XF-13 Vigilante WIP
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1 May 2018, 16:03
Martin OostromThe kids invaded the mancave, so no painting of Graf Spee today. My frustration build will be this one. Still not sure whether to build a RC-5 or an A-5.
Fit and detail is stunningly good for a kit from 1989.
1 May 2018, 16:11
Martin von Schreckensteinah yes, the golden age of naval aviation. and the correct scale as well🙂
2 May 2018, 07:10
Martin OostromWelcome friends.
I intend to do the Buck Danny paintjob: google.nl/search?cli..imgrc=lLiEE9wYnoVTNM:
2 May 2018, 08:51
Martin OostromOkay. Finished the two Martin Baked them seats. Ingredients are two relatively bare seats, RLM70 for the frame, RAL6003 for the seat itself and RLM23 for the headrest. A 7B pencil provided the silver lining.
3 May 2018, 20:58
Martin OostromThe greens are AMMO paints. Work fine in an airbrush, but with a regular brush there's a lot of layers necessary to get them to cover properly. I tried to use this to my advantage and simulate the creases on the seats with it.
Not my best work, but with the tiny canopy, no one will ever notice. 🙂
3 May 2018, 21:04
Martin OostromAgain, I'm very impressed with the surface detail and fit of this kit.
4 May 2018, 09:05
Peter HardyReally Martin? I'm very impressed with the detail you are putting into this kit!
4 May 2018, 10:42
GluefingerHeck, what's taking you so long? When I built this kit 40 years ago, it was finished in an afternoon! And a week after that, it was blown to pieces by a firecracker! 😉
4 May 2018, 10:55
Martin OostromHey Gluey, back in the day it would have been an afternoon. But now I'm converted to the ways of the Prophet Kerry Cox and I have to do my utmost on this kit. 😄
Why the firecracker? You thought it could function as an afterburner?
5 May 2018, 16:45
Łukasz GlińskiBack from holidays and I see I missed a lot 😉 Will watch, the same kit is waiting in my stash
5 May 2018, 19:20
Peter HardyBeen there, done that! Tried a skyrocket up the clacker of a Mig 15 40 years ago. Won't tell you the result, but my Mum gave me a sore bum!
6 May 2018, 00:13
Gluefinger@Martin Oostrom:
>> Why the firecracker? You thought it could function as an afterburner?
Back in the days, it was the classic way to finish a build. 😉 Actually, after a while, I mastered the art of piercing firecrackers in a way that would turn them into jet engines. This not only resulted in a few seconds of uncontrolled flight, but left a heap of burning and smouldering plastic which was a lot more fun than the bits and pieces left after a microsecond of explosive activity. Ah, happy days of pointless violence, and all without the loss of life or limb!
6 May 2018, 09:13
Martin OostromOkay, primed this one with mr surfacer 1200. Thinned with mr color. At first not a success. I got cobwebs along the edges which would have kept Frodo in Shelobs tunnel.
Added extra thinner which solved the problem. In the end the ratio was approximately 50/50.
Sprayed the leftover surfacer on the F-100 without problems.
14 May 2018, 16:40
Peter HardyGot the required surface Martin. Frodo wasn't worth getting out of the tunnel anyway. Love the name of this plane. Vigilante! Sounds dangerous and a thing to avoid!
14 May 2018, 20:59
Martin OostromVigilante, Dementor. It's evil and it's coming your way!
Lode, you made me chuckle. Sonny would prefer something like my P-38, don't you think?
14 May 2018, 21:42
Martin OostromPainted the exhausts with Alclad. Started with black gloss primer, then an overall layer of aluminium, dark aluminium at the rim and then a mist of jet exhaust. What do you guys think?
20 May 2018, 15:44
Peter HardyI think you have too much time on your hands. Is this four or five concurrent builds?
20 May 2018, 20:59
Martin OostromLet me think. 1 Graf Spee 2 Vigilante 3 F-100. That makes an even 6!
Hind started and put back in box, Indy started with my son, Stranraer is in the cursed corner.
20 May 2018, 21:39
Martin OostromOkay guys, I need some help/advice. The legs of this girl should be kept hidden beneath a long skirt. I'd like to make this a post-crash dio, just as in the comic book. I need to make some foam like this: google.nl/search?q=i..imgrc=rZmTRSDRFgkJBM
I was thinking about cutting some styrofoam to shape, paint it a blueish off-white, and then add some Vallejo water on top for the transparent touch.
