zaxos345 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Good morning lads, I finally finished my new summer project GWH's 1/48th scale T-33A. My time was limited to present you an in progress work, but i will try to give you an idea !! The kit and some aftermarkets...also used some custom masks for the ''USAF'' and ''TR-411'' codes from my friend Alexis And the scheme i am for is the second one TR-411, here is the only photo i managed to find.. A few words about the kit....AWESOME!!! (my humble opinion!)....nothing more A few words about Caracal decals...the same!!! Awesome!! I started dealing with the cockpit as a usual...here i used Eduard PE for the cockpit and the pilot's seat! Cockpit... Seats... All together and weatherd... Wheel wells and flaps... I also used Eduard PE flaps, i decided to pose them down.. .... Alex, ivanmoe, LSP_Kevin and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) I glued everything together, fit was really great!! Some sanding work needed but it was my fault, i did not prepared the plastic joints too good!! And it was painting time, i used Ak extreme metal for the metallic finish and , as i did with my F-86D, i sprayed it with very light passes on the bare plastic! of course i had prepared the plastic thoroughly for this work and i had also polished it with micromesh! Finish was awesome. a bit fragile, but awesome. I did not want a mirror finish bird, i wanted it a bit weathered and slightly used. The bare metal takes a beautiful patina over time and different on each occasion. It is never the same!! Everything painted so far Decals on... Weathering.... Edited October 15, 2021 by zaxos345 Greg W, Alex, Martinnfb and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 And some final ones!!! Hope you like it!! John Martinnfb, Sparzanza, LSP_K2 and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 That looks fantastic! Kev Out2gtcha, zaxos345 and Martinnfb 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 23 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: That looks fantastic! Kev Indeed it does, thanks for sharing. Martinnfb and zaxos345 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 1 hour ago, LSP_Kevin said: That looks fantastic! Kev 1 hour ago, Kagemusha said: Indeed it does, thanks for sharing. Thank you very much guys!! Really encouraging as it is my second attemp on BMF!! John Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 2 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: That looks fantastic! +3! That finish is really amazing looking. Ive not had much luck with the AKI colors as each time I mask over them I seem to get marks. Might have to give them another go! Well done Martinnfb and zaxos345 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Out2gtcha said: +3! That finish is really amazing looking. Ive not had much luck with the AKI colors as each time I mask over them I seem to get marks. Might have to give them another go! Well done Thank you very much. What you say is true, i detack the masking tape an d i try to seal the finish with a light hand of future or X-22. Polished aluminium is the most fragile. What i have understand is that every good metallic color has its own characteristics and need different approach!! John Martinnfb and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Better than many 1/32 builds zaxos345 and Kagemusha 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Jennings Heilig said: Absolutely beautiful! 1 hour ago, Martinnfb said: Better than many 1/32 builds Thank you very much!!! John Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Great stuff! I love the scheme you selected. zaxos345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 Thank you very much!! And an artistic one by my close friend Alex Kontiveis!! thanks Alex!! John Alain Gadbois, JeepsGunsTanks, Wolf Buddee and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Brilliant build! The NMF came out beautifully, as did everything on it. Matt zaxos345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepsGunsTanks Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Very cool! I work, on what used to be the grounds of Hamilton Field. The runways are gone, but some buildings are still around. I voted it one of the old buildings. The Coast Guard uses one of the hangers, and they restored the Tower, but the rest of the area is a business park. Dick Bong flew P-38s from the field before they shipped him off to the Pacific. zaxos345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Man that's gorgeous! I will have to get one of those. I have the special hobby 32nd T-33 and all the aftermarket stuff but every build you read it's hard to put together. Awesome job on a very cool airplane! I'll have to jump in the deep end of the pool with a BMF on mine.... Cheers...Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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