Popular Post HartDeco Posted October 10, 2021 Popular Post Posted October 10, 2021 Hi all. My latest aircraft build is Kinetic's 1/48 Starfighter, more specific: the F-104s ASA-M from the Italian airforce. A few aftermarket parts were used like an Eduard seat and instrument panel and a Reskit exhaust. The kit itself is excellent, the decals not so. The few general decals on the sheet are too small and no stencils are present. So, I ordered a declaset from Armycast and stencils from Tauro. I used several photos from the internet to determine the color and eventually decided on MrHobby 325 as the final colour over a black base and several darker colours underneath. Weathering was done with Abteilung 502 oilpaint. Thank you for watching. René 93 7
RidgeRunner Posted October 10, 2021 Posted October 10, 2021 Excellent!!! The queen of the skies . That’s a fantastic build. She looks great. She’d be good in 1/72!!! Giorgio @Giorgio N should like her! Martin 2 1
Nikola Topalov Posted October 10, 2021 Posted October 10, 2021 Beautiful model! Well done man! Paint work and weathering are top notch! Photography is also great. Best, Nikola 1
BerndM Posted October 10, 2021 Posted October 10, 2021 Fantastic F-104. The weathering is a great contrast to the single tone gray scheme. 1
Abandoned Project Posted October 10, 2021 Posted October 10, 2021 Poor thing looks weather beaten! Awesome work. Absolutely fantastic. 1
binbrook87 Posted October 10, 2021 Posted October 10, 2021 Absolutely stunning hooter! The weathering is just mind blowingly realistic! Wow! Great job my friend 👍👍 1
exdraken Posted October 10, 2021 Posted October 10, 2021 Great Spillone! I still remember them operating out of Grosseto airbase when on holiday in Tuskany! Bad decals from Kinetic is a very rare thing lately! they are mostly designed by well known aftermarket companies and printed in top quality... 1
HartDeco Posted October 10, 2021 Author Posted October 10, 2021 27 minutes ago, exdraken said: Great Spillone! I still remember them operating out of Grosseto airbase when on holiday in Tuskany! Bad decals from Kinetic is a very rare thing lately! they are mostly designed by well known aftermarket companies and printed in top quality... The quality is excellent but the research is not unfortunately. 1
exdraken Posted October 10, 2021 Posted October 10, 2021 10 minutes ago, HartDeco said: The quality is excellent but the research is not unfortunately. hmmm I actually do not have the kit yet (a bit difficult to get Kinetic kits in Europe at decent prices currently.... ) from the review here: https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/kin/kit_kin_48093.shtml printed by Cartograf, quality is assured! I have never heared of 104Graphs before.... they look good actually,... but as you say,hardly any stencils... I kind of like the idea about the nose cone anti glare panel and stencils... of course I cannot say annything about the size of the markings! Skydecals had an opposite problem in their markings alegedly being way too big.... I have those somewhere of course 1
dov Posted October 10, 2021 Posted October 10, 2021 Excellent! Perfect done. Weathering is absolut perfect! How did you achieve this result? Happy modelling 1
HartDeco Posted October 10, 2021 Author Posted October 10, 2021 1 hour ago, dov said: Excellent! Perfect done. Weathering is absolut perfect! How did you achieve this result? Happy modelling Thank you. I started with a black primer and the used multiple very diluted paint coats in slightly different shades of grey. This gives the variety in colours. I made a wash of oilpaint mixed with white spirit and brushed it all over the model, not only the panel lines. Then I wiped the excess wash off and presto, a dirty plane. René 1
Electric Indigo Posted October 10, 2021 Posted October 10, 2021 A very nice & simple scheme that emphasizes the shape of this beautiful fighter, brought to life by the stencils & your masterfully executed weathering. Love the stains at the rudder base. 1
Red Dot Posted October 11, 2021 Posted October 11, 2021 Beautifully done René, as ever. Hope you are looking forward to some holidays at last Andy 1
HartDeco Posted October 11, 2021 Author Posted October 11, 2021 29 minutes ago, Red Dot said: Beautifully done René, as ever. Hope you are looking forward to some holidays at last Andy Thanks. I hope so too. I hope to see you at Telford first. René
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