AREA 88: "The Upside Down Bomb" (Kfir)Visualizar: apresentação de slides Mosaico Lista 1April 25, 2019I like 1+1 boxes... 2April 25, 2019The sprues look quite clean and well detailed. 3April 25, 2019Let’s start at the bottom. Main pieces cut, wheel doors in place and the engine LED is wired. 4April 26, 2019A bit of “aircraft grey” for the cockpit and “dark iron” for the tail. 5April 26, 2019Luckily the electronics still fit. Feels strange drilling into the top of a plane... 6April 26, 2019Major pieces assembled, and lights work... winning! 7April 26, 2019Got the small (C2) canards on, but the holes were much too big for the slots, so a shin was required. 8April 30, 2019Welcome Shin and Mickey... 9April 30, 2019The cockpit is a bit snug, but luckily I have an extreme weight loss program... who needs legs? 10April 30, 2019The canopies both cracked during application, so I'll try to sand them smooth again. I'm glad this is an upside down build... 11May 9, 2019After a bit of putty and sanding, the underside is painted "Israeli eggshell blue" - it's a homebrew mix, so hopefully close enough. 12May 9, 2019Masking almost everything... 13May 9, 2019And the first layer of camouflage is on. FS34227... or something close enough. 14May 10, 2019Second layer of camouflage is on... starting to look like a proper Kfir now, innit? 15May 11, 2019Taping up some masks for the triangles. 16May 12, 2019And... we have black and yellow recognition triangles. Man that’s yellow! 17May 15, 2019They look fairly different with a panel wash. 18May 15, 2019Since the bottom is up this time, I took more care to get the panel wash done well... I think it works. 19May 15, 2019Dry fit the chase to get the placement right... 20May 16, 2019Decals on... and we’re done! Comentários26 September 2024, 21:46 - Project infoAREA 88 : “The Upside Down Bomb”73 imagens1:144ConcluídoTodos os álbunsVer todos os álbuns »