Crimea_River
Marshal
Those look quite nice Glenn.
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N4521U
Colonel
Yeah, a bit of all-right!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
You're right about white metal parts out of the box, they look awful, but after a good clean-up, they can look damn good.
meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
Wow, those are an improvement!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Nice ! Certainly a vast improvement over the kit parts. They look like metal versions of the Monogram kit items.
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T Bolt
Colonel
I'm pretty sure they're made for the Monogram kit. I put them together last night and test fitted them to find that the nose gear was way too long, the tail almost touching the ground. The Monogram kit must have a deeper nose gear well. Made a quick modification so it would go in deeper and the plane had the proper stance compared to photos of the real thing.
Nicely done so far Glenn!
Excellent work Glenn...
tigerdriver
Staff Sergeant
good stuff 
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Yes Glenn, the Monogram kit, at least on the 'Thunderstreak', has a full-depth, detailed nose gear well. Just about to start on the gear for mine.
A4K
Brigadier General
Very nice Glenn!
Looking at the packaging, they are indeed designed for the 'Monogram/ Revell/ (rebox? - hard to make out word), Kinetic/Italeri' kits.
Looking at the packaging, they are indeed designed for the 'Monogram/ Revell/ (rebox? - hard to make out word), Kinetic/Italeri' kits.
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T Bolt
Colonel
Thanks guys.
I did all the panel line work tonight, this time black tempera cut with a little water. I needed something that wouldn't react with the silver enamel or Future since both are present on the surface. It wanted to bead up rather than flow into the lines, but with a little persistence it worked out, and it cleaned up nicely with water.
I did all the panel line work tonight, this time black tempera cut with a little water. I needed something that wouldn't react with the silver enamel or Future since both are present on the surface. It wanted to bead up rather than flow into the lines, but with a little persistence it worked out, and it cleaned up nicely with water.
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N4521U
Colonel
That sure looks a bit of alllll right Glenn
It sure does...!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Water based washes have never worked well for me. Learned the hard way that thinning an oil based wash with lacquer thinner is asking for trouble so am now using regular paint thinner with artist oils. So far have not had any problems with this reacting with Future or acrylic paints.
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T Bolt
Colonel
What I usually use over Future is Model Master enamel cut way down with mineral spirits. The Future is impervious to the mineral spirits and it cleans up very good. If I'm working on an enamel base I use Model Master Acryl cut with rubbing alcohol. If I'm putting the wash over Future and want to get a weathered look at the same time I use the Acryl/alcohol mix. The alcohol cuts into the Future some and leaves a dirty look. The reason I went with a water based wash this time is that some of the panels are coated with Future wile others are just the silver enamel paint and I needed a wash that was safe for both.
tigerdriver
Staff Sergeant
looks great for it
Nicely done so far Glenn!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Looking pretty good Glenn.
