Thomas Lund Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Actually bought this one around april and started it immediately, but haven't gotten around to making a build thread. Dont have many pictures of the process, sorry, but this is from today. I really fell for this F-84 since it was good looking and it was flown by Robert Scott - ex-Flying Tiger and this plane carries the flying tiger insignia's too. The decals (Zotz) said to paint the wing tanks in a color matching the decals for the tail... fat chance I thought so I decided to paint the stripes. Quite a bit of work... one of those where you think "I should have invested in stocks in The Tamiya Tape Company". Done now, but a bit of clean up is required. I've painted the USAF legend and will paint the insignia and most other markings, except the stencils and a few other bits jgrease, Lothar, MikeC and 16 others 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 That is looking sharp! Deserves a trophy for sure. I see your point on those stripes. The tamiya tape just didn’t go down consistently did it? Still it must be small as I can just barely see it in the pic. Those lines look really good and parallel, excellent job. Did you foil it or paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 10 hours ago, Thomas Lund said: ... flown by Robert Scott - ex-Flying Tiger and this plane carries the flying tiger insignia's too. Cool, never seen that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 On 11/9/2019 at 2:04 AM, themongoose said: That is looking sharp! Deserves a trophy for sure. I see your point on those stripes. The tamiya tape just didn’t go down consistently did it? Still it must be small as I can just barely see it in the pic. Those lines look really good and parallel, excellent job. Did you foil it or paint? I painted it using the new(er) Vallejo metal paints. I am amazed how good these are - strong and easy to apply, only have to watch for not pooling them on the surface. Then it looks terrible. Only gripe is that the different aluminium shades are too close and does not - in my opinion - provide enough contrast to each other. So I painted the panels with 'Burnt Iron' and toned it down with a mist of duraluminium On 11/9/2019 at 10:05 AM, MikeMaben said: Cool, never seen that one The original Thanks guys LSP_Kevin, Lothar, MikeMaben and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Coming along nicely, some great work there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 Ok - painting complete. Painted all markings except stencils (boy there are a lot on a jet) and the personal markings. But I do hate those rubber wheels. Only game in town is apparently the Fisher ones but I couldn't find a EU source. Ordering from outside the EU often results in a 20 EUR 'fine' (aka handling fee) plus 25% VAT and that would have brought it up to an unacceptable price. Good thing I speak 3D and a good friend with a 3D printer - awfull color, but a coat of primer fixed that Getting close now Uncarina, Landrotten Highlander, jgrease and 14 others 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Looking great, Thomas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Spectacular work, Thomas! Cheers, D.B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Thomas, that is a very good looking Thunderjet, your choice of changing the striping process, and painting it matching the tanks was a good one. These jets had some very nice paintjobs in reality, you did her justice greetz Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 That looks fantastic, Thomas! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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