F-89D Scorpion WIP

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December 15, 2016
This is what she should look like in the end!
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December 13, 2016
The parts on one of the sprues. Nice silvery/aluminum shade. That will change though 😉
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December 13, 2016
The wheels and exhaust parts ready for painting Revell 91 Steel.
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December 13, 2016
The painted parts. Learned something by mistake. If I airbrush these parts until the paint almost becomes fluid, it gets a nice shine.
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December 13, 2016
Weight added to the nose to prevent tailsitting.
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December 13, 2016
Airbrushed Revell 9 Anthracite the cockpit parts & nosecone. Could not mask the wheels properly. Had to do them by brush 🙁
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December 13, 2016
Revell 57 Grey for the cockpit itself, seats, canopy mount & inner walls.
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December 13, 2016
Finished the seats with Revell 67 Greenish Grey, Vallejo Model Air Red & White. Undercarriage and turbine with Revell 90 Silver. Tried the trick with the extra paint on the turbine and nearly drowned the fanblades....
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December 15, 2016
Underwing fueltanks & rocketpods primed matt black (Ammo 2005)
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December 15, 2016
The turbineblades were too shiny. Added a deep brown line wash (Ammo 1618). Now it's less shiny and the fanblades are more pronounced.
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December 15, 2016
Used the same brown wash on the lower gear. I like the contrast better than on the top gear, which isn't done yet.
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December 15, 2016
Fuselage joined. There will be some minor filling and sanding. I hate filling and sanding 🙁
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December 15, 2016
The underside's in as well.
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December 15, 2016
Glued both wing halves together. Later noticed there were tiny gaps on the leading edges. Tried to fill them with Tamiya extra thin cement. Hoping for a good result 😉
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December 15, 2016
Both wingtip tanks glued. Fit seems ok. Glued the canopy to its mount & masked both for painting. Mind the gap at the back of the canopy.... Need to think of something 🙁
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December 15, 2016
Wings glued on. Dry fit of tail, aileron, wingtip tanks & windscreen/canopy
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December 16, 2016
Masked the cockpit itself. Hope I did a good job for a first time.
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December 16, 2016
Glare shield airbrushed Revell 302 Satin Black. Tail & wingtips airbrushed in grey primer Ammo 2002
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December 16, 2016
Tail & wingtips airbrushed Vallejo White. This should bring out the red more....
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December 20, 2016
Tail & wingtips airbrushed Vallejo Red.
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December 20, 2016
Looks like the white 'primer' did the trick.
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December 20, 2016
I'm starting to dislike my airbrush. It's mercilessly showing my bad modelling skills. In the old days I'd just plaster this with red paint from a brush....
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December 21, 2016
Masked the red parts and primed Alclad gloss black. Tempted to rip off the masks and leave her like this :-0
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December 22, 2016
As I don't have a lacquer Aluminium paint, I decided to do the highlights first, using Alclad Duraluminum. Next step is the regular aluminum, using Aqua Revell 99
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December 24, 2016
After masking airbrushed the rest with Revell 99 Aluminium.
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December 24, 2016
After removing the masks, the colours seem ok. I like the contrast between de alloys and the red.... But some of the alclad came off. Must try to repair this 🙁
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December 27, 2016
Touched up the duraluminum. Not perfect though. I'm thinking this could become a nice weathering practice....
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December 29, 2016
Added windscreen, canopy & tailsection
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December 29, 2016
The Iron back of the engine & the aluminun are too much alike. Thinking about adding some Alclad Burnt Iron for some more contrast
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December 29, 2016
For the same reason sprayed some Jet Exhaust (A.Mig-8208) on the exhaust nozzle & protection plates
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December 29, 2016
Damn. Even with the weight and extra weight in the nosecone, she's still a tailsitter!
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December 29, 2016
Added some weight to the front of the rocketpods. Saved!
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January 7, 2017
'Primed' the edges and rockets in white, for further painting.
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January 7, 2017
Painted the rim with Revell 310 Lufthansa Yellow.
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January 7, 2017
Rockets painted red (Revell 330 Fiery Red). Pods need a little touch up around the edges, to get rid of the excess white. A little black wash between the rockets wouldn't hurt either.
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January 7, 2017
Fainted the lady's behind with Burnt Iron 😉
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January 7, 2017
Glued the exhausts, deflection plates & main gear hatches.
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January 7, 2017
Glued the rocketpods and started decalling. Man these things are so thick, the panellines have a hard time getting through.
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January 7, 2017
Out of frustration decided to unmask the canopy, which added to the frustration. There's still some masking tape on the inside #imanidiot
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January 7, 2017
After removing the internal masking & reglueing the canopy, she's becoming a lovely lady again.
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January 12, 2017
My anti-glare paint is a bit smallish. Tried to correct this with the decal. Not a good idea, scrapped.
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January 12, 2017
After a lot of Decal Soft and brushing, this decal is finally getting into the panel lines.
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January 12, 2017
Same here.
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January 12, 2017
The larger decals are in place.

