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« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2009, 12:49:03 AM »
Made some progress on a kit that has been languishing on the shelf for over a year. Lots of masking...LOTS of masking. I need a beer.

The finished product should be a slight variation of this, courtesy of Gekko_1:



My take on it. The middle color is a bit off, but I figure a) I'm not going through that painting exercise again, and b) this will be a SEAD airframe, so these colors work for low-level flight over Western Australia.




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« Reply #16 on: April 27, 2009, 01:22:23 AM »
I think Richard will be proud of you, that is a seriously kick*ss paintjob!  Wub  Bow  VEEEEEERY Nice!
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« Reply #17 on: April 27, 2009, 01:26:21 AM »
Woah - IMPRESSIVE!   Thumbs Up Bow

I love splinter schemes  Wub Wub Wub How on Earth did you do the fine edging lines?  Blink
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« Reply #18 on: April 27, 2009, 03:01:33 AM »
Ho-lay ! Now that is some damn fine masking....how did you pull it off ? Pardon the pun.....

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« Reply #19 on: April 27, 2009, 11:18:58 AM »
Yeah - beautiful bit of masking there  Thumbs Up
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« Reply #20 on: April 27, 2009, 11:22:11 AM »
Great job.........again....how did you do the fine lines seperating the diff colours???
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« Reply #21 on: April 27, 2009, 01:44:22 PM »
Quote from: wingman77 on April 27, 2009, 11:22:11 AM
Great job.........again....how did you do the fine lines seperating the diff colours???

Great paint job.  Like he said, how did you do the fine lines?

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« Reply #22 on: April 27, 2009, 01:57:08 PM »
D*MN !

Didin't see that one coming, David. Brilliant work !

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« Reply #23 on: April 27, 2009, 02:08:13 PM »
The splinter scheme is amazing enough!

But the fact that there is a nice thin grey demarcation line between colours pushes this job over into the truly special! Thumbs Up Wub
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« Reply #24 on: April 27, 2009, 08:06:46 PM »
That's some incredible paint work! My hat is off to your skill and talent!

I'm really looking forward to seeing more!
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« Reply #25 on: April 27, 2009, 10:48:55 PM »
Thanks everyone. I should note that the tan is greener in real life (I shot those photos under less than ideal conditions), so the colors aren't as off as I originally thought. I'm too hard on myself.

As for the demarcation lines. I used some really thin masking tape that I got from a place called Jammydog: http://www.jammydog.com/
The stuff is great. I'm going to use it on all my hard to mask projects. I'd considered using decal strips but I'm pretty sure that would have been harder than masking.
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« Reply #26 on: April 29, 2009, 01:15:02 PM »
Its going to look great; can't wait to see the finished model.  One of the best cammo schemes EVER!!


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« Reply #27 on: May 02, 2009, 09:35:15 PM »
 Bow First class: not less.

A well executed project.

I would to be so clean and precise in the my paint works!
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« Reply #28 on: May 03, 2009, 11:59:00 PM »
Decals applied. Kind of nervous about the clear coat. There is potential for some serious silvering. Time to start praying to the modeling gods.


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« Reply #29 on: May 05, 2009, 01:10:52 PM »
Incredible!
That's a wonderfull 104 you've got here!!

I'll probably test your masking method one day, that's beautiful!
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