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Snake Plissken
Wow, chrome plated!

Ben M
Taking it on vacation with me to get it started.

Nathan Dempsey
Bearcats unite! Following 👀

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Snake Plissken
Is it similar to a commemorative edition or just meant to replicate natural metal finish?

Ben M
It's aluminum plated to represent the actual nmf finish. I built a t-33 where I had some issues that I hope to improve upon.

Ben M
Did a lot of sanding areas that will be glued, masking, fitting parts to each other, and basic assembly while I'm on vacation. I got new decals from Siam decals as the originals are from 1968 and not in good shape. I'm not sure how old the Siam decals are but they are newer than '68. One thing that is apparent is the stripey tail decal doesn't fit at all. This is going to be a good challenge to resolve.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here.

Ben M
Decided to try to apply the 1960s decal for the cockpit, as I don't have an alternative. Had to soak it for about a minute in hot water to get it to release. As is typical for hawk kits the decal isn't the right size but you go to war with the decals you have. I got it to apply without shattering. Unsure if it will stick, very old decals like this often have to be glued in place.

Neil
Interesting 🤔 following also, looking good 👍

Ben M
I think the Siam Scale decals I'm using instead of the originals are about 20 years old but they're going on ok. A little thick, so not settling down into panel lines but I'll try some decal fluid once they set in place, hopefully they will on the aluminum surface! The roundels are two part so I will have to do a second layer…

Mr D
Smart little model.... unusual in the factory chrome 👍👍
Nice classic kit.
Bit of heat of hairdryer works with thick decals.... nice n steady.
Like it 😁👍

Ben M
That's a good idea, I may give it a try. First I'm going to upgrade from micro sol to mark fit.

Mr D
I use Mark fit ....but recently found the Vallejo one works amazing... Just used it on my in progress IAR-80.
Definitely my go to now.
The moon ships is great 👍👍

Nathan Dempsey
Wow Ben this one is turning into a colorful bird.

Ben M
An interesting detail I note while decaling. The panel lines on the fuselage are engraved. The panel lines on the wings are raised. Wtf.

Desert Marlin
I've been using Mr. Mark Softener and Mr. Mark Setter. They worked well on some Kitty Hawk decals which are pretty stubborn...

gorby
Nice work so far.

Ben M
The tamiya mark fit and some work with a needle solved the problems! Thanks for all the great ideas everyone. Onwards!

Ben M
Did a bunch of cut the decals into pieces to fit a different model than they were made for. Came out fairly well. Subassemblies are getting larger as the project comes together.

Dave
Looks great. Nice work

Desert Marlin
You seem to have forced the decals to cooperate!

Robert Podkoński
Great job, Ben!

Mr D
It's looking really good 👍
It's great that the kits can still be built after all these years.
The people in the factory's would have never believed the model they are packing wouldn't be built until 2024 🤔🤣.
Nice build to follow 😃

Ben M
Almost complete. Popped the main fuselage seam a bit 🙁 I had gone to a lot of work to hide it. For some reason even after carefully scraping the mating surfaces I just don't get good adhesion. Maybe next time I will try only using CA for assembly on my next plated kit.

Ben M
The decal sheet says 23rd squadron Kohkratiem AFB, but there's not much on the internets. Possibly a misspelling? The Royal Thai Air Force had F8F's from 1951 to 1963.

Thanks to Siam Scale for the decals, without which this project would be hopeless. The sheet number is 48003 if that helps anyone.

Desert Marlin
Looks great so far! Don't worry about the seam. It can be filled and perhaps painted, even though it's plated.

Desert Marlin
Or foil added if you have access to that...

Ben M
Complete! @desert marlin - I decided the seam on the bottom wasn't important enough to do a bunch of rework. It's an old 60's "chrome" plated model after all 🙂 I think it came out looking pretty good overall.

Mr D
Fantastic, Really nice kit , Looks 👍 great.
Sometimes it's nice for a vintage kit to look close to how it would be built originally.... Nostalgic.
Nice find....

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Nathan Dempsey
That's some nice work on that old kit Ben. Looks great!

Ben M
I have one more plated kit in my stash. Kind of tempted to get it out and keep going…

Mark Sherwood
Nice rendition of the F8. 👍🥸🤘

Robert Podkoński
Good job, Ben!

Ben M
Thanks everyone!

Desert Marlin
Oh yeah!!! Excellent outcome!!!

Cuajete
Very nice painting job 👍
Is it finished?

Kyriakos Vafiadis
Need to add a few details and then apply a clear coat

Bruce Huxtable
Superb 👍🙂

Simon Nagorsnik
very good job, looks great 👌

Elshan Mammadov
Thanks!

Rui S
Excellent 👍 Great photos too.

Rewop
Very impressive, particularly for a 1/72. Very well done.

Juskifo
Wow all these tones of paintings I thought before I saw that it was on a scale of 1/35

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Nice work! Very well done painting and weathering! 👍

Neuling
Top build and presentation!

gorby
Wow!
It looks like Zsolt has competition.

Robert Podkoński
Is it really in 1/72nd scale or you have produced such a big match? LOL 😉 Absolutely fantastic!

Elshan Mammadov
Yeah, the most difficult was to build the match!😉Thank you all friends for your kind words!

Mr James
Another superbly weathered kit, wondrously presented

Rui
Superb work at this scale! 🏆

Jennifer Franklin
Another older build that Mr. James has dug up is gorgeous. Thank you for shining a light on this one.

Elshan Mammadov
Thank you mates! Happy you like it!

Michael Kohl
Top job.

Elshan Mammadov
Appreciate!

Dave Smith
Have this in my stash would be interested in which colours you painted. Will give me some ideas to come away from desert scheme.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Michael Schubert
Looks awesome, especially at that scale!!!

Elshan Mammadov
Thank you!

Zsolt Czegle
AWESOME! 👍

Rui
You're a wizard with the weathering and a magician with the camera, my friend. 👍

Elshan Mammadov
Thank you mates! Very glad you like it and nice to hear good comments from such specialist in this scale as Zsolt.

CaptGPF
Whoa! That paint job just makes at model pop! The weathering is unique, rather than just crabbing up the model, it actually accentuates the camo colors. VERY VERY VERY WELL DONE!!!!!

Elshan Mammadov
Appreciate!

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 ! 👀