David Mooney Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Hello, this is the first plane I have ever put on the web so please be nice . To be honest most have not been to great but after years and many kits later I think I may have cracked it...........finally! so whatever critism is given will be taken on board and used to help progess and do a better job next time, but if I don't agree I KNOW WHERE YA LIVE lol! So here goes, hope you all like it As you can see in the last picture the cockpit instrument panel is way to high and I never realised till it was to late to fix, so forgive this as I have since found that its a kit issue!! ok, ok, I should have done a bit of research before I built the kit. Eduard's big ed was used on the kits and the bombs were "rusted up" using Humbrol weathering power. I did my research on the bombs and found that a lot of the bombs used in veitnam were left overs from the end of world war two and were in a very bad rusted state, so hence the reason my bombs look so rusty. Marks outta ten folks????? Lee White 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Welcome aboard David! Your F-105 looks great to me! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I like it the weatherd gun bays, Rusty bombs. Keep building and posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 David Welcome aboard and enjoy the forum. A stellar build with some excellent light weathering ... well done Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Good stuff, Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Looks like you had fun with that one! Don't ever worry about problems you discover after you finish a model! If you had a ball, then it has done it's job! But if you can learn something from the experience and put that to good use on the next project, that one will be even better than the one before. Those rusty bombs look great, I would certainly love to know how you did it; ordnance often looks pretty scruffy, especially dumb bomb casings that have been hanging around a while. I remember reading one of the crew on the first Black Buck mission to the Falkland Islands being surprised at the terrible state of the 1000 lbers being loaded into his Vulcan, and that one even seemed to have something oozing out of it!! Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Stoner Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Very sweet looking Thud. Job well done, very nice finish and awesome detail. Need a Phantom sitting next to it!!! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Nice thud she looks great...well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinuheH Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Nice work on Jack Broughton's F-105 - brings back memories of Thud Ridge! , keep building and keep posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mooney Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Looks like you had fun with that one! Don't ever worry about problems you discover after you finish a model! If you had a ball, then it has done it's job! But if you can learn something from the experience and put that to good use on the next project, that one will be even better than the one before. Those rusty bombs look great, I would certainly love to know how you did it; ordnance often looks pretty scruffy, especially dumb bomb casings that have been hanging around a while. I remember reading one of the crew on the first Black Buck mission to the Falkland Islands being surprised at the terrible state of the 1000 lbers being loaded into his Vulcan, and that one even seemed to have something oozing out of it!! Tim Hello Tim, the way I bid the bombs was to paint the entire bomb its base colour all over first of. Then as it was only the bomb sections that there "in a sad state" I masked of the "newer" fins sections of the item. Then I used Humbrol's weathering powders, first of I used the red oxide to give it the deep red and then went over the with the lighter rust to give it a more weathered and realistic look. to be fair I was a little worried how they would turn out certainly as it was my first go at this. I did have a few moments but I was more than happy with the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mooney Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Thanks for the positive comments folks, its certainly motivated me back to me work bench! Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Thanks, I'll pop into my local Model shop this weekend and pick up some of those Humbrol products, they look like they will be very useful! Thanks for the pointer. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Don't be too chickend..., that is a great masterpiece of model you've got there Mr. Really nice looking..., thank's for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzcreations Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 She looks great David! I wouldnt worry about the console too much..I used an AM set in mine, and if I recall it was actually the windscreen & canopy that was out of whack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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