IIAF RT-33

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October 28, 2022
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Available decal options. But I decided to turn it to Iran Airforce RT-33
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Cutting T-33 nose goes well!
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October 29, 2022
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October 29, 2022
Painting exhaust engine
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Unexiting process of masking camera windows!
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Painting wheel bays
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October 29, 2022
Add weight to the nose section
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October 30, 2022
Highlighting gauges. I am deciding to not use photoetche parts and keep it for another T-33. As in this RT-33 we have only one pilot.
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October 30, 2022
Resin seat completed!
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November 1, 2022
Instruction of the kit is not easy forward.for the part no52 I dont kow why SWORD used clear prat for it? As windshield sits on this section latter you should be carful about the position you glue it.
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November 2, 2022
As I expected there will be gaps between uper and lower part of the kit. So before gluing the parts evaluate the best possible fit
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November 2, 2022
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November 3, 2022
I glued upper part. Still not sure how good it is until priemer
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November 3, 2022
Well, I am hateing to use putty. But small gaps could be happened.
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November 4, 2022
Almost ready for priemer!
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November 4, 2022
Priemer applied. Not so smooth exprience!
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November 5, 2022
Rescribe nose section again...
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November 5, 2022
Applying orange color!
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November 5, 2022
IIAF T-33 starts to appear! The kit has black decal for nose area but I paint it.
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November 7, 2022
Weird exprience. I covered inside intake by facial tissue. When tried to remove it, the left side stuck so hard that several attempt to remove that was failed. So I add several drop of water inside intake and then I could remove that.
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November 7, 2022
Some progress. I fix the windshield and glued the tanks. Tomorrow I will go for clear coat
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November 10, 2022
Time to apply decal. The orange of the refrence photo is underexposed and needs to adjust. So the correction of the photo in photoshop shows correct color of the jet.
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November 10, 2022
In this exprience, the large IIAF decal tends to silvering after apply, be sure about glossy of the the surface.(any comment welcomed) I used Tamia strong decal solution. For stenciles I used original decal printed by techmod. Very nice detail but very thin and I missed 2 stenciles during apply. Another note that I think black walkway decal of the kit must be shorter and you may do some adjustment before use
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November 10, 2022
RT-33 has a nose camera window. In general 6 ones in the nose section. For 5 others I masked the clear nose before paint. For this one I used decal (spare one)
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November 10, 2022
Ok almost done.Gloss coat after decals fixed silver shinig of decals.
Happy regard the result.
Spent too much time on this but worth it!
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Michael Kohl
Nice project and an interesting livery.

To reduce silvering next time you might consider applying a gloss clear coat befor you put decals on. Another technique to achieve a smother surface is spraying the model right after the paint job thinly with pure thinner. This dissolves the paint a little bit and lessens the grain. My results improved with this trick that Thomas Kolb once suggested but you gotta be careful not to overdo it.

Nice runway. Is it cardboard or you did it yourself?

11 November 2022, 08:18