dodgem37 Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 It will make quite the presentation at the monthly model meeting, that's for sure. I second ALL that! Great. Just great. Great idea. Great execution. Great diorama. Sincerely, Mark Starfighter and A-10LOADER 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Oh wow! This trend just gets better and better all the time BEN. Well done. Love the work so far. Most awesome build going on here. Thanks for sharing this with us. Troy Starfighter and A-10LOADER 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 Ben, The Hoover looks great and is coming together fast at this point. Are the raised rivets from Archers Fine Transfers? Or MicroMark? They look terrific! Do you find that the decal carrier film disappears under a coat or two of paint? I would think so, especially as they look to be trimmed closely to the edge. Keep up the outstanding work. I can't wait to see more! Rich Thanks Rich! The rivets are from Micro Mark. They are a tad bigger than the Archer ones. Most fo the carrier film diappears under a coat of paint. As I am using Mr Paint paints which are extremely thin, the carrier film remains slightly visible. I will try to carefull sand away the minor steps caused by the carrier film. If you are using thicker paint or apply a coar of primer on top of the decals, the film should disappear completely. Oh... and those raised formation strip lights on the vertical stab look really nice. The perimeter fasteners are so evenly spaced and neat! Love it! The slime lights were cut from 0,25mm plastic sheet; I made a scale drawing including the (evenly spaced) fasteners. I just glued the drawing onto the plastic sheet, punched through the fasteners and then cut out the slime lights. Did you have the parts for the elevator laser cut? They look very neat. Cheers Rainer Yes, the elevator parts are laser cut. The idea is to make it available as a kit; I also made padeyes with open bottom for it which are already available in my Shapeways Shop. HerculesPA_2, Jim Barry, A-10LOADER and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stusbke Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Did you try and using decal set for them rivets...works a charm on mine never have carrier film visible afterwards just a thought looking killer mate looking foprward to the weekend Cheers Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 I have used Mr Mark softer on them, Fred. I always use setting solution but this does not eliminate the physical thickness of the carrier film! Looking forward to having a beer or two and a good chat on Sunday, mate! 109 and HerculesPA_2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 Just a little teaser... for those interested, I'll bring her to KMK Scaleworld in Mol this Sunday. Would be great to meet some LSPers! Shawn M, Kagemusha, Out2gtcha and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Man! Such am impressive project! I'm really looking forward to its completion Ben! Starfighter and A-10LOADER 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Ben, Amazing, simply amazing Sure wish I could make the show, but finances, time, and Distance are all working against me. Joel Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 I'll be there probably. Looking forward to see it in the flesh errr plastic. Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 Great - see you in Mol, Cees! Cees Broere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 I somehow felt the need for some masking. I hope to get a reply from my decal and mask suppliers soon - the lightnings weren't too difficult to cut by hand but some other elements will be much harder or even imposible to cut by hand. I wish I had a cutting plotter myself... blackbetty, Out2gtcha, HerculesPA_2 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Ben, absolutely beautiful, almost forgot to check in on this from time to time. And i'll probably won't make it to Mol, since at the same day the Sanicole airshow is taking place and have plans for that already, but as alread said by others i also am anxious to see this project of yours in real time....... have fun, Jack. Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Nice line-work. Sincerely, Mark Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Hi Ben, Saw your Viking yesterday and it looks even better in real life. Unfortunately you were away when I passed by. Next time for sure. The crude supports holding the wings are temporarily I hope? Cheers Cees Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 Hi Cees, what a shame we didn't meet! I didn't spend a lot of time at the stand as some olf friens of mine which I hadn't seen in years were at the show and I spent the better part of the day running around with them. Would be great to meet you next time - maybe in Putte? The support struts are the final ones; I will spice them up a bit and once painted red, I hope they'll look the part. HerculesPA_2 and Cees Broere 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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