Joev259A

Thanks. Now I'm thinking-- F-104? F-100? Maybe a silver Huey or Cobra? 😃

DONE!!!! Another adventure in scale modelling! This sure looks better than chrome finish! (see first thread). Joe Vattilana

G'day- I have the Star Decals for the Desert Storm & AFV 1/35 decals in preparation to build the MRC Chieftain tank. Any suggestions for a color? They also have decals fro an Egyptian army M-113 and a Saudi M-109. The colors look similar on the sheet. Any suggestions? thanks! Joe Vattilana

Whoa Ed! Great finishes!! What I did was re-paint the model with Tamiya gloss black, then hit it with Alcad polished aluminum. It doesn't look die-cast anymore . . . Joe V.

Thanks all. I may try a light over spray of Aluminum to tone it down. PatV- what did you use for panel lines?

ok. Thanks for the input. Stay tuned . . . .

This could be a follow up to John Maene's question on the same topic. I have a 1/48 scale F-86H that I painted with Alcad Chrome (1 coat so far). This was painted over a base coat of Tamiya gloss black, and the flaps painted with gloss white for contrast. I've attached the (Commander's) airplane as a reference, and photos of the model. I think the Chrome makes this look like a toy, so I need some suggestions to make it look closer to the real aircraft. For the second (or more) coats, should I maybe mix Chrome and Aluminum, or maybe Chrome and white, or a light spray of Aluminum? this is the first time I'm using Alcad. A really interesting experience! Thanks for any help.

Thanks Gil. Yeah, it's the C&H resin kit. I found it in a stash from another modeler. I have the Collectaire 1/48 kit but was intimidated with the ejection seat, so I'm trying this one (double the intimidation?). I may go the route of using Word's very dark blue and find the military font. At least it would be a consistent color when I work on the stripes. We'll see what happens. Joe V.

G'day- I'm starting to work on the attached 1/32 scale F-86H. The lettering DEL. AIR GUARD (and striping) is dark blue, probably Insignia blue. Does anyone have any thoughts as to how to do the lettering? I know "in the old days" Microscope would have something like this. Superscale doesn't either. Thanks for any guidance! Joe Vattilana F-86 Del ANG.docx

Thanks all. You probably notice in the last Journal that my article about this model was published.

Well, that makes a lot of sense! I may have some old Testors MM paints like that. In fact, I'm planning on having both Atholl and Sidewinder missiles mounted on the rails. Thanks!

G'day all. I'm starting to build for a display a 1/72 scale F-16 in the blue Ukrainian AF colors. Another modeler is sending me the digital camouflage scheme that I'll have to cut and fit, but does anyone know what the blues that they use? I know it'll be fictitious, but it'll look neat! I have some Testors MM, Tamiya paints, etc. If there's FS numbers I can work with that. Thanks!

WHOA!!! NICE WORK!!!

Wow! That's a good start. I believe the truck is a 1961 or so. Thanks for the information

G'day- I've been asked to paint a Mack truck in the color of "Mack Green." I think this is lighter than a hunter green, but any suggestions? thanks!

Thanks. I found what appears to be Cummings engines on EBay, and heavily converted them. Building crash trucks are pretty easy since they're "slab sided." I wrote an article for IPMS, so we'll see when it's published. A question-- what does the "P-" signify? USAF never responded.

Thanks for the reply. this is a color profile of what I have. As to the wings, I will probably estimate where the bands would be located, most likely the same width as what's on the fuselage.

G'day- I am gathering research information on a Hawker Seahawk; 806 Squadron. This jet has the "Ace of Diamonds" logo on the fuselage sides. According to a Modelaid magazine profile, there is a red-white band around the fuselage (illustrated), and it also references a red-white band around the wings, which is not illustrated. Does anyone have any information on where these bands are located, and whether the red is on the outside? I am thinking my next option is to contact on of the UK museums. thanks for any feedback. Joe Vattilana IPMS/Delaware Valley Scale Modelers Unknown-2

Thanks. One thing about Air Force crash trucks. They're all business-- no curves, just bulk . . . .

Thanks. I needed a scratch built project during the pandemic. This was all squares, etc., so it was chosen. I was lucky to find some engines that worked for this. I HAD to open up the doors for this.

Attached are photographs of my 1 1/2 year scratch build 1/25 scale P-2 crash fire truck. Length is approximately 16 inches. Wheels and tires are custom bought from American Industrial Truck Models out of New Jersey, seats are from an American LaFrance ladder truck, engines were bought on E Bay and are modified to look like the earlier gasoline engines, and a couple of transmission parts from a Russian truck. The rest is sheet styrene and tubing. Since this is a military vehicle, and I've never seen one in civilian markings, I posted this under the Armor Forum.

Thanks for the information on this. I was wondering if anyone had colors on a Polish tank in WWII.

G'day. I have a 1/35 (Polish manufacturer) kit of the 7TP light tank. This was used around 1938-1939. They call for a three tone color scheme of Olive-Green (Khaki), dark brown, and sand yellow (ochre). Could anyone suggest paint colors, or should I just go with whatever Testors/Humbrol paint labels? I think the Olive green may be a light greenish tint, and the sand yellow somewhere in the Middlestone tint. Any help from my "associates" is greatly appreciated. Joe Vattilana

Thanks for the suggestion!

Thanks. I found the way of copying pictures from my files to this.