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Pure 50's markings flash all over this one PJ! That sure looks beautiful!
One more thing that you can do for the bombs colorwise is to have the bomb itself in faded OD, typical from storage outdoors in bomb dumps. While you can paint the fins in a newer more vivid shade of OD or Dark Green, because those are usually kept in storage boxes until shortly before being put on the bombs shortly before the mission to protect them from damage and insure better accuracy once dropped.
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
That's just beautifully colorful!
- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"
Thanks O. This F80 is both reflective and shiny thanks to the Gauzy coat. I can't tell any difference with any reflective change using the Gauzy product.
Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!
Hey pj, this thing is looking awesome! I was following your progress in the CAS GB, but I though to post here. I built this kit a while back and have another in the stash, along with some other NMF subjects. Your progress is giving me the itch to build something shiny. Well, maybe not as beautifully shiny as yours, but "reflective." Your paint and decal work are first class. Keep it up! I'm really looking forward to the final product.
Cheers!
-O
-It's Omar, but they call me "O".
Got the 250 pounders done. They were sprayed OD and once dry, they were decaled and had oil paint filters applied to get some tonal changes in the solid color. The oil paint needs to dry before I can shoot some clear flat. Still need to add the fuse wires.
The rockets are painted and decals applied.
Those pesky tank checkered decals are finally on, all 16 parts that cover the tanks.
About 95% of the decals are on except for a couple of very small stencils.
The bomb pylons were also attached.
Been adding decals and trimming as close as possible to get rid of the carrier film. The included kit decals have quite an extensive set of stencils, many super tiny but will eventually get applied.
Have a quick update on my F84. Got most of the left side decals on except for a few tiny stencils.
Started on the right side decals
Eaglecash867 Thanks PJ. Good to know that its a blade I always have plenty of. That technique will definitely come in handy when I'm finishing up the post-war Spitfire I'm building alongside the Frog. That's got huge letters on it.
Thanks PJ. Good to know that its a blade I always have plenty of. That technique will definitely come in handy when I'm finishing up the post-war Spitfire I'm building alongside the Frog. That's got huge letters on it.
"You can have my illegal fireworks when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers...which are...over there somewhere."
Thanks gents!
Eagle, I trim the outside with scissors and the insides with a #11 blade, lightly scoring the film that will be removed after wetting it with water. I then carefully slide the decals in place, press with a tissue to get all the bubbles out then apply Solvaset to melt the decal down.
Oh yeah way to keep the bar high on this one. Trimming that film is probably the only way to keep it from showing on that mirror finish. Beautiful
In the pattern: Scale Shipyard's 1/48 Balao Class Sub! leaning out the list...NOT! Ha, added to it again - Viper MkVii, 1/32 THUD & F-15J plus a weekend madness build!
That looks fantastic PJ! Just out of curiosity, what type of blade do you typically use for trimming away carrier film? Do you go all the way through the paper when you do it, or do you just score through the film?
Excellent alignment, that's not easy to do.
John
To see build logs for my models: http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html
A short update. I have been cutting all the larger numbers and letter to get rid of the carrier film.
Got the tail attached and checkered
Buckeye2 Wow, that looks fantastic, great work there! Mike
Wow, that looks fantastic, great work there!
Mike
Thanks Mongoose. Thank God for Solvaset otherwise the nose decal would have looked like crap. This stuff pulled the decal tight and got rid of the bad fit.
WOW WOW WOW!!! Best looking F-84 I've ever seen. Wonderful paint and decal work. That really pops
This is about 4 hours worth and enough for tonight. The tank decals are in 8 parts requiring careful alignment to get all the sections to line up.
Looks like my F84 is ready for decals
TheMongoose Plasticjunkie, is that with the Gauzzy over the chrome paint? If so would you mind if i posted a pic over on LSP to show one of the guys there how it looks over Alclad?
Plasticjunkie, is that with the Gauzzy over the chrome paint? If so would you mind if i posted a pic over on LSP to show one of the guys there how it looks over Alclad?
Yes the Gauzy is over the Alclad. The contrasting panels don't have it over them but want to polish them first to see how they will look and will probably use the Gauzy over them too.Yes not a problem posting at LSP.
Have been unable to work on this for a couple of days but finally shot the tanks yellow and white for the tail feathers, Both will have checker boards on them. I also picked out a few panels and shot them in very subtle contrasting shades. I still have to mask and shoot olive drab on the spine along with red.
Thanks Patrick for dropping by. I will have more pictures as soon as I have shot some of the other colors.
Hi, Ernie - Your F-84 is looking outstanding, really good build quality and superb finish. That gloss NMF is perfect, and I'm glad the gloss protective coats didn't change the effect you had achieved with just the Alclad. It will be fun to see the completion of this one.
Thanks for the post with all of the details and the photos, mighty nice job you're making of this one. I'm glad you're an active member here at FSM, much to be learned from you.
Patrick
TheMongoose Ohh this is really getting interesting! That Gauzy stuff sounds promising if it can really cover chrome type paints without losing shine. I ordered some myself today. Really exciting. Glad you shared that.
Ohh this is really getting interesting! That Gauzy stuff sounds promising if it can really cover chrome type paints without losing shine. I ordered some myself today. Really exciting. Glad you shared that.
Well the Gauzy came in today and I shot it over the Alclad and I'm VERY happy to report no loss of metallic sheen. This stuff levels out like a champ leaving a glass smooth finish. I freaked out at first cause it was a bit gainy in a couple of spots but it just leveled out smooth. No pictures cause believe me, there is no difference in the metallic effect!
I will post some pictures once I shoot the yellow and white paint on the tanks and tail feathers.
I'm waiting for Gauzy shine enhancer to shoot over the Alclad to protect it from masking since is says it will not change the metallic tone. The masking is a bit more complicated for using post notes so just want to make sure the tape doesn't pull up the high shine paint.
I tested Aquagloss on a test piece and wasn't completely happy with the look.
Thanks guys. I took an old soft cotton t shirt and lightly polished the Alclad and actually made a tad shinier. From what videos I have seen the Aquagloss doesn't kill the metallic effect. Lots of masking to come.
Holy cow that's some serious bling there! Paint looks incredible
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