williamj Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Looks really nice...great finish with the Alclad...and a nice job with the new resin nose..so much better than the kit intake. Love anything Sabre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppenheimer Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 ok, top of the wings are done, the center section is painted with semi matte aluminum, as the real one is not bright on the center section of the wing, it looks good but plain to me, after paneling ad weathering will come to life, sorry for the crappy pictures, but the more silver the more difficult to photograph, minor glitches on the alclad over the wings but with the weathering and paneling will go away PS: dont know if it is the forum itself but as i upload the pictures they loose sharpness the ones on facebook look real sharp wunwinglow, Zero77, allthumbs and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Lovely build, Jorge. Your careful prep work, so important for a NMF, has paid off. Very impressive! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbird3a Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Is this a bad time to break in and announce that the real Korea-era 'Huff' had a black cockpit; the pics with the grey cockpit are modern warbird photos. regards, Tony Harold and sandokan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) Jorge Just a knockout and a fantastic Alclad NMF on the Huff. Your Alclad finishing abilities, always both amaze and encourage me to keep pushing and keep working at improving. I've noticed the same as to both sharpness and color when uploading images. Photography is a newly awakened passion and I do spend a lot of time in post production processing on all my images. There are image software programs which will help resolve this problem, such as NIK Sharpener Pro, which I'm just starting to learn to use. Keep 'em coming Peter Edited January 28, 2015 by Peterpools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 That really does look amazing Jorge. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 'Is this a bad time to break in and announce that the real Korea-era 'Huff' had a black cockpit;' Yes it is, and you know it. Please next time send this type of information in a PM to the author. Thank you. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppenheimer Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) Tony, thanks for the tip on the color of the cockpit, well it looks like mine will be a warbird then, it is late to change the color, the frame of the canopy and the windscreen are black inside, the rest is will remain as you saw on the early picture. Peter, i take my pictures in RAW format so i can post process better than in JPEG format, my pictures are crisp in focus, but i think the forum degrades the picture for space and that is why they look like that, i uploaded the picture in 2600 pixels size and the forum lowered to around 900 pixels, when you click on the picture it will open a pop up window of it, and if you click on the save button it will take you to my photobucket page and there you will see it with good focus Jorge Edited January 28, 2015 by oppenheimer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The issue with the photos is that if the source image is deemed too large for effective display in the current browser window, the forum software will ask the browser to display it at a smaller size. Browsers are not especially good at this, which often results in a lower-quality image that no software will fix, as it's being done on-the-fly. FWIW Jorge, I only see your photos at 1024px wide, whether I view them here or on Photobucket. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 What a great job on the NMF! There really is something classic and eternal about the Sabre! Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) What a great NMF finish. Get's you thinking if foiling is really a better option than Alclad. Since I have no experience with either I can only say that I really envy your painting skills. Just awesome! Cheers Rainer Edit: The pics look very good to me! If they were even sharper I'd say they look unrealistic. Edited January 28, 2015 by Rainer Hoffmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppenheimer Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Kev, you are right, even photobucket reduces the size and the combination of both gives you this picture quality, Rainer, thanks, i really preffer paint over foil, the foil look good, but you have more option with color and weathering over paint than foil, that is why i use alclad, it gives you a real look of metal on the plastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Jorge The biggest problem is not how we photograph images (RAW) and in PP, normally the RAW file is saved as a TIF File and then when uploaded to photobucked it becomes a JPEG file and both sharpnes and resolution are reduced. For my money, your images are wonderfully crisp, clear and sharp. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Wow, that is truly STUNNING!!! I really like it. Im kind of the opposite when it comes to paint VS foil to make NMF. I think its all about technique, and personally preference as Im again kind of the opposite about the look of foil VS paint as well. I have found several processes that allow not only paint over foil, but the same and even more weathering techniques over foil including some truly awesome chipping techniques....................its just like anything, it takes practice and experimentation. Your Saber is turning out lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppenheimer Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Out2gtcha, the important thing is that everyone feels good with their own technique, yes the foil way is amazing in the results too, by the way, your foiled B25 is spectacular as well as your Bronco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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