r0t0rdr1ver 817 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Some very clever painting techniques there Fanch, I'm taking notes! Beautiful paint work so far Link to post Share on other sites
Fancherello 844 Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Thanks guys ! Fanch Link to post Share on other sites
mark31 5,176 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 just whent tru your toppic damn great work you put down , im also taking notes before i start my tomcat builds Keep it going love it Mark Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I've thought white / light bases as opposed to black / dark to be a good alternative myself. Looking good Fanch Link to post Share on other sites
frereleo 1 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Fancherello 844 Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 Hello ! I've started painting and fading the upper fuselage. I've found a very nice picture of a VF-103 Tomcat which has been great inspiration. I',ve masking fluid stamped on the kit with a pad cut from packing foam: stamp a paterrn, spray a fine light marbling pattern, restamp, respray and so on. I did this on medium sized areas and on some panels separated by maskng tape. Panel defnition will be increased on next step with darkening filters. I also used a piece of packing fabrick very similar to Scoth Brite that i streched and used a a radom template. You'll maybe see on engine nacelles that my hair comb came back to action ! ( Sorry for the following pics, I have both a new laptop and Light system in my studio, so I'm not that sure of my white balance and amount of blue ) Best Regars and best wishes to LSPer's for 2018 ! Fanch LSP_Paul, Shaka HI, Harrison90 and 8 others 11 Link to post Share on other sites
Bstarr3 1,264 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Wow, that is just a remarkable paintjob! Thee subleties of variation are perfect. So the masking solution just rubs off after you've painted? Link to post Share on other sites
A-10LOADER 1,040 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Looks really good, I've been following along on Facebook as well. Are you doing AA-101, BUNO. 162705 from VF-103 ? Those are the same markings I'm doing on my 1/18th scale Tomcat. Steve Link to post Share on other sites
Fancherello 844 Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 Hi Steve and thank you! I 'll be using Zotz decals for the 105! I' m using here 101 in-flight view and ither VF-103 picd for the parts of 105's i haven't found in real. Cheers Fanch A-10LOADER 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Squizzy 547 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Inspiring, that paint job and look of what I think is the best looking jet of all time, amazing finish. I'm looking forward to seeing you finish this beast. Tomcats forever baby! Vandy 1 VX 4 and A-10LOADER 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Fancherello 844 Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 Thanks a lot! Fanch Link to post Share on other sites
Fancherello 844 Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 Wow, that is just a remarkable paintjob! Thee subleties of variation are perfect. So the masking solution just rubs off after you've painted?Yes, that's it. I work on rather small areas, stamp a bit of masking sol then mottle a transparent marbling then re-stamp some masking sol without removibg the preceeding spots and respray a mottling. And so on 3 or 4 timess then i rub the mask off. And sometimes give another go. The paint is very highly thinned and then transparent, so this way many shaded if grey build up.Thank you for your kind words Fanch MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gazzas 7,133 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Excellent! Link to post Share on other sites
Fancherello 844 Posted January 13, 2018 Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Gregor 213 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Unbelievable... Link to post Share on other sites
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