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Thank you very much, I still have to buy the Eduard kit that comes with the training lights and the decals, as for the fifth set, the one I wanted was the large version, not the small one, but it was not available, as for the construction,I am missing things to buy, I will buy the resin nozzles is there anything I should know to avoid damaging the kit? The landing gear says that it must be assembled at the beginning of everything, is there a way to not install it and be able to install it later? and the wings have some small errors between the upper and lower fuselage.

Hello guys, first of all Merry Christmas and I hope that next year everything goes well for you. As the title says I'm going to start the F15C at 1:32 I will use the GTresin intakes, the interior of quinta studio I have used both redfox and quinta, but in this case comparing both I liked the one from quinta studios better (I am a fan of both) I am missing the exterior photo-etched parts of eduard and I will buy decals from aftermakets, The Tamiya decals are very good but very thick. My questions for those who have assembled this kit, what considerations must be taken into account during construction? Your observations and warnings would be greatly appreciated. please don't hesitate to let me know.

haha, I will also tell you that I need to improve and learn a lot about oil paints and weathering, if you know of any teacher who does it on airplanes, let me know, a YouTube channel, or anything else, I want to learn how to do the lines well. the oil jets, and ultimately make a correct and good weathering

Thank you so much @quang Can you believe this is the first time I've embarked on oil paintings? I started modeling at the age of 6 with my first models (obviously they were all terrible) and over time I rose to a level due to experience and reading and learning especially from other modellers, I made my airplanes very well, (I don't want to sound arrogant ) but he made them clean, without oils, why? Due to ignorance and fear of oils, this f4 phantom in person improves a lot, I based it on photos of real phantoms, I realized that the dirt is more in the center than on the lower sides and on the top they were not so dirty As it seems, after a 10-year break in the hobby for personal reasons, this is literally the first time I have used oil paints and I honestly liked it a lot. It is also worth saying that I have followed other modellers using oil paints, and I have had guides regarding colors. and the results that I liked or wanted to do

I don't have one, but luckily the painting room is well ventilated, and the paint dust goes outside. Would I like to buy one? Absolutely yes, the problem I see is that they are very noisy, I live in an apartment where the walls are made of paper, I have a neighbor upstairs, and another downstairs, they are not exactly good neighbors, I don't know if they exist but there is a paint booth that If it has 30 dB or less like my Silair 15A compressor, I bought it without hesitation. If I didn't live in an apartment and lived in a separate house, I wouldn't mind the noise of the extraction cabins. If anyone knows if there is a silent one, let me know.

Guys, Thank you very much for your time and patience, in the end I bought a couple of 502 oil paints, and AK enamels, thanks to those who have posted for the help, I am passing a couple of photos, the f4 is in wip, sorry for the Bad quality of the photos, I don't have a professional camera nor the equipment for it, I took them with my cell phone The AK enamels work great, and the oilbrushers too, the 502 oil paints have to be mastered a little but they also work great

I was unaware of Mike Rinaldi's techniques, in the end the products that I have shown are fine for the oil paints abteilung 502?

Guys, thank you for your answers, I will sincerely buy and look at the ones that you have advised me. I am also happy to know that you can do the effects with the shiny layer. Now I leave you a couple of links of what I want to do and the products. I thought that They could be diluted with Tamiya enamel thinner. MInute: 14.00 Product links: Are these valid? https://ak-interactive.com/product/odorless-thinner-100-ml/ https://ak-interactive.com/product/fast-dry-thinner/

Hello guys, as the title says, I will need the help/guide for 502 oils and their solvent and I turn to you, the artisans of the forum. This is the first time I will be using these oil paints to age my planes and give them effects. I bought the Abteilung 502 oils, I also bought other products like the MIG OILBRUSHER and the Ak enamels for effects but I want to focus on the oils. I wanted to know what solvent they use and what layer to apply them on. Can I use Tamiya x20 polish to thin them out? If I can't, what oil enamel solvent will I need? preferably one for non-industrial modeling, personally I see industrial products not intended for modeling as very aggressive for paint, plastic and varnish. And as for the layers, can I apply them with the gloss varnish flat? (I use Top Coat from Mr Hobby) In my case I make the planes as follows: 1: Primer 2: Mr Hobby Acrylic Paint 3:glossy varnish 4: Decals and panels (Tamiya Panel Liner) 5:glossy varnish 6: Matte varnish (final step) In which step will I have to put the oils?

Thank you both for answering, the question I had is between lacquers if you could use, for example, ALCLAD together with the AK ones for example (do not mix) simply paint with aluminum xtreme metal and then on top of it for example... alclad x color, the color whatever. :-) thanks guys!

thank you so much Stefan, another thing... the alclads can be mixed together and painted on top of each other as you said, but between the alclad lacquers and Ak lacquers can they be mixed and painted on top of each other? or better not

Hello guys, I am assembling the Tamiya f4B Phantom at 1:48, I am going to paint the tail and the nozzles with Alclad paints, but there are so many types of Alcad lacquers for example aluminum, dural aluminum etc, etc, etc and I wanted your little help to get the colors right I would paint the tail with aluminum or steel, and the nozzles jet exhaust color, would that be okay? If anyone can guide me to paint these 3 or know of other paints/lacquers that also work. Thanks in advance guys!!

Simply superb, companies could take note to make this type of aircraft at 1:32 scale, Poseidon, B52, AC 130, KC-135 Stratotanker ... keep up the good work

I do not know if I already commented in this post some time ago I do not remember, but to ask TAMIYA's Super Hornet and Growler 1:32 (I know there is the Trumpeter and the Revell, I have them and they are quite kits, let's say ... improvable) F-4 phantom 1:32 TAMIYA (new mold, from scratch, I really wish they made a new mold from all the old 1: 32, F15, F4, F14) F-35 1:32 Tamiya among others... No tamiya fanboy

It's the future of cockpits ladies and gentlemen RFS Hungary Will you launch for planes at 1:32, F 4 tamiya, F 16 tamiya, F18 academy, and all other planes at 1:32? (I mean your products for the cockpìts, sorry for my bad English)

I had no idea, thank you very much for the information, I thought they were pieces of photo etched parts (they look alike) so they are resin in color, I will have to try them on my new tamiya F4phantom 1:32 kit, apparently they are European, so in my case and in the case of many Europeans there are no customs. great !!

Hi guys, I've been disconnected from the forum for a while and wanted to share this with you, Red Fox Studio does Photo Etched parts in relief and color obviously, I just found out today, what do you think about this? I personally see them very well I did not know exactly where to put this topic so I have put it in this section

Superb!!!

Awesome work buddy!!

Awesome work!!

Guys, everything ok, I sent him an email and he explained very kindly that santu is a payment gateway that didn't worry me, everything ok. On google the result of santu express comes out, an Indian mail agency comes out (which by the way has very excellent reviews) and has the same name as the payment gateway but they have nothing to do with each other

Hi guys, one question? I just bought some intakes in dmold, I made the payment by paypal, the bill came out well and everything was fine, but I have a doubt ... it is normal to be sent by a company called SANTU express (which in theory the company is india)