Monthly Archives: July 2016
Just getting my feet wet with this model and thinking about how I’ll be using my new airbrush for the first time. I’ve been thinking about all the models I saw on boxes when I was a kid that had those hazy airbrushed camouflaged forms on them. I was envious of the ability to make that look so much like the real thing. As I’ve started working on this one, I have… Read More
I want to preface everything I say here about WWII nazi aircraft. There were some amazing technological achievements, hard-won despite foolish leadership and disgusting purposes. I hate nazis, the third reich, hitler, the ss, anti-semitism, racism, and everything the axis powers stood for. It makes me angry, sad, and outraged that brilliant ideas and minds turned their work to the darkest purposes so far known to humanity. The technological residue from the… Read More
Really fun, and really happy with how this turned out! Some of the decals were way past shot and just wouldn’t sit down no matter how much Micro Sol I put on them, but I wanted the craft to be clean and simple, wheels up, bomb bay doors up. You can even see just a bit of the green glow in the cockpit! Here’s looking to whatever comes next. The stash is… Read More
Boy howdy and GREAT DAY IN THE MORNING! Did I get a wonderful birthday present from my girlfriend, Little Bunny Sunshine! A Paasche single-action, internal mix airbrush! The Paasche SI to be exact. It’s right up my alley and just what I was hoping for. There are plenty of resources about selecting an airbrush that’s right for you out there; I won’t duplicate what they’ve already said. I also got a set… Read More
Despite an initial downer feeling from the broken pitot tube, I’m having a lot of fun with this one just feeling free and going totally by the book. I should be attempting to fill seams, etc. But I want the feel of a fun, quick win on this one to put some wind in my sails for whatever comes next. The fuselage is coming together nicely, though storage spread out the two… Read More
I’m kind of groovin’ on the X-Filesy feel to this concept fighter, and having fun since the nightmare of those F-15 intakes. I’m thinking of the whole Groom Lake / Aera 51-ness this thing generated back then. I’m going to make this a sort of ‘alien technology’ version. At least… alien lite. Starting with the cockpit. I’ve got this metallic, sparkly, green-light enamel i’m going to coat a white washed interior with… Read More
It’s the early 80s. You’ve read articles about a mysterious aircraft that’s invisible. INVISIBLE. It can’t be seen by radar, can’t be shot down. There’s a secret government program running it. No one in the government will admit it’s real! THEN, reports of this possibly non-existent aircraft being shot down over the northwest, pieces of it scattered across the woods, and government cleanup teams moving in quickly to clean up every tiny… Read More
I was excited to see in the extra kit I bought to get a replacement canopy, it had the old decal set I remembered from the kit when I did it in the 80s. Lots more selection and definitely crisper, cleaner text and graphics. That said, I didn’t want to put all the decals on I did back then. Wow, every single “no step” is there and more. When you put that… Read More
With the cockpit assembly finished and the nightmare of fuselage and intakes complete, the really fun stuff comes to complete. Getting the wings, missiles, tail, engines and decals on so we can put things together and get a dull cote on! Wing pre-paint Lots of clothes pins for clean wings!
Success! Seams cleaned up, pieces levered and reset, triangle piece added to get more sticking power. I also made a new foil jig to hold the opening wide for the fuselage after the horrible experience last time. It was still a darn tight fit. Really tight. I tried using the cockpit assembly as a level to further pry open the fuselage while getting it snapped in there. In the end, I realized… Read More
Scale Model Wings 