Dennis.E
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Beautiful work Sir!
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Good Afternoon Mike, Where can I purchase the pilots you have used? Hannants?
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I must admit Gus when I wrote that to you I was a bit unsure myself, which is rare for me to do...
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Greeting Gus, I think the Turkey Feathers are a titanium alloy blend. Don't worry about the issue surrounding your use of the masks Gus, try using filters
later in the painting process mate. They are great for weathering and should cover any masking imperfections present.
Good luck with the salt Sir! I have a wee admission to make here Gus...following me saying one cannot use enamels with salt weathering, I went back and tried it again
in a more controlled, managed manner. It can be done! Albiet very carefully, and you must manage your ratios with respect to airbrush application, but I did it!
I am hoping now to apply my new discovery to my 24 scale BF 109G-2.
Great work on the Eagle so far Gus...I remember your Mig, which was simply beautiful Sir!
Looking foward to more.
Oh Gus, what is your reasoning for the applying of a gloss coat prior to salt weathering? It can be done without the clear coat layer.
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-You are very welcome Sir - I hope they help; if you need decals for the missiles at all sing out Gus.
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I'm very interested to see how you go with these products Gus...
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Gus, a wee box should arrive on your doorstep in the next day or two Sir - including a nice fat juicy Phoenix for pup!!!
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It appears that Revell Management have implemented differing commercial structures with their products, in that you still have the lower end, or rather, kits with fewer parts that are usually re-relases
up to kits like the Ju88 and He111. I too have done one of the Ju88's Gus and it was a quite beautiful peice of engineering. In saying that there were a few areas I did question, but that's the Engineer in me I'm afraid...
As you say Gus, and I strongly agree, that it has to come down to what you get for your hard earned cash, and the 'happiness' quotient you
glean from your project.
How about I include a Phoenix missile in your package so you can adopt a diversionary tactic for the wee dog??
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Good Evening Gus,
I have found the missiles you were after Sir - there are 3 complete missiles, and one has one ventral guidance vane missing.
I'll pop them in the post for you early next week Gus with my complements.
Regards
Dennis
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Hi Gus,
I have to admit here Gus I have been off work for the past 3 months with fractured ribs, so the old work bench has seen more activity
than it has for a long time!
Having built both the Tamiya F-15C and Bunker Buster kits, and now the Revell kits, and with the benefit of years to ponder this question, I can say from an educated standpoint Gus
that literally you get what you pay for, and that is not necessarily a bad thing.
Revell aim their products (or rather did back in the 80's when these Eagles were initially released)at the Fathers' and Sons' sitting at the kitchen table putting a great kit together
and bonding at the same time. These products were also aimed at a set price point to achieve this marketing goal.
Tamiya sit at the other end of the commercial table, and conform to the age old Japanese axiom '100% or nothing'.
The Board of Directors at Tamiya aim at perfection, or as close as their technology and Engineering prowess will allow. Price point is a secondary concern, as market research would have told Tamiya that modelers will pay top dollar for top product.
I agree.
If I had the money, I would go Tamiya, but only because I am detail orientated (being an Engineer). Recently, I put together Revells old 32 scale F-14A Tomcat; does it rate with Tamiya's venerable kit? No.
Does it compare with Trumpeters kit? Not on your life. Did I enjoy it? You bet! A large box and a lot of plastic parts for not a lot of money that I enjoyed
from start to finish.
I am still in two minds about this Alcad Gus - the finish really is the best you can get I feel (and certainly closer to accuracy than I have been able to achieve with my Vallejo products)but it is costly, and it is dangerous.
I closely monitor safety in my room when airbrushing; some quick fluid dynamics calculations and two large open windows and an open door help!
If it's okay with you Gus I'll see how you get on here - I accept that I may well be the cause of my downfall, but I keep the door open on my decision whether or not to proceed with Alcad at this point.
In the event I do, it will be most certainly with a mask and latex gloves!(It gives me great pleasure to go into the chemist and ask the girls rather sheepishly for some latex gloves...)
Good luck with your attempt Gus - hopefully it all works out and I can follow in your footsteps!
Tiny the T-Rex sits at the head of my workbench in greys and browns, with some vallejo mud around the feet and under the tail (or rather, it will when I get him finished).
A change is as good as a rest, and something different keeps my interest up. I'm also eyeing up the Velociraptor!
I look forward to your next post Gus - I'll have a good look for the missiles I offered you Gus a wee while ago. You are more than welcome to what I can come up with - I just have to be careful with the ribcage
rummaging around that I don't do anything silly..
Regards
Dennis
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Hi Gus,
The water in acrylic based products will react with salt over time (I have tested this, it takes days for any adverse reaction to present) - it doesn't make any real difference, and I do it all the time now with no problems.
In saying that Gus, I have never used enamels with the salt weathering technique as the chemicals tend to 'bond'with the salt and you'll bugger your project mate.
Now I have never actually put this to the test, and I am making purely an educated guess here....perhaps one of our fellow modelers can shed more light on this.
