F-84 Thunderjet FINISHED

[Guest Peterpools]

Sweet. The NMF on the fuselage and wings looks terrific.

Keep 'em coming

:popcorn:

Edited March 1, 2013 by Peterpools

[blackbetty]

thanx peter

most of the parts have now been "metalized"

 

[blackbetty]

and i have built a little jig because the fuselage always falls over, it will help in painting the OD fuselage top

 

[LSP_Kevin]

Looking good Karl!

 

Kev

[geedubelyer]

I can't get over how realistic your metal finish is Karl. That is more top notch work.

[Out2gtcha]

Very nice looking.................seems to be going slightly faster than the Mig eh?

[blackbetty]

Kevin, Guy, Maru, Brian, thank you for looking in - and yes its seems to go a "little" faster than the mig

 

masked the olive drab fuselage top:

 

Edited March 11, 2013 by blackbetty

[blackbetty]

i have never masked and sprayed over a "metalized" area, so we will see how that works out

 

[blackbetty]

no lifting of the finish when pulling off the mask!

 

[blackbetty]

looks pretty ok, i think

 

[LSP_Kevin]

Nice going Karl. Happy Birthday too buddy.

 

Kev

[Guest Peterpools]

Karl

Perfect! Nice going. Are you planning on using a sealer over the Alclad?

:popcorn:

Edited March 11, 2013 by Peterpools

[blackbetty]

thanx for the wishes, kevin!

no alclad here, its a metalizer

i read that the sealer breaks the metal like shine, so i dont want to. first try with the declas turned out great, no film to see.... stay tuned

Edited March 13, 2013 by blackbetty

[blackbetty]

decals go on. these are nicely printed and in register, but have lots of clear film between the stencils, its better to cut out the individual stencil and apply. you have to cut out the middle part of the red and yellow outlines around some openings or they get covered up by clear film (as is on the side of the fuse). cut it while the decals is still dry, or you will wrestle with it (ask me how i know)

 

Edited March 13, 2013 by blackbetty

[blackbetty]

for the tank i cut some masks to use different shades of metalizer for different parts. its very hard to make the seam of the tank invisible, the metalizer seems to highlight them, as the metal paint is extremly thin. on the first try you could even see the line between primered and not primered parts. this was a mistake on my part, i should have not only used surfacer on the joint

 

 

Edited March 13, 2013 by blackbetty