Durangokid Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Always nice to see your finished builds and this one does not disappoint! Everything has to be perfect to pull of that gloss black scheme but you nailed it. Great WIP too... Bryan chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squizzy 78 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Another masterpiece Chuck, I think we all knew that it was going to be good, but wow, mind blowing, and from a 'changeling' kit. But I can't believe how good those scratch built intakes are! chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieB Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Absolutely flawless finish, top marks for pulling off a very difficult scheme. chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) Thank you everyone for your kind and encouraging responses. As I do at the end of every build, I write a magazine article on what I’d did directly from my WIP thread, which is one of the major reasons I do them in the first place. Reviewing this build from start to finish confirms that this kit is a real challenge to just put together and even more so to correct many panel lines and other details. Still, I’m pretty happy with the end result, which could never have been done with the old Hasegawa kit, so we modellers should be happy that this kit exists at all as a good platform to create a decent 1/32 F-5E. What we now need is a good resin cockpit, because the Black Box one that I used is super rare and almost impossible to find. The gloss black finish is another big challenge and although I’m also happy with how it turned out, I’ll never do another one. As expected, the glossy finish picks up any crap that might be in the air due to static electricity, which forced me to sand down and repaint several areas many, many times. Even after dusting off the model the best I could, you can still see bits of dust everywhere in my close-up pics above, so that will never go away. The other major shortcoming of this color on this model is the total lack of available red decals, as I described above. Even after making do with an assortment of decals and painting some with masks, I’m missing a few that should be there, like the big “AF” at the top of the tail. I suppose I could have found a way to paint those too, but there comes a time when you just don’t care anymore and need to move on to another project. As mentioned in my WIP thread, my next challenge will be another Kitty Hawk kit, in this case the T-6 Texan that I will modify slightly to a Canadian Harvard. After building nothing but iconic fighters for so many years (F-4, F-14 and F-18 twice), I need a new challenge with glossy yellow wings, where the dust should be less noticeable. BTW, my Spitfire below will be featured in the January and February Fine Scale Modeller magazine (2 parter), while my Eagle will be on the cover of a new FSM book on Modeling Aircraft, also in February. I’m really looking forward to see how these articles turned out! FSM "Modeling Aircraft" Cheers, Chuck Edited October 15, 2019 by chuck540z3 tchwrma and A-10LOADER 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Manzara Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Chuck Congratulations on a beautiful airplane. chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 wow, such pristine workmanship and finish. chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 (edited) Great work as always Chuck, for your next project here is something that may be of help: https://www.docdroid.net/ahbi1Ht/north-american-at-6abcd-and-snj-345-erection-and-maintenance-manual.pdf Jari Edited October 28, 2019 by Finn chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 17 minutes ago, Finn said: Great work as always Chuck, for your next project here is something that may be of help: https://www.docdroid.net/ahbi1Ht/north-american-at-6abcd-and-snj-345-erection-and-maintenance-manual.pdf Jari Thanks Jari and also THANKS for that service manual! I'm just starting this model and I was having difficulty finding detail references. Not any more! Cheers, Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Chuck, that is a real black beauty! And your build log is a great guide for building this kit! Great job! chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 beautiful build again chuck chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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