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Looks fantastic Brandon. I concur, Tamiya has fantastic customer service. Tamiya Lacquer thinner makes their paint lay down smooth as silk too...
Joe
"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"
I'll have to give the Tamiya Lacquer thinner a shot next time. Sounds like sage advice to me.
On the bench:
A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!
2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed
14 / 5 / 2
I actually prefer Tamiya paint over Gunze, but Gunze's RLM colors are dead on to my eye. I can't get the mixture right with Tamiya. I also love Gunze's Olive Drab.
Finally getting the backlog of builds completed and out of the way. I am calling this one done. It came out pretty nice. I didn't weather it up quite to the extent of the bird it portrays, mostly because the dark color tends to hide much of what I did. You can pick up the panel line shading, done with pastels, with the naked eye but it is difficult to see it in the photos.
I really enjoy the dynamic prop on this one. The friend I am building this for wanted it displayed with the engine running like in the photo we have. So, I gave this a shot. It is photo etch and very very delicate. One little mishandling and the prop will be deformed and look poorly. I felt like I was a snow flake the whole time I worked on it. Now before everyone jumps me for the 4 blade design rather than the correct 3 blade let me explain that it what you get on the Corsair prop. I didn't see a 3 blade for an F4U, but perhaps I missed it. Anyway, it looks great to me and it does look best when the light come from behind the prop. When it shines on the front it looks metallic. I will use more of these for birds I hang in flight, I really like the look.
Anyway, enjoy the pics fellas.
I am not trying to be rude, but that prop-blur really ruins the look of the model and it not very convincing. You should look into on of these PropBlur's! Super affordable and the looks are hard to beat. They are not a plastic disk so they don't take away from the looks of the model.
Check out this link
modelingmadness.com/.../propblur.htm
Here is one being used as a tail rotor. It looks amazing
http://www.scale-rotors.com/galerie/1-utility-helicopters/2284-sikorsky-sh-3d-sea-king-hasegawa.html
Mike, you're not being rude. I get your point of view. I know some folks don't like the prop blur affect; that's cool, to each his own.
I know the photos just don't look right and that's due to the metal reflecting the light back. Perhaps I'll dull coat the prop next time to knock that down. The reflections you see don't look like that in person, just in the photos. It looks much better in person. And it is not plastic, it is metal and you could use it for a strainer on the bath tub if you wanted to. As far as the "prop blur" brand, I've looked at those and almost went with them, but to my eye, these look better. I'll figure out how to get the most out of them as I go, this was my first after all.
I like it Brandon...I must admit it looks kind of creepy without the pilot. Thanks for sharing...
lawdog114 I like it Brandon...I must admit it looks kind of creepy without the pilot. Thanks for sharing... Joe
How is the pilot that comes with the kit; nice?
SubarooMike How is the pilot that comes with the kit; nice?
Terrific cockpit and a great looking engine. How do you secure the brass wire to the plastic?
Nice work Brandon, I know you put a lot of work into it.
Steve
Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.
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VN750 Terrific cockpit and a great looking engine. How do you secure the brass wire to the plastic?
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