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F-84E Thunderjet in foil


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Lovely!  Is that the Hobby Boss kit I assume?

 

Did the nose cone, or inner intake parts give you any issues foiling? The Tamiya 1/48th kit intake looked like a bear to foil, but thought it would likely be much easier in 32nd.

 

My bro made a foiled 1/48th Czech straight wing F-84 but always thought a 32nd version would rock..........and it does! 

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amazing...especially as presented in the third picture..almost "livelike airborne photography made agains a misty background", congratulations on your splendid build.

 

cheers,

Jack.

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Beautiful natural metal finish. 

 

What adhesive did you use? Any particular brand of foil?

 

My experience with aluminum foil is  its easy to leave a fingernail mark on the foil. The easy answer is don't mark the foil  Do you have a suggestion on strengthening the foil to prevent this from happening?

 

Again great work.

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That looks really awesome mate! Great work. May I publish it on the website?

 

Kev

 

   Thank You  Kev  and I would be honored if you did    Jack

Lovely!  Is that the Hobby Boss kit I assume?

 

Did the nose cone, or inner intake parts give you any issues foiling? The Tamiya 1/48th kit intake looked like a bear to foil, but thought it would likely be much easier in 32nd.

 

My bro made a foiled 1/48th Czech straight wing F-84 but always thought a 32nd version would rock..........and it does! 

         Thank You Brian   Yes it is the Hobby Boss .....I had a judge give me grief about a gap inside the intake........no gap but a reflection on the 90 degree corner .......I engraved the missed panel line around the nose and used 1 piece of foil that I made a hole in the center and worked it around.

 

...that is one hell of a bird...., veeeerryyyyy nice mr.....

        Thank You      

 

COR BLIMEY !!! :clap2: :clap2:

 

It's gets MY attention...

 

OUTSTANDING bit of modeling and she looks GORGEOUS. :wub:

 

the photos are Awesome And the last picture us SUPERBLY taken..

KUDOS...

 

:bow: :bow: :bow:

Thank You            The pics taken by my niece with a macro lens

 

Wow!! Awesome stuff mate.....

   Thank You

 

Awesome Thunderjet for sure, as the NMF looks perfectly weathered.

Peter

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

   Thank You Peter     I held my breath and shot a coat of semi gloss to reduce but not kill the shine

Seriously - if the up-close pictures had a real background, then I would have beleived they were real. Wow it looks great !!

Thank You  Thomas     the pics are my nieces "fault"

 

Bowled over. Quality work.

 

- Steve

   Thank You Steve

 

she does look great! always wanted to build one of these. yours is inspiring.

   Thank You          "JUST DO IT"     it is really a nice kit  and the decals are the best I've ever used

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Glad I noticed the clear "rod" ....    the only thing that gave away that it was a model! First two pics had me thinking if it was a real plane with a photoshopped background.

( but then again, you could have taken a pic of a real plane and fotoshopped the background and the rod.....  ;)    )

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