.  The execution here is really something.  I am sure you have inspired many people to kick their models up a notch.  I know I am inspired.  Really, really great job.  

Great finish, Johnny!  I agree with the other poster who pointed out how you achieved the variations in the panel shades.  That looks like the real thing!  And your attention to detail pays off in the improvements you made to the kit's stock details, like the exhausts.  That kit will make a fine display!

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. I hope that my build will inspire other modelers to try BMF as a NMF. I have been usnig BMF for three years and I have developed a number of tips and tricks. I can share them if anyone is interested.