Subject: Re: Article AirFix's 1:72 F-80 Shooting Star
From: "Steve Bamford" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ricardo Filipe Oliveira Verissimo" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 00:41:50 -0700

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
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From: "Ricardo Filipe Oliveira Verissimo" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:46 PM
Subject: Article AirFix's 1:72 F-80 Shooting Star

Hi Steve!

   I'll submit my first Airplane. This weekend i borrowed a digital camera
and start taking pictures of some models in order to make some articles to
send, but i've noted that some of then have some errors that notible  in the
picture... but i'll send then anyway with a text telling the mistakes that
i've made.
Please use yhe email adress [email-masked]
Thanks!

The First:

Airfix 1:72 F-80 Shooting Star  (F-80-1.JPG)

Model:
The model is very old... and that's what I've to say... before I glue the 2
half of the fuselage I dry-fitted the air intakes... first serious
problem... I glue them I added lot of  Tamiya Putty ... lot of sanding and
the result was a decent air intake.
Next came the fuselage halfs... and the wings.  I don't gave a lot of
attention to the cockpit because with the canopy closed you could take a
look in to the inside... besides I was making this model to test some tips
give from ARCs readers... I've learned a lot with this "baby".  OK... next,
lot's of Tamiya Putty and sanding... painting, Tamiya Putty, Sanding..
etc...etc...
2 weeks later...
Tamiya Putty, sanding, painting... and finally the desire result... ok the
kits as raised details... I decided to keep it... probably today I would try
to rescrive some painel lines.... but, maybe some day I'll build the model
again with some PE and resin seat and wheels.... Some day...
(F-80-3. JPG  ; F-80-4.jpg)
Painting.
This model was the one of the first to be painted fully with my Badger 200.
I'll give a coat of primer... Tamiya Acrylic Dark Grey. Then I start the
metallic overall painting with light coats of Humbrol Polished Aluminium.
Alright... a shinny airplane... I was proud... such a beautiful bird...  I
used Tamiya masking tape and pained flat Black wing root panels and (    )
in the   I let it dry for a couple of days and I prepare de decal.
 Ok then first mistake, as the surface was shiny I decided to apply directly
the decals.... Ok so far so good... I cut all decals and letters... and the
look fine... let it dry and then I've applied Flat coat of Marabu mixed with
terpentine... it gives a really nice flat finish and it dries very fast.
Then I notice that the decals were silvering... Panic... ok I'll give it
another coat of Flat and look better but... to be honest I let it be just
like it was... to remember me the mistake... then I give some touch-up in
the paint... and applied some black chalk pastel  in the airplane. The
result is what you see in the pictures... I must admit that the plane looks
better in the pictures.
(F-80-5 , 7, 8 .JPGs)

Hope you all like

Ricardo Veríssimo

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