**** FINISHED: 1/48 F-80c "Li-do-bee "- Your Favorite Aircraft of All Time GB

[meatloaf109]

Username- Meatloaf109
Name- Paul
Catagory- Intermediate
Manufaturer- Monogram
Kit- Lockheed F-80
Scale- 1/48
Accessories- I hadn't intented to at first, but it got some aluminium foil panels.
This is my first entry into my first online group build, The lucky 13th! Yay!
I finally got the name of this bird right, it IS "Lid-do-bee" named after the Col's three daughters.
This was an experiment that turned out well, I am very pleased with the foil, and will be covering the P-35 much the same.
One thing I learned was that the foil's non shiny side is indistinguishable from the silver paint! There are panels done that way in every shot.
Really!
I also should mention that I have no idea why the shots seem to be in different light, I did them all at the same time without moving my fat arse.

On to the P-35!

 

[Wurger]

Very nice. A few more close up shots would be appreciated too.

 

[hub]

Very Nice !
One of my favorite aircraft
Good effort
Cheers Mike

 

[Wayne Little]

Well done Paul looks great!

 

[Airframes]

Very nice indeed Paul.
The variations in colour temperature of the lighting are possibly due to the camera's metering/white balance system - they sometimes have a brain fart - and this can happen during the first depression of the shutter button, when the focus and exposure are set on the 'Auto' or 'Normal' setting. I have at least two shots taken last week, from exactly the same angles, where one had a 'warm' cast, and slightly soft focus, but the second was spot on.

 

[Rogi]

Wooo Awesome job Gotta love the paint job and markings on this one

 

[meatloaf109]

Very nice indeed Paul.
The variations in colour temperature of the lighting are possibly due to the camera's metering/white balance system - they sometimes have a brain fart - and this can happen during the first depression of the shutter button, when the focus and exposure are set on the 'Auto' or 'Normal' setting. I have at least two shots taken last week, from exactly the same angles, where one had a 'warm' cast, and slightly soft focus, but the second was spot on.

Ah Ha, So it WAS a Zombie curse reflecting off a flight of migrating geese flying through swamp gas while Venus was low on the horizon!

 

[T Bolt]

Great job Paul!

 

[javlin]

That is Nice Paul

 

[ccheese]

Very nice....

Charles

 

[Airframes]

That could possibly be another explanation Paul !!

 

[rochie]

great job

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Very nice Paul and a good one for your GB starter.

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Excellent job Paul! That is a sharp build sir!

 

[ozhawk40]

Great result there Paul, well done!

 

[brucejscott]

Very well done Paul. She looks great!

 

[meatloaf109]

Thanks to one and all, watch for the P-35, progress soon!

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice one Paul. If there's any chance of getting brighter lighting on those pics, it would help the judging though.

 

[woody]

Nice work Paul i would like to try the foiling.