Kevin Futter Posted November 30 Posted November 30 I started this kit a few years ago as part of a Group Build on LSP, but quickly stalled out. It made a couple of returns to the bench, before I finally committed to getting it finished earlier this year. Initially it was meant to be a quick build, so I elected not to rescribe it, or fix the inaccurate main wheel bays, but with a bunch of legacy aftermarket in the box, it quickly evolved into something more complicated. The main aftermarket sets were a Grand Phoenix resin cockpit, resin main wheels (True Details I think), Moskit exhausts, and a Squadron vac canopy (of which I only used the sliding section). The tail antenna and the windscreen rear view mirror were taken from the Tamiya kit. The main relevance for SMPM, however, is that the nose chequers, spinner, fuselage codes and serial numbers were all masked and painted using custom masks I cut on the Silhouette Portrait. I also tried to do the national markings, but wasn't happy with how they turned out, so I resorted to decals for those, along with the aircraft name and a handful of stencils. Thanks for looking! Kev 2 Quote
talbot Posted December 4 Posted December 4 that looks great Kev the nose turned out exceptionally well, how did you find doing the checker pattern? 2 Quote
Kevin Futter Posted December 4 Author Posted December 4 2 hours ago, talbot said: that looks great Kev the nose turned out exceptionally well, how did you find doing the checker pattern? It was a bit fiddly I have to confess, and they didn't turn out perfectly, but then the real things were probably a little agricultural too. I think they look OK. I painted them first and then masked them off for the main camo colours, which I thought would be easier than doing it the other way around. Kev 2 Quote
talbot Posted December 4 Posted December 4 Yeah i can imagine it was difficult to line things up just so with all the visual lines Well done! 1 Quote
MikeC Posted yesterday at 08:14 AM Posted yesterday at 08:14 AM (edited) On 12/4/2024 at 2:55 AM, talbot said: that looks great Kev the nose turned out exceptionally well, how did you find doing the checker pattern? Checks can be a fiddly to get right, but it's very rewarding when you do. If you're interested, I did a detailed WIP: they're not perfect, but good enough imo. On 12/4/2024 at 6:04 AM, Kevin Futter said: It was a bit fiddly I have to confess, and they didn't turn out perfectly, but then the real things were probably a little agricultural too. I think they look OK... Kev They do indeed. Nice Pony Kev, just shows that these old kits can scrub up very well. Edited yesterday at 08:15 AM by MikeC 2 Quote
Kevin Futter Posted 11 hours ago Author Posted 11 hours ago Thanks, Mike. My stash is full of these old kits, so there'll be plenty more to come! Kev 2 Quote
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