Hi guys!
As some of you may have been figuring out, I'm a sucker for Northrop planes. P-61s, flying wings, you name it. The F-89 is no exception. Here's my 4th F-89. I just love these planes. They were big, brutish-looking and very colorful as well. Gotta love those '50s era jets.
I painted the entire works gloss white and then picked out a few of the panels with various shades of gloss greys. When all that was dry, I applied some SnJ powder using some cotton balls. The different hues of the undertones were picked up nicely by the powder. If I wanted some additional panels to be picked out, I used MM metalics. For these, I generally eyeballed some mixtures to vary their shades.
The decals are from an aftermarket Aeromaster sheet that was maybe half a dozen years old. The decals reacted nicely to Solvaset but a couple of them cracked here and there due to their age I think.
The kit went together great but for some odd reason, it took me four tries to paint the simple fuel tanks. Either the paint bled under the tape or the demarcation line was too crooked or some other goof up had me stripping the stupid things three times before I finally got it quasi-right.
When all was said and done, a couple of coats of MM metalizer sealer sealed the whole works.
Enjoy! Comments and critiques are always welcomed.
Eric
