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  1. CDW
    Rafale has a healthy set of legs. Seems they really made them beefy for their carrier role.
  2. CDW
    This is my last step before giving the model it's landing gear. Hallelujah ( I love finishing a model and the thrill of starting another). Since the last time, I've added the afterburners and a handful of other small details, given it a thorough coat of clear gloss to seal the decals and tweaked a few panel lines. I'm at the point of diminishing returns so going to soon call it "finished".
  3. CDW
    Love this 1:32 scale and the detail.
  4. CDW
    Will first need to seal the decals then touch up panel lines. The canopy is not glued on so will remove it before seal, then glue in place last.
  5. CDW
    About 90% - 95% finished with the decals now.
  6. CDW
    Yes, the French do produce some spectacular aircraft. Somewhere on Youtube, there is a video of a team doing a paint job on a jet fighter aircraft similar to this one and it shows the precise techniques they use to mask and paint it.
  7. CDW
    I got this far tonight before deciding it's time to get some shut-eye. The decals will probably take several days to get them all done as there are quite a few to go. Tomorrow, my kids return from New Hampshire so I'll be picking them up from the airport. They sure did enjoy their time playing in the snow. My son in law took them to do a sleigh ride, and they went snow tubing several times. A huge adventure for them as snow is just not part of our Florida experience. 🙂
  8. CDW
    Looking forward to the model AND the history. Great subject material.
  9. CDW
    So far I'm real happy with the quality and work-ability of these Syhart decals. They are very thin and supple, laying down easily with no tendency to tear or any other ill habits. At the moment, I don't think they will require any decal solvent at all. That is very unusual and a pleasant surprise. Just a couple of decal update photos:
  10. CDW
    Yes. That would work perfectly well.
  11. CDW
    To accent the panel lines, I use these three items: Tamiya black panel line accent, Mr. Color 110 solvent, Q-tips For this method/materials, you need to begin with a glossy paint surface, either acrylic or lacquer. I'm not sure how enamel paint would react to the Mr. Color 110 solvent, but I would not try it on enamel paint unless it had a good clear coat of acrylic over it. Apply the Tamiya panel line accent over the panel lines and give it time to dry. After the panel line accent is dry, dampen a Q-tip with the Mr. Color 110 solvent and gently wipe the panel lines with the solvent. Once it's had a few minutes to do it's thing, resume a gentle wiping of the panel lines with the dampened Q-tip to remove the excess accent color and leave just the highlighted panel lines. If you rub too hard, it will remove the shading inside the panel lines. If this happens, it's easily fixed. Just repeat the process to achieve the level of panel line accent you want. The solvent will not harm a dry acrylic (nor a lacquer one) surface at all. But it's important the painted surface is glossy. if not, the panel line accent will become embedded in the pigment of a rough/flat surface giving undesirable results.
  12. CDW
    The wing/spine that's received a panel line treatment stands in stark contrast to the side that hasn't received the treatment.
  13. CDW
    Thanks for the comments gentlemen. The paint stand is a Tamiya offering. Two stands come in the box for around $20, available at Hobby Lobby for maybe a little more (or less if you use their 40% off coupon).
  14. CDW
    The major portion of masking and painting is now complete. She's ready to get some panel line treatment and touch ups before applying decals.
  15. CDW
    Happy New Year Mike. Glad to see you're getting time in with the Typhoon.
  16. CDW
    Thanks for the kind comment...I have an A-10 I'll be doing soon.
  17. CDW
    It's the poor lighting and the angles of the photos I took causing it. PS: and the decals are printed in a very subtle color/s
  18. CDW
    Here is a video walk-around where the landing gear look more silver. Probably a a powder coated finish of some kind.
  19. CDW
    The Hobby Boss Rafale goes together quickly with no major fit issues. Not perfect, but acceptable. The cockpit is simple, and all the photos I saw of it, everything is black. I'm now ready to start laying down some paint. For the main finish colors of yellow, blue, and a little gray, I'll be using Mr. Hobby Acrysion paints with Mr Color leveling thinner. I need to figure out these paint masks that come with the decal set...they are used to separate the gray from the yellow and black at the nose section.
  20. CDW
    I'll be looking forward to your next project, but this one has far exceeded my expectations for a detailed U-boat model. Outstanding indeed.
  21. CDW
    Glad to find your build thread for the B-25! This will be the first build review I've seen for a HK kit. Really looking forward to it. You've got a great start moving forward.
  22. CDW
    The instructions called for silver on the landing gear. I didn't think it was silver from the photos I saw, but more of a silver-gray. I ended up using a white/gray that looks real nice I think. You just can't trust the color call-outs on instructions much of the time, but at the same time, colors are hard to distinguish from photos sometimes.
  23. CDW
    The landing gear on this plane are massive. Look like they could support a commercial airliner.
  24. CDW
    OC Those landing gear look to be a silver-gray color. Photos on the net are rather inconclusive to me so I am going to wing-it for the colors on some of the features such as the gear. Did you ever get a close look at one at an airshow or anything? The cockpit colors are easy...it's all black from what I can tell.
  25. CDW
    OC Looks like there are some graphics on top of the external wing fuel tanks? Interesting.

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