"Century series Jets" GB 2014-2015 * CLOSED *

Have to agree, the red does look so cool!

Theuns

Tks B1....lewbud, hopefully you choose the Bicentennial markings. They are striking and so unusual. My next 106 will hopefully be that one for sure.

That dart is looking gooooood!

Nice color scheme, the red really pops.  Got the seams where the fuselage and wings meet filled, should be sanded later this evening.  Closed off the missile bay doors using the kit parts, going to take a LOT of putty to fill and make it smooth.  Going to loose a lot of panel detail during sanding.  Now I know why the guy on Britmodeler did a full re-scribe.  Now I have to decide which markings I'm going to go with: the speed record(very colorful), the Bicentennial (if they're any good), or a chase plane for the B-1 program.

Here's the red detail:

Thanks lewbud...it was a fun project. Good looking wing fences Mach, they stand out nice. Mine will be more red on the wingtips, but, red wing fences too.  I managed to get the missile bay, landing gear and airbrakes done. Also got the black nose painted. Going to move on to the red paint on the wings, wing fences and vert stab. Oh, FINALLY got to use yellow zinc chromate!!! Love this colour in the landing gear bays, very different.

Rob, that 105 looks great. B-1, nice work on the Monogram classics.  Liking the work on the Duece, Mach!  Slowly getting everything together.  I must have gotten a first or second run of this kit as it has wing fences on the leading edges rather than the slots.  The kit fits surprisingly well for it's generation.  As boxed, it comes with markings for the Bicentennial " Freedom Bird" and I'm tempted to see if they're any good after thirty plus years.  Pics will probably be up tomorrow or the next day.

A tiny bit of progress. I painted the wing fences red.

Ok gents, B1's officially ON FIRE!! Added his awesome build to Wall. Great to see you sporting the badge!!

Welcome mailwalker, looking forward to some WIP.

Thanks Theuns

Stunning 106 you made there mate!

@ mailwalker, welcome :-)

Theuns

B1, very nice 106!

I love it.

Thanks all, this kit went wayyyyyyy smoother than that 104 did.

Rob the last pic will be great, thanks.

B1, nice job on the 106! Looks fantastic!

B1....holy wicked awesome job on that 106!! Well done....those markings are just stellar and i love the sheen. She looks like she just rolled out of Convair's plant!! Love it. Now, which photo do you want on the Wall of Fame?? My vote's for the last pic, but, that's just me 

Please put me on the list.

Monogram 1:48 F-100D Super Sabre

Mike

I am calling this 106 done! I was going to do a dragchute, but realized if I did that I would have nowhere to put this build since it would increase the length of the model by alot. When I get more room I will re-visit the idea. But here she is.

The biggest thing with alclad is to first know that it is NOT as hard as people think it is!

Second is to have an absolutely perfect smooth finish for the paint.

Spray it up in light coats (round 12-15 psi) untill you get the look you want.

Here is a link to the NMF GB I did, my Hun is a few posts down.

cs.finescale.com/.../154399.aspx

I did not use different tones of alclad, just gloss black base. Then did about 3-4 light coats to get a dark allu look. Masked off a few panels and did 3 more coats to lighten the rest.

A claercoat of alclad semi matt used to seal it all.

I usually spray lacure thinners to clean the brush, then a cup of turpentine to lubricate the neede before I put it away.

Theuns

I will defiantly get some and give it a try. I have a B47 I've been neglecting because of its finish. I'll have to finally build it next year for the Boeing build.

Steve

Thanks Steve. Yes it's a specialty lacquer paint. The gloss black is used for the high shine Alclads like chrome and polished aluminum. You can use white or grey primers for the non high shine Alclads.

The Hun will look super in NM, specially the heat  discoloration around the engine.

PJ that looks great! I was going to do my F100 in camo because I absolutely STINK at silver. But now I will have to rethink this. So you paint gloss black as a primer and then add Alclad? I've never herd of it before. is that a specialty paint?

Steve

Rob Sherman

plasticj...how do you clean out the airbrush after use, and, I hear the fumes can be quite intense?

plasticj...how do you clean out the airbrush after use, and, I hear the fumes can be quite intense?

Thanks guys. I'm very pleased how it came out.

Yup, we all suffer such dry spells, eh?

Theuns

Like I told Steve.....come on in..the water's fine!

I will update the front page.

Theuns

Wow plasticj, that is spectacular. It really is not that difficult, eh? I gotta bite on this. I think the challenge for me though is getting the products.  Not easy to find at my local HS.

Wiccan..we are going till May 15, so, lot's of time!!

I definitely want to get in on this! But I want to finish up a couple of other GB's first! I'm pretty "stretched out" right now!!  

Wow, you guys are moving at the speed of light with your builds and all looking great.

Finally was able to spray the Voodoo.

I shot Testors gloss black in the small bottle

Then shot Alclad polished aluminum then masked and picked off some panels with Alclad white aluminum. The flash reflected off the polished Alclad making things brighter than in reality.

It looks like actual metal

The tanks are very shiny

I still have to pick out some more panels and mask for the darker exhaust area at the lower rear of the fuselage. This is very time consuming but the results are super! The trick to Alclad is not to use any putty, polishing out the plastic helps and a glass smooth gloss primer application is a must.

Welcome TAD, you have been added to the Wall of Fame as well!! Looking forward to your WIP.