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 lone dirty dog wrote:
I ended up in the dog house for that one ....... But it was worth it

Totally worth it!


looks great already dave! and this is just the basecoat and that scheme looks great on it!

Nice to see some updates, mate. Looking tops so far!

Thanks Guys!

'ere we go!

I await Brian's cheesecake approval

+1 dave looks mighty fine

Thanks Bama! The Micro Sol and Micro Set are curing right now (fixed the back edge with that step-too focused to take pics). Which means I cannot touch it for several hours. We'll be going to the town Festival (Carnival Vik -for good food -good time to let it cure. then we'll add moar markings!

EXCELLENT Cheesecake approval here at least looking great I so want one

Great Pin-up! And plane too. Nice to see those weird-winged planes back and at my favourite scale. They have a great Crimson Skies feel to them.

Great job on the cheesecake without being over the top.

Thanks Fellas!

This is a couple of hours cured. I think I'll give it one more coat of Micro-sol to hide what remains of the edge. Once it's coated again with Future, it should have that painted-on look..I hope

Yeah, that works. Nice choice Dave.
Plane is starting to really look the part.

Dave did you gloss varnish the surface, before applying the decal? Also, were you going to work the decal into the deep plate border?

Yeah, I coated it with Future. And yep, the last coat of micro-sol will fold that cut panel in in nicely. But I won't cut/fold it on the lettering or her leg. The OD green is also painted. It turns out Vallejo Air US Dk. Green is a perfect match to the Allied primer.

Carnival Vik -

??? sorry i react always on my name... regardless of context

and the pinup art looks really cool... and currently not much edges to be seen there... good job mister!

Thanks Vik! I was saying that The festival is like your carnival, except in the summer. Basically you walk around downtown in the heat, look at vendors, crappy rides for the kids, eat at Junkfood alley


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I did some shading and panel touch-up on the OD Green, and re-coated it all with another coat of future. I should've done this extra coat before I started decaling, but I did it this way for you nose-art demanders


After all, the nose art is the one decal that absolutely, positively, has to be right!
Still some lines, but it's mostly ink buildup. I'l touch it up, should be good

Thanks Vik! I was saying that The festival is like your carnival, except in the summer. Basically you walk around downtown in the heat, look at vendors, crappy rides for the kids, eat at Junkfood alley

ah!
by the way... i tend to skip these... to many pckpockets there and the food is indeed too oily and fat and rather something you need to be already drunk enough to really enjoy^^

After all, the nose art is the one decal that absolutely, positively, has to be right!

yup^^.... almost flawless... there seems to be just a tiny undercoat of darker paint at the underside... but you are free to ignor this as no one would see this as it is the underside of the decall and from a table top persepctive not to be seen... only seen by these closeup pics anyways...

That's the ink buildup, it'll be remedied post-haste

We actually skip the deep-fried-anything trailers, we go specifically for this place that grills steak, red-skinned potatoes, onions, and mushrooms. A guy is constantly turning these big beef cuts on a grill. occasionally, he dices up some of the steak, and drops it in one of the big pans, which a girl then stirs, while adding and stirring the onions and mushrooms in seperate, anciently-seasoned cast-iron skillets. Then you order what you want (girly size or manly-sized), they scoop it all into a 1lb foil tin, you give them money, and you get to eat it!!

ink buildup

most likely... probably even crept underneath the decal... you can have such suck-up- issues with so thin liquids...

You ninjad my edit ^^

The Micro-sol melts the decal film into goo, making it ultra-soft and thin- that's why you can't touch it for ah hour or so while it cures- any poke can destroy the decal. so there's no ink under that decal just at the corner of it's thickness.

Sorry not posted in few, been away, Love the plane and the decal looks sweet. That ink build up is inevitable. Sure you will sort it.

The building a couple pages back looks brilliant. We have many older buildings here that look just like that.

And just been away and unfortunately visited a few of the nasty vendors you are talking of. Nasty deep fried everything, They even deep fry in batter PIZZA, No way was I going for that heart attack. Can you imagine the oil soaked into the pizza base......

Anyways awesome work and nice to actually see you modelling, you seemed to slow up for a bit but are back on track now.

Thanks Cam!
Yeah, I rotate hobbies fairly regularly

Tail numbers

Ha, those numbers fit around the gaps very well. Good thing that 2 was split down the middle.

Ye learned me secret

 dsteingass wrote:
That's the ink buildup, it'll be remedied post-haste

We actually skip the deep-fried-anything trailers, we go specifically for this place that grills steak, red-skinned potatoes, onions, and mushrooms. A guy is constantly turning these big beef cuts on a grill. occasionally, he dices up some of the steak, and drops it in one of the big pans, which a girl then stirs, while adding and stirring the onions and mushrooms in seperate, anciently-seasoned cast-iron skillets. Then you order what you want (girly size or manly-sized), they scoop it all into a 1lb foil tin, you give them money, and you get to eat it!!

thankfully I've read that on a full stomach... otherwise it would have send me into a world of woe^^

no gut-bombs with that sort of diet



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Starboard side

Decals are looking great dave , are the bombs easily interchangeable, are once they're on they're on for good?

those bombs look almost cute^^

Good to see the bombs have had some transfer love as well as the plane.

Now that looks more proper for that universe Dave!

Looking good sir. I want about 100 of those bombs, they are cute.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Looking good sir. I want about 100 of those bombs, they are acute.

corrected that for you