Aigore Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 The Sunday update is a wee bit special.. You see I forgot to make one update and only recently found it in my camera. I made and update on Patreon following this update...so I will make one big update with the both updates as one. The exhausting work continues The insides of the landing bay doors got a thin dark wash to bring out the details THen it was the tedious masking of the exhausts first with small squares... The burners got a wash.... Followed by City Dark Dust pigments... Then soot streaks with black pigment. Then further masking on the turkey feathers.... And painted them in Alclad steel Here is a new thing I decided to test on the exhausts. As you remember I clear coated the exhausts last in my previous post....Now I painted them with Alclad Stainless Steel and I DID NOT seal the color with a clear coat! That means that when I put down the wash it partly disolved the Stainless steel coat. You see how the Steel is rubbed off at places and it gives the exhaust the splotchy uneven shines from heat staining. NOW however I seal it with a clear coat. Whilte the clear coat dried I painted the outside of the wheelbay doors in MRP Ukrainian Air Force Light Blue...note no preshade on them! The Digi cammo is rather new and I have yet to see a dirty and weathered jet...as a matter of fact it seems theat the Ukrainians keep their jets in better condition than the russians. An entirely unprofessional observation and I have nothing really to substansiate it on than the pictures I've found online. Back to the exhausts... I used Sakura pens with blue and orange to create heatstain discoloration. I simply paint a spot... And smear it out with my finger...sorry for the bad picture but you get the geist of it. Nice effects but they need more shine to blend them in I use SnJ's aluminium powder with a cotton swab. I dip one end in the powder and then dot around the exhaust and smear it out or dab it with the other end of the cotton swab. LIke so, this also helped with the cracking of the first clear coat layer I noticed here and there. At this stage I glued the exhausts together, really nice fit but you do have to align them for a while to get that perfect fit. I can tell you straight out that this model does not need after market exhausts. The details are absurdly fine on these! Now for the last stage....black pigment to give them that sooty feel and uneven finish. Cheers! GreyGhost, johncrow, Landrotten Highlander and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Good work on the nozzles! Flanker nozzles truly are a unique beast to replicate, and your's look awesome. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 52 minutes ago, scvrobeson said: Good work on the nozzles! Flanker nozzles truly are a unique beast to replicate, and your's look awesome. Matt Thanks Matt They are indeed, whe shall see how they'll end up steinerman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steinerman Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Wow! Just wow! This thread is fantastic. Aigore, you have a real talent, and I gotta tell you how envious I am. One of these days I'm going to start my Tamiya F-15E Strike Eagle and as I'm following your progress I'm scribbling down note after note. You're one heck of a builder and I can't wait for the next episode. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted May 2, 2022 Author Share Posted May 2, 2022 5 hours ago, steinerman said: Wow! Just wow! This thread is fantastic. Aigore, you have a real talent, and I gotta tell you how envious I am. One of these days I'm going to start my Tamiya F-15E Strike Eagle and as I'm following your progress I'm scribbling down note after note. You're one heck of a builder and I can't wait for the next episode. Larry Thanks Larry ;D Really kind of you to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroen_R90S Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Looks great! I may have missed it, but because of the break-down, I assume these are the kit exhausts and not aftermarket? If they are, they're all the more impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Jan, put simply, you're an Artist ...! -Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusionreigns178 Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Excellent, eye-catching, highly skilled work. I will be watching very keenly. Thanks for sharing with us. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted May 3, 2022 Author Share Posted May 3, 2022 10 hours ago, jeroen_R90S said: Looks great! I may have missed it, but because of the break-down, I assume these are the kit exhausts and not aftermarket? If they are, they're all the more impressive! Thanks jeroen indeed, the only aftermarket in this kit is the Quinta Studio set, masks and decals....eventually... i got the wrong decals rom hannant's and now they are sod out 10 hours ago, GreyGhost said: Jan, put simply, you're an Artist ...! -Gregg thanks gregg You are too kind. 6 hours ago, Confusionreigns178 said: Excellent, eye-catching, highly skilled work. I will be watching very keenly. Thanks for sharing with us. Chris. Thanks Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted May 3, 2022 Author Share Posted May 3, 2022 Hi all, I have more Ukranian fighters going on Patreon. i am forced to use Patreon to afford my hobby as it is right now. I have been on sickleave for more than a year now and it's hitting me financially. I'm only charging the minimal monthly fee, equivalent to $1 ..or as much as you feel comfortable with. So far there are about 2000 pictures in build blogs. galleries and articles. there are patron exclusive content as builds that never are shared in forums. I am sorry that I'm forced to do this but it's the only way for me to afford my hobby right now and my hobby is very important for my mental health as I have little else to do with my time as I slowly regain my physial health. cheers Model Mad Man is creating Model Kits | Patreon Paul in Napier and chukw 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted May 6, 2022 Author Share Posted May 6, 2022 The Friday update is ready to rollout! Canopy woes Finally my paint masks arrived for the canopy....BUT, yeah you'll see soon. First I have to point out the special feature of this model.... it comes with two different canopies. One clear part molded in one piece and one with a frame in ordinary gray plastic and the clear parts separate. I start wondering if there is some benefit of this. The clear parts are molded the same way as the one piece canopy, that is with a middle seam...so you don't get rid of that. The pieces fit quite well.... BUT when looking closely at the frame where the clear and gray plastic meet it is quite rough. As a modeller I don't really like this but I asume it makes painting the frame easier without masking...but I prefer the old fashion masking method. The fit of the windshield is so so...I think I will have to do something about that. At least I can use the extra canopy as a paint mask when painting the fuselage. Talking about masking, time to mask the inside of the canopy and wind shield. No problems with the windshield... When I started masking the canopy I noticed something odd though.....that can't be right. Well of course I had got the canopy masks for the single seater! SIGH! So the rear part I had to mask myself.... I used the corners from the mask set...because I'm lazy. Added thin strips of kabuki tape.... And masked... First a black primer... Then I painted the cockpit colour. And off with the mask.... I will continue on the canopy in the next update. Cheers! Alex, Landrotten Highlander, Rockie Yarwood and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 And here is the Sunday update Yet more masking. And time for the outside of the canopy. First I masked for the frame sealant.... No probs on the windshield... And the forward part of the canopy went well... Then it was time for the rear part where I don't have any masks well I made my own but still annoying that I ordered the wrong one! The sealant is pink in this case...there are black sealant too on sukhoijs but aparently this had pink acording to refs. and then I masked off the pink... On with gray primer. Then on with some Citadel Nulnoil as a wash. That's all for today Cheers! GreyGhost, Rockie Yarwood, Landrotten Highlander and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Nicely done Jan ... -Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 10 hours ago, GreyGhost said: Nicely done Jan ... -Gregg Thanks mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 Friday is upon us....the Icehockey World Cup is also upon us and me being me means I will be watching lots of hockey which might impact negatively on me builing stuff Go Team Finland!!!! but I have an update for you. Closing the pit... Hmmm...I need to make the nose cone fit better...thst means a weee bit of putty. Then a bit of drybrushing. Next it was time for the HUD, you get to choose between a PE and a plastic HUD the PE always loos best but is a tad tricky. After a bit of wrestling and having small pieces of acetate fly off in to the infinity I finally had the glass put in and the HUD painted. Interesting that there is a piece of acetate covering the lens. To make life easier I cut of the tab in the windshield And glued it into place. A nasty seam to the nose cone And the canopy got put in place temporarely for the paintjob. Painting draws closer.... Cheers! Uncarina, LSP_Kevin, Christoffer Lindelav and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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