mgbooyv8 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 It's looking very good, Alex!!! Cheers, Peter Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 Now with all of the rest of the bits added. I did a light pass with light gray pastel dust to tone down the "model airplane" look of the red/black/white paint. I find this to be effective and almost foolproof (a feature which I really need). I was hoping to also work over the NMF sections with some black pastel dust, as this can really pop the "metal-ness" of the finish, as well as adding some subtle visibility to the panel lines and rivets. Unfortunately, when I started a bit of this on the underside of the wing, it was obvious that the pastel was binding preferentially to the places where some of the pieces of masking tape for the squadron colors had been. In particular, the ones that had been in place longest and/or buffed down hardest because they were defining paint edges. This effect was visible to an unacceptable degree, so I stopped with the black. I tried to remove this tape effect (which was completely invisible without the pastel) with both rubbing alcohol and Goo-Gone, to no avail. So it's my suspicion that the tape actually did something to the surface of the paint layer in terms of adding microscopic roughness, as opposed to leaving behind a layer of adhesive. It's interesting that I did not see this effect at all on my NMF Mustang. Perhaps because those parts sat for a week plus between Alclad and subsequent masking. Anyway, I've called this one done at this point. Here it is on the shelf with the Ki-27 and the Zero Overall this was a great learning experience for me - getting to put some of the learnings from the last few short-run kits to use. It has reinforced for me that with patience and some experience you can get just as good a result with these basic-level kits as from the ultra-fancy ones from Tamiya etc. denders, John1, Landrotten Highlander and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Absolutely brilliant Alex! You have done a superb job on this stunning scheme. Well done! Cheer's, Jeff. Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 37 minutes ago, JT68 said: Absolutely brilliant Alex! You have done a superb job on this stunning scheme. Well done! Cheer's, Jeff. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrov27 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 This is an excellent result - you pulled off that scheme very well indeed Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Now that's a flashy finish Alex Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartmann52 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 That's how I imagined it! Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywifehatesmodels Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Very, VERY NICE! I love the Claude and this is my new favorite build of one! John Troy Molitor and Alex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Superb result, Alex! Kev Troy Molitor and Alex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 That is one awesome looking Claude. Well done Alex. Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Winning effort Alex! Really looks great Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 This one turned out very well. I can't remember seeing one of these modeled before, so it's nice to see something different too. Excellent work. Cheers, Michael Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 That's sharp as mate, will add you to the gallery. Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Fantastic Alex, congrats Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Hi Alex, That's looking really really good! Well done! Cheers, Peter Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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