GusMac

Looking good Cees. I'd imagine it's a bit lighter than the Milliput version would have been which might be helpful for balance later.

Thanks coolboxx, I'll try and pick up those Brassin cannons before I get round to this.

Looking good! Are those the kit gun barrels? I have this in mind to do next and was wondering about AM barrels, but those look pretty good.

Not really Cees. Slight planning faux pas on my part. It just hadn't quite dawned on me that most of the stencils supplied with the kit are to suit the lo-vis grey colour scheme until I went to apply some the other night. Oops!! The Sky's Decals set I have don't contain stencils so I'm now waiting for the Isradecal set to arrive from Aviation Megastore. They're meant for the Sufa but most of the stencils are identical to the early noughties F-16Cs, so I should get enough to work with. Thankfully the Israeli's seem to keep the stencilling to a minimum in comparison to some other operators.

Love the way the light shines through the outer skin there to show the interior structure.

Hi Cees, yes that makes sense given the undercarriage set-up. Perlenbacher is French isn't it? Don't they sell any nice local beers? Don't know why but we always seem to end up shopping at Albert Heijn stores whenever we're in NL.

Hi Cees, could you use Miliput or similar for the end of the tail to allow the curve to be fashioned?

Drink the beer then contemplate further.....

Gloss coat on and no dramas at all. The X22 thinned with Mr Levelling went on great and absolutely no issues with the Ammo paints at all. Another tick for them! Decals next, so I'll post some pics once that's underway.

Thanks Rob. It certainly doesn't help that my 'photo booth' is the kitchen table with a small Fuji compact. Just can't justify the cost of a 'good' set-up to myself and my daughter has taken her nice Canon DSLR away to Uni with her. Thanks for the congratulations, it's scary to think how the years have passed so quickly (and thankfully happily)!!

Finally an update. Life has been hectic recently with my eldest starting Uni in Glasgow and my wife and I celebrating our silver wedding with a nice break. However, there has been some progress. Roughly the same view, with and without flash, to try and show how the mottling has come through. It's a bit more evident without the flash but still not as clear as to the naked eye. Ah well! The Ammo paints are great - very easy to work with and clean up and the coverage is good. They thin down very nicely with Mr Levelling which seems to speed up the drying compared to the proprietary thinner. Weapons done as well using Tamiya acrylics of various shades. The Python 4's from Isracast are fiddly but very detailed. Will install the seeker heads once everything has had a gloss coat. That's this weekend's adventure. Hopefully the X22 doesn't react badly with the Ammo paint. As always comments welcome. Cheers, Gus

Nice result and a good test of the masks getting them to settle over the beule so well.

Looks great Cees, everything nice and square.

Lovely clean finish Mish. The base really sets it off.

Great, thanks for the hard work looking for a fix Jeroen and co.

Very cool Danny, especially that gold visor.

Thanks Rich. That makes a bit more sense.

I like that suggestion Cees. Or could be 'Wingless Wonders'!

Lovely Rich. What type of sheet metal are you using for this?

Good you've managed to get just a fuselage. Disappointing that the different intake size wasn't picked up after casting.

Lovely finish. I spot the theme on that shelf....

Hi Danny, nice looking cockpit stuff. Disappointed to hear about the GT stuff. I used their seamless intakes, burner cans and wheel set for the F-15 and they were drop fit - didn't involve external surfaces though. It's hard to see the exact issue as the top of the intakes looks about the same distance from the cockpit sill on both sides but obviously the angle of the splitter plates must be different looking at the resulting positions. Did you manage to source just fuselage sides or have you had to get a whole new kit? Cheers, Gus

Very nice Darren. Did you use the kit decals or masks or aftermarket decals?

Nice start Cees. Looking forward to seeing how this develops.

Thanks Jeroen. I've only tried the hairspray but not with great success. I think I may have used a brush that was too soft and ended up having to scrub too hard which didn't give the 'randomness' you need.