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B17 that thing looks fantastic! Seriously well done!
Also, while not for this GB, I sprayed the exhaust plates on my La-5 last night and thought y'all might be interested.
All the painting guides call for steel, so I loaded up Alclad Steel and went to work...
Seemed WAAAY to dark to me. The tint actually reminded me a lot of Alclad's Exhaust Manifold, but less brown.
Not happy with that, I switched to Dark Aluminum.
Much better and closer to the look I'm going for.
So yeah, word of warning that Alclad's Steel is DARK.
On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2
On Deck: 1/350 HMS Dreadnought
Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com
Gamera great job on getting the decals curved around the pointy portion of the nose
great job on getting the decals curved around the pointy portion of the nose
I actually had to fill in a small gap in the front with paint, has the decal didn't meet in the front, but at least it laid down flat around the curvature of the nose
Wow, B17 she looks fantastic! Love the different coloured centers of the wings and great job on getting the decals curved around the pointy portion of the nose (I hate decaling stuff like that).
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
B-17, man now that is nice....a handsome addition to anyones collection...well done
Randy, good to hear your feeling a little better
Alright I can say my 757 is done! Squeezed some time in to finish up the engines. I also gave the airliner a small amount of weathering (not noticeable in the pics, but its there). So with out any more delay:
Finally a day where I am feelin good and even got some bench time in No pictures yet but soon if this keeps up.
Scorpiomikey man I hope the dust settles for you soon and you can get back to normal life, and of course modeling.
CallSignOwl yes indeedy the MiG is coming along splendidly. I really like the last picture you posted of the bottom, the work you did on the gear bays really stands out. And your foil work is getting better in fact it looks much better than my first attempt at it.
Kermit wow taking your time is paying off big time, I do love the different shades I am seeing on your foiling. You are using both sides of the foil and turning it in different directions from what I can see, takes some careful planning to pull that off well. I can see a Kermified masterpiece in your future my friend.
DoogsATX After the Wildcats I can not wait to see your next works. I will get the front page updated this evening with them. You will like the Talon polishing powders too. I had the chance to play with them a bit and you can really create some fine effects with them.
Randy So many to build.......So little time
Its Fall Break here for UNL, so I have a bit of time to get some foiling done:
OWL
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Now that I'm here, where am I??
Richard, Looks like you have the whole foiling thing figured, slow and steady eh, looking good
Owl and Kermit - solid jobs on the foiling!
Vetteman - Glad you like the Wildcats!
I've actually got two more kits I'd like to add as crossovers, too. Both should be kicking off in early November or whenever I'm done with these two Commie bastards.
The P-38's going to be almost entirely NMF and I'm planning to use Talon acrylics, this time with polishing powders.
The P-47 is going to be done up as Col. Schilling's "Hairless Joe" of the 56th FG. Ocean grey and RAF dark green up top with bare metal undersides. There's extensive debate as to whether the undersides were really bare metal or just light grey, but I think NMF would look cooler, so that's what I'm doing.
Woops, added the wrong pic. It has been corrected now
Richard
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Sir Winston Churchill
Owl,
I concur with Julez: You are just flying through the foiling! Very impressive indeed.
It has been ages since my last update altough i kept in contact with our always charming host. I developed a true love/ hate relationship with the foiling of my own Mig15. I simply adore the finish it has but it takes time and patience....
Sometimes i work on it for an evening, only to abandon it for a couple of days. Apart from the ships i have built in the past, this Mig is turning out to be one of my longer term ones.
Anyways.... After my very first attempts i have stripped it and started over like i said. This time over, altough progress is slow, it is going alot better IMHO. See for yourselves:
It WILL be finished, just going veeeeeeeeeeryyyyyy slooooooooooooow LOL
Owl, happy to hear your feeling a little better..Your making very good time with that foiling
Ahh, the wonders of antihistamines a Sudofed! I'm back ad no longer feeling like my head is about to explode!
Here is some further foiling work, not much, but Ive gotten most of the tail-fin finished.
