Goodman Models

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Hi All, Here's the completed build. It's the CAG bird of the (doubly) fictitious Sundowner squadron based out of the SDF-18. I went to great lengths to make the markings as authentic as possible as I could not find any decal sheets. I must thank Mark Wright for sending me an f-14 sheet, which sadly had deteriorated, but was very helpful in cutting my own masks and as guide for real decal placement! The serial number is the first part of the number and the '15' at the end represents the roll-out year, 2015. The weapons are in fact plumb and level to the plane although they look a little off kilter due to the angle is some of the pics, lol. The asymmetrical loadout is out of the Master File. There's also a couple of silvered decals I couldn't quite melt despite poking and soaking several times! Anyone have any other tricks? The kit really did have thick panel lines, but whatcha gonna do. I initially wanted to scratch build the VF-4 gunpod but then I didn't bother; I do enjoy the look of the GU-11 and I added brass barrels to it. The AN/ALQ-184 (Short) ECM Pod is a resin one from Brassin. I made up the pylon for it and the GU-11 from the spares bin. Someday I'll learn how to photoshop out the brass mounting rod, but pretty happy to have this one done as it has been a 'grail' design for me. Thanks for looking.

@Boltenigma is looking great so far!

Ah ha! This is where the Gundam modelers have been hiding out!

Oooh that reminds me I have to order those myself!

Oh that's interesting, I have not seen the bandai ones up close.

Here's an interesting problem that arose with the wve kit - I don't know if I missed washing the feet verniers, but after priming and painting them, several cracks appeared. My solution was to brush some Mr.Color gloss over the cracks, and sand it down after it had dried. It was an easy fix, but did require a second application of the gloss, but it did fill in the cracks nicely. After that I repainted the metallics for the finished look. I had to be a bit careful because this was after everything was basically painted.

Wow, this is awesome Arbit!

As soon as I wrap up the lighting lll, I'll get back to this. After that, a cool Moscato project is back on deck!

Hi All, Terry and I did a decent review of John's Dragunn ll kit. Have a look, it's a great kit and looking forward to building it! 1/72 Dragunn ll Review

It's almost done! I got all the decals finally to my liking. Just attaching the armaments and then pics!

That sounds like a good project. Go for it!

Very cool. You should be well on your way with having done the 72nd version. Which fast packs are you using here?

Nicely done!

I have both sets, they are different. I can scan the has decals and you could try printing your own?

More decals added. It's just about done - touching up a few paint issues then a flat coat is next!

Man! This Is awesome! I'm contemplating scratch building one as haven't seen any kits around. Your upgraded parts are chef's kiss good!

Happy to help out, looking forward to seeing you're build! -Anth

Thanks for the kind words guys - I have to give credit to Ben Niederer. I don't know him, but I found his fan art profile on line and was really digging it! I wanted to change a few things, the Zentraedi kill counts and nose colour but the main inspiration came from his drawing.

I scanned them at 1200 dpi. You'll have to stitch them together. Hope this helps! -Anth 807747818_2009MinmaySpecial1.pdf 1594336171_2009MinmaySpecial2.pdf

Ok, I dug them out. Did you want a scan of the decals as well? I'll do the scanning tomorrow after work.

It's coming together! The sundowners "sun" was cut from an image and painted with a mask.

I can get you these dwgs! Remind this eve. Anth

I'm loving this build! This is some really great modelling craftsmanship!

Looks great!