ghodges Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) This is the 1/48 resin CollectAire kit. Most of the painting is done, except for the correguard... Still need to vac a new canopy and do the fiddly bits, but hope to have it done by our meeting next weekend! More pics then! GIL Edited January 20, 2014 by ghodges 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBill50 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Very nice Gil! Is that day-Glo Red from Testors or international orange? Looks great. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 MM International orange, thinned with lacquer thinner. I've never been able to get that day-glo stuff to spray! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted January 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Finally got the Seastar done! This is a good kit, falling in the middle of the pack (difficulty-wise) of CollectAire's kits. It's better than their early releases, like their F-11F Tiger, but not nearly as good as their last few kits such as the B-66 or B-45. It's similar to building a limited run kit in that their are fit issues and a lot of clean up needed for the parts. Still, it's not hard, and the only game in town for the muscled up T2V Seastar.The paint is MM Gloss White and International Orange, both thinned with lacquer thinner. The markings are a mix of kit decals and aftermarket. I had to apply two sets of stars/bars to each position in order to tone down the orange bleed through.The model is almost OOTB. With care, the vac canopy in the kit is JUST big enough to trim and then fit the kit supplied metal bracing underneath. I, however, used my metal bracing as a base to make a canopy vac master out of Apoxy Sculp. That was then used to vac a new one, and a plastic framing was built to fit under it.Glad to have this one done, it really brightens up the shelf! Now on to those two bipes I'm building for the WWI group build! As always, comments, critiques, and questions are welcome! Cheers! GIL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClareWentzel Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Very Nice Gil. I love that color scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBill50 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Great job! Put on some sunglasses. Love it. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Another amazing masterpiece! Such a smooth finish on the colors; I wish I could get that kind of smoothness. Way to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmorrissette Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Love it Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewahl Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Gil, Once again you take a kit that few have in their stash and even fewer will ever touch and transform it into a beautiful piece of eye candy. I do not care what a contest judge might have to say about nitty-picky "flaws" or "errors" that they did right on their build of the kit, but you accomplished your goal of adding another gem of a rare subject to your showcase. Your paint finish job is superb. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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