Sleepy Jean III
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This is where the Thunderbolts stand at the moment after painting that red nose today. First try at a metal finish. Somewhat unhappy with the polished alum look, will need to prepare the surface better next time. Also tried out hairspray chipping with the olive drab, which rapidly turned into flaking. Will be an easy fix though. Tamiya in the back ready for main coat.
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Fixed the flaking chipping and started decaling. Barracuda decals behaved well. Geometry of the antiglare paint and the red nose stripe are a bit off, but I found very few pictures and didn't want to spend too long fixing it.
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Lost a few pieces but I'm calling this one done anyway.
Comentários
8 8 May 2020, 17:44
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Heh yeah, it is much hated for understandable reasons but it works! Well, most of the time anyway.
I just wish it were possible to buy spare parts. Also, what people say about quality declining is true, it's probably not a good buy right now.
8 May 2020, 17:56
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Sure also got one of the last A4709 chrome... but you are right..the inner parts are quite vulnerable and the overall quality is not like in earlier days.
But the 4709 set in the wooden Box was a good offer 10 years ago
8 May 2020, 17:58
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Yeah, I luckily scored mine off ebay a couple years ago. As a matter of fact I broke it right after the beginning of lockdown, and Testors was nice enough to hook me up with a newer one and the quality difference is crazy.
The new one was probably a serviced one which didn't work because a different part was damaged, so in the end I had to rebuild it using parts from both guns. Would have been much simpler with a spare parts service.
8 May 2020, 18:16
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Alex, no pictures? 🙂 That decal sheet sounds like something I might want to get, so many choices!
9 May 2020, 12:09
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Not yet, it's on my bucket list for next week... Decal sheet is excellent, but be aware, only stencils and roundels for 1-2 aircraft, regarding of your choice.
9 May 2020, 14:17