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David H
This won't be in FAA colours as I don't have any more FAA decals for this era of phantom so it's going to have to RAF.

Mr D
Hi Dave pain in the but when something like this happens to paint..?
It's all a learning curve.
I snapped a canopy in two recently.
Don't let it put you off, Velejo paints are very reliable and don't let you down.
I purchase a basic colours set when l first set out and never looked back.
Good luck with sorting it out..👍👍

gorby
Shame about the crazing as the model was looking very good. Do you know if it was the paint or the top coat which cracked?

David H
Mr D , nothing puts me off, as you say it's all a learning curve. Gorby, I "think" it was too heavy a paint coat,. I've stopped using pure acrylics. I now use Tamiya acrylics thinned 50/50 or more with cellulose thinners (and a mask) gives a super smooth finish and no primer needed to key

gorby
I've not heard of Tamiya acrylics being thinned with cellulose before. Normally I use the Tamiya thinners and find that works very well.

David H
If you thin with cellulose (and leave it for a few hours) it breaks the particles down and gives a ridiculously smooth finish as well as etching into the plastic.

Mr D
Hi Dave 👋
It's bit to Harsh for modeling Cellulose.
Isopropanol alcohol or Tamiya thinner is better and safer.
Cracking can happen if X2 paint coats are drying at quite different times.

David H
Whatever works for you…with pure acrylics I've had issues with " lifting" ymmv. Just don't try it with anything other than Tamiya. Tamiya is NOT a proper acrylic . "Proper" ie water based acrylics just turn to jelly 😉
BTW the FAA phantom was done with Tamiya acrylics thinned with Tamiya thinners.

Patrick Hagelstein
Wow! That's quite the save. 👍🏼 Really nice repaint. 👍🏼 I like using lacquers like Mr. Color, MRP or SMS and occasionally thin Tamiya 'acrylics' with lacquer thinner as well. They spray fabulously and if I need to touch up anything I just come in with brushes and use water or acrylic thinner as to have the same color.

Mr D
Well done for pulling it back Dave, l like the new scheme..... Great aircraft 😃👍

Desert Marlin
That's going to be some work... GOOD LUCK!!!

Gary Victory
Nice work David. I've done something similar on a Tamiya Spitfire because of the decals. Looking forward to seeing the finished result.

David H
Thank you for the support guys 😎

Mark Sherwood
Outstanding turnaround. 🤘🥸🤟

David H
Cheers Mark 👍🏻

Geoff Murphy
Nice recovery. Hope the rest is easier

Alec K
Congrats. Consider me teased! 😄

Bruce Huxtable
1:72? Wow! More to follow? Keenly watching 🙂

Thomas O'Eh
looking great! following!

Robert Podkoński
Joining the party!

Rui S
It's another Beautty 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Wow! I can see the winter is coming 😄

Simon SW
Brrrr! Looks cool 😉

Zsolt Czegle
AWESOME work again! I'm courious!!

Pietro De Angelis
An other little jewel, congrats!

Simon Nagorsnik
Ha! You´re all welcome mates!
Put on your warm clothes, it's getting even colder... 🥶😂
Thank xou!

Lukas Muller
nice one Simon as usualy 👍🥶

Bohrmann
Looks fantastic ! 👀

Finn
An absolut gem!

Tom B.
Looks awesome!

Simon Nagorsnik
Thanks guys!
Final pics will follow this evening...or tomorrow 😉

Neuling
Thanks for the preview in Ried, Simon!

Simon Nagorsnik
Hi Neuling!
Yes, as a little teaser for a select audience 😆

Finn
This is really amazing - congrats!

Guy Rump
Excellent modelling. 👍

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
WOW Simon ... this is really awesome man ... 👍👌

Spitfire14
It looks great. Whats the brand of the church?

Neuling
Looks like a good 1/35 diorama.

Pietro De Angelis
WOW!
Really impressive, congrats again!

gorby
WOW! As Neuling says, it looks like 1/35.

gorby
Looks like a very interesting build.

Doubtingmango
Watching

Ingmar Stöhr
Nice progress so far! Overall nice paintjob, but maybe try to use a little less paint on the railings. I see a lot of small paint balls forming there.

Guy Rump
Great job so far, following. 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Following!

Chrisswe
Thanks for your interest and comments. I did something wrong with the primer when painting the railings which caused the paint balls. Also I'm not great at working with PE yet and the glue residue is often visible even if try to paint over it. All in all I still think I'm making some improvements compared to my last build. Rigging will be my greatest challenge for this build.

Ingmar Stöhr
Ah, ok! Well yes, your glue is visible here an there, but otherwise I find your application of PE is not bad at all! What works for me with railings is to hold them in place with one hand (and tweezers) and with the other hand apply a tiny amount of very thin super glue from a piece of thin copper wire fixed to a toothpick as handle. This will instantly wick into the gap and also instantly fix the railing in place. After that I paint over the seam with the appropriate colour and mostly end up with very nice glue joints.

Chrisswe
That is probably the correct way to do it Ingmar. I find it difficult to only use the thin super glue as it has zero adhesive effect until it bonds. I use super glue gel to fix one end of the railing and then use your method for the rest.

Chrisswe
I'm testing a grey-brown panel liner instead of the black one I used for all of my last ship. It looks good closeup but might be to subtle when you look at the whole ship. Is it a bad idea to use anything else than black panel liner even on lighter colours when doing 1:350 scale?

Ingmar Stöhr
Actually super glue should set / cure / stick faster the thinner it is. A gel does lengthen the setting time. I start at one side, place the railing, put a tiny bit of thin super glue at the joint and it will typically set withing 2-3 seconds. Then I move a bit further down, align the PE, put glue there and so on. What also increases the setting time is a larger gap. If the gap ist very small and the glue very thin it will usually literally set instantly.

I like my wash with a lot of contrast. On my modern US Navy builds (kind of a medium gray) I will use blue-black panel line wash from AMIG. On a lighter gray, as with the superstructure on DKM units, that might be a bit to much contrast though.

Spanjaard
nice collection. is the decoration done with decals or painted? i am mostly talking about the very dark with light blue on the sides, and the golden decoration of the blue/purple

Jurgen Verhelst
On both cars are decals. The Skull on the Van is hand-painted.

Spanjaard
golden declal are an impresive work of decalling. really nicely done.
i am sorry, but I not see the skull in the van, maybe in the roof? i see something there, but the picture only shows the borders

Jurgen Verhelst
Indeed, Skull is on the Roof. I'll put a new picture.

Spanjaard
nice, thanks

Bob Hall
Sweet Rides ! Really Love the Blue on the 64 Mustang !

Alexander Grivonev
Great cars Jurgen!

Tom ...
Absolutely wonderful. I hope one day can have such a great collection. That's a lot of amazing work. Bravo!

Chris Greathouse
Awesome collection! I love the sparkly blue paint on #35 and your truck and trailer with cars, pic #42, is epic..

Thomas K.
Nice cars 👍

Dominik Weitzer
nice colection - so many different colors.
specially the bug (pic 22) and the yellow testarossa- beautiful! And the 328...love that.

Martin Oostrom
What I like most, is to see the evolution of your skills. Each new build shows you're getting better and better. Very nice 👍

Dominik Weitzer
nice update! The color from that lightblue Porsche 944 turbo looks like mine! Thats funny...

Villiers de Vos
A nice line-up.

George Williams
Such a varied collection it's hard to pick a favourite, but the Ford Escorts caught my eye.