speedy Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) Afternoon all, I've had this one in my stash for a few years now which I picked up from ebay for £12 from Northern Ireland. I wanted an A version rather than the later. The model itself had been started but I pulled it apart to start afresh. I used my reference books which proved invaluable and helped me correct the errors. I used a quick boost seat and front FOD guards and I had to purchase some decals as the original 1990 ones were shot. I scratch built the upper FOD guards from plasticard but I'm not 100% happy with the top angle but if I constructed them to be totally flat then the sidewalls would be way out of scale. I won't bore anybody with the changes I made but there were a few. I painted it by mixing those Revell blue pots rather than buy dedicated paints and I've gone for the worn look applying a very watery splash of light grey and the picked out the panels with a dirty wash. The exhaust cans are done with alclad and then weathered with pastels. Static whips are toothbrush hairs, wheels have been ironed. The canopy cover is paper mâché with tamiya tape. The rockets pods were a kind donation from Shaunb from another forum. I'm not particularly good at photography and I have even less interest!. You may notice the port wing is slightly bent and no amount of heat could straighten it. The RBF tags are all home made all taken from the Reference books. Hope you like it Steve. Edited January 26, 2015 by speedy 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Looks great, cracking work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Very nice work, looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 looking fantastic! congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noeyedears Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 love the canopy cover, the ruskies will leave their kit out in all sorts of weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Excellent. The faded look is really effective. Cheers, Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Superb build and paint job, my friend. Thanks for sharing. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Great looking build must be an impressive beast in that scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Excellent job. the weathering is superbly done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Brilliant model! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod bettencourt Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Good stuff! Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed looking. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianm2 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Very nice work indeed. Well done. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire madman Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Very nicely done Steve you will have to bring it into work again soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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