ClumsyDude Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Everything in those shots is so crisp and clean and well aligned, it's hard to believe it isn't an injection moulded kit ... Jim Starfighter and Joel_W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerculesPA_2 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Awesome friend!! Incredibel job!!! This parts make in 3D... great great!! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Paxton Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Quick question sir, How do you apply rivets and what tools do you use? I'm trying to find a way to do flush rivets in either 1/20 or 1/24 scale. I love your work and am watching and learning so much! Thanks Dan Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) Dan, I mostly use needles for small rivets and fasterners and cut syringes for bigger fasterners. I first mark them with a calliper and then punch them with one of aforementioned tools. Holiday is over and I managed to make some progress on the Viking. Surface details aren't complete yet but a coat of Mr Surfacer and some FS36375 makes that chunk of plastic look more like a Viking. The engines were sanded, primed and painted. Obviously, I didn't sand the fan properly, so I ripped it out again, re-sanded and primed again. I hope they'll look better once painted this time. The bomb and landing gear bays don't look too bad. With a few more wires and other details added, they should turn out OK. Edited August 16, 2017 by Starfighter blackbetty, Lee White, A-10LOADER and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 This is staggeringly good stuff, Ben! Kev ClumsyDude and Starfighter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 This is staggeringly good stuff, Ben! Kev What Kev said. Jim Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) With a few more wires and other details added, they should turn out OK. Now, that's quite an understatement... freakin' brilliant stuff, Ben! Cheers Rainer Edited August 16, 2017 by Rainer Hoffmann A-10LOADER and Starfighter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Fantastic, really making me wish there was a kit of it. Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shujaa Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Astonishing work Ben ! Looking forward to see this one in person as well once she is finished. I'm sure she will sit nicely next to Your excellent Prowler. Please do give a head's up when she is going to attend to a show in Belgium when the time comes !!! Regards Rudy. Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Paxton Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Just........Wow. Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Ben, Just amazing work. I marvel at your abilities and skills to be able to do what you do. Joel Starfighter and A-10LOADER 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durangokid Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Still looking awesome! Seems you are in the home stretch now. I have a question for you. I notice you are using MRP's airbrush cleaner and was wondering how it works? I ask because I always use cheap lacquer thinner from Lowes to clean up my airbrush after spraying with Mr. Color paint. Now that I am using MRP, the cheap stuff doesn't quite work all that great. It works great for Mr. Color but not MRP. Does the MRP clean well for you? Thanks, Bryan Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaker Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 It's a shame photobucket managed to annihilate this thread, first time I've read it. Really impressive so far. Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Ben Fantastic progress on the Viking ... brilliant work Keep 'em comimg Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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