13 December 2016, 11:56

Oleg Smilyk
Nice bird!

13 December 2016, 15:29

Ekki
Watching.

13 December 2016, 17:32

Maciej Bellos
Following. I always liked the pre century aircraft.

13 December 2016, 20:12

Martin Oostrom
'50's and '60's aircraft have my preference as well. Somehow they look cooler 🙂
I think an overall aluminum look (with the red) might be a bit bland. Anybody got suggestions about which panels to paint a shade darker?
Also, weathering is a bit past my skill level. I'd like to start with panel lines washes. Which colour should I use? Dark brown or slate grey?

13 December 2016, 21:07

Hister Farjas
Nice

14 December 2016, 06:59

John Thomas
Very cool

20 December 2016, 12:52

Łukasz Gliński
Interesting build, watching

22 December 2016, 11:53

Martin Oostrom
Anybody got suggestions to fix the torn off Alclad? Other than just starting over 😉

24 December 2016, 16:43

Rex
Mask around it with very low tack masking, at panel lines. Sand to feather the damage and then clean and paint those panels.

24 December 2016, 18:53

Martin Oostrom
Okay Rex, thanks for the advice. I'll give it a go. Enjoy Christmas!

24 December 2016, 19:05

Rex
Merry Christmas to you too. And let's hope that you get more ideas,,,,,,,someone else might have a better way to fix that, without having to strip it at all.

24 December 2016, 19:31

David Thor
Looks great, I´m in!

24 December 2016, 20:41

Martin Oostrom
Thank you. I'm trying to decide if i like her enough as she is (after adding the rest of the decals) or give weathering a try.

7 January 2017, 16:45

Gary Brantley
That's a great looking 50s jet! My favorite era for jet-powered flight.

7 January 2017, 16:48

Łukasz Gliński
Looks great already

12 January 2017, 14:51

Maciej Bellos
I think it has turned out great. The decals set in perfectly and that is an impressive set of teeth.

12 January 2017, 20:30

Martin Oostrom
Thank you guys. I will update again after all the decalling. I'm thinking if I should use this beauty as a trial for weathering.

12 January 2017, 21:06

Ed Froix
Very nice!

13 January 2017, 07:14

Norbert Steffens
The painting is great. Is there a reason why you didn't masked the seams of the fuselage?

13 January 2017, 07:44

Martin Oostrom
Hi Norbert, after glueing the seams looked ok. Even after priming. When the aluminum was painted, the seams became more visible. It looks worse on the photo's than in reality.

The panel lines are really nice, except on the underside near the engines. There they don't line up. You can see it really well in pic 36. I've tried scribing on an older model, not my cup of tea yet. So I decided to leave it as is, and just hope nobody looks at this girl's bottom 😉

13 January 2017, 08:36

Norbert Steffens
You know we modellers are counting rivets..... 🙂)

13 January 2017, 13:18