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king derelict
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I think this is about finished. I put a gloss coat on and added the decals then a coat of sandy dust colour lightly applied on the upper surfaces and deepening as it went lower. It doesn't really show against the tanks own colour but it does dull down the markings nicely and makes the tracks look dusty. I haven't added any weathering beyond this. All teh photos I have found show them to be dusty and sandy but not really knocked about. I used a green board as the background which was a mistake as its messed up the colour balance in the pictures. I'll try again tomorrow with something more neutral. In the meantime I don't think this needs anything more adding to is. Thanks for looking in Alan
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F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale
king derelict replied to Egilman's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I haven't really explored the 3D drawing side of the printing process beyond a few forays into Tinkercad. I guess the eight cans could be made separately and assembled as a ring. The inlet to the compressor and its four struts looks like the tricky bit needing a fairly thin wall section.. I guess that is not so much of an issue for a resin printer though. At first look the printer looks like the salvation for this. I don't see a hocolate related fix here😄 Alan -
Thank you Dave. I drove myself crazy today trying to put the red stripes on the crash truck.😆 The two jets are two of the flight test fleet from NAS Patuxent River,MD and they seem a shade darker than the regular USMC grey. I'll have to look at the photos from the USS America LHA6 deployment which had a mix of flight test and fleet aircraft on board. It may all be my eyesight. Alan
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I hoping the aircraft will land on later this week. I find the aircraft and vehicles difficult to make convincing. Alan
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F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale
king derelict replied to Egilman's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
That plastic engine is disappointing. The front end is rather nasty. It's going to be a bit of a carve up to install the struts. I'm confident that you will find an elegant solution Alan -
I spent quite a bit of time today cleaning up the details on the ship. Chasing around the PE painting over the little gleams of brass from handling damage. And then going around it again as the light catches new areas. I painted and added washes to the fork trucks, tugs, fire trucks and the crane. They still need a bit of detail and some cleaning up but I placed them just to see if they were somewhat acceptable. The SAR helo with folded rotors is also parked in its probable final spot. I painted the F-35Bs - the shortest spray session versus cleaning the air brush but they look good and some detail is getting added. I added some black wash to the hull to bring out some of the detail and then a rust wash where the phoptos show it. I think I need a bit more work to darken it in a few places. The Vallejo rust wash is very light. I'll try to finish the F-35s tomorrow and think about a seascape. Thanks for looking in Alan
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Thank you Greg. Its pushed my abilities but I like how its coming out. In 1/350 I think you could create a gem. The netting would be much nicer and the aircraft would be less clunky although I do like the 1/700 F-35Bs Alan
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Thanks Mike. Its been a fun kit and its generally accurate too. The Eduard PE was great to work with and really make the model hugely better. Alan
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Down in the detail today. Touching up the paint on the PE (and trying not to knock anything off). I added the yellow PE ordinance disposal chutes. The kit is wrong relative to the 2013 configuration but the photos sorted it out. The booms were added too. I just need to finish the 50 cals and that's the ship done apart from weathering. I then need to work up the vehicles and the aircraft. I'm leaning more towards a seascape to display it and its own case. Thanks for looking in. Have a great weekend everyone Alan
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Thank you Ziggy. I hope you won't be too disappointed to see only two F-35Bs (those were the test birds in 2013) . I will have the SAR helos and a V-22 on deck too though. Alan
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The research into appropriate foils for the vision blocks continued. I found I could buy 600 foil squares in six colours from Amazon for $12 or I could buy a grossly over priced box of Quality Street for $8. This left me with the dilemma of what to do with 594 squares of coloured foil or what to do with the chocolate. It arrived yesterday and my raw material stock was complete Its sort of like @Egilman metal finish research but without all his expertise and skill but with more calories The foil was a bit delicate to handle but I managed to place it into all teh vision block apertures and fixed it with PVA glue. Once this had set I gave it a coat of clear gloss to complete setting it in place and stiffen it. The hatch covers and turrets are just dry fitted to see how it looks Not as nice as @Old Collingwood but I think they are better than paint or dyes The deck was glued onto the lower hull and the warp mentioned earlier resulted in a poor fit at the rear bulkhead. I was able to pull it together with a bit of CA and a clamp but it will stull need a bit of filling. Thats all the bits together; now its time to add detail Thanks for looking in and have a great weekend alan
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Catching up on your development of a bare metal finish since I've been away. Your work looks very good. The methodology looks repeatable and controllable which is very encouraging. The F104 is going to be spectacular. I'm very grateful for the tutorials; I'm keen to get my Vampire out on teh table. Great Work Alan
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Apart from the metallic foil research being conducted in the candy aisle I built up the tracks today. Flyhawk made quite a nice way to create them The inner road wheels and the return idlers go onto the axles and the rear inner sprocket half is installed The inner half of the track is added and keys into the sprocket. The outer road wheels are put on Then the outer half of the tracks and the outer half of the sprocket And the lower hull is ready for the deck Very restful stuff after the PE on the Wasp Thanks for looking in Alan
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