Nikola Topalov Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) Well gents, My NMF adventure which brought me much joy and many tears (and occasional bursts of anger, frustration and despair) has come to an end. She's finally RFI! This is my first finished NMF model where I experimented and learned A LOT, mostly about what not to do! I hope that the next one will be better since I should now know what I am doing... to some extent. I call this adventure Zen And The Art Of NMF, as I needed a lot of patience, inner peace and tolerance for all the f'ups I made. 😀 It turned out OK in the end, although I should have taken care of details better (I didn't even paint the navigation lights), but I just wanted to get it done in this lifetime and move on to the next build. The Vallejo satin coat definitely killed the sheen more than I intended, but now I know better about the order of painting and how to potentially avoid clear coating over metalizers... At least I hope. For those interested, all my agony and ecstasy can be seen in the WIP thread below: I am not much of a photographer and will have to improve on that. Thanks for looking. Any comments and criticism are more than welcome. Best, Nikola Edited September 14, 2021 by Nikola Topalov 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Raider Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Looks great! I am intimidated by NMF, and dont know how to weather it. You did a splendid job! Also a interesting subject! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellarfrog Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 awesome NMF! nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Great idea and so well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Regardless of everything, it looks great!! Nicely done! Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Topalov Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 Hi guys, The updated photos are at the beginning of the thread. Thanks for looking. Best, Nikola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Topalov Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 Hm, just found this while throwing away the box - Could this be THE Hobby Boss? 🤔😛 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2lefthands Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 This i way beyond OK I really like your weathering. It is convincing because it is irregular 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Topalov Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 On 9/19/2021 at 9:35 AM, 2lefthands said: This i way beyond OK I really like your weathering. It is convincing because it is irregular Thank you very much TLH! Appreciated! Yes, I try to keep weathering of my models irregular and as much natural as I can every time. It just looks better and more interesting to my eye, and more realistic. Not saying that I succeed every time. Best, Nikola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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