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Comentarii

12 January 2016, 13:18

Clifford Keesler
Nice re-scribing job Bryce.

13 January 2016, 01:50

Clifford Keesler
That doesn't look like it would be all that difficult. I will have to try it on my next one. Did you see the photo's of my Monogram F-4J I posted today?

13 January 2016, 01:53

Bryce Nicely
Hardest part are the curved lines, but they're not bad if you take your time. I did see yours, it looks good. I'm a big fan of colorful Navy jets. You should try black basing. It will help break up the finish a bit and add some tonal variation. If you take a look at my Hornets I finished recently, you'll see what I mean

13 January 2016, 02:47

Clifford Keesler
Will do.

13 January 2016, 02:49

Clifford Keesler
I will also be applying a wash and weathering to the Phantom after it is all decaled.

13 January 2016, 02:53

Bryce Nicely
That will help break up the finish a bit also.

13 January 2016, 02:55

Clifford Keesler
I think I will try some post shading with the airbrush also, that will be a first for me but I saw a tutioral on Flory Models website today.

13 January 2016, 02:58

Derek Jordan
B nice, any updates?

30 January 2016, 15:44

Bryce Nicely
Eh, it's been slow going the last week or two. Just finished up getting the seams and stuff filled and smoothed. It's still not perfect, but it's gonna hide under paint and weathering. I started getting some canopy pieces put on. It'll be ready for paint soon...finally

31 January 2016, 15:14

Derek Jordan
What kind of primer is that you're using?

31 January 2016, 16:16

Bryce Nicely
Mr Surfacer 1500 Black

31 January 2016, 18:03

Bryce Nicely
Well, I'm finally at the point where I think paint can start going down. All the cockpit glass is on and masked. Canopies are temporarily glued in place for painting. Once the cockpit area is painted, the canopies will be opened back up and finished.

2 February 2016, 01:12

Clifford Keesler
It looks good Bryce.

2 February 2016, 02:18

Clifford Keesler
The paint work is looking top notch.

3 February 2016, 00:24

Wim van der Luijt
Impressive painting! What's that stand you've got the kit propped up on?

4 February 2016, 09:15

Holger Kranich
Now thats a nice build! Love that SEA camo! Keep on posting, Bryce;)

4 February 2016, 09:41

Bryce Nicely
Thanks, guys. Wim, it's the 4 inch stand made by flightpose flightpose.com/collections/all

4 February 2016, 13:00

Wim van der Luijt
Thanks! I'll go check out that link

4 February 2016, 13:13

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice Bryce.

4 February 2016, 19:31

Bryce Nicely
So close to wrapping this up. A few spots left to paint and mounting the weapons and drop tanks left to do. Then a final flat coat.

28 February 2016, 00:10

Derek Jordan
Very nice, Bryce. Mine is very close to the end as well.

28 February 2016, 02:07

Bryce Nicely
Really glad you were able to salvage yours

28 February 2016, 02:17

Clifford Keesler
Very nice indeed Bryce,Mine is also near the end, just need to add the F.O.D. covers and RBF flags. Mine has been quite a challenge, of course having major surgery in the middle of it did not help much. LOL.

29 February 2016, 19:54

Derek Jordan
Bryce, it's very skillfully done. I was just comparing your black basing, and a post by Doogs of an F-104 that he black based. I think yours looks very convincing. The downside of black basing is that the finish on kits can end up looking more like velvet than paint on an actual aircraft. You've hit the latter on the head.

29 February 2016, 20:29

Bryce Nicely
Thanks, Clifford. Is that your's that I saw on reddit today?

Thanks to you as well, Derek. You know, I wasn't really sure how well it was going to turn out doing the black basing with the SEA camo, but it turned out a lot better than I'd hoped for. It's still a little more stark in areas than I'd like it to be, but I think it may blend a bit more once I get the flat coat on. I was thinking about trying some dot filtering, but I think it may just be too much.

1 March 2016, 02:28