Popular Post HartDeco Posted October 10, 2021 Popular Post Share 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 90 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Beautifully weathered. Well done. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted October 10, 2021 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Topalov Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Beautiful model! Well done man! Paint work and weathering are top notch! Photography is also great. Best, Nikola 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom726 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 A real stunner, René! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Fantastic F-104. The weathering is a great contrast to the single tone gray scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2lefthands Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Nice!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 That’s very nice indeed ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Poor thing looks weather beaten! Awesome work. Absolutely fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Absolutely stunning hooter! The weathering is just mind blowingly realistic! Wow! Great job my friend 👍👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueYeti Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted October 10, 2021 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartDeco Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted October 10, 2021 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Beautiful scale model sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox1_BE Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Impressive weathering job, great work!👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dov Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Excellent! Perfect done. Weathering is absolut perfect! How did you achieve this result? Happy modelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartDeco Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Indigo Posted October 10, 2021 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Stunning. Great weathering. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 A lovely grubby Starfighter, nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Beautifully done René, as ever. Hope you are looking forward to some holidays at last Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Very nice, lovely modelling!😍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartDeco Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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