Official Natural Metal Finish Group Build II

kermit,

As you requested:

fermis you are a Mustang manufacturing machine!

Interesting version of our beloved 'Pony' How about you tackle a 1/48 NMF B-52 to slow you down a bit so the rest of us can get something finished? jk jk jk

Regardless your tireless efforts at the hobby bench are impressive!

I have been bogged down in another quagmire of scratch build details on my 1/48 scale Sherman. Its ready for paint today! Progress will be swift here on in... Hopefully later on in June I can get the boxed P-51 out again!

 Much thanks again!!!

simpilot34

 I hope I'm wrong but the jets on the tips look like they are backwards? The narrower end is usually the exhaust. ramjets are entirely different creatures though!

I thought the same thing, but it is correct.

I said it once, and I'll say it again.  His name is Dr. Fermis..........

Fermis, Both builds look just fine to meVery nice work......

WIP Pics....

Richard expressed interest in building one of these kits so this post is aimed at him....

BTW where is our green furry freind? havn't seen him around for a couple of pages, kinda miss him

Anyway everything was going well with the booms until i glued in the wheel wells, getting them into position pulled the booms a little sideways and out shape....The forward section fits quite well so i used a generous amount of glue and only glued about halfway down...Once the glue is dry i'll heat up the plastic and twist the tails into position, if i only get a 50% improvement that will be enough and i'll force it the rest of the way....It should be an easy fix...

This pic is a little fuzzy but you can see how twisted it is......

Fermis they are looking GREAT!!!!! Sorry to hear about the hassle with the decals but still a very nice job with them!!!! I hope I'm wrong but the jets on the tips look like they are backwards? The narrower end is usually the exhaust. ramjets are entirely different creatures though!

fermis

I think I pass the blame unfairly.  Trying to get a flat decal around a complex curve is a pain. I ended up having to slice the decal four checkers deep around the nose. I had to do the same thing with monograms decals as well(years ago). Several applications of micro-sol got em down, a tad wrinkley, but down. A fair amount of touch up paint was in order to fill in around the exaust and lower nose areas. Same deal on the wingtips, although I didn't do any slicing. My main beef about em is at the back end on the bottom of the nose checkers. I just brush painted a few more checkers and red outline all the way back to the gear doors. Don't know if that is correct, but it looks better, IMHO.

 I think I was just in a bad mood. The decals aint all that bad!

Fermis, I like your Mustang build and give you credit for trying BBD. I chickened out of messin' with that checkboard decal scheme for my current Revell build. And man, you sure can crank out the work. Makes me feel like I'm standing still (which sometimes I am).

I think I pass the blame unfairly.  Trying to get a flat decal around a complex curve is a pain. I ended up having to slice the decal four checkers deep around the nose. I had to do the same thing with monograms decals as well(years ago). Several applications of micro-sol got em down, a tad wrinkley, but down. A fair amount of touch up paint was in order to fill in around the exaust and lower nose areas. Same deal on the wingtips, although I didn't do any slicing. My main beef about em is at the back end on the bottom of the nose checkers. I just brush painted a few more checkers and red outline all the way back to the gear doors. Don't know if that is correct, but it looks better, IMHO.

 I think I was just in a bad mood. The decals aint all that bad!

Fermis they look pretty darn good to me there buddy I too have a set of SS decals for BBD, may I ask what you didnt like about them ?

 I used Model Master, metallizer, aluminum buffing. Then a coat of metallizer sealer, decals, sealer again. I don't usually use the sealer, but my pre-paint prep was horrible. It did help (only help, not eliminate) the imperfections. I'll try to pick my pic. angles carefully to hide all the crap!

 Anyway, here's where they are now.

 B-B-D decals are from super-scale, I was not impressed!!!

 Tis it, for a few days anyway!

