F`s are my favs
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Hi Shawn, hi all. Thanks! Here she is fitted with some more edges. Actually the intakes are pretty much prepped for painting.
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Shawn, thanks. Just the landing gear... by plan... )))
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Hi Hi! Check out my review of this kit for Aeroscale. 10x!
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Mirage IIIC 1/2 " cigogne" Dijon AB ,circa 1968
F`s are my favs replied to alain11's topic in Ready for Inspection
Formidable! Btw I thought that les Chevaliers du Ciel is a movie... Like Top Gun. I watched it at least 4-5 times. Lovely mirages and scenes! -
That's so good. Nice and clean!
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Awesome weathering! Are there any decals underneath btw?
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Welcome and hello from me too. What an awesome plane! It will be an interesting "Swiss" color theme.
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Wonderful Mirage! I like it a lot, especially the camo and the clean weathering.
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Just an idea: 1) hanged on the wall or 2) with fishing cords from the ceiling.... or by dismantling the wings and the elevators, but then the right word will be "storing" rather than "displaying" )
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@tomprobert, from a marketer`s viewpoint, i suppose the heavy panel lines are to make the kit more appealing for a greater age-span audiance. For people who prefer the glue-and-paint builds, the easy builds, where the wash makes the panel lines popup easily and quite contrasting. And because the plastic of an OOB kit if looks plain and flat - the kit can be interpreted as a simple, old or cheap one.... Just my opinion. I mean, there are people who don`t take into account even a single picture of the real aircraft when building a model - if the kit is overwhelmed with panel lines, rivets and details - then it`s a good kit and it is worth the price. Btw this kit has PE parts for the "invisible" interior which i plan to put off asside for other builds. While for the assembly agenda - i envision it with closed bays, only the landing gears will be open-able to allow for flying and parked displays. Maybe i`ll make some hanging details to hang the model vertically on the wall. Not sure about the control surfaces, but maybe they all will be in neutral position. Yet that`s my thinking only at this moment...
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Warrrrup guys The Spirit has arrived. I admire this plane much, no doubt about it, and never build it as a model before, and heard only good things about the new Modelcollect`s release, and pretty much that`s the story... i hooked. I could say that i`m on a great Northrop wave along with my other build of the F-23A. I`m just about sure of the title - the Spirit of NY, cause one i definitely love this state and two - because of the plane`s previous nicknames (before the Block 30 upgrades) "The Shady Lady" and "The Ghost". About the kit - hmmm, not the perfect kit, but keeping in mind its simplicity - i gotta make it real good. There is plenty of plastic in the surfaces; they are very thick, which will make the thinning of the trailing edges way easier. Cause they do need thinning if you want to make them perfect. The plastic is from a very good quality indeed, besides from the enormous panel lines, but they can be easily improved too. The manual is a complete waste of money in my opinion. The colorful glossy pages are a nice approach, but for what - only to show the 1-color paint scheme?! And it looks so thick, because the pages are thick (very), and not that it has plenty of pages. The decals offer 3 airframes: Just an overview of the parts - nothing exceptional for a 1/72 scale kit. Packaging - 10 out of 10 - a huge box stuffed with sprues and parts - large and tiny, and it is a 1/72 kit. And some proper enjoyment of the dimensions along with the fuselage of the 1/48 F-23 Plenty of space for weathering....
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Just took a couple of photos of the afterburners:
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Thanks much! It is, undoubtly! The IR pod is ready... and with the "thing": and with the door open: The nozzles. I tried to capture the afterburner chambers, but - not enough light... I couldnt resist to "sharpen" the edges. Testfitted... and here they are the beauties: cya bye
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Just another couple of silhhouetes:
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And as of today - with nightlight for the sillhouettes to pop up a bit better. It was a great endeavor but i`m just about 99% happy with the result. It now looks completely different from the YF-23 fuselage: Still plenty of small things to do, at least the main part of the conversion is finally complete. Yes!
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It was quite a journey - filling with molten plastic, waiting to dry, sanding and reshaping the upper fuselage. Nevertheless this time i did it justice. The profile tempaltes played a big role for the fine touches. Here is a glimpse from the filling: Then somewhere halfway through...
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I thickened the lips of the intakes so to have more meat for thinning from the inner side, which has to made them look just a bit "bigger": And it`s not ready yet, but check out some sillhouettes with the IR under the nose. Completely scratchbuilt:
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How can I miss to comment here too!? ) It turned out into a very nice copter! I like it!
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Completed - Desert Storm Air to Air refuelling: KA-6D&A-7E
F`s are my favs replied to red Dog's topic in Works in Progress
Looking good, very very good! Definitely the canopy frames need some more tear and wear. -
F-16A & F-16C Aggressor Double Build - The Double is Done!
F`s are my favs replied to Marcel111's topic in Works in Progress
Amazing edges/fading of the panels! -
While for the black sensors on the nose - I think they are MLD sensors, parts of the many sensors of that type, which project the environment onto the helmet visor.
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Just one word - Lovely! And another one - Gorgeous... Bravo!
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Awesome looking Raptor! Congrats! ... And the Lightning II as well
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+1 As these parts are so huge, the view inside will definitely worth it.
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What a beauty! What a beauty!
