F-111A Aardvark
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90 13 November 2022, 18:45
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Decals yellowing removed with sun-light and restored with Microscale Liquid Decal Film.
7 January 2023, 18:05
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Are you building it with flaps and slats down? Great feature of this kit.
Enjoy !!
7 January 2023, 19:04
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@Bas, the kit assembly without modifications is with the flaps and slats down (landing phase). You can check it here in the instructions. When the slats are fully extended there are 2 parts on the fuselage that rotate and 2 doors opened on the lower fuselage.
7 January 2023, 19:18
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I hope the decals won't fail you. I'd be a bit concerned using 30+ years old Hasegawa decals (even with liquid film and UV treatment).
At least you have options for aftermarket marking if the kit decals let you down!
11 February 2023, 21:42
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@Clement, so much patience to put the decals. Some of them have cracked, and some ones have been repaired during the decaling process. No bad, but not as good as new ones 😉 like the super decals for GBU-12 bombs extracted from an Academy F-18A+ kit.
12 February 2023, 11:16
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I'm glad this went well, I'm looking torward to see this one completed!
12 February 2023, 19:27
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Another gloss coat to seal decals and next phase: weathering with some PLW.
12 February 2023, 20:56
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More pics coming soon. I need to change the colors (black-red) of a wing-bay doors and paint again the fuel tanks. I have had problems with AK Ultra Matte as the product was stucking my airbrush with artifacts. Does anyone know why the vanish was solid on the bottle ?
19 February 2023, 19:38
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I am lookimg forward to see more pics of this beautiful aircraft !!!
19 February 2023, 19:58
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Your paint job trully looks great, it's too bad that this old sheet left you with this much silvering 🙁
20 February 2023, 07:21