Mark Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 This one is almost straight from the box apart from the addition of some of the CMK resin set which replaced the gun bays, cockpit and nose gear retraction leg. Other than that it was pretty much straight out of the box including the decals, which represent the subject of the box art, F-84G Thunderjet FS-271 of 508th SFW based at Turner AFB in 1956. I know that the gun bay cover should be hinged at the front, but for the purposes of the photos this was left unattached and I think that the ladder should be zinc chromate yellow, which I'll re paint at some stage before she goes into the display cabinet. Other than that I am quite happy with the way she's turned out and welcome any comments, good, bad or down right ugly! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Shiny and nice. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Nice one! Love those 50s USAF jets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Beautiful! All polished up for the general's inspection… Top marks! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinj Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Very nice foil or paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 hooo shiny, lovely finnish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) Thanks for the comments chaps. I used Alclad for the finish and as I wanted this one to be nice and clean, I used Alclad's black primer followed by Chrome as the base coat. Various panels were picked out in Polished Aluminium and White Aluminium. The jet exhaust are was sprayed with a light dusting of Dark Aluminum to show a little discolouration around that area. I've got rather fond of these 1950's USAF aircraft too, they certainly brighten up the modelling bench! Edited March 3, 2013 by Busdriver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Fox Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Veerrry nice. Inspiration to finally start spraying my 1:32 Thunderjet. Lovely job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Crackin build and paint job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Blimey - that's shiny! Excellent job with the Alclad! atb Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady72 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Excellent NMF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 Thank you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnylurve Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Wow, wow, wow! Stupendously good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 very nice Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasticbutcher Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Lovely finish there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrritableRabbit Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Ooh! Shiny. And tidy. And nicely put together. And did I say shiny? Like yourself, I like the fifties and into sixties for some of the smashing colour applied to NMF aircraft. Thanks for posting, and like Tango Fox, this inspires me to go try one myself, except in 1/72nd scale of course. Tamiya, Academy or Italeri though? Mmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfpack Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Goody, another SAC bird. W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Very nice mark. Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingpiggy Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Very nice is that paint or bare metail foil... Stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 That is a lovely finish Mark on what is a great kit from Tamiya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Very nice is that paint or bare metail foil... Stunning Hi! It's Alclad II over a base coat of Alclad gloss black primer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Quijano Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Nice finish! Looks beautiful. Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Really, really nice and great photos too. Love those early era jets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri48 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I bet it sits pride of place in the display cabinet......and rightly so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W. Balmer Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 One of the nicest metal finishes Ive seen in a while! Top drawer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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