Negative Creep
Staff Sergeant
Well, here are my first efforts, all 1:72
this P-47 was my first effort, a Revell kit. Nothing special about it, or the photo for that matter. Was more an experiment than anything else
Then there is this Hasegawa F4U. Easy enough to assemble, but the painting posed a problem. I tried both Tamiya Sea blue and Humbrol Glossy Sea Blue, but neither looked remotely right. So in the end I cheated a bit, raided my car spares box and sprayed it Volkswagen Maritime Blue. A couple of the decals didn't settle properly, hence the white outline. Perhaps it needs some sort of decal cote?
Moving onto the main one, the Tamiya F-51D Koren War. This one I sprayed with metallic effect paint, which gave it a good natural metal sheen. I did quite a bit of weathering on this one (not that clear in the photos) and used a very thing pencil in the panel lines to darken them, and chipped a lot of the black and yellow paint off. I decided against fitting the rockets, as my next projects will have them as well. I also cut the outer airelons out and put them slightly down, and re-angled the ruder
Finally wrong forum I know but my main love is of the 4 wheeled kind and this is my 1:24/5 car collection
from the elft: Camaro Yenko, 69 Charger R?T, Corvette Le Mans, Raybrig NSX, Castrol Supra, Lancia Stratos Safari, 200 SX S13, RX-7 and unfinished Falken Skyline and Fiat 131 Rallye
this P-47 was my first effort, a Revell kit. Nothing special about it, or the photo for that matter. Was more an experiment than anything else
Then there is this Hasegawa F4U. Easy enough to assemble, but the painting posed a problem. I tried both Tamiya Sea blue and Humbrol Glossy Sea Blue, but neither looked remotely right. So in the end I cheated a bit, raided my car spares box and sprayed it Volkswagen Maritime Blue. A couple of the decals didn't settle properly, hence the white outline. Perhaps it needs some sort of decal cote?
Moving onto the main one, the Tamiya F-51D Koren War. This one I sprayed with metallic effect paint, which gave it a good natural metal sheen. I did quite a bit of weathering on this one (not that clear in the photos) and used a very thing pencil in the panel lines to darken them, and chipped a lot of the black and yellow paint off. I decided against fitting the rockets, as my next projects will have them as well. I also cut the outer airelons out and put them slightly down, and re-angled the ruder
Finally wrong forum I know but my main love is of the 4 wheeled kind and this is my 1:24/5 car collection
from the elft: Camaro Yenko, 69 Charger R?T, Corvette Le Mans, Raybrig NSX, Castrol Supra, Lancia Stratos Safari, 200 SX S13, RX-7 and unfinished Falken Skyline and Fiat 131 Rallye
As far as the F4U decals and not only for this are concerned.There are special liquids for making decals soft and better glued to surfaces.The Gunze Mr. MARK SOFTER (green) and Mr. MARK SETTER (blue) for instance.Besides,it is better if you cut off the decals in the way that the transparent "film" should outline markings as little as it is possible.And the one of the main modelling rules.The decal must be put on the very smooth surface to avoid the silvering.Therefore the glossy varnish is needed before you put the decals on a model.