I am currently working on two Revell 32 scale F-15's( apart from a 24 scale BF109G-2 and a vinyl T-Rex named Tiny...), and I have had a dogs life trying to get the metallic sheen on the rear looking 'right'. I think I am going to try Alcad for the first time...
what are you using Gus?...
I have looked into Alcad and it looks the goods Gus - not cheap but the finish looks to my eyes as pretty much spot on. Your thoughts Sir?
(By the way Gus - I WILL be buying a mask before using the Alcad - it's pretty caustic stuff...)
The project is looking good Gus....
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Looking good Gus!
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Agreed!!
I too discovered I ran out of paint faster when using the airbrush - I use a room with small volumetric area and large windows with the door open.
I also decide how much I will airbrush so I can do a small calculation as to possible spray contamination so atomized spray never reaches
levels where my health may be effected.
I look forward to your photos Gus!
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Good Morning Gus;-This really opens up a can of worms for us in the modelling fraternity, doesn't it!!
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Hi Gus,
I'm currently working through the Revell 32 scale Strike Eagle - what we have here is a huge air frame covered in...well....grey.
Grey everywhere. Gunship grey, according to the purists, I believe. In reality, if you were to stand up close to a real air frame you would perceive many varying tones of color.
I say 'perceive' because that's pretty much exactly what it is.We all 'see' color in a slightly different way, due primarily to the universal laws of physics, and the inherent lengths
of light vectors. What one person will see as one particular shade of grey, another may well look and see something slightly different. The rods and cones in our eyes are also
responsible for our perception of light/color interpretation.
Another issue we are dealing with here Gus is the so-called 'scale effect'( which can be mathmatically calculated, but I will not go into that here). Our perception of color is effected by distance amoungst other things, which also has a part to play in our final interpretation
of color.
I guess ultimately Gus we are all victims to our eyes, brains and the laws of Physics here; in that our models are our 'interpretation'of
the color applied to actual air frames. When we all see a model whose finish we relate directly what we perceive as 'correct', we all jump for joy, yet in reality there may well be significant differences between what is actually present on the aircraft in question, and what we have applied to our models in order to imitate what we perceive as reality.
This brings me neatly to what you are looking at now Gus. Only you will know what you perceive as the most correct finish here. I look at what you have done and think 'that looks great!',
but that's just me. Others will disagree, and have valid argument for their claims, and this is quite justified. We are all different,
therefore our interpretations will be slightly different in some cases, quite significantly variant in others.
For me Gus, I intend to finish my F-15E in several varying tones of grey, all blending seamlessly into another, and tie it all together with a clear coat slightly tinted and weathering.Underneath the aircraft
I am blending metallic colors with greys to invoke a 'metal grey finish'.
In conclusion Gus I feel the question here is 'what do you think of the finish you have achieved here?' Does it 'look' right to you?
At the end of the day Gus, only you can actually see your work, without the dynamics of camera lenses and the interference of secondary light sources.
Your thoughts Sir?
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Cheers Bev! - Instead of the Mig though I have gone for the 32 scale Trumpy English Electric Lightning - a fantastic big brutish bulldog wrapped in aircraft grade aluminium
and some huge jet engines up the backside!!
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Actually Bevan, could you tell me how you painted and finished your cans up to the point of applying the Tamiya product? That looks so damned cool I am sorely tempted to click on the buy now
I currently have on one of these on E-Bay right now...
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Any of the guys who have seen your Mig Gus will be looking foward to this as much as I am....
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Hi Gus, Fantastic!! You have done a great job on that ordinance mate. Gee, that missile the pup spat out looks suspiciously like haggis....
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Gidday Bevan,...bloody fantastic job mate!!!!I must say though I liked your exhaust cans prior to applying the Tamiya product - I thought when I saw those 'you have got those bloody perfect'.
I thought the Tamiya product was a wee bit much, but that's just my two cents worth Bevan...please don't take that as a slight on what is an awesome build! Cheers, Dennis
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Quite understandable Gus - I can still remember my first year at University - although that WAS a few eons ago now! Looking foward to your images Sir.
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...Hows the paint job going mate?
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Oh God big J,... I'll put up my arm and hang my head in shame...my Special Hobby MS.406 bit the dust big time. It started out okay, then I tried painting the thing with a paint brush prior to buying my air brushes.
I tried to rescue the model but it was too late. I have been thinking about buying another .406 to complete the project for my in progress build...I'll get right on it! I will say in my defense though (weak as it is)
Photobucket can be a hard and somewhat tempestuous mistress at the best of times...
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Stunning - beautiful work Sir!
IDF F15C Commando
in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
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Something doesn't add up here Gus...how long did you leave your cover coat over the salt on for? How much water pressure did you use when trying to remove the salt?
From my experience Gus this method is delicate, and demands care in places - still, at the risk of you clobbering me with a caber or sending William Wallace down to give us a good seeing to mate
I have found out most of what I know now through experimentation. Remember our undergraduate days Gus when writing papers every observation required validation...it's the same here.
We require validation - or in this case, the result of playing around, to learn from our experiments.
Let's try and help you out here Gus...what exactly did you do, from the start of your process, to apply the salt weathering technique?