Michael931080 520 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 WOW!!! Speechless!!! Starfighter 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Kevin 32,473 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Awesome work, Ben! Kev Starfighter 1 Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 9,771 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 I've used black decal film to create ejection handles before, but never on real fabric cord like that and never that good. Man they turned out terrific! That whole cockpit is a real jewel. Cheers, Chuck Derek B, A-10LOADER and Starfighter 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Derek B 4,551 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Loving the finish on the fin Ben - it looks superb. is the international orange Hataka red line acrylic or orange line lacquer paint? Cheers Derek Starfighter 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ScoobyDoo 648 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Mouth dropping build, again Scooby approves of Scooby. This is one of three aircraft that carried Scooby, I have all three on my build list. Starfighter 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Starfighter 5,056 Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 On 1/12/2021 at 10:25 AM, Derek B said: Loving the finish on the fin Ben - it looks superb. is the international orange Hataka red line acrylic or orange line lacquer paint? Cheers Derek Thank you all for your kind comments! Derek, the International Orange I've been using is from Hataka's lacquer range. Derek B 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Derek B 4,551 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Just now, Starfighter said: Thank you all for your kind comments! Derek, the International Orange I've been using is from Hataka's lacquer range. Thank you Ben Derek Starfighter 1 Link to post Share on other sites
A-10LOADER 1,059 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Beautiful work bud. Steve Starfighter 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Starfighter 5,056 Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 Just to show you that Scooby is anything but forgotten - here is some progress! As you may have seen a few pages earlier in this thread, Alistair from Aerocraft Models was kind enough to cast new clear parts for me and they are an absolute game changer to say the least. They are very nicely cast and just require a tiny bit of gentle polishing to get an absolutely perfect result. Their big advantage over the kit parts is the absence of visible injection points in the clear parts. They are rather hard to photograph and I am not sure my photos do them justice - I'll give it a try anyway. That's how the parts look after a few minutes of gentle polishing, no Future or similar being used on them: Alistair told me that he is going to release a set of new canopies with the clear parts and frames combined which will make our lives much easier. He just was kind enough to make the clear parts as shown above as my frames were already detailed and painted. Rest assured, his set will be an absolute game changer for all Tamiya Phantom builds out there and I will definitely get at least two of his new sets for future Phantom builds! Here is how my front canopy currently looks - masked, painted and decals applied. Note the slightly different hue of FS35237 on the lower frame which was obviously painted over before the pilot's name was added. This also shows the difference between Mr.Paint on the forward and rear frames and Gunze on the lower frames - both being FS35237 but the difference is huge, MRP being much more blueish. On a side note, I actually used both to create the desired shade of FS35237 on the airframe - I applied Gunze first and added a thin layer of MRP on top of it. Next step: matt varnish, weathering. demasking. Then I'll repeat the same for the rear canopy. Then, I have to do the rear seat and to add a few antennas before I can call Scooby done. Spooky56, dodgem37, allthumbs and 16 others 19 Link to post Share on other sites
Squizzy 577 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Looking awesome Ben, very nice work! Derek B and Starfighter 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Rainer Hoffmann 1,676 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Those canopies really look flawless. And a great paint job as well, Ben! Rainer Starfighter and Derek B 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Neo 1,628 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 OMG your ejection seats are mind blowing!! amazing work. where did you get those clear part from ? they look stunning Starfighter 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony in NZ 6,176 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Wow Ben those look amazing!! @Ali62has done an amazing job! Wasnt he talking about casting some with frames attached as well as a new front screen?? I am definitely going to have to get me some of those, that's a game changer for the Tamiya Phantom... Spooky56, Derek B and Starfighter 3 Link to post Share on other sites
A-10LOADER 1,059 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Outstanding work as usual bud but, then again, we'd all expect nothing else. Steve Squizzy and Starfighter 2 Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 9,771 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 A nice set of canopies already in frames would be a game changer for this kit! I've built two of these beasts and the canopies were by far the hardest part of the builds, as they seem to be for everyone else. While the kit has it's challenges, you have shown how good it can look and I can't think of another fighter jet that is more popular. Alistair from Aerocraft Models should be able to sell as many as he can make. Really nice progress Ben. It won't be long now before Scooby is in the RFI Forum for us all to admire. Cheers, Chuck Derek B, Marcel111, Anthony in NZ and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
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