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Finished my Revell Colonial Viper.

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Posted by richter111 on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:01 PM

looks great!

 

Ric

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  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:47 PM

 sfcmac wrote:
 Oh the memories! I can just see Rick Springfield being blown to bits by those heartless robots!

He didnt get blown to bits, just saw him yesterday on General Hospital

 

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Posted by r13b20 on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:43 PM
Very nice Viper. How did the cockpit addition go? Fit and what not? I built one in the "what if" vein, but didn't do the pilot and pit thing.
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  • From: Boyertown, PA, USA
Posted by Dubau on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:59 PM

 Greasy wrote:
  I have learned the most of this kit more than any other I have done.  I tried a lot of new thing like:
1.. First kit I used an Air brush on.
2. First time I have used Salt Chipping to weathering.
3. First time I have sprayed "decal" instead of using what comes with the kit
4. First time I used the "Max Technique"
5. First time using a setting solution of the decals

For all your 1st's "WOW" you did a Sweet Build there.

I got one I put away that I want to do soon, just hope it looks as good as yours.

Bud

" You've experienced a set back, and without set backs and learning how to fix them you'll never make the leap from kit builder to modeler "
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  • From: Coastal Maine
Posted by dupes on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:38 PM
Hey, nice build Greasy! I've just finally been catching up on the new Battlestar Galactica series (TV on DVD is the way to go), and I realllllly need to get me one of these. Too bad they don't have a kit of the new Cylon Raider to go with it. Disapprove [V]
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  • From: Casa Grande, Az.
Posted by DesertRat on Monday, November 10, 2008 11:43 AM
Very well done! I've got that kit not too long ago, and I'm looking to start it sometime nexgt year. I hope mine is half as nice as yours is. Thumbs Up [tup]

Warmest regards,

Roger

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Posted by Greasy on Monday, November 10, 2008 9:02 AM
 SNOOPY wrote:

Jon,

I was wondering if you couold explain a couple of things in your new learning items?  What is sprayed decal and what is Max Technique?



The link above is the MAX Techique I used.

Sprayed Decal means I didn not use some of the decals from the kit, I just masked the stripes so only where the stripes would be visable.  I then airbushed the the color of the stripes.  The idea behind it is that it would look more realistic as they are painted on (Thinner) then it would look if you would regular decals as they tend to be thicker.  Also I wanted to do some chipping on the stripes and I thought it would be easier to salt chips and spray then to try and pick some of the decals off with an excato.

Thanks,
Jon
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  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by Darth_Vapor on Sunday, November 9, 2008 1:38 PM

He has a link on his page about the "Max Technique":

http://www.keenix.com/inprogresspages/in-progress-max-technique.html

Nice work, BTW.

 

 

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Posted by SNOOPY on Sunday, November 9, 2008 11:20 AM
 Greasy wrote:


http://www.happinessismandatory.com/misc/Colonial_Viper.htm

I have learned the most of this kit more than any other I have done.  I tried a lot of new thing like:
1.. First kit I used an Air brush on.
2. First time I have used Salt Chipping to weathering.
3. First time I have sprayed "decal" instead of using what comes with the kit
4. First time I used the "Max Technique"
5. First time using a setting solution of the decals

Thanks,
Jon

 

 

Jon,

I was wondering if you couold explain a couple of things in your new learning items?  What is sprayed decal and what is Max Technique?

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Posted by Griffworks on Saturday, November 8, 2008 12:18 AM

Fantastic work!  I think that Commander Cain would be proud to have her as part of his Viper squadrons on-board Pegasus!

 

The greatest measure of a man is his children and what kind of people they are.

 

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Posted by sfcmac on Friday, November 7, 2008 3:44 PM
 Oh the memories! I can just see Rick Springfield being blown to bits by those heartless robots!
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Posted by smeagol the vile on Friday, November 7, 2008 3:26 PM
Heh, legos are an amazing tool to use to learn to fix seams.

 

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Posted by Greasy on Friday, November 7, 2008 3:20 PM

 smeagol the vile wrote:
The rest looks really good, especially the legos in the background.

 Those are my kids .... Honest.   We glue the lego models together so they pretty much stay in one piece.  Uselly something shows up on my work table once a week for me to "Fix". 

 Thanks for the nice words.

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  • From: Louisville, KY.
Posted by Cosmic J on Friday, November 7, 2008 12:52 PM

That's pretty sweet dude, and the build thread is much appreciated. Not bad for so any "firsts".

You should post bigger picture here w/ your link.

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  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Thursday, November 6, 2008 10:49 AM
Well, I like it.  It looks really good, the only thing that stood out to me was the poor masking job on the canopy.  The rest looks really good, especially the legos in the background.

 

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    July 2008
Finished my Revell Colonial Viper.
Posted by Greasy on Thursday, November 6, 2008 10:44 AM


http://www.happinessismandatory.com/misc/Colonial_Viper.htm

I have learned the most of this kit more than any other I have done.  I tried a lot of new thing like:
1.. First kit I used an Air brush on.
2. First time I have used Salt Chipping to weathering.
3. First time I have sprayed "decal" instead of using what comes with the kit
4. First time I used the "Max Technique"
5. First time using a setting solution of the decals

I had a lot of fun building the kit. This is probably my first kit where I wanted to do my best.  I know I made a few mistakes like the striping on the engines but out of shape.  I did the salt chipping wrong and the cockpit panels could use a little work.  I am very happy with it but I can see where it can be improved.  I was just wondering what everyone else thought?  Also this site has my complete build history, so you can see why I did some of the things I did.  Please forgive my grammar I have never been very good at it.

Thanks,
Jon

 

 

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