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GMorrison You seem an expert; any advice or solutions to any of the above whining would be most welcome. Really great model.
You seem an expert; any advice or solutions to any of the above whining would be most welcome.
Really great model.
Your comments and questions are always welcome.
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Air Force vet (2006-2012)
Recently completed: 1/48 Tamiya V1
On the bench: Hasegawa 1/8 Clerget 9B rotary engine, 1/35 scale Trumpeter SA-2 Guideline missle
The foil looks absolutely AMAZING!!!
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On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell
Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world. Mrs. Toshi
I use the rivet tool on the foil, not the plastic. I'll get back with you tomorrow to explain how I did the rivets.
stikpusher Man that looks superb so far! I really like your multi tone panels and rivet effects!
Man that looks superb so far! I really like your multi tone panels and rivet effects!
I bought a rivet tool and have been practicing with it. One immediate problem is that the wheel wobbles- it needs some field mods. Correct me if I'm mistaken, but the sequence is to imprint the "rivet" depressions into the bare plastic, correct?
The Revell plastic in my kit seems very hard and doesn't take much of a depression. And the rivet tool wheel is photoetched stainless- I'm having difficulty getting rid of the attachment points and if I don't they will show up every 10 rivets or so.
I bought Dymo tape to use as a straight edge, but this particular batch is maddening getting the backing to peel off.
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
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It is the middle of July and all of my Spring/Summer gardening tasks are finished. Back to modeling and finishing up my Monoigram 1/48 B-24J in Bare Metal Foil.
Part 1 of this project can be found here: http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/178234.aspx?page=1
The metal foiling and riveting of the wings and fuselage are finally finished. So far I have spent 92 hours on this model.
I used two different colors of Bare Metal Foil. Matte Aluminun and Chrome.
There is a double row of rivets at the edge of each wing panel and a single row of rivets at the spars. The riveting took forever. However, I think that it adds a lot to the final appearance of the model.
Once again I used two different colors of Bare Metal foil on the fuselage. I checked photos of the real plane and there are thousands of rivets.
I highlighted the exhaust pipes using a black wash followed by a rust wash. The wheel well is painted Testors' Green Chromate followed by a light wash of black and rust. I am still thinking about adding a black wash on the wing behind the engine exhaust.
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