Swordsman
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Those look great ...... Looks like the Sara refit may be back on soon as I can find about $75 ..... Extra ...... Thanks Rhino ...... :captain
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1/700 Aircraft. I'm stuck in "Teeny" Gear! Zorn!
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Those look great ...... Looks like the Sara refit may be back on soon as I can find about $75 ..... Extra ...... Thanks Rhino ...... :captain
Thanks Rhino, It'll be a spell before I get around to buildin' my 1/700 bird farms. I do fairly decent on them itty-bitty birds if I say so myself & appreciate the offer but, can't afford the postage at the moment.
Rhino
Super Moderator
Rudimentary landing gear legs on 2 of the A2-J Savages. I've cleverly discovered that if you use a #80 drill bit to drill out the jet exhaust in the tail of the Savages, they get a might brittle.
.. Causing an Operational loss of 1 of my 6 A2-J's.
I decided flat white would be too stark, in this scale for undersides of the P6-M's, so I mixed up 1 drop of white with 2 drops of gull gray. Both SeaMasters, and one of the Backfires get their bellies painted!
As did the USN A-12 Avenger II's.
I had some gray left over, so good old Buck Rogers got his 1/285 Starfighter sprayed as well! It's a "Sponge" like the P8-A was, but, you have to start somewhere! :drinks
.. Causing an Operational loss of 1 of my 6 A2-J's.
I decided flat white would be too stark, in this scale for undersides of the P6-M's, so I mixed up 1 drop of white with 2 drops of gull gray. Both SeaMasters, and one of the Backfires get their bellies painted!
As did the USN A-12 Avenger II's.
I had some gray left over, so good old Buck Rogers got his 1/285 Starfighter sprayed as well! It's a "Sponge" like the P8-A was, but, you have to start somewhere! :drinks
phantom II
Master at Arms
Chris, I have no idea what you're up to but at this rate you will catch up to the Duke soon. 
Cheers, Christian B)
Cheers, Christian B)
Rhino
Super Moderator
I have no plan to catch up with The Duke!
I chose a different procedure for incoming 3D printed stuff. I decided a more generous coating of Future may be wiser, to begin with. So, I HOSED 'Em DOWN!
Find, pictured, 4 F-106A Delta Darts, 2 surviving AJ-2 Savages, 3 Rocketeer helmets & Rocket packs, 2 Predator Helmets, and 1 US Volunteer Cavalry hat, for Lego Mini-Figures. I may have been overly enthusiastic about 3D printed stuff. It's a pain to sand out the print layers, and not everything arrives in one piece.
This USS John Rogers, of Starship Troopers fame, arrived, snapped in 3 pieces. It cost $27.00. No offer of recompense has been made. I do break off the scale-thickness parts of some 3D models when I sand & clear coat. I was severely bummed to have a treasured Movie Vessel arrive pre-snapped. 
I think I'll try to make me a regular model, and shelf all this bitty stuff for a while. I have NO idea where USAF markings might come from for the Delta Darts. Mah hypocrisy only goes so fah!
I chose a different procedure for incoming 3D printed stuff. I decided a more generous coating of Future may be wiser, to begin with. So, I HOSED 'Em DOWN!
Find, pictured, 4 F-106A Delta Darts, 2 surviving AJ-2 Savages, 3 Rocketeer helmets & Rocket packs, 2 Predator Helmets, and 1 US Volunteer Cavalry hat, for Lego Mini-Figures. I may have been overly enthusiastic about 3D printed stuff. It's a pain to sand out the print layers, and not everything arrives in one piece.
This USS John Rogers, of Starship Troopers fame, arrived, snapped in 3 pieces. It cost $27.00. No offer of recompense has been made. I do break off the scale-thickness parts of some 3D models when I sand & clear coat.
I was severely bummed to have a treasured Movie Vessel arrive pre-snapped. I think I'll try to make me a regular model, and shelf all this bitty stuff for a while. I have NO idea where USAF markings might come from for the Delta Darts. Mah hypocrisy only goes so fah!
Rhino
Super Moderator
When I decal these little Airplanes, I dip the bitty decal, then put a drop of water on the Jet, and wait for the decal to float off the paper. :zen
I'm using Loren Perry's Gold Medal Models 1/700 aircraft markings sheet. Float the decal into place, and remove the excess (?!?) water with a q-tip. These decals respond well to a smidgeon of Solva-Set. Soak up excess Solva-Set with a Q-tip too. Just a bit is enough! :smack
I'm calling the Victor Bomber done, until I find a suitable Fin Flash. The Tiger Squadron markings on the EE Lightnings are hand painted. The decals are the Gold Medal ones. Keen-o!!
No Operation Grandby decals in this scale. dots of pale blue & old rose Valejo paint will have to do.
I like to decal the best. It brings life to even the smallest model!!ldguy
I'm using Loren Perry's Gold Medal Models 1/700 aircraft markings sheet. Float the decal into place, and remove the excess (?!?) water with a q-tip. These decals respond well to a smidgeon of Solva-Set. Soak up excess Solva-Set with a Q-tip too. Just a bit is enough! :smack
I'm calling the Victor Bomber done, until I find a suitable Fin Flash. The Tiger Squadron markings on the EE Lightnings are hand painted. The decals are the Gold Medal ones. Keen-o!!
No Operation Grandby decals in this scale. dots of pale blue & old rose Valejo paint will have to do.
I like to decal the best. It brings life to even the smallest model!!
ldguy
phantom II
Master at Arms
Wow , definitely small . I'm guessing I could hide the world's entire air forces in my plastic tool box :idonno
Would that make it a stealth force ?
At this rate the decal softener could last a lifetime .
Cheers, Christian B)
Would that make it a stealth force ?
At this rate the decal softener could last a lifetime .
Cheers, Christian B)
Start calling you Hawkeye.