Old Revell 1/72 Thud WIP (Finally Completed)

Thanks Crown. Yea it’s cool up here in Central Fl too, low 40s this morning so I think I’ll head over to Home Depot to load up my Tundra with mulch to refresh the front landscape. 

Beautiful job on that F-105 I’m sorry I missed the wip it’s been getting cool in the Miami area . I been out side enjoying the weather before it warms up again.

JJ

I figured you'd like that LOL.

Greg

Thanks for dropping in!

Nice work! Thanks for sharing the build here, Ernie.

Thanks gents.

JJ the lights are super easy to create and the clear paint actually makes it look like a lens.

PJ> What a great looking Thud!  Well done!

Gary

Greta looking little Thud Ernie.  I always look forward to your W.I.P's partly because of the valuable tips therein ie. fabric pins and gems for lights etc. TY for freely giving all the info.

That looks really great.  Just did an SEA camo myself.  Really nice job

I finally completed my little Thud and Hanoi Special is ready to go "Downtown". I took  pictures of the dot weathering steps but somehow got them deleted by mistake from my camera so here are the completed views:

The dot filter helped in adding tonal changes to the paint making it look weathered.

I made my own blue formation lights using metal clothing pins and painting the heads in clear blue located under the rudder 

and up front. Notice the double Mig 17 kill marks.

Cluster bombs on the outboard stations

and 750 pounders on the CL pylon.

The molded landing lights were drilled out and replaced with gemstones from Hobby Lobby. 

The base is pine, stained and the tarmac is made from thin cardboard squares glued with Elmers then painted in varius grey Craft paints. The joint lines were left a tad wide then filled in with an old siringe with black artist oil paint. 

I will never use Print & Scale decals again. They are a PITA to work with, they curl up as they are removed from the backing paper and the carrier film is not clear but semi opaque making silvering a real problem. To remedy this issue, Future was brushed on the spot where the decal will go and immediately slid the decal over the wet Future, centering it and then brushing on more Future over the decal. This method gets rid of the silvering and makes the decals look like actual paint.

I have most of the decals on but still have more to apply. This is a very slow process due to the decals curling up and just being stubborn to apply.

The tail codes

The kill marks and misc small decals

Fuselage art

Got the bombs painted and weathered up including hand painting the yellow nose rings. Got them attached to the C/L MER.

Got the gears and outboard stations glued down. The mains still need another part attached and painted.

Shot the SEA camo. Polished the paint out with a 2800 pad which exposed the raised panel lines.

I still have to do some touchups here and there then Future the Thud in preparation for decals followed by weathering.

falconmod

Cherry girl is on the decal sheet.  unfortunatley if you use that one you have to put a tarp over it if you take to any model shows.

John

I was wondering about that since they have a “no nudity” rule.

tempestjohnny

Looks great. Sometimes those old kits get blasted because they are not the latest and grestest

 

Thanks TJ. I might get a couple more, way cheaper than the Trumpeter.

Cherry girl is on the decal sheet.  unfortunatley if you use that one you have to put a tarp over it if you take to any model shows.

John

Pawel

 

I'd like to ask you, what does the H stand for in WHIP?

Lol auto correct. Sometimes I don’t proof read things and the computer has a mind of its own.

I have the Trumpy G and is a bit more detailed with recessed Panel lines. This scale is small enough that I just may do a couple more.

Hello!

I'll be watching this one!

Too bad it's not the "Cherry Girl", huh, huh...

I'd like to ask you, what does the H stand for in WHIP?

I have the Trumpeter kit in stash, I wonder how does it compare to the kit you're building.

Good luck with your project and have a nice day

Paweł