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Post by wing_nut on Oct 27, 2015 7:15:00 GMT -5
Andy, Bill... thanks guys. The blue was my use of Tru-Color paint. I thinned with regular lacquer and it really sprayed nice and smooth. The coverage was amazing.
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Post by Leon on Oct 27, 2015 7:36:11 GMT -5
Really shaping up nicely Marc!
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Post by JimD on Oct 27, 2015 8:45:42 GMT -5
Scootin' right along.
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Post by Tojo72 on Oct 27, 2015 11:07:50 GMT -5
Nice looking shade of blue
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Post by Bat242 on Oct 27, 2015 12:55:05 GMT -5
She's looking pretty good. I'm just surprise that Hasegawa have not came out with the TA-4 or the OA-4. |
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Post by wing_nut on Oct 27, 2015 17:56:27 GMT -5
Hey guys... thanks for the comments.
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Post by doogsatx/ on Oct 27, 2015 23:24:27 GMT -5
She's looking pretty good. I'm just surprise that Hasegawa have not came out with the TA-4 or the OA-4. They've got a TA-4 - or a few boxings of it - but they're always staggeringly expensive. |
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Post by wing_nut on Oct 28, 2015 6:58:41 GMT -5
Had to do a little repainting I started in with the decals at the tail. Got the NAVY on there and as I was getting ready to add the sweeping white graphic I asked myself, " Hey self... How did he get the white to show up on a white rudder?" The reply was, "YA DOPE... they made it visible by having a blue rudder!" I guess looking at so many A4's and the norm was white control surfaces I just did it without thinking. The little bit of red adds a bit of pizzazz. I mentioned the Tru-Color coverage being great. The tail is over black and the rudder over white and that's just one pass coat. No difference at all in the hue.  |
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Post by Leon on Oct 28, 2015 7:58:26 GMT -5
Nice work on the repaint Marc!
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Post by wing_nut on Oct 29, 2015 11:01:56 GMT -5
Thanks Leon. Light at the end of he tunnel for the bird. Then I can concentrate on ordnance.   So if we cover a model with wash... how come it ends up dirty  |
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Post by Leon on Oct 29, 2015 11:05:50 GMT -5
WOW...the marking look great Marc!
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Post by wbill76 on Oct 29, 2015 11:51:18 GMT -5
So if we cover a model with wash... how come it ends up dirty For the same reason you park your car in a driveway...  Looking good with those markings on Marc. Glad you solved the mystery of the rudder before it was too late.  |
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Post by wing_nut on Oct 29, 2015 16:23:06 GMT -5
Thanks guys. I am pretty happy that I went with that scheme. I really like that shade of blue.
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Post by Tojo72 on Oct 30, 2015 6:07:33 GMT -5
Ah decaling......my favorite part of a/c
coming alive,assuming an identity,looks great.
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Post by wing_nut on Oct 30, 2015 10:12:03 GMT -5
Thanks Anthony. I agree 100% about getting the decal applied. Beside an aircraft I am thinking only the guys that build race cars get that feeling. You don't hear an armor guy sticking 2 balkencreuz on the side of a turret say, "Yeah baby, now you're starting to look like something." Now before all you 100% armor guys jump all over me... I build armor too  You don't know what decaling is until you've stenciled a modern jet fighter. I may take an afternoon off to count the NO STEP decals on my F-15 |
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Post by dupes on Oct 30, 2015 18:50:22 GMT -5
Ooooooooh...looking good with the stickers on, buddy!
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Post by TRM on Oct 30, 2015 21:48:06 GMT -5
Looking great Marc!! Some nice work on the markings!!  |
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Post by wing_nut on Oct 31, 2015 7:55:19 GMT -5
Marc, Todd... thanks guys.
Last night I realized a mistake. I never painted the flaps and leading edge slats. Should have been done at the same time as everything else to go thru the process and end up looking the same.The red parts i am not to concerned with but the white on the flaps doesn't quite match the over all color of the underside. Again, on the bottom and less concerned. But the slats are right out there.
But the missiles and the MER looks SWEEEEET!
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Post by mustang1989 on Oct 31, 2015 8:15:22 GMT -5
That plane is really coming to life now Marc.  |
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Post by wing_nut on Oct 31, 2015 8:36:47 GMT -5
Thanks Mustang
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Post by wing_nut on Nov 1, 2015 8:46:08 GMT -5
I used the black basing, well, green basing in this case, to get some tones in the olive drab. Works even on the little bits. The yellow stripe decal were not be very cooperative to say the least. As long as the bombs were on toothpicks I chucked 'em in the Dremel and just had to touch the end with a brush of yellow.   I replaced the cables on the MER and got it painted and stenciled. Is it accurate? Accuracy schmaccuracy, dunno if it's accurate or not but it look cool. Too bad it will be underneath. Have I said recently how cool bullpups are?  |
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Post by Leon on Nov 1, 2015 11:15:04 GMT -5
WOW....Ordinance look great Marc! |
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Post by dupes on Nov 1, 2015 17:42:00 GMT -5
Oh yeah. Tasty stuff there! I'm going to need to try the dremel-ordinance-painting method (although usually things go shooting off when I try that).
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Post by wbill76 on Nov 1, 2015 19:25:14 GMT -5
Can't argue with that load-out Marc!
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Post by wing_nut on Nov 2, 2015 16:10:31 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2015 16:18:23 GMT -5
Sweet build, very impressive.
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Post by Leon on Nov 2, 2015 16:28:52 GMT -5
Great finish Marc! Really looks fantastic. |
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Post by doogsatx/ on Nov 2, 2015 16:30:51 GMT -5
The thing I found really useful on my Scooter was drilling out the bombs and TERs and installing metal pins. Frustrating thing with every MER I've tried in 1/48, though is that they seem to be underscale, and if you try to mount, say, Mk.20 Rockeyes fore and aft, they don't fit unless you move the mount locations on the bombs (and I'm assuming they don't have fore and aft-specific bombs in the inventory...)  |
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 2, 2015 16:36:38 GMT -5
That looks really good Marc. I like the look with all the loadout. |
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Post by wing_nut on Nov 2, 2015 16:44:28 GMT -5
Demon, Leon mustang... thanks guys.
Doogs, I ended up cutting off both mounts on the bombs since 1, they didn't line up with the rack and 2. if i tried to line them up with either of the bomb mounts they still didn't fit, so there is a lot of fudge factor going on there.
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Looking good with those markings on Marc. Glad you solved the mystery of the rudder before it was too late. 
You don't know what decaling is until you've stenciled a modern jet fighter. I may take an afternoon off to count the NO STEP decals on my F-15 
