Jefuemon Posted March 30, 2013 Posted March 30, 2013 Finally finished! The 1/48 scale VF-19A Excalibur "SVF-569 Lightnings" kit from Hasegawa. I went with a darker shade of gray, mainly because when I went to the hobby shop to buy the paint, they were out of the correct shade. The original color was for various F-16's, and this shade is too, so no complaints. I think the darker shade looks nice, anyways. The biggest challenge was masking off the area between the black and gray, while keeping the line for the lightning bolt decal. Easy solution- make a photocopy of the decal sheet, lay down a long strip of tape, and cut out the decal with a razor while on the tape. Now you've got a masking template. As always, you can see more here. Quote
505thAirborne Posted March 30, 2013 Posted March 30, 2013 That is one sexy bird!! Colors, attention to detail and the pilot look amazing, great job!! Quote
Benson13 Posted March 30, 2013 Posted March 30, 2013 (edited) It's like an evil version of the 19 Kai. Men could pilot that one and not feel bad. I love it. Edited March 30, 2013 by Benson13 Quote
MechTech Posted March 30, 2013 Posted March 30, 2013 That buildup looks great! I think the color of grey does it justice after all. Nice clean job! - MT Quote
grapetang Posted March 31, 2013 Posted March 31, 2013 Beautiful work as always! The details, pilot, and the dark grey scheme look great! Your completed kit output rate is just amazing!!! Quote
Smut Peddler Posted March 31, 2013 Posted March 31, 2013 Love that model, did you use the photo etched parts that were available for it ? Quote
Jefuemon Posted March 31, 2013 Author Posted March 31, 2013 Love that model, did you use the photo etched parts that were available for it ? Nope, not for this one. I've only been using them for the 1/72 VF-1 line. Quote
ivorysniper Posted April 1, 2013 Posted April 1, 2013 Just another masterpiece !!. Thanks a lot for the hint on dealing with the lightning decal area and masking. I bought the 1/72 version (with HM missiles) and I was figuring out how to do the painting on that area. That is a beautiful build !!. Quote
Jefuemon Posted April 1, 2013 Author Posted April 1, 2013 I bought the 1/72 version (with HM missiles) and I was figuring out how to do the painting on that area. I've got that one too, as a present from my wife. Going to do an alternate color scheme on that one, though. Which one, I have no clue yet! Quote
ivorysniper Posted April 1, 2013 Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) I've got that one too, as a present from my wife. Going to do an alternate color scheme on that one, though. Which one, I have no clue yet! That idea sounds great, Jefuemon !!!. I was thinking a while ago to go with something related to the splinter camo patterns modern Russian fighters are displaying nowadays for another Hasegawa 1/72 YF-19, specifically the pattern used by the Su-35S that performed on MAKS 2011, but on different colors. You might want to try that approach. I've always seen the 19 as a purebred of unsurpassed dogfighting capabilities, only flyable by the elite. That's why I always trend to draw it on my mind dressed in out-of-the-box camo patterns, totally away from the mandatory livery of any air force, and even showing off some highly visible colors or a great tail art on the rudders, like a CAG's fighter. Just my thoughts. Edited April 1, 2013 by ivorysniper Quote
charger69 Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 I was like... "Oh, I hope Yamato makes this in 1/60"... then all of a sudden... Quote
Benson13 Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 What are the dimenisons on that valk (wing tip to wing tip, nose to feet is fine)? Quote
Jefuemon Posted April 8, 2013 Author Posted April 8, 2013 What are the dimenisons on that valk (wing tip to wing tip, nose to feet is fine)? Hope you don't mind metric, since that's all I gots Length is almost 40 cm. Width with wings folded is about 18.5 cm. Wings extended is around 31 cm. It's just about 1 cm too wide to fit in my display case in flight mode, so I have to display it with the wings in storage mode. Quote
Benson13 Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 That's almost 16 inches long by almost 12 inches wide. That's quite a big valk. Now I understand why Yamato went with the 1/60 scale for their toys, they'd be to big to do anything with. Quote
erikos0311 Posted April 9, 2013 Posted April 9, 2013 sweeeeetness jefuemon!! I really dig that darker gray scheme! Deffinately one of your best works!! Quote
Jefuemon Posted April 9, 2013 Author Posted April 9, 2013 Awesome, Love the pilot detail Yeah, it's fun working in 1/48 scale every once in a while. Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted May 4, 2013 Posted May 4, 2013 That looks awesome. I love the paint scheme. It must be something to behold in person with its size. Quote
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