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SAAB J 29F Pilot Replicas 1/48


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Hi Pekka,

Great job on your J 29 so far. I've got one on my bench too and just started fitting parts and have come across something I was curious how you handled.

On the nose gear bay insert, did you remove the two thin ridges along the side edges before installing it? On mine they cause gaps at the front and rear so I'm considering removing them.

I hope that makes sense.

Cheers,

Eric

Hi, yes I removed them!

/ Regards Pekka

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It's time for Alclad and then some masking. I started with white aluminium.

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For the first time I used Tamiyas masking tape for curves, highly recommended!!

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The different shades are hard to see. I also used dark aluminium, duraluminium and airframe aluminium.

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Since the fit of parts was so great, there were no problems using alclad over the seams.

That´s it for now!

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Thank you exdraken, I think you´re right about the sunlight!

Some more work done, first painting the small intakes on each side of the body. They were in some sort of glass fiber or plastic.

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After that it was time for a few coats of Johnsons polish.

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And as stated earlier, the different panels depends on the angle of the light.

That´s it for now!

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Some more work done!

Painted the dayglo-markings with Mr Color fluorescent red (Gunze white as a primer).

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Fitting the resin pilot in the cockpit.

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Decided to paint the yellow division markings on the nose. I made the masks from Tamiya tape.

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Making the masks for the nose.

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It turned out quite nice.

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Moving on with the rest of the decals. They settled down with very hot water followed by a few layers of Micro sol. Very nice in register.

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I have a few small stencils left...

That´s all for now!

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