MikeMaben Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Great looking finish on the orange! Did you have to do anything special to keep the tape from dulling your metal finish when you removed it(after painting the dayglo)? I’ve seen a ghost line from the tape edge left over on mine in the past and am wondering how to avoid it. Yours looks pristine. Chris kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 16 hours ago, themongoose said: Great looking finish on the orange! Did you have to do anything special to keep the tape from dulling your metal finish when you removed it(after painting the dayglo)? I’ve seen a ghost line from the tape edge left over on mine in the past and am wondering how to avoid it. Yours looks pristine. Chris The tape didn't affect the metal surface, because the metallic is vax based, however to have the day glow adhere, I had to remove the 'True Metal' with turpentine before painting. Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 On 9/10/2021 at 4:20 AM, scvrobeson said: I like the faded day-glo, it looks very authentic. How did you do it? Matt Hi Matt. I painted the areas with a very light faded yellow. After that I sprayed Gunze's Fluorecent Orange where the shadows would be. Finally I used oils mostly Burnt Sienna to bring it all together. I was actually surprised how easy it was to get the effect of weathered 'day glo' Kent Greg W, scvrobeson and rafju 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) Thanks all for you encouraging comments! I've decided to make a little addition to the build. At least two of the Danish T-33's had Delmar equipment, DT-497 & DT-571 So, I've started scratch building the parts... The two T-33's had yellow rudder to identify them as target planes. Cheers: Kent Edited September 11, 2021 by kkarlsen Landrotten Highlander, Starfighter, geedubelyer and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 The scratched Delmar Target equipment... Pieces of resin, sprue and styrene. Cheers: Kent LSP_Kevin, KiwiZac, Landrotten Highlander and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Excellent scratch-building, Kent! Kev Citadelgrad and kkarlsen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 Parts are coming together for the T-33 build... Winch, launcher and 'target' for the Delmar installation. Cheers: Kent Kagemusha, Sparzanza, themongoose and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 While I was away at the hospital a fellow modeler and Pilot, Thomas Lundgren was to supply me with these close up photos of the Del Mar Shooting Target... I was able to spend some time at 'bench' and the red color of the target was corrected, but most importantly I was able to make a decal from the photos he supplied. Good to be back! Cheers: Kent LSP_Kevin, KiwiZac, Landrotten Highlander and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Nice work Kent and so good to see you back at the bench! Regards. Andy kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 hour ago, monthebiff said: Nice work Kent and so good to see you back at the bench! Regards. Andy Indeed, hope your health is much improved. kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Beautiful work Kent! One advice if I may: do not fully open the airbrakes as the kit is unfortunately wrong in that area. Note this is also the case of the Avionix resin set! Actually, the full airframe brake wells had no ceiling. As on the F-80, you saw there a lot of hydraulic pipes, wires, hoses and connectors that were close to the front of the Allison J33 engine. Very nice project. Such trainers are unfortunately not as popular as fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 52 minutes ago, thierry laurent said: Beautiful work Kent! One advice if I may: do not fully open the airbrakes as the kit is unfortunately wrong in that area. Note this is also the case of the Avionix resin set! Actually, the full airframe brake wells had no ceiling. As on the F-80, you saw there a lot of hydraulic pipes, wires, hoses and connectors that are were close to the front of the Allison J33 engine. Very nice project. Such trainers are unfortunately not as popuar as fighters. Some of the photos I have of the described area... I will try to make the brake wells as correct as possible, but maybe the solution is to display them as half open brakes... Cheers: Kent MikeMaben, Greg W, Kagemusha and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) I'm still spending a lot of time in the different wards at the hospital. But I'm finally picking up speed, it has been a long journey... The landing gear has been mounted, and a scratched access ladder. The scratched flaps and some of the decals have been applied. Cheers: Kent Edited June 8, 2022 by kkarlsen Fanes, Paul in Napier, JayBee and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrease Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Nice work! I've been enjoying your builds for a while now and this one is very cool. John Martinnfb and kkarlsen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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