Toonz Posted October 8, 2003 Posted October 8, 2003 surely, i'm looking forward to your wallpapers! no words can describe your creation...... Quote
myk Posted October 8, 2003 Posted October 8, 2003 Wow, that is truly beautiful. If only a toy could look so good... Quote
hellohikaru Posted October 8, 2003 Posted October 8, 2003 Wm You are amazing that even if you can't get a job you can always open model building school B) Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Here's a shot with the tailcones fitted into place. Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 You see, most of that detail inside the afterburner goes to black after the thrust vectoring fins are in place, you can only see it if you shine a light straight up into it - but I know its there Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 I decided that I would space the vectoring fins out a little so it looks as though there is room to move. I filed away some of the paint from those little tabs so that it would have a better plastic to plastic bond. I think it looks better a bit out from the tailcone, than glued hard up against it - however, unfortunately, there is very little surface to left to glue against to create a tight bond - this may the most fragile part of the model. I would suggest maybe building these connection points up before you paint the area and maybe either pinning it like a resin model, or creating some kind of better joint between the pieces. Quote
John Busacha Posted October 8, 2003 Posted October 8, 2003 my god man, she looks fantastic! Question... if you paint the "inside" surface of the clear parts, how are they going to be glued into place? won't the paint ruin any bond between the plastics? Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Well, backed by popular demand, here's probably the last shot you'll see with a clear canopy without the decal pattern. Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Here's the last shot we'll see into the cockpit before all my detailing gets hidden The messy seam is the liquid mask residue left over after I took the masking off - I'll clean it up Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 This view you can actually see the forward display inside with the decal. Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Well, one of my biggest fears have been allieviated - the canopy decal fits perfectly! Oh, well, too bad the blue and grey doesn't exactly match the rest of my pant job - its not too bad here, since there are quite a few shades of blue to work with. I guess the advantage to masking is that you would get the exact shade of blue and greys that you have painted with. I didn't mind too much. One tip is that I trimed all my decals right up to the image - as close as you can without cutting into the graphics - it always helps to not see the carrier film - especially when its on a clear surface. Oh well... Bowman is pretty much hidden - however, you do see more in person holding the model than these photographs can show. Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Again another fear solved - the wingtip lights. What I did was heed the other warnings that they did not fit properly and undercut (undersized) the openings. When I got to this stage, I then carefully filed back the opening constantly checking with the clear piece until I got a satisfactory fit. Yes, if you just blindly follow the scribed lines, the clear pieces probably would not fit as nicely. In fact the top and bottom scribed lines don't meet up exactly - tisk, tisk...Hasegawa. I glued the pieces in with white glue - its a canopy glue that dries clear. I will paint them with Tamiya clear red and blue later. Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Again, those forward clear sensor lenses fit perfectly. Infact, you should not even try to pre-fit them (otherwise you won't be able to get them out again). The tinting worked out well, especially since I painted the interior well black first. I put in a dab of white glue, so that it will dry clear, then fitted each piece narrow end in first and pressed. You can see the red sensor painted inside. Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 The side ones I am especially happy about, since you can see the red at the right end - its very cool The photographs don't do it justice. Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Here's a shot into the intake with the black shading in place to look like a shadow - its too bad that these intakes are so short and capped flat - maybe it would be a good idea to chop it off at the end and stick a spare Valkyrie turbine blades in behind (we've all got some of those lying around after our super/strike valks eh?) Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Better shot of the canopy with Bowman inside and his flight controls are clearly in view! Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Close up of the forward landing gear. Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 The guns I painted in Alclad Steel, with a flat black post-shading and oil wash to pick out the rear exhaust. Man, with this dark colour, every speck of dust shows up - its almost statically attracted to the model Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Here's an overall underside shot. Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Finally the piece de resistance!! I'm finished!!! Here's a brief walkaround for now, until I get some sun tommorrow to really properly take photos of this baby - I'm kind of proud of it myself - it turned out better than I hoped for. I always had troubles with this blue paint scheme (very toy like) but this rendering makes me smile Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Another view You can see the weathering with the flat clear coat here a bit better. I hit all the leading surfaces with the flat, I then masked off some of the panel lines with post it notes, and sprayed those with flat as well. I squared corners of the engines and the blue portion f the intakes got its edges sprayed with flat as well - its subtle, but I think it pops out the blue shading a bit more - kind of gives a bit of life to it. Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 The sheen changes as you walk around the plane - very cool B) You can see the red nav lights done in Tamiya clear over the silver base on the rudder/stabilzers (red up front, silver in back). Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Maybe I should of drilled out those rear thrusters now - they look a bit shallow - I might paint them black inside. I like how the rear gear shock strut glints Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Back around again - I hope this isn't boring you... Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 (edited) Final shot for now - head on. Hopefully when I take some decent ones I'll post them to the Model section either tommorrow or the day after. Okay, my views on this model... at first its seems like it was going to be the easiest of all the models by Hasegawa thus far - so many big pieces - I had the whole thing put together in 4 hours! Now the details are a bit of a mixed bag - sure, some of the parts didn't line up as well as we would come to expect from a Hasegawa kit and thus there were some bit of filling and sanding - though I wouldn't say anymore than any other Macross offering. The decals were a bit off - especially the yellow intake graphics, but they were put on nevertheless, the black and grey engine bit also were a bit tricky, mostly because of the compound curves - they too didn't fit exactly over the scribed details. I think someone different had a go at this kit from Hasegawa - a few connection points were too small (ie; the vectoring fins). But as you can see, overall its a good kit - probably a little more involved to make the blue scheme interesting, but I would put it in the middle to hard end of the pact. I would say the YF-19 as the easiest, followed by the VF-1, then super or strike, working your way up to this YF-21 and the VE-1 Elint. Thanks for tuning in... all criticisms welcome thanks. Edited October 8, 2003 by wm cheng Quote
VF-19 Posted October 8, 2003 Posted October 8, 2003 Great model WM! You really are the master. However, there is one tiny gripe I have with the kit... The canopy. Don't get me wrong, it looks great and all, but due to the paint not matching as close as it can, the canopy decal is rather jarring. If it bothers you enough, you could always take the decal off and paint the colours on... That's my only problem with the kit. Great work, and great solutions to some of the problems you've encountered! Keep up the excellent work! Quote
kam63 Posted October 8, 2003 Posted October 8, 2003 good work.I dont know if this was ask before but what kind of air brush are you using to make those weathering effacts Quote
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 (edited) The clear parts just gets glued in with white glue, you don't need a strong bond for these little pieces - then the glue dries crystal clear. Yes, the canopy decal does look a bit off, let me sit on it a while, see if it will bother me, if it still does, I might just lightly mask the blue area, and do a light flat dusting with a bit of the body blue colour to tie it together. But first I need a few days with my new addition to see if it will warrant this extra effort. I use my good old (15 yr old) Badger 200 single action with a fine tip and needle. Its bottom syphon feed, so I use a combination of a colour cup for small areas, and a bottle for the larger stuff. I love this brush, its really simple and breaks apart easily to clean. I suppose I might treat myself someday and move up to a Iwata double action, but I am happy with this now - I treated myself to a decent compressor - a SilAir silent one - it makes a huge difference. Edited October 8, 2003 by wm cheng Quote
VF-19 Posted October 8, 2003 Posted October 8, 2003 Yes, the canopy decal does look a bit off, let me sit on it a while, see if it will bother me, if it still does, I might just lightly mask the blue area, and do a light flat dusting with a bit of the body blue colour to tie it together. But first I need a few days with my new addition to see if it will warrant this extra effort. I use my good old (15 yr old) Badger 200 single action with a fine tip and needle. Its bottom syphon feed, so I use a combination of a colour cup for small areas, and a bottle for the larger stuff. I love this brush, its really simple and breaks apart easily to clean. I suppose I might treat myself someday and move up to a Iwata double action, but I am happy with this now - I treated myself to a decent compressor - a SilAir silent one - it makes a huge difference. Well... Let us know if you do! BTW, that's the same airbrush I picked up during the summer... But I've only got the regular tip for it at the moment... I might just get the fine tip after seeing all of your awesome work... Keep it up! Quote
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