monthebiff Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Liking the results from those pretty nasty looking decals, nice tip on the suitcase as well! Regards. Andy chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Another one hit right out o’ the ballpark Chuck! BEAUTIFUL!!! Cheers, Wolf chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Top shelf Chuck....Love it. chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Absolutely flawless as usual, Chuck! chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrease Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Great stuff as always Chuck - lessons learned as always! chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Without words!!!!!! John chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Great tip on the suitcase. Lovely finish and the yellow looks really good. chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckT Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Looking sharp Chuck. Great job! chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHands Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Yellow aircraft in general are very hard to model and harder to decal. You have done a tremendous job with this plane! Are you going to do anything to restore rivet detail on the markings? Edited April 1, 2020 by TwoHands chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Thanks again everyone! 34 minutes ago, TwoHands said: Yellow aircraft in general are very hard to model and harder to decal. You have done a tremendous job with this plane! Are you going to do anything to restore rivet detail on the markings? Very good question, which I've already been working on. My models typically take only 2 coats of paint, like my Spitfire and Eagle in my signature below, so about 95% of the detail I have before paint can still be seen. After spraying a white undercoat on this model, I was initially concerned and then later almost devastated at how many coats of paint I needed to cover, because much of the detail was being filled with paint. After about 5 coats I set the model aside and went away for a few days, complaining to a few modeling friends that I might have screwed up the model by using the wrong paint. Thankfully, upon my return and despite the fact that I was using fast drying lacquer, much of the detail came back as the paint dried and shrunk into the panel line and rivet recesses, leaving about 80% of the detail I had before. I then carefully re-punched a few rivets, re-scribed a few panel lines and just about all of the large fastener detail was restored with my Mega Tool, bringing another 10% back, for a total of maybe 90%. Two more things- and I fully admit I'm rationalizing because there's no turning back. Many of the panel lines that you can't see very well anymore, you can't see on the real deal unless you get up close. This is especially true of the fine detail above the wheel wells at the top. Many panel lines I scribed here can only be seen at 3 feet or less on the real aircraft, which is a bit over an inch away at 1/32 scale. I can still see them if I look for them, so I'm happy enough with that. The other thing that hides detail is the bright yellow that is so hard to photograph, unless you get up real close. For example, from this shot it looks like much of the detail is almost gone. It starts to show up a little closer... Zooming in on it more (which often reveals flaws), shows that most of the detail is still intact. Cheers, Chuck KUROK, scvrobeson, Kagemusha and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Can't seem to find any booboos Chuck chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Lovely work Chuck, I’m so glad I didn’t have to use any of those decals, would have scared the life out of me! chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Wow! Beautiful work mate and great paint scheme! Cheers Alan chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Looks good to me, Chuck! chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 You have a nice canary. Good job, Chuck. Petr chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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