Subject: Re: my version of the f-19, from Mexico
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "RAUL DUARTE" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:12:22 -0700

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

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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Work like you don't need the money.
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: RAUL DUARTE 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 8:21 PM
  Subject: my version of the f-19, from Mexico

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  "1/72 Monogram F-19 Stealth Navalized" 

  by "Raúl Duarte"
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  This project begins as a challenge: "can you make it as navy jet, and of course, make it believed?  After a few weeks of study the model, I take pieces from various models -all are 70's models-:

    a..          Entex F/A-18: main gear, wheels, wheel well, vertical stabilizers; 
    b..          Revell A-7: nose gear and wheels 
    c..          Revell F-16: cockpit
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  The self construct are simple, but good lucking:

  - The nose wheel well and his doors was created from plasticard. All where painted in gloss white in the inner sides.

  - The canopy was a clear PVC sheet, Vacuum form using the original one as a mold. And to place in her position I used white glue that fills the seams at same time.

  - In the main gear, put on wire to simulate the hydraulic system, I used the one in 1/48 from Monogram F/A-18 as a patron. All where painted in gloss white.

  - With the vertical stabilizers, I simple put together both pieces, and cut when their lines matching, using the kit ones as a base. The upper color was in both sides.

  - In the base of the nose radome, I drill a hole and place a half of cone to simulated a gun port. I used Gunze gunmetal, to created the effect of the blast.

  - Finally, cut off the tips of the wings, and repositioned aligned straight to the aileron in the inner wing, simulated a plane that was landing.

          
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  The paint was the really goal of the project:

  - The camouflage was a combination of a Phantom and Eagle low-viz, I make two version and used the best looking one to me (but I take the other in storage to use in this same model in 1/48 scale), I used light gull gray (36440) overall adding a 3% of white to simulated aged and dark compass ghost gray (36320) in the shadow upper with 1% of black to simulated toasted color. The decals are from my scrap box. I intend to reproduce the look of the Navy in the middle 90's with a combination of full color and low-viz emblems. I exaggerated the lines of oil and skin of the aircraft, to give her more credit as a useful plane.

  I spent about 30 hours on this model, most in the belly and the cockpit. The final model looks good, and in certain angles they look like a ray fish: very beautiful.

  Nevertheless, this is an old kit, but with a little effort it can be converted in a beautiful model. After all, this is a reason to be a modeler.

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