alberto49 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Hi everybody, some months ago I started a new project with the aim to replicate the following Italian bird Here some pictures starting from pilot's office: Then, after assembly, I started the painting job. NMF has been obtained using mainly KColors Chrome Aluminium, The variations in tone being obtained by white or black background color. I hope you will like it. More to follow soon Alberto Shawn M, mpk, F`s are my favs and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squizzy 78 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Alberto, that's a great looking bird, nice and neat, great paint job with a nicely detailed cockpit. Looking forward to seeing more. Shaka HI, mpk and Harold 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberto49 Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 Next pictures will take us where the model stands today. I painted large Italian roundels on wings, flashes on wingtip tanks and stripes on the rudder. Then I added several decals. The 5th Aerobrigata badge (archer), call number and serial no. have been made specifically for me by a friend, while all stencils are from the box. At present I'm dealing with a little challenge: from books I learned that Italian Thunderjets only carried HVRs, four per pylon, hanged to the inner pylons. I have the HVRs and I'm trying to understand how the rails were built. One reference I found is this one, considering inner pylons only. I will follow-up as soon as some progress will be made. Alberto Shaka HI, Whitey, Dany Boy and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Awesome! I got Portugese markings for mine. May I ask, which seat belt set did you use? Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberto49 Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 Awesome! I got Portugese markings for mine. May I ask, which seat belt set did you use? Hi, honestly I don't exactly remember the brand but, based on what I found on the web, I assumed that standard WW2 USAF seat belts should be OK and very likely I used those supplied by HGV. I hope the above will be of some help for you. Alberto mpk and Shaka HI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Alberto, That's one really nice Thunderjet build. Your NMF with the panel variation really does look quite good. Joel mpk and Shaka HI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Alberto Terrific work on the F-84 ,,, super NMF Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amurray Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Very nice build! mpk and Shaka HI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Hi, honestly I don't exactly remember the brand but, based on what I found on the web, I assumed that standard WW2 USAF seat belts should be OK and very likely I used those supplied by HGV. I hope the above will be of some help for you. Alberto You have just confirmed I made a good decision. I did the same. late war USAAF harness. Thanks mate. Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberto49 Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Hi, many thanks for your nice comments. Just complete the HVAR rails, hopefully correct. I will do a dry-fit and take some pictures. Alberto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceofClubs Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Hi Alberto, nice work. What about Kcolors? I never used them. What did you think about them? No Alclad? Nice Lego supporter! Did you stole from your children? Ciao Filippo Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberto49 Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Ciao Filippo, in my opinion, Kcolors are a very good products, they are made in Italy but also available abroad. I used them already a few times, specially for NMF. If you go to their website, look at X100 series. X100 White and X100 Black are base colors and, for instance, Chrome 15 Alluminium is the basic color fo NMF. The link is the following http://www.kmodelling.com/colori-modellismo.html Alberto Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceofClubs Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Many thanks, Alberto! Ciao Filippo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberto49 Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 About the Lego, yes I've stolen it from my grandchildren!!! Alberto Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberto49 Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Hi everybody.I managed to build my interpretation of these HVAR rails and I dry assembled everything prior to paint or, may be change something. Let start with the rail itself: and then everything fitted to the wing: HVARs I used are those supplied with the HB kit, but I just learned that they are too long, see in them here compared with those supplied by CMK that should be correct. Already sent out my order for those CMK rockets. Any comment/suggestion is very welcome.Alberto Whitey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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