jozef Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Thank you guys, you actually told me what I wanted to hear, I needed to justify the acquisition Eric, good luck and I envy you already now. Jozef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 G'day, Now the issue with the GBU-27's has been sorted, I have done a bit more work on them. I painted the bombs with a base coat of Tamiya Olive Drab, then post shaded/mottled the main body with a lightened batch of the same. I then masked the main body and painted the guidance head (including the FWD fins) and the rear fin assembley with a highly thinned batch of Olive Drab and Black Green to give them a `newer' look. I haven't gone overboard with the splitting up of the colours, as all of the reference photos that I have show the bomb to be mostly the same colour for the whole unit. I painted the yellow stripe with ModelMaster Insignia Yellow. I will be masking off most of the guidance head and painting it the Earth colour as seen in most references. Whitey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jozef Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I just LOVE the weathering. Both the plane and bombs. Great job. Jozef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngtiger1 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Those bombs look super. Like other have said, the weathering is awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Great build Eric, have you got the decals yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartmann352 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 What did you use for a wash, and how did you go about "cleaning" it out? Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 Hi Dave, I used the pro modeller black wash, and cleaned it out with great difficulty. I have gone back in and lightly touched up areas in that pic as well, as the black was very stark against the white. I haven't done anything to this model for a while as I have been waiting for Caracal to release his decals, which has just happened last week and i believe the set is on the way. So hopefully with a couple of days of work it will be finished. It seems as if this may not have been a popular seller for Trumpeter as I haven't seen any more builds on the net so far? Eric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 (edited) G'day, I got the brand new Caracal decals today, and I didn't hesitate in getting them on the aeroplane. Basically, if you have this model, then you NEED this decal set, as it corrects many very annoying flaws in the Trumpeter kit decals. I will be writing a review in the near future for this site, and it will be all good as Kursad has really done a fine job with this set. As a mad keen 1/32nd scale modeller, I would like to thank Caracal for their debut release in `our' scale and can only hope that they do more. On initial inspection myself and Whitey (my LSP mate who happened to be over when the posty showed up) thought that they were way too dark, in fact I was initially dissapointed! The Trumpeter decals are pure white, and the Caracal ones are a medium/dark grey... I thought that I had read somewhere that he had intended on doing this so I pushed on and with the first application of the wing star and bar I could not have been happier. Very well packed Some pics in my makeshift studio.... I promise I will get this one in the light tent when it is finished! These pics where taken after the decals where applied and I am yet to give the plane a clean of all of the Microset/Sol residue. Some close ups. I am sure that I will spend the rest of my life cleaning this model, as the dark colour shows up everything! less than 5 minutes after application, all these white specks have settled all over the model. Eric. Edited July 9, 2012 by ericg Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Very nice, it's really beginning to grow on me the F-117.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Wolf Grant Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Very nice, it's really beginning to grow on me the F-117.... Me too ... those markings are quite excellent. Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Look guys, it is a great kit so don't hesitate in getting it. Just make sure you throw out the weapons sprues and engines because you won't need them and make sure you know someone who has an Academy FA-18 for the trottles and stick and know someone who has a Tamiya F-15 bunker buster for the GBU-27's that you can convert from the GBU-28's. And remember, you will need the Caracal decals!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Here is the bomb carrier that attaches to the trapeze. There is no stencil data included in the kit, and as i am going through a bit of a `phase' with stencil data I thought I would dress them up with some of the brilliant airscale stencils as per my references. I am sure that Airscale didn't have this use in mind when they produced these but I think they do a good enough job for this application. Dressed up and dressed down Should look half decent hanging under the aeroplane Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Wolf Grant Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Those placards / stencils really, really make a huge difference. Great stuff. Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartmann352 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Nice! So are you cross-eyed now? I'd go batty. Cheers, Dave Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I recently picked up this kit while working in China. Why? I haven't a clue. I don't even build jets! This tread however, iis really growing on me. Now where on earth am I going to find some Tamiya bunker busters? Fantastic tread Eric. Regards Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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