Special Wingdings GB - April 2012 ~ Sept 2013

Well she's a big girl, got her sewn together. Nice to have the seam underneath and not cutting the fuselage in two!

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Masking complete. This took quite a longtime to do but because the F-117A utilises non-reflective radar technology, the panels and shapes are all straight and saw toothed with no curves. made it much easier to mask. Also decided there wasn't a tight enough seal between the canopy and office sill. I decided to paint the canopy separate and mask off the office.

Also the exhausts ports are painted matt black but the plane will be painted in tyre black. The subtle blue shade matches the real planes skin quite nicely.

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             Quick update on the Corsair ,,, fuselage taking shape,,,

                                Thanks for lookin!! 

You guys want paint?? You got it!

almost 3 pots worth. I did the underneath with Tamiya XF-85 Tyre Black but wasn't that happy with the finish. I did the top with Mr.Colour H77 which is Rubber black and has a nicer sheen to it. Once this dries I'll apply gloss coat for the decals.

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Well all of the hard work with masking sure paid off. I'm very pleased with the results. Here is the underneath.

Only 2 decals to go on the bottom then I'll attach all of the greeblies before decalling the top. I want to avoid resting this bird upside down so as not to upset the paint work on the top.

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Here's the top view of the Nighthawk. I must say the inclusion of PE intake grills from Trumpeter is awesome. It's hard to convey in a photo but if you look at just the right angle, you can see the intake fan sitting back behind the grill. The other PE parts were not see through so it really gives the model a boost. I tried to photograph this but couldn't get it

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That's some real great work you guys!
It's kinda of sad that nobody's reacting on this great progress...
Just keep it up!

Casper, do I see part of an amazing aircraft stash under that desk?

With regards, Ninetalis.

Yeah Ninetalis, great work everyone! Great looking cockpit, handiabled

Ninetalis

Casper, do I see part of an amazing aircraft stash under that desk?

Afraid not, they're already built.

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Ok, this bird is done!

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Wow, that looks fantastic Casper. I love the surface texture.

                     What a great build ,, and fast too ,,, looks excellent! 

Handi the Corsair office looks awesome,very nicely done Sir!

Casper the stealth looks great!

Nice work Casper, that's another great model for the Group Build!

With regards, Ninetalis.

Thanks for the feedback guys. It always helps! I really enjoyed this kit, not quite as intricate or puzzle like as a Tammy in this scale but fun nonetheless and looks great OOB

Here's a shot next to my Phantom II F-D

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Nice work guys.

Handi - The Corsair is coming along nicely. Keep it up! 

Casper - Another great build. Both are nice additions to the collection. Now you've done two great builds and I'm barely out of the gate with my Tomcat. 

whew! Seems like forever since Ive posted an update, but life happens I guess

Since my Mig was gonna be all folded-wingy, I decided it needed an arrestor rook. I scratched this out of an old paper clip and very fine wire

next it was off the the paint box!

Wings and such attached, ready for gloss

While decaling, I snapped off one of the wing spikes into oblivion. So I made a replacement from sprue. Perfect match!

Im getting close to the finish line!!

Nice! Your wing spikey thingy will show up when you don't need it. 

                           Lookin great Owl ,,  a little further on the Corsair,,

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                                       A little further,,   

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Thanks for Looking?

Thanks for POSTING!

Griffin

Thanks for Looking?

Thanks for POSTING!

                                             Thanks Griffin!  Means alot!!   Painted her stars and bars on ,,,,on to the gunbays and landing gears ,,,, more to come

                                                       Thanks again for lookin!!

She's coming along nicely! I like the subtle shading you've achieved.

                           Hello All , and thanks again Griffin ,,, here are todays additions so far ,, getting to the nitpicky stuff so the finish line is close ,,,

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                              Hello All !   Been busy on the main gears ,,,  getting there,,

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Thats a stunning look build, and a big sucker as well.

Sorry if i missed the reason, but how come you have painted the insignia.

Bish

Thats a stunning look build, and a big sucker as well.

Sorry if i missed the reason, but how come you have painted the insignia.

                    Thanks for the kind words Bish ,,, I knew that part of the insignia would cross over the open gunbays and I rather suck at making decals form around openings as such ,, so I figured what the heck ,,,

Thats a good enough reason as any. I did wounder if the white might not work well on the darker background. You have done a damn fine job painting them.

                                Thank you Bish ,,, I've seen much of your stunning work and coming from you that means alot my friend ,,,  thanks again ,,,  more to come ,,,,,,um  soon    

                                                 Hello All,,  She's done!!   On to the next ,,,,,,,,,,,

                                             As always , Many thanks for lookin!! 

Like it Handiabled, like it a lot. The F4U is becoming one of my favourite aircraft.

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Tony