This
is an Italeri kit with raised lines, I never really build a raised line kit
before (I rescribed my revell B-52)
There
is a few disasters happened during the build
1. The tail seater problem, I drilled a hole under the radar dome and put in
some soldering wires that were melted as weight, after putting everything in but
the tail is still heavy. I tried to heated up the solder metal inside by sticking the soldering tip inside
but unfortunately the heat makes the dome area deformed....damn.
2. the small window of the right rear door almost fell in...I cut off the door
again and stuck it back in, since the door is open, I mix some epoxy glue then dip
some screws and then threw them in to the fuselage while holding the plane tails
up, let the glue bond, just to make sure the stupid tail
doesn't sits.
3 . then another disaster,
the dirty water during my wet sanding flows in and stained the main canopy, I
almost cried..... Ok, never mind, since I've came this far... I cut a hole on
top of the cockpit area, stick a cotton bud in and seal the hole back with
plaplate.
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Painting
started with preshading with black and basic camouflage done with freehand,
One main technique for freehand spraying is the pressure and the
thickness paint control:
1. Air pressure must be low, around 1.2 bar, this will reduce the feathering
2. Paint must not be too thick or too thin, I dilute it around 3:7 paint thinner
ratio
3. the angle of spraying, spray the outline first then fill the inner parts,
4. Dual action airbrush is a must as it can control the amount of paint.
All
flaws surfaced after the paint had been touched up, seal with future and proceed
with decaling. Decals used are from VFA's decal that include our national flag:
the “Jalur Gemilang”. Final
clear coat was applied as the actual plane is very glossy, this will be the
first time I gloss up a plane.
Finally
the plane was complete and sent
it to Our Merdeka (National Day) Exhibition organized by SFTPMS.
Thanks
for viewing.
Vincent
Happy
51th Merdeka Day
Malaysia
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