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Aircraft of the United States in WWII.
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Academy P-40C Tomahawk 1/48
JPTRR
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Posted: Friday, December 26, 2014 - 11:46 PM UTC
Terri,

Welcome back!

Airbrushed freehand, huh? Do you give lessons?? You have sharp and tight control!
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Posted: Friday, December 26, 2014 - 11:59 PM UTC
Terri,
Simply an outstanding freehand camo paint scheme. Looks great.

Hoping that you'll finish the P-40 now as you're in the final stages of the build.

Happy Holidays,
Joel
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Posted: Saturday, December 27, 2014 - 09:44 PM UTC
Thanks guy's !

Sorry Fred , no lessons ...

Joel , should have this wrapped up soon . Just finished clear coating in prep for the decals and working on the other small items such as masking the canopy . Will go faster once I get the Fokker D.VII finished which is in it's final stage .




Terri
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Posted: Saturday, December 27, 2014 - 09:59 PM UTC
Terri,
Looking forward to your pictures. Missed your non-WW1 builds.

I really need to start to spend some time in the WW1 forum. Great builds for sure.

Joel

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Posted: Sunday, December 28, 2014 - 08:41 AM UTC
Decals are on !








Terri
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Posted: Sunday, December 28, 2014 - 10:30 PM UTC
Terri,
Nice job on the decals especially the shark's mouth. They always give me a hard time.

Just out of curiosity, have you test fitted the windscreen? I always glue them on and blend in as necessary prior to painting.

Joel
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Posted: Monday, December 29, 2014 - 08:33 AM UTC
Hi Joel , no the decals actually sucked ! The shark month so far has had three coats of sol to get them snuggle . If you don't get them place just right the first time no matter how much water or decal set used , they wouldn't budge or just end up breaking up . I have some paint touch up on the chin where the decals didn't meet the edge .

So maybe tomorrow I can seal them and start the first round of weathering . Canopy is under way of being mask and it fit's prefect when tested fitted .



Terri

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Posted: Monday, December 29, 2014 - 06:17 PM UTC

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Hi Joel , no the decals actually sucked ! The shark month so far has had three coats of sol to get them snuggle . If you don't get them place just right the first time no matter how much water or decal set used , they wouldn't budge or just end up breaking up . I have some paint touch up on the chin where the decals didn't meet the edge .

So maybe tomorrow I can seal them and start the first round of weathering . Canopy is under way of being mask and it fit's prefect when tested fitted .



Terri



Terri,
So I'm not the only one who has trouble with Shark Mouth decals. I've used the Micro decal system forever, but lately I've tried and liked Tamiya's Mark It as it's a little stronger then Micro Sol. I still shy away from Walthers Solvaset from a few bad experiences, but I've got some when nothing else will work.

Looking forward to your next picture update with some weathering.

Joel
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Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 07:17 AM UTC
Hey , forgot that I even had this thread going . I have finished the build a few months back . As soon as I get my camera back I will get some pic's up .



Terri
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Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 03:20 AM UTC
Terri,
Looking forward to it. What happened to your camera?
Joel
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Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 04:49 AM UTC
My brother will borrow it form time to time so for a day or two I don't have a camera .




Terri
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Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 05:05 AM UTC

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My brother will borrow it form time to time so for a day or two I don't have a camera .

Terri


As usual, I thought the worse
Joel
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Posted: Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 07:25 AM UTC
Here we go ...

I didn't do a lot of weathering on this and kept it on the light side .






















Terri
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Posted: Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 08:01 AM UTC
Ooohh, Terri,

An AVG Tomahawk - I swoon

Really nice model!
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Posted: Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 04:52 PM UTC
Terri,
Very, very nicely done. The overall light filter really worked wonders in both toning down the really bright colors such as the National Insignias, and blending the camo colors to a more natural, softer look. Well done.

Just an outstanding build of the Academy kit.

Joel
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Posted: Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 05:01 PM UTC
Very nice Terri, a usual.

Later
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Posted: Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 06:43 PM UTC

Elegant model, this model also hosted at my workshop



https://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/forums/228382#1924318
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Posted: Monday, March 30, 2015 - 06:59 AM UTC
Thanks A lot guy's for taking the time and leaving your positive comments



Terri
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