Hi folks, I have finished the painting jobs of my F-4:

Jiang
That is a fantastic paint job on the Phantom! Very well done!

Have fun modeling!
Mike

Time for another update on my F-15J build. I now have the model decaled and overcoated with clear and flat finish.





Next step is to weather the Eagle as the real aircraft was pretty grungy when it came to the paint job. The JASDF took an old, weathered Eagle and added the bright anniversary markings without repainting the aircraft. After a final flat coat, I will be on the home stretch with this model!

Have fun modeling!
Mke

Mike: That's an awesomely looking little F-15J!
I have done the decals and washing to my F-4F and I'm calling it finished:






Cheers,
Jiang

Hi!

@ Mike: That little F-15 looks excellent!

@ Jiang: Your F-4 F looks very very fine! The overall impression is just right and your subtle shading captures the look of the real plane excellently! I really like this washed-out look. That is a great challenge to implement that in this small scale and you did just a perfect job.

Just some news from my work bench: I sprayed my F-104 in green and masked it for another shade of olive green:





More progress later this day!

Regards,

Sebastian

Jiang
that looks fantastic a great paint job.

paul

The lizard camo is completed:



Regards,

Sebastian

Hi
Here is my finished Platz kit N1K2-J Shiden-Kai

nice one richard

paul

Thanks Paul
A realy well molded kit, nice panel lines.
I have 3 more in my stash!

Question: Do you apply the dullcoat before or after you apply the decals?

Its my first time trying to bring out the panel lines. Hadn't really built a kit that had made me want to yet.

For my F-117A I am using gloss black enamel as my base coat and neutral gray acrylic to fil in the panel lines. It worked out well on a spare part that I had in my spares jar. I am using the neutral gray becuase I happened to already have it and my test turned out pretty good. It shows up nice and subtle like.

Dulcoat should always go on after the decals. You want to put the decals on as smooth a surface as possible, to prevent silvering. If you've used flat paint, this means that you would want to put on a gloss coat before you decal, then a flat coat afterward. Since you're using gloss paint, you can safely skip that step.

Cool, thanks

Howdy. Well. I finally got back to building the Vulcan. It's been a long two monthes- two deathsn in the family, a job promotion, and moving to a new house. Anyway, the last time i tried to post a picture, it didn't work very well. But some great guys and gals helped me out. Soooo... here's a new pic (I hope.). Probably paint the beast this weekend. http://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/500/IMG_0005_2_renamed_23552.jpg

Lord, I did it again. Geez, let mw go back to March 22 and reread your replys to my plight. JT

okay. I clicked the brown button- I think [img]http://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/500/IMG_0005_2_renamed_23552.jpg

somebod-- help! I just can't seem to get the hang of this procedure. I've followed the instructions posted by Darren and still... There's just got to be an easier way of doing this. I feel like a dope- I mean 10 year-old kids can do this! Well, I'm going to keep trying. Just hope I don't blow-up Aeroscale in the process.
JT, out and down.

That almost got it. You need to close your image tag with {/img} (use square brackets to make it work).

The trick I use to do images is to go right to the picture I want, then click the right mouse button. You'll get a shortcut menu which pops up when you do that. About halfway down the list, you'll see copy image location. Select that and click the left mouse button to copy the link to the picture. Then come back to your post and press the {img} button. You'll see this appear: {img}http://put.url.here/image.file{/img} (but once again it'll be square bracets). Paste the link you just copied right overtop the http://put.url.here/image.file and then your picture will display properly.

Thanks, Jessica. When I do right click there is no "location" just the address. Maybe my Asus laptop is messed-up. I know what your saying, and so change the address? It just all seems very round-about when it should be a direct import from your file. Oh, well, I'll keep trying. Sure wish I knew a 10 year-old kid.
Happy and confused, JT

well, now, let's see.....

Oh , my, goodness.... it actually and truly worked. Now, I can post more pics of the Vulcan. I'm doing the wheels-up version since I'm going to build a stand and have it on my desk at work.
No longer dazed and confused ( okay, maybe a little), JT

Thanks Sebastian and Paul! Though finishing this gives a weaker sense of accomplishment compared to doing bigger kits, I did enjoy the build.

Greetings everyone! Nice "little" (pun intended) campaign going here and with some really fantastic results. I last built a flying thing (Super Tomcat) for a previous Aeroscale campaign and it was always my intention to participate in this one. Unfortunately I've been delayed as I had several other campaigns to finish. With barely a little over a month left in this campaign and with a build request from an associate I felt that it was now or never.

The request was to build the following.



And the required shot with a time stamp.



I got started on the beast on Thursday and I must say that I am not at all impressed with Dragon's efforts in this kit. The main Harrier sprues have more flash on them than I've ever seen in one of their kits. Just by looking at the parts I could already see this will take some patience.

The main body halves together, the front weighted and the space alien pilot and cockpit installed. The pieces needed a lot of filing, sanding and clamps to get them to this point.





The next pictures have an Xacto with a #11 blade to show size. None of the parts added fit properly without a fair amount of trimming and then some. The holes for the forward thrusters weren't even round and one was more like a slit than a hole. The stabilizer mounting slots were also far to small for the locating tabs.





To top it all off, the tail fin has a large gap on the right side that needs further attention.



Compared to the Revell F-14D, this kit really stinks. Hope things don't get any worse.

Cheers,
Jan

Hi, Jan. Sorry to hear about your troubles. The kit does look a mess. You have to wonder where QA was at while Dragon was making this kit. I hope this doesn't put you off other 1/144 kits. There really are some nice ones out there. My Cyber-Hobby Vulcan is a case in point. Good general fit but a bit fiddly at places. Anyway, good luck. Hope to see what you can do with Harrier. Hey, maybe they should change the box title to "Flying Mess"? All the best.
Happy Gluing, JT

One must keep in mind that Dragon's Harrier is at least 15 years old if not older. It's certainly not state of the art like the Vulcan is. All of Dragon's 1/144 kits of that vintage need a generous helping of "Some modelling skills required" to do them justice.