amason61 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 (edited) Been working on this one that I picked up at the Venice, FL show a couple of weeks ago. It's only my second foray into the world of 32nd scale . . . and this is a nice-fitting kit. Anyway, she's on her legs now and I have some more weathering to do and then I'll gloss coat it and get to the decals. Edited April 24, 2012 by amason61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Excellent work - love the Hunter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periklis_sale Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 good progress my friend! Great painting! :clap2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Well, I suppose it's technically just about still "in progress" ... - and looking very nice. Can I ask a silly question? Why do you have it sat on a block of foam, but still on its own wheels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amason61 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 (edited) Can I ask a silly question? Why do you have it sat on a block of foam, but still on its own wheels? ... so I don't have to squat down so low to check for gear alignment issues when I have it raised on the faom blocks . . . the old knees aren't as limber as they used to be, so I'll take any help I can get! Plus that's where I keep all the tanks and rocket pods, and other little bits inverted on a toothpick... Edited April 24, 2012 by amason61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amason61 Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 first decals are on . . . now to the stenciling . . . yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAR67 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 OO I didn't know Hunters wore glasses! looks very nice though very interesting choice in scheme. Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxical47 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 The glasses, it's an age thing! Like the paint on this, great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amason61 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) 90% of the decals done . . . whew, that was a lot of stencils! Gas bags painted (still need decals on those, too), rocket pods painted and decaled. Started work on the seat - but still more weathering to do there. But she's coming together nicely. My bonehead-move of this build was gluing to two upper halves of the fuel tanks and the two lower halves of the fuel tanks together. Doh! Yep, they sat welded together with Tamiya extra thin for 2 days until I realized my mistake. Out came the exacto blade to force the halve's apart from each tank so I could correctly mate an upper and lower to form two tanks. It wasn't pretty. Lots of filler and sanding later, I have two presentable fuel tanks now. Edited April 26, 2012 by amason61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 this looks fantastic well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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