williamj Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 OH! Snap.....is that ever nice... chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Alain Gadbois said: Aren't all the Canadian special F-18 paint schemes fantastic by the way? Alain Not all Alain..once a year just a selected. the vast majority look pretty drab. like this. The slipstream stains are very prevalent. Edited February 18, 2019 by williamj Azgaron and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, chrish said: I discovered a way of making masks from paper when I ruined the shark mouth decals for a 1/32 Hasegawa P40 a few years ago, I scanned/ copied the decals (that way the mask is the same size as the original decals) cut the image out (I used a exacto knife) lay them on the model, put a few drops of water on the paper mask and brush it down with a wide soft brush, soak up the excess that squeezes out from under the paper and shoot the paint...very low pressure with frequent passes on the air brush and dampen the mask frequently as the airbrush has a tendency to dry the mask quite quickly...something to do with blowing air on it I guess? Wow, I had that same idea for masking canopies. I have a miserable time trying to line things up when as soon as the mask touches the plastic it sticks. So if you don't have it lined up perfectly it messes the whole thing up. (as you all know). Wouldn't it be nice I thot, to be able to slide the mask around until it all lined up. Great minds ... Your jet plane's looking fantastic btw chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Woe, what a colorful scheme. Nice paintjob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 I think the biggest part of the painting is complete. (maybe) There's still some painting to do on the wings and some detail work to do but I'm back to assembly for now. Starfighter, Fanes, Azgaron and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Wow! Looks absolutely awesome. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 Thanks you guys! I still have to touch up the LERX paint where it joins the fuselage and fix a couple of gaps on that avionics bay and add some details to the spot light box...as the project continues, join us next week, same bat time same bat channel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Wow, just wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Oh yeah, that's nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 This is going to be great... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 Thanks, I sure hope so! I’ll be tickled pink if it comes together in the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitmodellerNZ Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 She's looking great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Very nice paint job! Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 thats spectacular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 still chugging away here. Tonight sees the landing gear brake pipes added and spot light installed...not much I know but it took me awhile to fit all the brake pipes. adding some detail...that's never to be seen again to the spot light Thanks for looking in. LSP_Kevin, johncrow, Out2gtcha and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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