Revell 1/32 WIP COMPLETED

plastickjunkie · Jan 31, 2022

Will be building the Revell 1/32 early 5NA with a resin 10NA conversion. Markings are for Contrary Mary. Lots of extras have been done like drilling out the exhaust pipes, wiring the radio batteries, adding riveting detail on some areas and creating my own seat belts out of wine foil.

plastickjunkie · Jan 31, 2022

I spent a while masking the main gear well to get the stringers and crossmembers sprayed GZC. The parts are not glued but just in place to show the effect of the NMF and GZC contrast. Now waiting for the Fundekal stencils to arrive. Once applied I can start to plum up the wells with lots of wiring.

Quaralane · Jan 31, 2022

Some very impressive work so far

Larry B · Jan 31, 2022

Looks fantastic! I have taken to building models on a larger scale, they are way easier to work with than the 1/48 scale.
Keep posting your progress.

plastickjunkie · Feb 3, 2022

Thanks. Still waiting on the stencils, got a feeling it's gonna be a spell.

Marktastrophe · Feb 4, 2022

This is awesome!
What would you call that tool you used for rolling rivets onto the kit?

plastickjunkie · Feb 13, 2022

Marktastrophe said:
This is awesome!
What would you call that tool you used for rolling rivets onto the kit?

Thanks. I used the RB Riveting Tool. It attaches to the exacto blade and comes with several sized wheels.

plastickjunkie · Feb 13, 2022

The stencils finally came in the mail. Added the red stencils to the NMF sheetmetal and busied up the area with wiring.

plastickjunkie · Feb 16, 2022

The wings and air scoop are finaly in place and awaiting some seam line cleaning.

More wiring was added to the main well area

Alclad and Floquil paints are on deck!

blakeh1 · Feb 28, 2022

Wow! Love the detailing

plastickjunkie · Mar 1, 2022

blakeh1 said:
Wow! Love the detailing

Thanks.

The build had stalled out cause of distorted clear parts. Revell sent me replacements but are in equally bad shape as the ones Theyvare to replace. Re contacted Revell again and got a fast apologetic response back so they are sending replacements again. Hopefully this time they send good quality parts.

The distorted areas are circled in yellow.

plastickjunkie · Mar 24, 2022

The parts came in from Revell but they are just a tad better but not as good as I hoped.
In the mean time I sprayed gloss black enamel then polished the paint to a super smooth and glossy finish . The wing panel lines were puttied up to the center chord wise then sanded smooth and sprayed metallic silver enamel just like the real plane was.
The fuselage and two lower wing panels were sprayed Alclad polished aluminum and a couple of panels were sprayed in contrasting shades. Most of the nose will be covered up in a checkerboard pattern.

plastickjunkie · Apr 18, 2022

Well Mary is shaping up and she got her legs, the nose, rudder and wing tips got checker boarded. I toned down the Alclad reflectivity a tad since this was a combat aircraft subjected to operational wear. Still need to apply a bunch of tiny stencils.

Deleted member 11187 · Apr 18, 2022

Well now will you looking at that.
Quite stunning. Really stands out
in 1/32. Nice

Pantherman · Apr 18, 2022

plastickjunkie said:
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Will be building the Revell 1/32 early 5NA with a resin 10NA conversion. Markings are for Contrary Mary. Lots of extras have been done like drilling out the exhaust pipes, wiring the radio batteries, adding riveting detail on some areas and creating my own seat belts out of wine foil.

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Wow, that's some lovely work. Keep posting photos.
Irishvic

plastickjunkie · Apr 25, 2022

Thanks for the responses, been away for a while. Got some work done on Mary.

Added wing tank hoses from discarded electrical wires, did all the checkerboarding decals. The flaps are on a nd down, and getting ready to apply oil streaks.

plastickjunkie · May 1, 2022

So the kit has extra tanks and some nice 500 lb. bombs that would look good in a vignette setting so I had an old picture frame to use for the base, some Sculptamold and water to make a tarmac. Taped up the edges to protect the wood.

The Sculptamold was mixed and poured, smoothed out and expansion joints added.

Then craft acrylics were used to paint and drybrush the tarmac. Oil stains were added.

Figuring out positioning things. The disposible paper tanks and bombs need paint and decals.

Brake lines were also added to the main landing gear.

blakeh1 · May 2, 2022

Excellent

I love the display as well

Belugawrx · May 3, 2022

Looking Good

Pantherman · May 3, 2022

plastickjunkie said:
So the kit has extra tanks and some nice 500 lb. bombs that would look good in a vignette setting so I had an old picture frame to use for the base, some Sculptamold and water to make a tarmac. Taped up the edges to protect the wood.

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The Sculptamold was mixed and poured, smoothed out and expansion joints added.

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Then craft acrylics were used to paint and drybrush the tarmac. Oil stains were added.

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Figuring out positioning things. The disposible paper tanks and bombs need paint and decals.

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Brake lines were also added to the main landing gear.

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That is some amazing detail work.
Irishvic

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