Val Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 (edited) Good afternoon people from a wonderfully sunny Norfolk, Ok. I'm very slow at building kits, and hence this never got finished for the scooter group builds.... The lesson there is I probably shouldn't get involved in them, which is a shame because it's great fun getting involved with everyone on similar builds. When I get a bit quicker.... Anyway, the story so far can be found here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234946329-172-airfix-a-4b-skyhawk/#entry1400745 Now things have moved on a bit. I've missed a few steps, but here we go: and some bits and pieces: Basically, the painting process was preshade (with black), Tamiya matt white on the bottom, destroy preshading as it was too strong, post shade with Tamiya Buff, re-paint with white, paint the top side with Xtracrylix required shade of ghost grey. It was glossed up, decalled (Airfix decals are truly excellent, especially compared to the Tamyia ones I've been using), glossed, washed with Flory's Grime, glossed, oil streaks, Alclad Matt Kote. That's where I'm up to. I'm thinking of adding some streaks with weathering wash as Phil did on his Phantom build on Flory models, but will see....Thank you for looking Val Edited April 1, 2014 by Val Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 A beautiful Skyhawk you have here! Congrats. As for being a slow builder, I am sure you are faster than I will ever be! I love the subdued weathering. Although A-4s can be really dirty underneath, I like it the way you did it. Less is often more. And a great paint job too. Well done. JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Nice work! Don't worry about how fast or slow you model, there was never any prizes awarded for speed in this game. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 Thanks guys hope to get her finished off in the next couple of weeks... We'll see Val Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Nice looking Scooter, Val. Taking your time is paying off! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Looking forward to seeing the finished jet...take all the time you need - definitely worth it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Thanks hopefully it'll be done this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share Posted July 16, 2014 Well, this has been a rubbish build thread! I do apologise! My work room hasn't really been setup for pictures until now. So basically I promise to make sure in the future I do better build threads!She's all finished though:Basically, she's painted with Xtracylics on the top, Tamiya white on the bottom. Weathered extensively with pre shading, post shading, oil paint streaks, Flory Models Grime wash, and also with Dark Dirt for oils streaks. It's a good little kit, this one. I'll do another. In fact, I've got another which I borrowed some slats from as I snapped them off this kit!!Gallery thread to follow.Thanks all for your interest and I promise to be less rubbish in the future!!Val 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share Posted July 16, 2014 Gallery is here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234964264-airfix-172-skyhawk-a-4b/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenCJ Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 She looks great. I would like to build one soon, maybe in RAN livery. Stephen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 Thanks, it's a great little kit, recommended! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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