fumblethumbs
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Yessir, that looks fantastic grobber! Excellent results from the salt method.
Tomcat build
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Hi All
Moving ahead with the Tomcat I am basically working through the last bits. First off the last bit of the cockpit that I needed to finish off was the seats. They are basically a little kit on their own. Here they are the decal set has a number of bits that really set then off.
Next the ordinance. I know this has been said before but I have a gripe with Hasegawa kits, they are big money but they do not give you anything to hang off of them. Anyways I dug up a couple of bombs
The one thing I noticed was that Navy bombs seem to have a rough texture. As you can see above these are pretty smooth. I have read that a number of people use putty to make this texture, this seems like too much work to me. I took some Tamiya extra thin and bathed the bomb part. Then took an old brush and stabbed the bomb to make the texture. Turned out Ok I think
Now for my fat thumb move. There are some microscopic clear pieces for the wingtip lights long story short these are now residence of my carpet. So I tried to make some out of white glue. Apply the glue and shape
Do this a couple of times and wait for it to dry.
A bit of paint and I think we are good
Anyways on with the weathering, should be done soon
Rob
Moving ahead with the Tomcat I am basically working through the last bits. First off the last bit of the cockpit that I needed to finish off was the seats. They are basically a little kit on their own. Here they are the decal set has a number of bits that really set then off.
Next the ordinance. I know this has been said before but I have a gripe with Hasegawa kits, they are big money but they do not give you anything to hang off of them. Anyways I dug up a couple of bombs
The one thing I noticed was that Navy bombs seem to have a rough texture. As you can see above these are pretty smooth. I have read that a number of people use putty to make this texture, this seems like too much work to me. I took some Tamiya extra thin and bathed the bomb part. Then took an old brush and stabbed the bomb to make the texture. Turned out Ok I think
Now for my fat thumb move. There are some microscopic clear pieces for the wingtip lights long story short these are now residence of my carpet. So I tried to make some out of white glue. Apply the glue and shape
Do this a couple of times and wait for it to dry.
A bit of paint and I think we are good
Anyways on with the weathering, should be done soon
Rob
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Wickedness Grobber, turned out great.
Quaralane
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Gorgeous bird there.
ShutterAce
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Very nice. Love the family photo. ;D
ModelFreak72
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Dude that is one awesome cat! 
The Nylon Gag
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Nice work Sir, a fine looking build.
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hilld
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Great build. Love the decals and weathering.