Any suggestions on how to do this much better/easier?
21 May 2018, 08:10
Spanjaardcool idea... you could take some thick fiber glass or so, to make the "arches" and then cover them with something (mix of white and transparent), thin in the begin, thick at the end..... but i have never done anything even close to these
21 May 2018, 20:53
Martin OostromDidn't check the fit of the canopy well enough. Jusr spent an hour cutting off 3mm of the back end and then sanding everything at the right angles. But it's done and the canopy seems to fit rather well now.
15 June 2018, 15:50
Martin OostromFound some time to preshade this rather large plane. Because she will be light gull grey with white, I chose for a tan preshading as I think black would be too harsh.
29 June 2018, 16:01
Martin OostromBrown's better than black. But it gives a dirty look through the white. I think a (dark) grey would have been better. Lesson learned.
30 June 2018, 07:19
Martin von Schreckensteinyou seem to have the us navy grey/white scheme well in hand. perhaps you should continue with an early Tomcat?🙂
30 June 2018, 19:03
Martin OostromMartin, this one is in the stash since father's day: scalemates.com/kits/1117736-..4a-tomcat-vf-84-jolly-rogers
Would that be good enough?
1 July 2018, 00:06
Martin OostromYou'll have to wait guys. Check out picture 37 if you want to know why....
2 July 2018, 18:32
CuajeteWhy Martin... Why we have to wait?
You can with all of them... You can be Super Martin!!! :-P
2 July 2018, 19:12
Martin OostromIs it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Super Martin, going down in flames!
Icarus I am not.
At this rate all three could be finished at the same time. I have my fill of the corrugated Devastator, it's too hot to toy with an enamel panel line wash for the Sabre, so it's back to this one.
2 July 2018, 19:49
Martin OostromOkay, put the decals on last night. The idea was to get her as close to Buck Danny's XF-13 as possible, so there are some deviations from the instructions.
Radar dome is black, not ochre. Top of flaps is gull grey, not white. Tail is plain grey, with the exeption of part of the leading edge, which is red. No squadron numbers or plane type references.
To get some variation from the grey on the wings, I kept the 603 decals.
Lode, as the instigator of this XF-13 build, is it close enough for you? 😉
3 July 2018, 09:03
Martin OostromOnce again, thanks.
Lode, I'd love to take that ride! 😄
Urban is right Alec: scalemates.com/kits/268737-mxpression-mxa001-panzer-putty Flexible, low tack, works as a flexible mask.
4 July 2018, 09:01
Peter HardyThat's it! I can't keep count of how many builds you are doing at once!
25 September 2018, 11:11
Martin OostromThis bird is finally done. Completed pictures can be found here: XF-13 Vigilante Completed | Album by Mahoo76 (1:72)
4 March 2019, 18:47
Holger KranichNice to see such an granpa of a kit again on a desk! Years ago, i purchsed mine with a bag full of pennys. The seller was not very amused... 😉
5 March 2019, 13:29
Patrick HagelsteinI have fond youth memories of this one too. My first attempt at thinning paint. A tin of white Revell paint and some drops of water from the faucet. Man, was my learning curve steep back then!... 😄
5 March 2019, 14:56
Holger KranichPatrick - And i thought, the thicker the layer of Revell paint is, the better it sticks. 😄😄
5 March 2019, 15:36
Martin OostromThanks my Mates.
Patrick, let me guess: thinning enamel with water equals big mess?
5 March 2019, 15:44
Patrick HagelsteinWell, at least I had a non-slip surface all over the model. Even on the underside, while hanging upside down, the crew wouldn't slip off. 😉
5 March 2019, 18:49
Spanjaard@Patrick... you are describing the paintjob of my Tomcat 30 years ago.... it had so much white Testors paint, that it is difficult to know if the detail is engraved or raised 😄 😄
6 March 2019, 08:30
Alec KRegarding thick paint: maybe we used to think that putty and paint could be combined in a single product? 😉 D)
6 March 2019, 13:13
Patrick HagelsteinWell, actually I used old thickened paint on a 1/72 Marder 1A3 to replicate weld beads on the turret and it worked! 🙂
7 March 2019, 05:03
Gluefinger>> maybe we used to think that putty and paint could be combined in a single product
That product is called "Mr. Surfacer".
7 March 2019, 07:17
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As my man cave is invaded by my son and his friends for some computer games (yeah, vacation), I can't paint my Graf Spee 🙁
Back to the kitchen table and do an in between build.
