themongoose Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 Woohoo thanks guy. The beauty of foil I'm discovering is how easy it is to fix things up. I repaired the wing areas and some spots along the fuselage today. Glued her together and thought I was done for the weekend since we're traveling for a wedding... ...but I'm still waiting for my wife to get ready to leave so I figured there was enough time for one more small job...foil the canopy Definitely done now as I don't want to get called out for delaying us, thus transitioning the discussion with the in-laws to how I made us late brouhaha USMC Herc, LSP_Kevin, Out2gtcha and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 She is as DONE as I can get her right now! Once I figure out how to print decals I will add the Thunderbird and Country logos for the final touch. Built completely out of the box. Foiled using Microscale foil glue and kitchen foil of varying weights. The foil around the exhaust was treated with bleach, pennies, and fishing weights to develop the heat affected zone. All graphics are painted on using Maketar Kabuki paper and my Silhouette Cameo3. This plane represents the 1954 show season (albeit without the country and Thunderbird logos because I haven’t mastered making my own decals yet if you know what I mean ;-) )The only decals are in the cockpit and the no-step lettering on the wings. Paints are MCW(Model Car World) acrylic lacquer for the plane and Vallejo acrylics in the cockpit. Kudos go to Out2gtcha and MikeA for all their help in learning to foil. Thanks Guys! Here's a close-out shot with more over on the RFI forum: F-84G Thunderbirds I hope you all have enjoyed this build. I sure have! learned alot and will be using these skills on the next 3 Thunderbirds I have to do in completing the family. LSP_Kevin, USMC Herc, Durangokid and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Love it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Real nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpjack Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Beautiful! Is that a proprietary display stand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbgtv8steve Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Beautiful work! You've made 'foiling' look "easy" - very well done! Your rendering of the Thunderbird scheme is exemplary - you should offer your masks to the modelling world. Steve S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 59 minutes ago, jumpjack said: Beautiful! Is that a proprietary display stand? Hey Jumpjack, that’s Tamiya’s stand from their F-16. I know it comes in the Thunderbirds boxing but not sure about the others. I’ve picked up 5 of them from guys who don’t use them over the last couple years. It comes with big mold lines and attachment points on it. I sand it all down and then polish it to make it presentable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpjack Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Thanks Mongoose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Very cool. Now I want to foil something but knowing me it will never get done good show Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Great job! Love the foiling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-4Phanwell Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 very impressive Thunderjet, she is a Beauty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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