PATRICK FROM THE SANDS Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Hello Fellow Modelers! Here is a trial I made on an old Airfix kit I didn't want to get rid off: I entirely covered it with some self-adherent bare metal foils, expecting some kinds of results... After sanding, preparing the kit and thoroughly cleaning the surfaces, it took me quite a long time (and efforts) to cut all foils respecting (almost) panels, gluing them in different directions to change the NMF shade of silver. I did also some improvements to this very basic kit (cockpit, wheel wells, airbrakes etc...). Marking represents a colorful 8th FBG CO aircraft as seen in page 102 of Osprey "frontline color Nbr 5". Decals are coming from the surplus box as well as the Misawa tanks, not provided by Airfix. I will NOT do it again, too time consuming and the final result is not convincing at all that scale... too super shiny! Paints on the market today produce a much better and realistic NMF effect. Here are the photos: Thanks for looking! 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pstryk Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Great model!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Very neat indeed! And it really shines on that base. The boarding ladder elevates the impression even further. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 What a beauty!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Great looking Shooting Star, lovely work ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Nice finish on a "vintage" kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 That’s a lovely BMF job, even if it is too shiny! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherhawk27263 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 That looks very nice! This is one of my all time favorite kits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Stunning work. Hard to believe that this is the old Airfix kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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