From Mirage to the American kfir . end of the story ..Dec 24

[Vitali]

Excellent work. I really like the paintwork, well done.

[Out2gtcha]

Wow, SUPERIOR paint work my friend! 

[Showtime 100]

Hi 

 

The next and final stage : the whole top painting .....After drawing the camo lines , I first sprayed the sand colour , as Gunse H 313 , without ( again) "weathering " effects . The green plastic colour is awful and hard to cover , especially since I don't spray "surfacer " .. less I spray on , more it's better  

 

 

then comes the post shadowing :: I just added a few drops of light brown instead of black , this way , I keep the same tone , shade ... finally a wash of " raw sienna" oil paint one the lines , for the " warm" effect of this weathering  ..  lightening of exposed areas ( Yuma desert sun ), simply with white

 

 

the light brown; this is always the same old song .... spraying , post shading , wash , etc..... For the post shading , I used a darker brown , again to stay in the same tone , then I lightened randomly some panels , I have poured  a bit of yellow on the base colour ( warm effect) 

 

 

now , the green colour : I used Gunse H 303 ( FS 34102) , post shading with a drop of black , lightened with yellow ... one the following pictures , the green colour looks too much green , I took several pictures , but I couldn't catch the good colour .. too bad , I am definitively not a good photographer 

 

 

 

And now , mates , here she is , almost done !! decals are nice , even if despite a gloss ( rather satin) varnish , I got some ( a bit) silvering with stencils ( I hate decals) I am not perfect ......  I give you " rendez vous" at the RFI session ....... Thank you all for leaving a few words , or a "like" , or even having a glimpse , I hope you have understood my "prose " It wasn't always easy ...... As you saw , it wasn't a Lego build even not a Tamiya kit , but I really enjoyed building this kit ......BTW ; if you want to get rid of your Isracast conversion.........think to me  ..And ...MERRY CHRISTMAS  EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alain

 

Just found this thread.

 

Awesome work you've done on your build  .

 

 

This one post have answered my questions/concerns regarding effective painting of a/c that live in the desert. I have several Israeli a/c builds lined up and was worried about getting that proper paint-fade look. Man; you've really nailed it as far as I'm concerned !

 

 

BTW; I'm looking for the same Isracast conversion set you're currently using on this build. If you know of any available please send me a PM   .

[dodgem37]

That is the ticket.  Mighty Fine!

 

Sincerely,

Mark

[alain11]

Hi 

Thank you guys!!!!!! If some of you are interested by this Isracast set , you can find all the kfir sets here .......but at that price , Hummmmm... you have to break your piggy bank ....I've bought mine two years ago at Hannants , all were available , at raisonnable prices , why i didn't by the C2/7 set    

Alain

https://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=14&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj-0NPAi5_KAhUDRhQKHUXkDu0QFghqMA0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsandlehobbies.com%2Fcategory.aspx%3FID%3D4992&usg=AFQjCNHVWrBQUwjafRQjz3x6TsMD3QTdPQ

[richdlc]

wow - looks amazing!

[timvkampen]

And what is the end result?

[alain11]

And what is the end result?

 

Hi 

wait for a moment , I have to dig it up 

 

et voila !!!!!

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