Subject: Re: Gallery Submission from Ramon R. Lomeli
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ramon Lomeli" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 13:50:24 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

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Work like you don't need the money.
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  From: Ramon Lomeli 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:14 PM
  Subject: Gallery Submission from Ramon R. Lomeli

  "1/48 Scale Monogram F-8 Crusader" 

  by "Ramon R. Lomeli"
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  Hello!  This is my Monogram 1/48 scale F-8 Crusader.  I started this kit in 1999.  I added a white metal landing gear correction set and resin Martin Baker Mk.5 ejection seat (from Cobra Company) and to the seat, I added a shoulder harness made from the foil from a wine bottle.  

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  Inspired by a recent article in FSM, (and too lazy to do otherwise) I kept the raised panel lines and pre-shaded them with MM Acryl black.  After several attempts and experiments with finding a shade of white, I finally settled on Floquil White, then a top coat of MM Gloss Gull Grey enamel.  I elected to used the Red Rippers markings that came with the kit - it was the Gordon's Gin Boar that I liked!  Unfortunately, the years were not kind to the decal sheet, so there was yellowing around the edges and the blues seemed a bit discolored but by this point, after all these years of stopping and starting I just wanted this sucker finished.  

          
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  I used a watercolor set pilfered from my son's art box and some soft pastels to grungy it up a bit, then sprayed a coat of Acryl Clear Flat.  Lastly, I buffed it all over with a used dryer fabric softener sheet to lightly scrape the paint from the raised panel lines, exposing the black undercoating.  I'm not entirely pleased with the final outcome, but I did get some experience points from it so that's ok.  I still had fun with it, and that's what this is about anyways!  

  CHEERS!

  "Ramon R. Lomeli"

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  Photos and text © by "Ramon R. Lomeli"