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  1. electric indigo
    I guess "Sixpack Dave" would be a tad too blunt, wouldn't it?
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    I find your lack of faith disturbing...
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    Whoa, did you ink all the windows individually with a pen or did you apply a wash & wipe?
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    The Idolmaster Rafale is indeed the quite good original Revell kit, and Hase even used a Monogram Mirage 2000 in their Idolmaster line. Tamiya has released the mediocre Italeri A-10 and Su-27 under their brand in Japan. Imagine the disappointment.
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    Always go to Scalemates to check what's in the Box. The range goes from ancient Lindberg to recent Zvezda or Italeri kits.
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    Revell has kits from the new movie coming, but of course they had to dig out the most horrendous molds from last century (Monogram?): https://www.revell.de/produkte-revell/top-gun-maverick/
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    Just great! It looks like it came from the pages of a japanese modeling magazine.
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    The 1/72 Airfix kit was the first plastic model I built. Looking forward to see more visuals.
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    If I'd have to work with paint that is 90% thinner, I'd never finish a kit... _ Recently, I unearthed a tool from the ink & paper period of technical drawing and found it very helpful for creating circle sections from masking tape. That came in handy for the Fitter canopy:
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    Wow, 8:1 sounds really excessive. Are they doing those super shiny car finishes? I use Tamiya acrylics exclusively; with a fresh jar a ratio of 2 parts paint to 1 part thinner usually works fine for flat paints. For gloss finishes I may go for a 3:2 ratio, for detail work like weathering it would be 1:1. What matters most IMO is to get a wet coat in the first pass, then put the part aside, do not directly apply the second pass, as your paint may not be able to level on a semi-dried undercoat. Flat paints are more forgiving here. Adjust the paint output and the spraying distance so that you get enough paint on the part in that first pass. Do not spray in the direction of an already coated area, but away from it as the mist will stick on the semi-dried paint without leveling properly. I usually spray really close to the surface (2-5 cm) to adjust for my airbrush's output. This goes down to 1 cm for detail work.
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    It's about american bombs stored in Germany. The Luftwaffe needs a replacement for their Tornados and the F-18s are a viable option for their role. NB that the political opposition wants to get rid of the bombs and the need for the F-18s altogether.
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    William, what you see on the kit right now is all post-shading, as the black pre-shading got almost completely swallowed by the base colors. I guess I could have started with an even thinner paint mix, but I find the post-shading better to control anyway. I mix the base colors a tad darker and dirtier than I want the final appearance to be, and then apply a mix of (flat) base color and gloss(!) white in a 2:1 ratio, thinned 1:1 for easier application in thin layers for tonal & specular variation.
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    @wm cheng That's how my Skyhawk looks, too. Just look at a current Revell kit and you'll appreciate Hasegawa again. @derex3592 That must have hurt. How about water based acrylic clear coat (like this one)? _ Got the final color of the camo done today:
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    I hear you. I'm assembling a much sought-after 1/48 Hase Skyhawk that was finally re-released this year, and while the details are gorgeous and the general fit is quite good, there are regions that drive me nuts. Meanwhile on the eastern front, we have green #2: And speaking of green, this is how I keep track of my color mixes:
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    The Aviationist article has even more drama: "Ironically (more or less), it was a technical malfunction that prevented the pilot from also being ejected from the aircraft along with the rear-seat passenger. The normal ejection sequence for a Dassault Rafale two-seat aircraft would cause both crew members to be ejected even if only one initiates the ejection sequence. This means the rear seat passenger accidentally pulling the ejection seat handle between their legs should have ejected the pilot as well. In this bizarre incident, both the front and rear canopies were disintegrated and ejected by explosive charge, the rear seat left the aircraft, but the pilot’s seat remained inside the aircraft. In other words, a technical glitch saved the aircraft."
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    Marble is the new white...
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    Some progress on the Fitter:
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    My perception of Dune was always tinted by the the designs for the Jodorowsky film (by some dudes named Giger, Moebius, and Chris Foss...) that were floating around in Heavy Metal magazine and the likes, so I admired the Lynch version for it's aesthetic vision. Villeneuve is definitely the guy to be trusted with bringing the tale to a mature SF audience, even if the costume designs we see so far bring nothing new to the table.
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    The tonal variation on the panels looks really great. I also think you just nailed the look on this one:
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    "Homecoming" ranks in my top 5 TV series, so I'm looking forward to see where they take it in season 2.
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    I think that bringing down the saturation of the colored areas would add to the realism of the paintjob, like what you did on the yellow stripes at the intakes. Alternatively, put it on a shelf for three years and the collecting dust will do that for you (that how I discovered the magic of scale-adjusted color contrast). The engines on the studio models were pretty light on some versions, but my personal impulse would be to put some metal effects on them.
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    ZOMG!!!
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    NASA makes a giant leap (again):
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    Great progress! That is just the version I wanted to do if I ever were to build another X-Wing. How did you get the chipping? Liquid mask?
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    Bling bling V2 Assault Buster Titanium Finish
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