DONE: TBF Avenger from VT-8 - Minicraft 1/144 Group Build

[rochie]

unbelivable work

 

[vikingBerserker]

A-Fricken-Mazing!

 

[marek]

Realy nice job! Great model and in so small scale. Excelent.

 

[Lucke.stz]

Well guys, just a little progress... I´m working a lot in the last days, and don´t have too much time to modelling..

I leave a model by sometime, so I did the base.

To make the base, I use some cup support (here in Brazil they are sell on craftsman stores, and are so cheap)

Paited the edges with green/gray

I print on my laserprinter a template of the Carrier Deck, and glue it to base

But, the green/gray color was not good (always use on the base edges colors that was not used on base and on model.. I forgot these rule ) so I painted it with brown, and wow, sounds good !

With pastels and matt varnish I make the weathering on base

And finally, a fit test of the model

by now is just this.. soon more updatesl..

Thanks to see

 

[Maglar]

Wow! Great work Lucke..

 

[lesofprimus]

Lookin great so far..

 

[A4K]

Absolutely beautiful, mate! Love the cockpit work especially!

 

[Wayne Little]

REAL Nice man!

 

[Airframes]

Beautiful job Lucas. The cup mat really shows how small the model is, amazing job!

 

[Lucke.stz]

Thanks to all !

Yes Terry, it is sou small.. I´m doing some decals strips, I think that it is the only way to make good airframes on canopy..

best regards,

 

[vikingBerserker]

The fact that's it is so small just makes it even more amazing.

 

[Wurger]

Well done....

 

[muller]

I find 1/48 canopies a pain, can't imagine 1/144!!! That base looks bloody gorgeous!

 

[Wayne Little]

I find 1/48 canopies a pain, can't imagine 1/144!!!

....Bigger Pain!!!

 

[Lucky13]

Awesome!

 

[Thorlifter]

Your doing fantastic. you guys amaze me with your models.

 

[Lucke.stz]

tks guys

Now I started my little pain.. to make the canopy

The frames are so tinny, so its almost impossible to mask and paint then (maybe a Tibetan Monk could make this )

So I decided to make some decals to the frame

Started with a plain decal sheet,

Aplied a coat of clear varnish, and after the interior green, to make the interior color frames

After that dries (about 24h) I aplied the navy blue , the exterior color of the frames

With a help of a Gillette blades (that cut much better than a bistouri blade) I make some small strips, with MicroSol, by Microescale I aplied it to the canopy frames

Here is possible to se the color difference between the exterior/interior

The job is not finished yet, this is just the start...

Thanks to see !

 

[Wayne Little]

Mmmm...great idea nicely done mate!

 

[A4K]

One word... FANTASTIC !!!

Btw, where do you get those clear decal sheets from?

 

[Airframes]

Incredible work Lucas! I'v used decal strip on 1/48th scale canopies in the past, and that's tricky enough for me!!
Evan, you can obtain clear, white and coloured decal sheets from most of the larger model mail order houses. Hannant's in the UK stock it. There are also clear, and white sheets availble for use with ink jet printers, so that you can print your own decals. Of course, white areas need some thought as, unless you have an 'Alps' printer, you won't be able to print white!