Dassault Rafale C (WIP)
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Deciding weather to use decals or photoetch (photoetch won)
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Finished seat
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Fuselage closed, good fit, but not perfect
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Some dificult sanding
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Big gaps on the engine intakes
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Difficult seams...
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Primary applied (AK)
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Problems revealed
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Dilema: how to fix this without wrecking all the detail in this area
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Re-putty...
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Plastic Perfect Putty in the canopy joint
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Yet more putty
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And more liquid putty...
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Paint selection
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First paint is ON. Maybe a little too dark.
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Applied some darker tones below, before the weathering
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APU painted with AK Xtreme Metal
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Some subtle color variations with lighter gray
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Lightened up the missile colors with Mr Paint Blue-Gray
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Decals on and gloss applied, ready for weathering
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PLW Tan Grey
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Flat varnish applied
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Removing masks
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Cockpit unmasked - it survived!
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Glueing the landing gear
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Comments
3 March 2017, 23:25
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Good. I had to make some correction, as some parts are from the M version and they appear in this one also.
16 June 2017, 10:53