desmojen Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Here's something a bit different, I was given this a couple of weeks ago at work. It belongs to a Loadmaster who won it in a raffle. He wants to give it to his dad but was dismayed by the USAF markings on it (as you would be) Luckily for him, one of his mates knows me and brought it in for a quick repaint! The models are made for Lockheed Martin and given away by them. Considering this you might think they'd do a better job of it! It's made of wood with white metal for the props and spinners. The spinners were held in very crude brass pipe arrangements to enable them to spin. When I eventually prised them out it was very obvious to me that I'd never get them back in, so I stuck the spinners on and carved the nacelles down to fit them. I had to sand the USAF decals right off because they showed through the paint otherwise. The panel lines were made from decals as well but there was so much paint on it that I was able to scribe the lines into the paint I whacked a good coat of Xtracrylix 241 dark green on and pieced a set of decals together from the spares box. The walkway lines were drawn on with a Gundam marker and then a coat of flat base in Klear added. I had to strip the metal props because I'd cracked all the paint when I was pulling them out of the spinners, luckily it wasn't stuck very wel! These were sprayed white, masked, sprayed red, masked again and sprayed black..........................so....many....props....... Anyway, here's the finished article, nice flash photography again because it's going back tomorrow. The flash always makes the mattcoat look wierd and white. It doesn't look like that with the naked eye, promise. Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entlim Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Done by someone who knows how it should look -NYSHE Jen.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takamota Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Looks great. well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexwh773 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Jen, LM should have come to you in the first place marvellous job as always regardless of the circumstances Bex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels49 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 (edited) I bow, doff me 'at to another modeling machine, Now you take other peeps stuff and make it look better, what next you gonna market your anti-corrosion skills to the RAF Edited December 17, 2007 by Angels49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periklis_sale Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Nice work mate!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Good work indeed Jen...I should think the recipient of that one is going to be chuffed to monkies with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswoofie Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Nice job turning it around Jen. Looks good! Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Great work Jen - I hope that gets you as many "Jolly's" in his Herc as you want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Nice work Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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