zaxos345 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) Good morning lads, I finally finished my new summer project GWH's 1/48th scale T-33A. My time was limited to present you an in progress work, but i will try to give you an idea !! The kit and some aftermarkets...also used some custom masks for the ''USAF'' and ''TR-411'' codes from my friend Alexis And the scheme i am for is the second one TR-411, here is the only photo i managed to find.. A few words about the kit....AWESOME!!! (my humble opinion!)....nothing more A few words about Caracal decals...the same!!! Awesome!! I started dealing with the cockpit as a usual...here i used Eduard PE for the cockpit and the pilot's seat! Cockpit... Seats... All together and weatherd... .... Edited October 15, 2021 by zaxos345 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) Wheel wells I slightly modified the main wheel wells, painted them an weathered... I also used Eduard PE flaps, i decided to pose them down.. .... Edited October 15, 2021 by zaxos345 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Great start and some very neat work. The cockpit and seats look very convincing. I'll follow your build with interest. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) I glued everything together, fit was really great!! Some sanding work needed but it was my fault, i did not prepared the plastic joints too good!! And it was painting time, i used Ak extreme metal for the metallic finish and , as i did with my F-86D, i sprayed it with very light passes on the bare plastic! of course i had prepared the plastic thoroughly for this work and i had also polished it with micromesh! Finish was awesome. a bit fragile, but awesome. I did not want a mirror finish bird, i wanted it a bit weathered and slightly used. The bare metal takes a beautiful patina over time and different on each occasion. It is never the same!! Everything painted so far Decals on... ...... John Edited October 15, 2021 by zaxos345 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 13 minutes ago, heloman1 said: Great start and some very neat work. The cockpit and seats look very convincing. I'll follow your build with interest. Colin Thanks a lot Colin!! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) And time for weathering!! My opinion is that this face is totally personal. The goal is not to exaggerate and to try to be in scale!! Anyway, i used only oils for my way of weathering this bird, thinned for washing or unthinned for dry bryshing!! Hope you like it... The ''TR-411'' code is also painted with mask I love this patina you get with oils!!!!! .... Edited October 15, 2021 by zaxos345 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 And some final ones...hope you like it!! John 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 More final pics here...RFI Hope you like it!! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaracalModels Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 It is an absolute beauty - thanks a lot for sharing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 1 minute ago, CaracalModels said: It is an absolute beauty - thanks a lot for sharing! Thank you for the awesome decals!! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentavros76 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Fantastic job on this “teacher” John! You really nailed that NMF. Well bone!👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Kentavros76 said: Fantastic job on this “teacher” John! You really nailed that NMF. Well bone!👍 Thanks a lot!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy da fish Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 I really like your understanding of the weathering looks just right. Thanks for showing us all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, sammy da fish said: I really like your understanding of the weathering looks just right. Thanks for showing us all. Thank you very much! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Brilliant!!! Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 23 minutes ago, heloman1 said: Brilliant!!! Colin Thanks Colin!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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