USAF F-104C „Hellooo Dolly" - FINISHED
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Some progress. The „Hellooo Dolly“ 104 had a blue rudder with stars on it. Tamiyas X-14 is quite a good match. A paint which I very rarely use ?
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Painting the blue-yellow striped part of the fin. It is part of the Caracal decal sheet but I prefer to have it painted by airbrush.
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Done. Lets move forward and proceed with painting the white underside.
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The armament has arrived! Together with some additional goodies for my Kinetic Mirage…
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Finally! The belly is sprayed in FS36622. I used Gunze acrylics thinned with Leveling Thinner and a few drops of Tamyia X22 Clear to avoid too much sprinkle.
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Visible parts of the wheel wells sprayed in Aluminium
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104 is coated in Tamiya X-22 Gloss Clear. Ready for Caracal Decals!
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Let’s start with the decals!
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Now with name tag.
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Decaling is finished. I already add some of the small parts before applying final clear varnish.
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Standing on its own feet…uuuhm I mean wheels…
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After a coat of semi gloss varnish final assembly begins.
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Things under wings. Preparing 2 x M117 (Eduard Brassin).
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Done! More pics will follow...
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Комментарии
53 3 May 2023, 20:55
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Thank you!
In the end we modellers are just artists who paint on a three-dimensional canvas, aren´t we? 🙂
5 May 2023, 12:46
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The paint job looks good. The decals add nicely, name tag works perfectly.
29 May 2023, 16:57
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Thank you mates! Tonight I plan to finish decaling. Then I need to assemble the two Eduard M117s for under the wings.
30 May 2023, 17:30
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Thanks Alberto! My first real attempt on SEA camo… should have tried that earlier!
8 June 2023, 09:58
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Thank you guys for your comments! I just exchanged some pictures by better ones…
18 June 2023, 09:13