For quite a while (I am a slow builder) I am busy with Tamiya's F-84G in 1/72 scale, which I think is a very nice kit.
The kit has very nice detail:
The build started with the cockpit, which I updated a bit with Eduard PE.
Needlles to say (as humble I am
), the final model will have its canopy open.Cockpit on its final location:
Dryfit of the main parts. The tape is to hold the 2 pieces of each wing together after gluing.
Masked Canopy temporarily attached:
After careful sanding to get rid of the seems, the kit received a coat of Tamiya gloss black. This coat was needed to spray the Alclad aluminium on. After the Alclad alu, I filled in some panels on the wings with Alclad white alu. Thereafter, I sprayed the top part of the fuselage green.
I also tried to make the flaps more dark with Tamiya smoke, but as you can see, to much was sprayed on. This is however been improved after giving the flaps a thin coat of the base color.
I will post a new photo of the result soon.
I also have build and updated the landing gear. Only the light on the nose gear should be added and then the landing gear can be painted.
In the meanwhile, I am trying to spray tamiya smoke on the stabilizers. Unfortunately, me and Tamiya smoke doesn't go very well together and I will soon give it a new try.
As this build progresses, I will keep you updated!
Jelger
