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B17F Shamrock Special


vvwse4

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I am still around, only working in a smaller scale, at least for this build. After meeting Jeroen this afternoon in the Aviodrome I decided I might as well take up his advise and put my B17 build in this part of LSP. I had the Revell F in my stash for a long time and the group build on ARC made me decide to make this model. I used a lot of aftermarket and I am getting close to paint now. If you want to read the whole story

 

http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showforum=174

 

If not, here are some pictures.

 

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Really want to finish this one on time, the deadline is the end of this year.

 

Hope you like it

 

Rick.

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AHA!

I thought I recognized your build.

From the same GB I built This:

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AHA! Like that one a lot!! Really want to finish mine so I can start with my birthdaypresent, Tamiya F4FJ Phantom in the right scale.

 

Rick

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Don't you just love the smell of fresh paint!! Finally somer colour on this one. First Humbrol #11

 

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After that I made some panels blue and and then applied the preshade in black. I saw on the ARC somebody do that on a B24 and it looked quite good. Let's see if I can do that also.

 

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I want to let it dry for a day or so and then put on the NG and OD.

 

Rick.

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Hi Rick love the work, can I ask what brand are you using for the NG and is it straight from the jar? As I have been told that it didn't fade much as it's such a dark colour yet I see some using light grey, sure would like your thoughts on this.

 

Cheers

 

Graham

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Hi Rick love the work, can I ask what brand are you using for the NG and is it straight from the jar? As I have been told that it didn't fade much as it's such a dark colour yet I see some using light grey, sure would like your thoughts on this.

 

Cheers

 

Graham

 

Hi Graham,

 

Thanks for the compliments.

 

I use Hobby colour number H53. It is not straight from the jar, I started straigt but I added more and more white, I do not know the mixture, jus added white and checked the way it came out. I intend too spray some NG when the salt has been removed. because this plane had a new backside from bulkhead #6 I figured that part should be lighter. But if the NG did not fade at all or not so much I should reconsider that and make everything one colour. I do not know that NG gets lighter but the OD does so I assumed the NG would do the same. Anyone who can share some light on this, please!

 

Rick.

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Hi Rick love the work, can I ask what brand are you using for the NG and is it straight from the jar? As I have been told that it didn't fade much as it's such a dark colour yet I see some using light grey, sure would like your thoughts on this.

 

Cheers

 

Graham

Looks light to me, but I suppose there are always different appearances. This one's not horribly weathered and stained yet.

 

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Looks light to me, but I suppose there are always different appearances. This one's not horribly weathered and stained yet.

 

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Graham, Kevin,

 

Don't mean to diss anyones' take on color, but I just don't think that there is any way that you can judge the proper shade of a color on a scale model from a photograph, especially one that is black and white. The photo is obviously light altered - look at how bright the underside of the plane is, and how dark the sky is. Plus 1:1 scale objects always look different than tiny little replicas...

 

Plus the photos of the model are taken in a pretty dark environment.

 

I think the NG on the model looks pretty good.

 

Scott G

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