Hi everyone, for my first post here, I'm showing the first model I've built in more than 20 years (I finished it yesterday). My previous models (when I was 13/14 years old) were built in a weekend and painted with a brush. Filling gaps and sanding were alien concepts to me. I didn't even know that decal setting solutions existed.
In this build I tried to apply everything I learnt as an armchair modeler. This is the first time I used an airbrush and tried to weather a model (actually got a little carried away while weathering it). I also did some (very limited) panel rescribing and scratchbuilding (the nose pitot tube, after I broke it for the umpteenth time).
The kit is OK, although the nose section required a lot of work, this is where I had to do most of the rescribing after filling and sanding. Also, the plastic is very soft, it's almost impossible to remove the smallest parts from the sprue tree without breaking them. Even though this kit doesn't require expert skills by any means, it may not be the best one for a noob modeler like me to start with.
The kit was built out of the box.
The next one will be better I hope.
In this build I tried to apply everything I learnt as an armchair modeler. This is the first time I used an airbrush and tried to weather a model (actually got a little carried away while weathering it). I also did some (very limited) panel rescribing and scratchbuilding (the nose pitot tube, after I broke it for the umpteenth time).
The kit is OK, although the nose section required a lot of work, this is where I had to do most of the rescribing after filling and sanding. Also, the plastic is very soft, it's almost impossible to remove the smallest parts from the sprue tree without breaking them. Even though this kit doesn't require expert skills by any means, it may not be the best one for a noob modeler like me to start with.
The kit was built out of the box.
The next one will be better I hope.
