F-32 Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Looking really good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) Awesome work Markus on the backdating and everything else! I look forward to the colour going on. David. Edited August 27, 2018 by mirageiv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) The colour is going on 😉 Here she is in vallejo white primer: This is also proof that the KASL spine fits really well. For the Mr. Paint orange, the aircraft should be primed in white, since it isn't very opaque, and you would need very thick layers to cover up colour variations or darker base colours. After the primer was cured, I sprayed the first layer, the light orange without any metallic particles: (on the rear, near the exhaust, I already sprayed a little bit of the metallic top coat) Cheers, Markus Edited September 12, 2018 by Delayar 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgas Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Nice progress. Thanks for the paint tips - I'm taking notes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Thanks! After the base orange was dry, I shot the metallic orange. the darker orange fits perfectly to the colour of the Syhart decals. I sprayed the arresting hook area and the inside of the ventral strakes in this colour. After that, I carfully masked the orange parts to paint the black parts. In most areas, the boundaries of the black areas are marked by decals, so the outline don't have to be masked exactly. The grey IFF antenas have been painted by brush. Now it is ready to receive the black decals. Cheers, Markus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgas Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Looking good. Can you tell me what else needs painting in the darker orange? I was wondering how necessary it was to purchase and if it was not much more than the paint you need if you want to paint the lion yourself instead of using decals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 Hi! I can't tell you yet. Theoretically, everything you need is on the decal sheet. When I applied the decal to the front wheel door, I found out that the decals are not sized for the Tamiya kit. So I will try out if the decals on the fuselage side behind the wings fit. I will tell you of my results. Cheers, Markus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted September 26, 2018 Author Share Posted September 26, 2018 The black trims and a clearcoat are on. The aircraft is now ready for the dark orange lions: Cheers, Markus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 The decals are on at last. This was by no means easy, as the decals are very fragile and need a lot of decal softener to conform to the surface details. Also, they seem to be not specifically sized to the Tamiya kit. But thankfully, there is enough sheet decal material in the darker orange to compensate for too small areas. The only issue is that the decals are not completely opaque, so if they overlap, the overlap areas are darker than the rest. Now a gloss clearcoat will follow. Cheers, Markus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgas Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 That's looking really good Markus. Coming together nicely now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 Thank you! Cheers Markus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Hi! Some other projects in the last weeks prevented me from working on any models. In the meanwhile, the gloss coat over the decals had anough time to dry, so I could do some detail painting, like the metal doors and mesh areas on the belly. The position light on top of the vertical tail was made from a clear sprue. For the A, it is more rectangular than for the C. The smokewinders were fitted with little ram air intakes on the bottom between the fins. Also, I did coat the black areas with a semi-gloss coat. I would have finished the aircraft yesterday, but when attaching the jet nozzle, I messed up with the CA glue. The glue settled while the nozzle wasn't pushed in the whole way. Luckily, during the process of extracting the nozzle, only the painting of the exhaust got messed up, the airframe itself remined undamaged. This is a review of how it will be mounted. The base in the picture is just a provisional base, and also the length of the acrylic rod probably will be shorter. I will determine the final length once the exhaust is repainted and fitted. Cheers, Markus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planehazza Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Delayar said: Hi! Some other projects in the last weeks prevented me from working on any models. In the meanwhile, the gloss coat over the decals had anough time to dry, so I could do some detail painting, like the metal doors and mesh areas on the belly. The position light on top of the vertical tail was made from a clear sprue. For the A, it is more rectangular than for the C. The smokewinders were fitted with little ram air intakes on the bottom between the fins. Also, I did coat the black areas with a semi-gloss coat. I would have finished the aircraft yesterday, but when attaching the jet nozzle, I messed up with the CA glue. The glue settled while the nozzle wasn't pushed in the whole way. Luckily, during the process of extracting the nozzle, only the painting of the exhaust got messed up, the airframe itself remined undamaged. This is a review of how it will be mounted. The base in the picture is just a provisional base, and also the length of the acrylic rod probably will be shorter. I will determine the final length once the exhaust is repainted and fitted. Cheers, Markus The metal door in your first photo is the JFS (jet fuel starter) exhaust, so if you have the urge to do weathering on an otherwise squeaky clean show jet, this is a place you can satisfy those urges I feel like my inner voice telling me not to weather has grown an outer voice Back to seriousness, that is looking very nicely done. Looking forward to seeing the finished result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgas Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Nearly there! Looks great. Not wantingto take anything away from your lovely work, but I think your greatest achievement was managing to keep the static dischargers attached, something I've never managed to do with any of my F-16's. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 looking fantastic!! really! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 Thank you. Yes, I htought it was the JFS, but wasn't sure 😉 And I also broke (and lost) two of the static dischargers, luckily, the set included two spares. The one on top of the vertical tail will be attached last. Cheers, Markus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 When installing the static discharger on the tip of the tail, I noticed that there was quite some paint build-up on the other dischargers, which affected their delicate appearance. I therefore carfully stripped them of the paint and repainted them, preserving their detail. I also repainted the exhaust and attached it to the aircraft. It is now finished, i only have to make a nice base. Cheers, Markus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 That's an amazing scheme, fantastic work. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayar Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 Thanks. Markus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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