My first attempt at natural metal

Anonymous

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November 2005

My first attempt at natural metal

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 9:50 PM

Here is a link to pictures of a 1/48 Monogram B-29 which has been my very first time trying a natural metal finish. I know pictures are not all that great but comments are welcome. I am new to modeling so don't be to harsh.

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/driggc55/lst?.dir=/My+Photos&.src=ph&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/

Ron

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leemitcheltree

Member since
January 2003
From: Washington State

Posted by leemitcheltree on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:13 PM

Ron,
for some reason there was no access to that page. Is the URL correct?
Maybe it's my server. Who knows?
Cheers,
LeeTree

Cheers, LeeTree
Remember, Safety Fast!!!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:27 PM

I will post them here,

Ron

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:46 PM

Looks good for a first time NMF. What did you use for the finish?

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fuzzy

Member since
May 2003
From: Lewisburg , Tenn

Posted by fuzzy on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:49 PM

Ron,
Looks good ! That sure is a lot of natural metal .
What did you use for your natural metal finish? Thanks for
sharing.
fuzzy

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:53 PM

Thanks for the comments. I used 2 bottles of Model Master Metalizer I know its not the best choice but all I had at the time.

Ron

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72cuda

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July 2003
From: USA

Posted by 72cuda on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 9:47 AM

Hey drigg;
looking great for the first time, by the way have you tried SNJ?, Testors Metalizer has alway given me fits when I try to pollish it, but you may have gotten the touch with it that I never had, keep up the fantastic work and we'll be seeing you in the Gallery section of the mag

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1:59 PM

Love it! Nice work!

Murray

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 3:57 PM

Looks a HECK of a lot better than my first try ! You're starting out pretty high on the learning curve ! Keep at it, and let's see some MORE !

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 5:01 PM

Looks good not to shiny thats good it makes it look moer realistic your doing pretty good for your first time keep it up.

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wibhi2

Member since
March 2003
From: Brooklyn

Posted by wibhi2 on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 6:24 PM

Looks really good. testors metallizers can be a bit a PITA, but you seem to have a knack for it. The only thing that I would or could suggest is to add some arbitrarty panel discoloration
(adding tint to the base metallizer) or polishing some panels more than others.

3d modelling is an option a true mental excercise in frusrtation