I've been wanting to do a WIP for quite some time, so here goes....
It's been done plenty of times before, but I thought this looked like it would be a fun one to do. I like the kits with challenging decals and this one didn't disappoint. I screwed the pooch on a few, but thanks to solvaset, managed to get them back in place. Up next is the original teile which promises to be even more fun.
You're not here to read, so on to the pics.
I read somewhere that X-19 smoke applied over X-10 gunmetal made for convincing CF. Here's the result. I think it's passable.
Another shot:
Speaking of tires...nothing special. Would applying a satin finish to the tires make the decal less noticeable?
Couple of chassis shots. I think I had too much red in the mix for the air intake as it looks a little too pink to me. It must have fooled the camera as well, because it introduced some reddish color into the background.
I was quite pleased how the breaks turned out on this one. First I painted the entire part X-31 titanium gold. Then the brakes were masked off and it was painted X-32 titanium silver. After that the rotors were painted X-10 gunmetal. I purposely blotted the brush onto the surface after the paint dried a little bit to make it look a little more textured. After seeing some of the brake jobs (BJs?????) around here, I'm almost embarassed to post these.
Back:
Front:
The body was painted with Duplicolor radiant silver and their clear was applied over it and polished out. I really like working with the duplicolor paints, especially the clear. It polishes out great. I had originally written this body off for good. The first coat of paint/primer etched the surface really bad. Bath in brake fluid and quite a bit of sanding made it presentable. The decals cover up the flaws to an extent. The body did become brittle and cracked in a few spots, but it's hard to see. I'm certainly not going to point them out!
Nothing too crazy in the cockpit or engine compartment. All box stock. My specialty!
I'd love to do some scratch building and add some details, but I want to improve my skills with some OOB building first.
Cockpit:
Engine:
Thanks for looking! I'd appreciate comments and criticism as well!