Eduard F-8 Crusader

[franky boy]

Hi everyone

 

Hot on the heels of last nights update here’s another one.

 

The light gull grey is on. Again from humbrol. This one was a little thinner in the tin than the white so didn’t need quite as much thinning but has still gone on ok. I may need to do one more blend layer but I’ll see what it looks like in the morning as I want to end up with something that looks fairly well used.

 

 

 

On to the red and black bits next.

 

Comments welcome.

 

 Thanks for looking.

 

James

[trickyrich]

very nice James, she looks great!!! 

[franky boy]

Hi everyone 

 

Decals are on. They’re printed by cartograph so quality is assured.

 

The fun started with two of these monsters on the tail.

 

 

And in progress. They actually went down pretty well with lots of micro set and sol. All of the other decals performed flawlessly.

 

 

And one side of the fuselage finished.

 

 

And the other just requiring the stencils.

 

 

 

And the top of the wing

 

 

This is my favourite.

 

 

Thats all for now.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

James

Edited June 5, 2018 by franky boy

[trickyrich]

wow she looks awesome with the decals on, it's turning into a super nice model, well done! 

[franky boy]

4 hours ago, trickyrich said:

wow she looks awesome with the decals on, it's turning into a super nice model, well done! 

 

Thanks Rich

 

Its a lovely kit, I'd recommend it to most and the decals are great too.

 

 Thanks again

 

James

[Hewy]

Looks great james, makes me want to do one even more, i did a bit of retro enamel painting on a little 72nd gr1 jaguar for the  raf centenary gb, that went down well too, the crusader looks gorgeous though mate, well done so far

Glynn 

[Jabba]

Well done with the decals, those ones on the tail certainly add a splash of colour.

[franky boy]

On 7/9/2018 at 7:17 PM, Hewy said:

Looks great james, makes me want to do one even more, i did a bit of retro enamel painting on a little 72nd gr1 jaguar for the  raf centenary gb, that went down well too, the crusader looks gorgeous though mate, well done so far

Glynn 

Thanks Glynn

 

It is a lovely kit and the Humbrol enamels have sprayed really well. Especially the satin white. Like you say a bit of retro modelling.

 

So on with an update as it's been ages.

 

It's pretty much all together now as you can see below.

 

 

 

The big tail decal settled down really well.

 

 

And last night i began applying an oil wash and some streaking. I want to make it relatively grubby as these aircraft were well used machines.

 

 

 

And some streaking on the underside. This is a little heavier than what shows up in the photo.

 

 

Once the wash is finished i'll give a coat of varnish followed by a filter and some black/brown streaks with the airbrush in various areas.

 

Thanks for looking. This wont be finished by the weekend for the end of the GB but please keep a look out in the RFI section soon.

 

Thanks

 

James

 

 

[Hewy]

Superb james, it really is

Glynn 

[Jabba]

Looking better and better.

[trickyrich]

gee she looks nice!!! I love the finish, the weathering is spot on, a really impressive model!