GusMac

Impressive cutting skills Cees, to get them so consistent.

Thanks Rob, very helpful links. I think I'll try these first.

Thanks Dennis. As a matter of interest, have you tried airbrushing them? Just another option to ponder.

Nice, never seen one without the 'spats'before. Looks great.

Look on the bright side Cees, at least it was before paint, etc. Hopefully no harm done.

A little more progress to report. The GT Resin intakes are fitted and installed. Went together very easily with a very snug fit. The exhaust tubes and interior of the burner cans are also painted, but these are just placed there for effect at the moment, as I'll install them at the end of the build. View down the inside of the inlet. I left the white resin unpainted as I think it looks ok as it is. The forward section was primed in black then painted with Gunze FS36375. The turbine is Tamiya steel and chrome with a light wash. Inside of the burner can was primed in black then airbrushed with Tamiya XF-2. Then used Ammo's panel line washes for grey jets to give the wear effect. I felt a dark wash would be too stark and I'm happy with the outcome. It looks better to the naked eye than I can show in a picture. Finally, an attempt to give a view down the tube, again my photographic efforts don't do it justice. There's a lot more colour variation than is apparent here. The fit of the resin was again excellent - the flameholder and exhaust face just dropped in and the clean up needed to mate the tube with the can was very easy, even for a resin novice like me. As always, comments, critiques, etc welcome. Cheers, Gus

Thanks Dennis. What are you using to thin them and clean up? Cheers, Gus

Very nice. The combination of pigments and washes gives a lovely worn look to the paintwork.

Looking great Cees. Is the fin pinned at all, or just glued?

Very nice Jeroen. Do you have any idea what package is used to create the effect?

Very interesting story Rob. We had a glorious day at the beach in Scheveningen last time we were over and looking at the map that's pretty close to you. Funny how these things crop up - I've just recently discovered that one of our favourite dog walking haunts was a POW camp for Italians during WWII. Thanks for sharing, Gus

Kudos for the perseverance Jeroen. Looks good.

Certainly a step up in detail there Jeroen, but I'm not sure I would consider it enough to justify that level of aggravation. I'm sure you'll beat it into shape. Gus

Thanks all. That link was very helpful Jeroen as I wasn't entirely sure previously whether the AK paints were 'true' acrylics. Think I can see me spending a bit of my birthday cash on some samples to experiment with!

Apologies for the double posting. Got a Chrome error saying it had failed first time but obviously it hadn't!

Hi all, just wondering if anyone has any experience with Mig's Ammo acrylic metallics line? I'm trying to decide what to use for the burner cans, etc on my F15 but I don't want to use lacquers such as Alclad for a number of reasons. I've always had good results with previous Ammo products so wondered about these. Any insights gratefully received. Cheers Gus

Not sure Dennis at the moment. I know a lot of people swear by Alclad but I'm not keen on lacquer at all. I was wondering about the new(ish) acrylic metallics from Ammo of Mig Jiminez but I haven't seen many reviews of how they perform. Any of his other stuff I've used has been excellent, so I may take a punt and get some anyway so I can experiment. Gus

Very nice, looking forward to seeing it painted up.

Okay next steps. These are all the resin upgrades from Gary Hatherly at GT Resin primed with Mr Surfacer 1500. The quality is excellent - having always been a little scared of these big resin sets because of the clean up, etc - this has been a bit of a revelation. The clean up was easy and the fit is excellent. The casting is lovely, the fins on the flameholder are very fine but robust, so easy easy to remove from the casting block without damage. Apologies for the quality of these last two pics as they don't do justice to the quality of the casting on these exhausts. The turkey feathers especially are very finely cast and look very in-scale. Next step is to get all of these pieces painted up so I can get on with the construction of the main fuselage. Hopefully get some time over the weekend to get on with this. As usual, comments, critiques welcome. Cheers, Gus

Looking good Danny, the pilot is especially good. What type of paints are you using?

Looks great Cees. Do the turrets differ much from the Lanc?

Nice score there Jim, I really fancy doing the Hind sometime as there a lot of unusual schemes out there.

Looking good gents. 19 euros a wheel?! I know a dodgy garage round my neck of the woods who could probably supply the real thing for that, no questions asked! Seriously though, that 3d rendering looks lovely and the nacelles look great too.

Thanks Dennis. Yes, you're right about the difficulty in getting exact references for Israeli jets at given time points. However, I think the Syrian Mig I did last was even worse, there is so little out there on the Syrian, Egyptian and Jordanian aircraft that it gives you a bit of licence with how you finish things.

Looks great Cees. How are you going to deal with the canopy and other transparencies? Vac forming?