AREA 88: F11F-1 Tiger (Gary MacBurn)
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I love these old Hasegawa "white" boxes. So nice to look at!
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Not a lot of flash on sprues this old. Some parts won't be needed because the Blue Angels have no armaments.
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The cockpit decals are nice. Added some weight to the nose, just in case.
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Am I brave enough to attempt to mask and paint instead of use the decals? You bet I am!
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The XF-16 Aluminium coat is done.. but no peeking until I do round two... the yellow!
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Of course, to get a nice coat of yellow (especially over blue)... use X-15 pink!
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Touched up. Wheels on. Time for Future and decals!
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32 29 September 2021, 15:27
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Sometimes a kit from the stash just falls off the shelf into your hands... best to just go with the flow.
29 September 2021, 15:43
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No matter how well I mask… silver paint always finds a way… 😉
Not this time!
19 December 2021, 06:46
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Well, looks like just a little bit of touch ups. I'm a bit surprised the masking worked as well as it did, actually. 😉
20 December 2021, 05:49
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All put together now. Just waiting for the Future to dry so I can apply the decals.
22 December 2021, 07:17
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The decals were pretty old, so I'm glad I did what masking I could. I kinda screwed up the "US NAVY" on the underside of one of the wings, but there's no pictures... so it didn't happen! 😉
23 December 2021, 18:54
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Looks good. I wish some one would do a 1/48 version of that air craft.
23 December 2021, 23:10
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Really liking the colour scheme and 'sharp' design, Greg. She's turned out a beauty 🙂👍
23 December 2021, 23:16