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Official Airline to the Holyland - El Al Boeing 737-800
Luke1199 replied to Luke1199's topic in Give Peace A Chance GB
Hi folks, small update on this build. I'm switching kits and moving over to the more recent Zvezda 737-800 kit. I've had a few issues with the Revell kit and resin winglets and given how expensive the El Al decals are I'd rather use them on a more quality kit. The kit arrived earlier today and I cracked straight on- ended up getting the bulk of the construction done. The kit has been lovely to build, fit has been great and there's not going to be much sanding and filling needed. It also includes the original wing and two winglet options so it's very versatile too. Hopefully have it ready for paint in the next few days! -
1/48 F-16C βBarakβ 105 Tayeset (Scorpion) Squadron
Luke1199 replied to trickyrich's topic in F-16 Fighting Falcon STGB3
Good to see another Barak, Rich! I'll follow along with this and see what I have to look out for with mine π -
Hi folks, all ready for the GB now. Decals finally came (all the way from Serbia)! Looking at them they clearly have the thin film covering the decals, according to the manufacturer, they just need leaving for a few hours and the film will peel off leaving a lovely painted on look. Also found some images of my airframe on F-16.net - including the airframe history which confirms it was delivered as a Block 15, and is currently active as a Block 20 AM. Looking forward to this build and seeing everyone else's work!
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P-51D Mustang - Swiss Air Force
Luke1199 replied to Luke1199's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
I had heard stories of tape leaving behind residue so left plenty drying time and kept it on for as short a time as possible, but yeah I had very little paint lift. I'll definitely be using them again moving forward! -
Luke1199 started following Fw-190A (80235) , P-51D Mustang - Swiss Air Force , F-16C Barak - Kinetic and 2 others
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Hi folks, first kit of the year complete. This is Tamiya's P-51D Mustang in Swiss Air Force markings (Xtradecal). This was my first go at using Vallejo Metal Color paints to hopefully improve my NMFs- they're very easy to use but very fragile and care is needed when holding the model. Here are the photos: P-51D Mustang - Swiss Air Force, Dubendorf, 1951. Thanks for looking in!
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I'll throw a second build up for this GB now. I have Kinetic's older tool F-16C Barak, got this as a birthday present a while back and added some AM parts. Undecided on which aircraft I'll be building, I had bought the Reskit weapons to build this as a 101 Squadron Barak during Operation Swords of Iron. But, looking through the Isradecal instructions the 115 Squadron aircraft have bright red drop tanks which look fantastic. It'll also be interesting to compare the old and new tooling of the Kinetic kits. Thanks for looking in!
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Hi all, started this kit earlier and it absolutely flew together- very nice fit overall. The Fw-190 unfortunately is the complete opposite so I'm going to focus all my energy at this and maybe circle back around to the 190. Just need to clean up the spine and it's ready for primer!
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Thanks for that information, Bob. I had noticed looking through the instructions that a number of steps were filling or removing parts meant for other F-16 variants. Luckily a number of PAF airframes went throught the MLU programme including the airframe seen in option E. As for the decals this is the first time I've seen them too, they appear to have a similar film to the new generation eduard decals which can be removed to give the decals a more painted-on look, so looking forward to trying them out- there isn't a lot of PAF decals out there for F-16s unfortunately.
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Hi folks, given there's an F-104 GB and a twin engine GB (for which I have a MiG-19) I thought why not have a PAF theme to my GB builds this year. I have Kinetic's F-16A gold edition for this build, the recent retool. I've heard good things about these recent Kinetic kits so looking forward to this kit. And for the decals I have a set by Uprise for PAF F-16A's. I like the high-vis markings of option E, which happens to be one of the airframes upgraded to MLU standard. I have the Quinta Studio decal set for this build too. Looking forward to this GB, thanks for looking in!
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Hebrew Hammer - Meng F-4E 'Kurnass'
Luke1199 replied to Luke1199's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Hello all, been chipping away at this build the past few days. Started by finally spraying the nose cone. A big reason I chose this airframe was the worn underside so I used some pre-shading to add some discolouration to the paintwork. This was then enhanced with AK weathering pencils. I'll also use some oils later in the build to further enhance this. Next step is the pylons and fuel tanks, they are also quite worn and busy so more weathering ahead. Edging closer to the dreaded stencils now! Thanks for looking in!- 16 replies
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Official Airline to the Holyland - El Al Boeing 737-800
Luke1199 replied to Luke1199's topic in Give Peace A Chance GB
Hi all, making a start on this one now. First step was some minor plastic surgery to prepare the wings for the resin winglets. Fuselage went together no issue and with the wings dry fitted it looks like this- The winglets need blending in more once the glue has had plenty time to dry and solidify, there's a gap at the wing root too which will need filler but aside from that it's been a very straightforward build so far!- 5 replies
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A little progress on the Fulcrum, engines painted and installed. Gloss and decals next, not a lot of markings on these KPAAF aircraft so should be straightforward.
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Hi all, second build for this GB, the Bf109K-4. A more recent boxing so fingers crossed the decals will be good.
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Hi folks, don't usually do these classic GBs but an Ebay seller I occasionally buy from had the two kits listed and I've never built a Heller kit. This boxing is from the 80s so I'll see how the decals are looking when they arrive, I'm happy to get some AM if needed. Looking forward to it, thanks for looking in!
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That's a lot of sprues to keep track of π , I'll see how productive I'm feeling! I've just picked up the Kinetic Gold MLU boxing with some Ukrainian decals. Sorely tempted to start it now but I'll save it for the GB.