CallSignOWL Vetteman: yeah, I am aware of the bald patches...and I have little foil-toupees ready OWL
Vetteman: yeah, I am aware of the bald patches...and I have little foil-toupees ready
Owl sorry to hear about your cold, hope you are feelin better soon
B17Pilot I was thinking about trying foil on a NMF, but with ya'll issues, I might hold off on that idea
I was thinking about trying foil on a NMF, but with ya'll issues, I might hold off on that idea
I'm not really having issues, I'm just learning and experimenting. Honestly, the foil is giving me a much easier time than the paint ever did. I like it!
Vetteman: yeah, I am aware of the bald patches...and I have little foil-toupees ready!
Im not gonna get too much done today...the cold-bug bit me really hard. I've pretty much just napped all day.
Wow so much great progress going on here and I have been missing it.
DoogsATX those are some beautiful Wildcats, your surface prep was spot on as I cant find anything wrong with the NMF finish. I really like the comparison of the two different paints too although the differences are subtle. The pink tail has a slightly glossier sheen to it making it look more real to my eye. The color schemes are really eye catching, I think your kids are gonna love them. The front page has been updated, hope I got your info right.
Scorpiomikey you do have to future the foil before you decal or paint over it. I do that right after I burnish it with steelwool. BTW for me I find that brushing the future on works much better than spraying it on with my airbrush. Also if you plan to do any masking over the foil you need 2 fairly heavy coats of future so it wont lift the foil, and mask using very low tack tape. Sorry to hear about your loss of the decal.
CallSignOwl I see you really have the hang of this foiling thing, looking good. I can see a few very small mistakes that you can fix where the plastic wasn't covered with foil. Just cut some small pieces of foil after applying the glue to it and and places them over the bad spots. After you burnish the model you wont be able to see the patches. You just have to remember not to apply much pressure when you do burnish the foil.
B17pilot I gotta say these builds are looking much better than my first attempt at foiling, and I don't really call the problems issues as much as they are learning curves. It learning an different method of finishing a model. Go for it B17 would love to see a foiled build from you.
yeah, same here...I just began to burnish them down a bunch. I think the Future helps a bit too. But I'm not gonna be picking at the plane, that's for sure!
Sweet, same way as me, how are you finding it? i found it was hard to get the very corners to stick properly. especially during handling. they tend to pull up a little if you handle it too much.
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Scorpiomikey Just out of curiosity, what kinda foil are you using? Is if the brand name BMF self adhesive stuff? Or is it just foil using the microscale foil adhesive like i did?
Just out of curiosity, what kinda foil are you using? Is if the brand name BMF self adhesive stuff? Or is it just foil using the microscale foil adhesive like i did?
I'm using the store brand "Great Value Aluminum Foil" that came in a 75 SqFt roll for about $3---with the Microscale adhesive.
well, then I guess it is up to me to keep things rolling!
More foil pics, Im slowly inching closer to completion!
Yeah the forums have been a little quiet these past few days...
Shes looking good owl. sorry for my small leave of absence (again) My partner crashed her car on thursday evening. total write off. Shes ok, if a little bruised up from the seatbelt. Still waiting on the police report to see whos fault it was (im picking his because he ran a red light but refuses to admit thats what he did) Get the new car wednesday hopefully.
Hopefully my life will actually settle down and the gods of misery will leave me alone for a few months lol.
Also forgot to mention. The F-100 is looking good. Put the big decal on the tail using microsol and it all curled up. I should have put some future or something down first. Oh well. learning curve. Im hoping to fix it tonight. then its the fiddly bits and i should be home and hosed.
yeah, it does seem to be the season to get a cold/flu-bug. I'm starting to get the sniffles myself!
I got a bit more accomplished! The framing on the windscreen went nicely. I was able to get the foil around the nose. It just took a few slashes in the stuff to get it to conform to the curve, but nothing too hard!
Owl - I've been offline dealing with a sick kid most of the weekend...haven't caught it so far, thankfully. The foil looks like it's coming along...
Gerald - Gladly! You can find find downloadable/linkable versions of the Wildcat HERE and HERE.
Be sure to send me pics of your Talonized Wildcat so I can post it up on my sites! Stunning -cats!
Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt
http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/
"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."
Hello? Where did everybody go?
am getting the hang of this foiling business--I have gotten the tops of the wings done! There is defiantly a learning curve between the two wings. the Second one looks much better to me.
Aggieman Very nice work on your 'Cats, Doogs
Very nice work on your 'Cats, Doogs
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