chrish Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 A little leg work Landrotten Highlander, Crew Dog, Alex and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Dog Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Those mains look really good, loving all the hydro lines! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 Thanks for stopping by and having a look I've got some color on it as of yesterday and gloss varnish on today, the top blue is Vallejo "French Blue" the bottom is Vallejo Surface Primer and the white is Tamiya. The masks were supplied in the decal set. All colors are flat coats, buffed then gloss coated. Here's the before and after; allow a little drying time, maybe another gloss coat then those cool decals Thanks for looking Alain Gadbois, scvrobeson, Michael931080 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Dog Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Slick looking paint scheme...and you said I worked fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 Thanks Dog! Calling it done. I dropped the ball near the finish line and buggered up a couple of the decals (entirely my fault) I also didn't realize there was an antenna (a kind of flat disc) behind the canopy I made a (crude) version of it by stacking white decal disc cut outs each smaller than the one below but the decal slipped later during handling and caused grief, paint damage etc... (again, my fault) In any case, here's the finished product. scvrobeson, Jeff T, dodgem37 and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Wow! That's an awesome looking Bug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Dog Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 She turned out really well! Good looking demo bird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 Thanks a lot! i almost always have troubles with decals, not these ones. As many as there were and the size of some, they went on beautifully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvwse4 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Nice!! Decals are not my favourite either, I usually try to avoid them. But these are looking good to me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Beautiful CF 188! Fine work throughout and the decals especially! Alain chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 Thanks! I sent some pictures (along with my damages) to Dave at Leading Edge Models just to show him the finished model, he immediately offered to supply the decals I had messed up(I told him it was my fault)...that’s some great customer service right there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Stellar Job on the Hornet! Really like that scheme on the Demo Bird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Yes! Beautiful integration of your paint work with the decals. The overall effect looks great. Congrats on a super build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 What a finish! Great. Just great. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 What a beautiful result Chris! You’re going to have to take a photo with this one and your other flight demo Hornet together. What a colourful display that would be. I also have to go on record to say you can’t complete a model in only two pages of a WIP thread. I’m afraid you’re going to have to partially disassemble your model to take more “in progress” photos and spread it over at least two more pages! Cheers, Wolf chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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