Bench Update Feb 8 2019
Been sick with cold number 2 of the winter. :-( Which has meant not much time on the bench, here is a quick update on the Hornet and the WW2 Gundam diorama.
Tag: Hornet
Hasegawa 1/72 F-18A Part 6
Returned to this project to start the decals. Modern aircraft have quite a few decals and in 1/72 scale some are very tiny… Considering the age of the decals they have been going on for the most part quite well. I find they are ready to go within 30 seconds after dipping them in warm water. I thought the gloss coat I put on was smooth enough but the decals were very difficult to move once placed. All the main ones were placed until I had a problem with one of the decals that makes up the false canopy on the underside of the aircraft. This is a feature that Canadian Hornets use. The idea is the false canopy makes it slightly more difficult to tell the orientation of the aircraft so, during a dogfight, this delay could be used to the Hornet’s advantage. In this case, one of them tore…
Bench Update Dec 15th
I’ve been sick with a cold bug that has been going around for about a week which has really put a dampener on everything, including time at the bench. I was going to start to apply decals on the 1/72 Hasegawa F-18a but a close look at the sheet showed some yellowing. So they will have to spend some time in a sunny window. The issue of course is the days are very short and rather overcast right now so it may be a while….. The Tamiya 1/35 panther is at the point where some serious weathering needs to be done. So I decided to start practicing some techniques I’ve been reading and viewing online. First up is a general rust/distress technique and I’m doing it on an old HO scale refrigerator car I have. After some Vallejo Rust, some streaking grime, some pastels I have this as a start. …