chrish Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 Thanks for looking in and encouraging my delinquency. I bumped it off the shelf for a spell (foiling a model is a bit of a boring chore I find) to finish the "Higher call" and build, yet another, 1/72 Beechcraft 200- Kingair which is off in the paint drying stages now so back to foiling this kit. The fuselage has been completed and work is moving to final assembly of the flying surfaces and fitment of those surfaces to the fuselage Again, thanks for looking MikeC, Daniel Leduc, themongoose and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 So, after 2 weeks of off and on work and 5 sheets of foil, I finally have what looks like a chrome plated F-86. Alclad woulda been so much quicker! Oh well...I can begin decals and weathering now. I should be able to use any weathering medium available on the model and not worry how it affects the underlying finish. Still in progress; Thanks for looking Greg W, Daniel Leduc, Landrotten Highlander and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Excellent! chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 That looks brilliant Chris, really effective. Look forward to what comes next.......! chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 On 6/25/2020 at 10:34 PM, chrish said: a dozen sheets of foil Hi Chris, it certainly looks the part, like real aluminum! What kind of foil do You use? Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Looks good. What brand of foil are you using? There seems to be differing values to the foils. What 'colors' are you using? Or are you chemically changing the color? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 Thanks guys, it’s all “Bare Metal Foil” brand of foil, new improved chrome is the brass tinted stuff dull aluminum on some panels and bright chrome (3 different packages) as I’ve discovered they are not all to the same appearance. I’ve also varied the look by putting some (from the same sheet) with the “grain” in a right angle to an adjacent piece, the wing panels are an example of that, the centre panels are grain span wise the leading edge is grain chord wise, moving surfaces are buffed with tri-grit sanding sticks. I've begun putting decals on today, the yellow/black Wing and fuselage stripes are nasty for hard and brittle with poor opacity...pictures later Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 Soo moving right along, the decals are (mostly) on and many have stopped sticking to my fingers and now remain on the model...mostly. Ok, so this thing now looks like it's going a million miles per hour... took some artistic license in the gear bays, just for a bit of color Thanks for looking LSP_Kevin, mozart, dodgem37 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 That looks fantastic, Chris! Kev mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Agreed with Kev! chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 That's looking great. chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Your F-86 looks beautiful! Alain chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Very impressive, not to mention the realistic finish. chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 The empty desk was a big surprise but it's good to see that you resurrected this one as it is now looking just right to me. Cheers Dennis chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 A beautifully reflective finish! There’s just nothing more realistic. All that work was worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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