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Torsten
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Munkyslut
That's fantastic!
My favourite Gerry Anderson TV prog back in the early 70's, such cool machines, the SHADO's, the Interceptors, even Strakers car

Konrad -
Nice 👍

Spanjaard
Fantastic job gorbygould!!! I have to remember your gorbygamy technique!

gorby
I'm glad you like it, I'm quite pleased how it turned out.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
That astronaut on the ground reminded me of something. I saw a clip from a movie about some war on the moon. It made me think about the fact that war on earth is bad enough but war in space is horrifying. When you get shot on earth you can hide in a ditch, take some rest, tend to your wound and either go back to base or into the fight. If you get shot in space and it penetrates your suit your done for, you just die, no amount of bandages can help you in the few seconds you have. The last thing you see is the vast emptiness of space and/or the person who killed you. Your body dosent even decompose into the earth. You just lay there till you get back to earth or incinerated. Wow, see gorby a good build makes a person think about more than what meets the eye, this build is a perfect example. It makes you think. 11/10

gorby
Thanks Kesa. That's an interesting point.

Alec K
Very cool! No wip? 😢

gorby
Thanks Alec. There was a wip but unfortunately the site it was on disappeared. 🙁

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Nice job 👍👍

gorby
Thanks Hans. 👍

Mark Sherwood
UFO. One the best Gerry Anderson TV series. As far as world building and back story, intelligent scripts. Two things though the Moon Base Interceptors should of had cannons in case those humoungous missile's missed and Gabrielle Drake, fuelled a lot of fever dreams in my early teens. I could of been eleven though!

gorby
It seems we had a similar youthful love interest. 🙂
Thanks for the comment Mark.

Mark Sherwood
You're welcome, Gorby. 👍

David H
This won't be in FAA colours as I don't have any more FAA decals for this era of phantom so it's going to have to RAF.

Mr D
Hi Dave pain in the but when something like this happens to paint..?
It's all a learning curve.
I snapped a canopy in two recently.
Don't let it put you off, Velejo paints are very reliable and don't let you down.
I purchase a basic colours set when l first set out and never looked back.
Good luck with sorting it out..👍👍

gorby
Shame about the crazing as the model was looking very good. Do you know if it was the paint or the top coat which cracked?

David H
Mr D , nothing puts me off, as you say it's all a learning curve. Gorby, I "think" it was too heavy a paint coat,. I've stopped using pure acrylics. I now use Tamiya acrylics thinned 50/50 or more with cellulose thinners (and a mask) gives a super smooth finish and no primer needed to key

gorby
I've not heard of Tamiya acrylics being thinned with cellulose before. Normally I use the Tamiya thinners and find that works very well.

David H
If you thin with cellulose (and leave it for a few hours) it breaks the particles down and gives a ridiculously smooth finish as well as etching into the plastic.

Mr D
Hi Dave 👋
It's bit to Harsh for modeling Cellulose.
Isopropanol alcohol or Tamiya thinner is better and safer.
Cracking can happen if X2 paint coats are drying at quite different times.

David H
Whatever works for you…with pure acrylics I've had issues with " lifting" ymmv. Just don't try it with anything other than Tamiya. Tamiya is NOT a proper acrylic . "Proper" ie water based acrylics just turn to jelly 😉
BTW the FAA phantom was done with Tamiya acrylics thinned with Tamiya thinners.

Patrick Hagelstein
Wow! That's quite the save. 👍🏼 Really nice repaint. 👍🏼 I like using lacquers like Mr. Color, MRP or SMS and occasionally thin Tamiya 'acrylics' with lacquer thinner as well. They spray fabulously and if I need to touch up anything I just come in with brushes and use water or acrylic thinner as to have the same color.

Mr D
Well done for pulling it back Dave, l like the new scheme..... Great aircraft 😃👍

Desert Marlin
That's going to be some work... GOOD LUCK!!!

Gary Victory
Nice work David. I've done something similar on a Tamiya Spitfire because of the decals. Looking forward to seeing the finished result.

David H
Thank you for the support guys 😎