themongoose Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 Yep Ayovan it sure is! And as rare as this scheme seems to be I did manage to find a set of AeroMasks for ot. Excited about that as it would have been days of masking otherwise i fear. Thanks Anthony! Am working hard to add some color to this post. Stay tuned for sure and thanks again for the encouragement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 Putting some color to my adversary today! This is a custom mix of a yellow from an ‘81 Ford truck and gloss white. 3 to 4 light coats is covering nicely. In the close up photos the 1:1 scale bird has some serious fading of the yellow, plus some corrosion type patches and strips that I’ll add before i do the other camo colors i think. The strips of primer showing are where the green and brown will go to try and get some of the variation i see in those colors. johncrow, Derek B, Out2gtcha and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 Once more into the breach...all the kids were still sleeping at lunch so I ended up with a day off to myself, great modeling time! Finished up the light ghost grey and the gloss black. Now on hiatus until next week as the wife and I are off for our anniversary trip starting tomorrow. BradG, Landrotten Highlander, Gazzas and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 Masked it up and got the 1st camo color down tonight. I mixed 6 parts brown to 1 part red. Off to my 1st show in a year tomorrow, Indianapolis Roscoe Turner IPMS is this weekend. Hoping to find a few things from vendors for the next series of builds. Will get back to this in a few days and start the green Gazzas, Derek B, dutik and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Looking real nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 Thanks Gazzas, thanks BradG! Appreciate you guys dropping by :-) All the camo colors are on now and primary painting is all done. now for some outdoor projects. I’ll let this dry a day or so and then do some weathering before i do the gear and the canopy. Gazzas, RLWP, Alain Gadbois and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 (edited) Not much to share lately. Doing the standard stuff; finishing the landing gear, painting and detailing the canopy, and touchups. Thought I would take a second and share the Archer Fine Transfers rivets. These really add to the look of the tail on the F-5! should have an awful lot done this weekend as it’s supposed to rain a lot...uggh, see i lost a rivet there. Will touch that up too haha Edited April 24, 2021 by themongoose johncrow, Gazzas, Landrotten Highlander and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 Twas a good day for modeling, just rain outside! All the rivets on, stainless exhaust metal painted, some touchups done and all the decals on...what few decals there are, the Navy bird has more than the Marine and most of the standard stuff isn’t there by design. What i love is that it doesn’t have those oversize dashed lines on top of the wing! i know they have a real purpose but from an aesthetic point of view they take away from the look of the AC Jeff T, Out2gtcha, Gazzas and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Nice work so far! This will become a splendid looking model, indeed! Regards - dutik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Looks very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 You picked a great scheme!! Very colorful. Back in the day, the Aggressors and Top Gun planes had such a variety of schemes, miss those days... Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) Dutik, gazzas, Don thanks for staying with me! This Aggressor’s got some legs now. Let it be known they are NOT very strong. I’ll end up gluing them on the base as they want to slide out on a smooth surface already. Just a few shots here to show the stance. Everything looks pretty straight. Once I post these I’m bound to see something I forgot though lol I was sitting at the bench wondering what else needed done, seemed like there was something missing...walked away and came back, went duhhh in my best Homer Simpson voice, and got started on the nose gear doors had to add this note - my wife looked at this and asaid, “can you see the face looking at me”? lol Edited April 27, 2021 by themongoose Derek B, Cheetah11, Gazzas and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Looks nice and sleek! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 Really coming together now. Gun doors, missiles, and the base to go! I did some detailing in the cockpit tonight and it’s all set. I think the clear canopy on this kitty hawk kit can’t look much better. It looks like they form it over a series of flats rather than a curved surface lo BradG, dutik, Alain Gadbois and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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