JeffreyK Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 (edited) Absolutely great! Perfect built and great photography. Question: can you elaborate on your NMF technique? Did you use enamel dry brushing over the Alclad to produce the grainy/streaky effect or is it all airbrushed? I have a major B-58 project wating in the stash, Fisher intakes, Aires burner/exhausts, Lone Star cockpits...the whole lot and I intend to do some scratch building as well, detailed exhaust with the CORRECT number of petals are the plan. The biggest headaches I anticipate are fitting the nacelles to the wings (but still being able to paint/polish/finish then separately) and the complete re-scribe of the kit. J Edited June 29, 2011 by JeffreyK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Fantastic build....looks real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Quijano Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Hi Rob, this is one of the best MF I´ve seen. Beautiful pictures as well. Congrats. Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike7451 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 AWESOME!! The Hustler has to be one of the sexiest cold war era aircraft ever produced.You've done it proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Simply stunning, I can only dream of doing NMF like that. Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Absilutely stunning, I dream of finishing a build that good. Cheers Den Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smyfe Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 One word, WOW!!!!! Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 I would say you pulled your objective off well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harriermad Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 speechless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Pedro Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 WoW! Smashing Model! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj prest Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 must lie down,that is one stunning model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid de Koning Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Awesome finish! Don't you just love Alclad and it's possibilities?! Cheers, Sid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelman182 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Awesome! 'Twould be easy to run out of superlatives trying to describe how GREAT a job you've done! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZX10RDavid Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Stunning model and stunning photos David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Yikes. All it took was 11 photographs to make me feel totally inadequate as a modeller. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod bettencourt Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 Absolutely great! Perfect built and great photography.Question: can you elaborate on your NMF technique? Did you use enamel dry brushing over the Alclad to produce the grainy/streaky effect or is it all airbrushed? I have a major B-58 project wating in the stash, Fisher intakes, Aires burner/exhausts, Lone Star cockpits...the whole lot and I intend to do some scratch building as well, detailed exhaust with the CORRECT number of petals are the plan. The biggest headaches I anticipate are fitting the nacelles to the wings (but still being able to paint/polish/finish then separately) and the complete re-scribe of the kit. J First I polished with blue metal magic, then primed with tamiya gloss black out of spray can. That part tried my patience. I then polished again with a polishing pad. After that I probably sent around 30 hours painting with the alclad. It was trial and error process to get it where I was happy with the finish. I put the decals on strait to the alclad, no gloss coat. Everything was done via airbrush. As far as the engines go, I painted them first, masked them, then glued them to the wings. definite pain in the a$%! this kit took me a year and half to complete. Of course there were periods of inactiveness. Hope that answers your question. Best of luck Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryUK Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Wonderful B-58 and stunning pictures. Exceptional Work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper108 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 just gob smacked brill photos great model unbeleveable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trpsarge Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Certainly achieved your objective, had to do a double take to see was I looking at reference shots or a model. Fantastic . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifer54 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Yes, I too, thought those were photos of the real thing. That model is absolutely stunning. It's a while since I've said this, but I want to give up modelling now...(again...) :worthy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertha37 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 That really is incredible ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 its all been said... gorgeous.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 and the model of the decade award goes to....... thats FAB mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I can't add anything that hasn't been said. It gives a perfect impression of the real aircraft. Stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Incredible. Just Incredible. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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