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  1. Jack12477
    This is the camo scheme called out in the instructions
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    I decided to put a coat of paint on the body of the vehicle. First I used Tamiya masking tape to attach all the doors, taping them from the inside, also taped over the opening for future windows since the interior was already paint. This is my first attempt at airbrushing Vallejo Model Color paints and I can see where I need to do a lot of experimenting with mixture ratios. At first I tried using my Paasch VL airbrush with color cup, didn’twant to work very well. So I dropped back to my old reliable Badger 200 from my days of using Floquil. 🙃 Worked pretty good with same color cup. Here's the results. The color guide calls for Tamiya red brown as the camo color, but I'm not sure I like that look.
  3. Jack12477
    Great retort Chris ! Great looking model also.
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    Small update : After 2 primer coats on the figure, first black, then white over black, I hand brushed two coats of his uniform green and two coats of flat flesh. Still more too do on the figure, his uniform is camo, like paint splatter. 🤔 ⁹ painted interior of cab green gray. Still trying figure out how I want to approach painting exterior. chassis assembled with seats and undercarriage Stay tuned for the next installment of the One-Eyed Jack painting 😁😁 [the camera sees detail better than I do with magnification]
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    Well, saw my eye surgeon this morning. Good news/Bad news: Good news is my left eye has healed well enough that he can now do the right eye, scheduled for next Monday, 10th. Bad news is my near vision, i.e from nose to arms length, will be shot. Will have to wait for both eyes to heal before he can prescribe new glasses for reading. But they did give me a pair of those OTC "cheaters" (2.50) which may work. 🤔 Meanwhile, I will continue to plod along as best I can.
  6. Jack12477
    I'm in !
  7. Jack12477
    The only two F4's I built are still flying over my workshop, one Navy, one Air Force. And in dire need of a scrub down 😫 . Don't remember who made the kits, most likely Revell/Monogram given their age.
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    At the moment I am attempting to learn how to use a wet pallette, paint the driver figure after I first applied black primer, the oversprayed that with white primer holding it so the the airbrush was shooting downward over his head. Next step is to apply a glaze coat using the wet pallette to hold/mix the paint. This is all new technique for me. Very slow going too. 😴
  9. Jack12477
    It my case it was held in my fingers. 😠
  10. Jack12477
    No ! But taking a page from contemporary events, I think I will make this a telepathically steered vehicle. The driver has to "think about" where he wants the vehicle to go and it will automatically steer in that direction. 😎👹
  11. Jack12477
    Well, Mr Murphy paid a visit to the workshop yesterday. While trying to install the steering wheel it decided to bling thru the space time continuum into another dimension. Three of us crawled around the cement cellar floor with bright LED flashlights and couldn't find the little sucker. So this will be the 1st MRAP with joystick steering. 😁😉😊🤫
  12. Jack12477
    Was that a "comparative anatomy" course ?
  13. Jack12477
    Thanks ! The photos are really good, lighting is great. Nice detail.
  14. Jack12477
    Beautiful ! Cannot believe it's paper! Very impressive Chris !
  15. Jack12477
    Verizon lost all of their landline service in 3 counties up here last night into today. And no storms here.
  16. Jack12477
    That's okay. You guys got hammered pretty bad down there. No hurry! Take care of family and friends first.
  17. Jack12477
    Craig, I'm curious about your photography setup, could you show us an overall photo of your setup. Any special lighting or backdrop ? I'm always looking for ideas to improve my own. Thanks.
  18. Jack12477
    Beautiful model and great photography Craig.
  19. Jack12477
    Oh I don't know about that, Lou. Back in '63/'64 I attended a George Shearing concert at Notre Dame. He came on stage with two drop-dead gorgeous blondes on each arm, each wearing an ankle length Satin gown, one in Black, other in White. His famous Black and White Satin album had just been released. When he reached the piano, he picked up the album cover, showed it to the audience (the two models who accompanied him onstage were on the cover) and asked "How do you like my new album cover? I personally picked the models after interviewing them in Braille !" Needless to say the concert was fabulous, one of the greatest Jazz pianist!
  20. Jack12477
    I've had this kit in my stash for quite a while. Decided to dig it out and work on it while I wile away time waiting for my left eye to heal from cataract surgery. It had the worst cataract, also worst myopia and astigmatism, so it was done first. Right eye dominates so it's been compensating even tho it has a cataract also. I hadn't planned on a build log so I never took all the opening photos. This is a very nicely done kit. It comes with a die-cast metal chassis which adds a bit of weight to the model. I'm brush painting it with Vallejo paints for now. I may finish it by airbrushing in end, all depends on what my doctor says. Okay! The box art and contents: Since I had already started I don't have a lot of photos. Below is the progress to-date: The nicks and dings in the paint will get retouched in due course.
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    Tell me about it ! My Fort Dix Army boot camp barracks (reopened WWII barracks) was right next to and parallel to one of McGuire's departure runways. The entire barracks shook when they decided to launch fighters before the sun rose. Talk about reveille at 4 AM. I'M AWAKE! BUT I'M DEAF !
  22. Jack12477
    Very nicely done. 👌
  23. Jack12477
    They look like these. From collection of Hudson River Maritime Museum in Kingston NY
  24. Jack12477
    Glad to hear you are okay, Craig.
  25. Jack12477
    Very nice, Edward.

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