Azgaron Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Very nice progress! Love to see it finished! Håkan Neo and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 I hardly look into any jet build because it's simply not in my wheel house. But damn nice! Love it. Thanks for sharing this. Martinnfb and Neo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O.W Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 On 7/9/2024 at 9:23 PM, Neo said: We have progress! Sorry for the long delays between post its been a busy summer! First up, fuselage progress, I have one side almost done foiling, and painted the fibreglass cover and the nose cone. I have to remodify and improve the fitment of the glare shield as it was preventing the windscreen from sitting just right. I sill need to fabricate the Hud glass as the kit one doesn't fit the black box correctly. I know a lot of comments on this kit having oversized panel gaps and rivets, but for me, since i knew i was going to foil this kit from day one its a blessing! I decided to try out something new also(my #1 rule of every build) ive colored some foil by boiling it with some egg shells and I'm replacing some panel one the tail. here is the first one done removed the pannel (also note the grey panel was painted over the foil) And here is the new pannel vs before What do you think ? the biggest downside for me is that I cannot grain or sand the imperfections out of the coloured panel as it removes the colouring. I think I'm going todo a couple of simple panels like this but for the more complex ones i might just spray alclad over the foil Till next time Cheers Hi Neo, What brand and colour of red did you use for the wing tanks? Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted August 23 Author Share Posted August 23 4 hours ago, O.W said: Hi Neo, What brand and colour of red did you use for the wing tanks? I believe it was Humbrol 153 Insignia red O.W and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted August 23 Author Share Posted August 23 22 hours ago, Alex said: that looks amazing. I'm really impressed that the clear coat does not harm the appearance of the foil. Weathering looks really good, and ties together the foil and painted parts well. Thank you. Yeah, this stuff is something like Future Polish but 50% better, AK mentions that it can be put over their metalizer without affecting the finish. I belive it 19 hours ago, Azgaron said: Very nice progress! Love to see it finished! Håkan Thank you ! 3 pieces to go as of today! belly fin, pitot and arresting hook!!! 11 hours ago, Troy Molitor said: I hardly look into any jet build because it's simply not in my wheel house. But damn nice! Love it. Thanks for sharing this. Thank you so much, I'm touched I made you enjoy an internal propeller plane! Martinnfb and Azgaron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Neo, do you spray that AK Intermediate Gauzy neat out of the bottle, or do you thin it? If the latter, with what? Thanks Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted August 23 Author Share Posted August 23 (edited) 4 hours ago, Alex said: Neo, do you spray that AK Intermediate Gauzy neat out of the bottle, or do you thin it? If the latter, with what? Thanks Was strait out the bottle its like water, use low psi and applied generously dries super fast. Anying thing is that when you stirr it hard it makes bubles so i let it sit in the cup for like a min Edited August 23 by Neo Alex and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Well everyone she is all done !! Thank you to everyone who followed along and left some motivating comments! RFI link Next up for me is to wrap up my 1:1 3d printed Mandalorian armor and my daughter's 1:1 Bo-Katan armor Phantom2, F`s are my favs, geedubelyer and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 What can I say? Just spectacular! And highly interesting on the use of foil and finishing techniques. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Excellent build! Looks very nice! Håkan Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted August 30 Author Share Posted August 30 On 8/27/2024 at 9:48 AM, Alain Gadbois said: What can I say? Just spectacular! And highly interesting on the use of foil and finishing techniques. Thanks, Alain On 8/27/2024 at 11:58 AM, Azgaron said: Excellent build! Looks very nice! Håkan Thank you for following along Hakan! Azgaron and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 That's great, I will add to the gallery. Neo and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 I like the result quite a lot! I checked the whole topic, and yet I have a few questions just out of curiosity: 1) the big panel right at the front side of the aft fuselage section (next to the red separating line) - should it be darker like the rearmost panel (covering the nozzle)? 2) the panels that look like they are painted and not so shiny - are they what you call ''grain the panels'' with an abrasive sponge? 3) about the rivets - did you trace the original placement of the rivets on the plastic, or did you do new rivets? They are perfect in size but their spacing looks just a little bit on the big side... 4) and about the Gauzy agent - did you apply it under the decals as well, or just one coat over the decals? Thx! Very nice WIP and congrats on the finished model! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Beautiful ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted September 3 Author Share Posted September 3 8 hours ago, F`s are my favs said: I like the result quite a lot! I checked the whole topic, and yet I have a few questions just out of curiosity: 1) the big panel right at the front side of the aft fuselage section (next to the red separating line) - should it be darker like the rearmost panel (covering the nozzle)? 2) the panels that look like they are painted and not so shiny - are they what you call ''grain the panels'' with an abrasive sponge? 3) about the rivets - did you trace the original placement of the rivets on the plastic, or did you do new rivets? They are perfect in size but their spacing looks just a little bit on the big side... 4) and about the Gauzy agent - did you apply it under the decals as well, or just one coat over the decals? Thx! Very nice WIP and congrats on the finished model! There are a couple of things here to unwrap Yes I think to be accurate it should be a bit darker the pannel behind the red line that has the red and white light but i missed that detail unfortunately No I grained all the panels to give them a brushed metal-finished, the darker color is from boiling foil pieces with egg shells Ref here All the rivets are the OOB ones, i simply re-puched them with my riveting tool i did not feel like doing a full rivet job on this thing The gauzy Agent was only applied after decals, i did a test on my mule with a piece of foil, polished it applied spare decals then covered half with the Gauzy agent, then applied my wash and since the foil was so polished you could not see the carrier film, the wash made it stand out super bad vs invisible with the gauzy agent. The other interesting fact is that the tail was completed months before the rest and just sitting there the foil did oxidize a bit , this way I'm locking away the finish and tbh apart from the wash on my mule i can barely tell the difference between the two Thanks for the great questions glad you enjoyed the build F`s are my favs and Uilleann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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