48, With my Mustangs i wet sanded with 1200grit and then applied a couple of coats of future before laying down the alclad11, when that had dried i noticed a grainy are in the wingroot where the allclad had dried before hitting the model so i rubbed it out with a soft cloth(flannel) and then i gave it a heavy coat of future to seal it in...After that declals.......

fermis or anyone,

Are you going to what sand between coats?

What brand of NMF are you going to use?

Do you lay a clear coat down over the NMF before you place the decals?

Thanks

Holy crap Fermis, that's amazing progress!

I can't believe how fast and how well you build, it's mind boggling!

 Thanks guys!!! I do view sleep as a HUGE waste of time!!! Modeling is about the only thing (with the exception of deer hunting) that I can focus on for hours on end.

Randy, the ramjets are included in the kit, they are fairly rough, nothing a bit of sanding can't take care of though.

 Got em both painted, very disappointing, so I went with the "sealer" to help hide a ton of flawed areas. Came out less than superb. Ramjet is all decaled, starting on B-B-D. Will have some pics for ya tonight.

fermis,

Giddyup! Those look really nice and heading to the paint "stable" soon!

Julez,

Beautifully done on the office.

Wow- Fermis- I can't believe how fast you got those together! They look great. Don't you sleep?

Rob

Randy, Yeah buddy this is the Academy kit, i read a reveiw which stated that the Academy is a better fit than the Has but i don't know first hand....It's already obvious to me that there are some fit issues mainly with the nose and i'm expecting to have to rescripe the diagonal gun panel seam...suprisingly the booms seem to be ok, i spent about 90 min on each of them sanding and tesfitting untill i had a reasonable fit which will be fairly easy to fix up with a line of putty....It's a far cry from the putty fight i was expecting...

Fermis your paternal twins are looking really good, still cant get over how fast and well you build. Did the ramjets come with the kit or are those AM. It sorta resembles the Mustang Cavalier that was offered on the general market after WWII.

Oooooo your stable is looking nice Fermis!!!!! Looking forward to seeing them shiny!!!!!

 Got em all assembled, just about ready to make shiny.

I left the control surfaces alone on the ramjet bird(out of laziness!!!)

The other (Big Beautiful Doll), I repositioned the elevators and removed the flaps, they will be replaced with resin, (saving the resin elevators and rudder for a future Tamiya build)

Had to do some carving on the flaps to make em fit. The package says "for Hasegawa kit", but it took a fair amount of trimming and reshaping.

The one on the left has been fixed to fit.

Julez72 thats a really really nice start you have going there, the pit looks fantastic I have to admit never seeing the Hasegawa offering of the P-38, I have built the Revell version. Just a comment but the Hasi kit looks a lot like the Revell offering but with lots more detail. I would like to see if it has the same fit issues too, and hope it doesn't. The booms on the Revell kit and the nose were a nightmare, took a tube of putty to fill the gaps and canyons errr seams.

Julez that office is really nice!!! Looking forward to seeing more!!!

kermit,

Will send photo's soon!

Hi Frank,

Hope all is well in Badgerland.

Mano-a-mano on the F-86F's. Now I have to really pay attention to details since I know who I am up against!

To what everyone else said.....Richard, Rob, 48. Great work.

Richard, No Buddy i don't play that game, came across that P-47 pic doing a google image search.....

WIP'S.........

The academy pit isn't that bad and went together fairly well....Just need to give it a shot with flat clear to blend it all in.....

kermit

IBuild148,

Wonderful choices for your first NMF builds I do like your taste.

. Looking forward to your build progress reports buddy.

Richard

 

Cant wait to see your progress pictures

Maxfax I thought that was the Tamiya kit but wasn't positive, the front page is updated and thanks.

Daywalker no problem Sir your build is changed I would like to see the MiG though so let me know when you build it ?

Great looking work Rob, that R-2800 looks ready to run!

Randy- If it is OK with you, I would like to switch my build for this GB to Hasegawa's 1/48 F-86F-30 Sabre.  I found one I had started years ago that I want to finish, this ought to be the catalyst!  All I have done so far is glue the intake and exhaust together.  Hope that is OK!