Thunderjet

[moon puppy]

Thanks to Adam for getting me this for Secret Santa at another forum.

1:48 F84 Thunderjet from Revelle

Just got some paint squirted so far.

I'm building OOB, instruction call outs on the colors and doing BMF..probably, maybe a mixture. :coolio

 

[Leopard2]

 

[phantom II]

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Sharkmouth]

Will the markings be unique like this?

[Edit - Nevermind, this is a swept wing variant.]

Regards,

 

[MrT]

 

[paddy]

How about BM foil finish ? its not as hard as you might first think and is actually a lot of fun once you get started. I did an F104 ages ago but this would really lend its self to BM foil with its straight wings .

 

[moon puppy]

BMF for sure Paddy.

http://www.bare-metal.com/

I intend to do the majority in BMF but i may still have some alclad around somewhere or other.

 

[paddy]

Have you done it before ??

 

[moon puppy]

Nothing like that!

I've used BMF in limited applications. This will be my first full BMF kit.

 

[paddy]

Good for you. if you need any tips just shout

 

[moon puppy]

Here we go.

Revelle had it's trademark on the inside of one of the wings, guess they want to make sure it's seen.

sorry, scrubbed away.

Man that went together quickly! No fit issues I found. the rudder/stabilizer had a little alignment issue but it was easily corrected.

I probably spent more time in the cockpit than what it's worth, some of the reference photos I saw showed Interior Green, Green Zinc Chromate and Yellow, so I played around with all three, pretty sure i'll do that again and again. Makes a very interesting office.

Yellow Chromate in the gearwells

Already tested some BMF, one problem I see now is the panel lines are very fine and shallow. hard to see once the BMF is in place. Wonder if I should scribe the panels before foiling?

 

[Iron Mike]

That cat Shaft is a BMF! Looks like you had fun today! :drinks

 

[Paulw]

Thats almost a dead ringer for the 32 HB 84 G

 

[jknaus]

Nice work Bob
James

 

[paddy]

You might want to give it a coat of silver. 1/ to disguise any small gaps and 2/ I am told BMF sticks better to a painted gloss surface. The bare plastic is oily. ..I use a cotton bud to rub the BMF into panel lines.

 

[moon puppy]

Thanks Paddy, will do.

The nose piece, doesn't seem to have a seam in it anywhere. I guess I'll do the Alclad treatment to it. Almost seems it would be easer to do this before major construction. Not completely mind you.

 

[MrT]

 

[paddy]

If you use the kit Red decals and add the anti glare panel i cant think a lot of the nose piece is showing which is handy

 

[moon puppy]

Woo, good point!

I was kinda sorta thinking of doing a generic scheme without all the flashy decals but if it covers some issues. all the better.

 

[moon puppy]

Well folks, I have played with this foil long enough. I can't make it work. Give up, kaput..my biggest issue is what I see as the grain of the stuff, look way out of scale to me. I know you guys have done great job with your applications but I can't get pass that. Also the stock I have has a lot of scratches from misuse over the time I've had it, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

I have a plan on both issues, since scale seems to be my issue..up the scale.

Fresh stock coming in, LOTS of it, but in the mean time..I'm going with Alclad.

Got it primed and black base coat applied. It's sitting in the room that we dare not go in so I will not be tempted to test if it's dry yet. I vow not to touch it for at least three days. I'll get a shot of it today.

In the mean time..I'm going to have some fun.