Revell Razor Crest - Finished

[denders]

More progress.

[Martinnfb]

Sweet! It looks like the rear section from A-10

 

[denders]

58 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

Sweet! It looks like the rear section from A-10

 

Perhaps that's where they got the idea. It's said that the cockpit for the Millenium Falcon came from a B-29. 

[Peterpools]

Dave

Nice progress and right with Martin

 

[denders]

She's got legs. I'll have about 10 days or so to contemplate whether I'm going to use the decals for the yellow stripes or the more tortuous route of masking and painting them. The small decals that I did use in the cockpit were hard to get to settle down into the raised detail in the cockpit. But the stripes are worn and that has to be a lot of work to duplicate in a mask. I'll think about it. I may have to rewatch an episode or two to see about other weathering effects that I may want to duplicate. The front of the right engine has a panel missing, so I may want to add some scorch marks in that area.

[Peterpools]

Dave

Looking mighty good and if the decals are that bad, masking is to be the way to go. 

[denders]

Thanks, Peter. That would be easy except.......

There's a lot of wear on the stripes. Lots of masking painting too. 

[Martinnfb]

maybe hairspray method , chipped with a toothpick? 

[denders]

16 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

maybe hairspray method , chipped with a toothpick? 

That might work. I've never tried the hairspray method. I do have a bottle of someone's chipping fluid but I've not tried it either. Hmmm.

[denders]

It might be interesting figuring out what the yellow stripes actually looked like when new. 

[BlrwestSiR]

There are masks available for the stripes. 

https://www.culttvmanshop.com/Razor-Crest-paint-masks-172-scale-from-Aztek-Dummy-_p_7307.html

They're for the AMT version but you could probably make them work on your kit. 

[denders]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

[denders]

Actually, if I scan my decals, I should be able to make my own. I guess I'm going to experiment with one of the chipping methods too. 

[Peterpools]

Fingers crossed, hoping your scanned masks work out. 

[denders]

Thanks, Peter. Now to get back at it after spending a week in Florida getting my wife her "spring training baseball fix". 

I'm thinking it shouldn't be a big deal, just patience. The yellow parts will be the 'holes' in the mask, I just have to work at making the cutting marks for the cutter.

[denders]

A picture of the masks, it's a screen capture from the Silhouette Studio software. This is the largest set of masks that I've done. It's raining here, so I'll have to wait a couple of days. I want to paint if it goes on well and not have it sitting around for a bit.

It should be interesting. 

 

[Peterpools]

Looking mighty good. I'm always amazed and envious of this type of computer work - for my generation, seems time has passed us by. 

[Martinnfb]

Well done!

[denders]

Actually, when I weeded out the unnecessary pieces, I realized there was a mistake. So, these are the mask pieces, let's see how loony I can drive myself getting them in place. 

[denders]

Okay, first part of the masks on.

Paint on. I'm using a Creos 771 (0.18mm) with pressure set to 10 psi and the needle adjustment set at 2. Setting 0 won't allow the needle to move.

And masking off. Looks pretty good to me.

Just 4 more mask pieces to go.

 

[Martinnfb]

Boom ! What a beauty ! 

[Peterpools]

Dave

Nice stat on the masking and going to look awesome for sure.

 

[denders]

Okay, last pieces of masking placed and painted. Next I have to look at the canopy parts. Then a clear coat and something for all the panel lines. 

[Peterpools]

Dave

WOW ... looking fantastic as in your hands, the whole masking process worked perfectly🏆

[denders]

I figured I would try this out. Small area first.