stevehnz Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 This will be pretty much a straight OOB build of the Italeri kit in the SEA Camo scheme in the box. Hope to get on with it in a week or so. Steve. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Welcome to the GB Steve, always a pleasure to have your participation mate. That looks to be a very nice decal sheet, have to give Italeri their due the decal sheets in their kits are very good. I look forward to watching your build come together. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Welcome Steve. sounds good to me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Nice one, Steve! You can never have too many Starfighters! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 Oops, where did that nearly two months go? Anyway, I've now made a start on this, first up by ignoring the instructions & gluing the front & back part of each side together. The interior tub & front panel have been painted & subsequently decaled, these parts will be straight OOB, I hate fiddling around with cockpits & then it'll be gluing the side together & getting on with it all. Least that's the current plan. Steve. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Great to see your build underway Steve. Very neat job joining the fuselage parts together, I think that is the method I would have used. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 if the halves sit flush on your table top steve then its a perfect recipe to mate the rear this way 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 We've been ticking along nicely on this, now got something that looks a bit like a F-104, some wing tip tanks courtesy of a Hasegawa Red Baron kit have improved that part of it, they were a perfect fit too 👍, I've amused myself making some additions to the dashboard & fitting the sensors for the ECM suite these birds carried, a pity the kit had nothing in it for that, afaics, neither did the one that Hasegawa brought out for this unit either. In general it has gone together Ok but a lot of minor fettling to get an acceptable fit. Steve. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Thats very nice work Steve, she's coming together really well. The wing tanks fit really well considering they are from a different kit. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 8 hours ago, modelling minion said: The wing tanks fit really well considering they are from a different kit. I was surprised at that, I was having doubts about how difficult it might be but they just slipped over the ends of the wings as though they were meant for the Italeri ones, better than the Italeri tanks in fact plus the Hase ones had pegs in the outer half to make sure they only went on so far & no more. A big relief to me. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Nice result with all your fettling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 There has been progress on this, apart from 4 coats of Humbrol 28 on the underside, waiting 3 days between till they dried enough to recoat, I started playing with the Vic Hobby USAF SEA paint set I got from HLJ. Initial reactions are good, I thought the colours were about right, except maybe for the FS36622 underside colour which I thought was a little too grey, lacking a bit of the warmth that seems to be a characteristic of this shade. Having got another build out of the way, I started to put some topside colour on this. After drawing some pencil lines for the tan, I just free handed the others, so it is indeed an approximation of the real deal, as I suspect are the Italeri drawings for this, but we're not too far off the right colours where they should be I think. Since this, I've got some more coats on & its is starting to look quite convincing to my eye. The Vic Hobby stuffs dries quite quickly but is forgiving for a brush painter, its possible to go back over brush strokes without issues, it doesn't pick up but smooths out & dries to a fairly gloss finish. Should make decalling a doodle. Yeah right. Steve. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 She's looking really good Steve, those colours look pretty good to me mate and its good to know that you like using them. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 Thanks Craig. I just had a lightbulb moment looking at your reply, I've forgotten to put the refueling probe on which of course needs gluing on where I've painted. Bugger, one step back. Not too serious though I think. 🤞 Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, stevehnz said: I've forgotten to put the refueling probe on which of course needs gluing on where I've painted. Bugger, one step back. Not too serious though I think. 🤞 I would have thought you would sort that easily mate, won't the glue work on paint? 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 another coat and you should have yourself a lovely sea scheme steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 Pretty much there now, just a touch up of the tan which will also tidy up some edges, also need to touch up the top to bottom demarcation, then it'll get a clear coat. Steve. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 on the home straight steve 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 13, 2022 Author Share Posted September 13, 2022 Been meaning to get this up for a few days, but we've ben isolating for the last few days, her indoors has got the bat pox now, so she is locked in our room mit ensuite & I'm in the youngest ones room, luckily he is at uni. So far have not come down with it but being the main care giver/general factotum hasn't been conducive to doing this sort of thing. Anyway, this jobbie is pretty much done, I've got to affix the u/c doors & give it a satin coat & it'll be complete, to my mind anyway. Manana with luck. Steve. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 She looks great Steve, really nice work. I hope that your good lady doesn't get too ill and that you manage to avoid the virus. Very much looking forward to seeing her finished mate. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 14, 2022 Author Share Posted September 14, 2022 & done. More photos in the gallery now. Steve. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 A fantastic result Steve, you should be proud of that one mate. Thanks for having taken part in the GB and very well done on a superb looking Starfighter. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 2 hours ago, stevehnz said: & done. More photos in the gallery now. Steve. Very nice the first (only?) SEA camo starfighter in this GB. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 a lovely finish and good photos too. 👍 well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Hi Steve, you really achieved a brilliant result. A great looking Starfighter! I never heard of the paints you used, but they are pretty convincing at the end of the day. Congrats!!! JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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