Lysus' Academy 1/72 F-4Y "Specter 5" Custom

[Fridgy]

Looking good lysus

[Lysus]

Looking good lysus

Thanks, dude!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Super cool
Why am I not surprised you made it into a scifi version

[Lysus]

Super cool
Why am I not surprised you made it into a scifi version

Never fear, I'm doing a "real" plane for Warring Weather

[Lysus]

Just a little bitty upditty. Er, update.

Laid down some jet exhaust. Then I laid down too much jet exhaust.



Also remembered at the last minute that there are bombs and so on to do, so I got those primed and painted with some XF-84 Dark Iron for the bombs and c89 Off White for the missiles. The drop tanks had some heinous seams and they're currently slathered in some putty.



Got a gloss coat on (Aqua Gloss) and I'll probably do a final gloss coat tomorrow before I *sigh* leave town again.

Then I can decal! HOORAY!

[GuyMac]

Yeeeyyyyy. Go for it buddy

[Lysus]

Deadline? Pfft...

So I've been banging away at this. Got the tailhook done up with a stripe made with Tamiy abendy tape and some XF-3 Flat Yellow:





Not bad. I fixed the odd line here and there after and put it on. The tailhook seems a bit large on this kit...

Anyway, then decals. In a word, these suck. Like you thought Tamiya were bad, these are awful. Pardon my french, but ce sont les pires décalcomanies que j'ai jamais utilisé.

The walk decals, thick as credit cards, yet able to come apart instantly:



So I pressed on with the million "NO STEP" and so on. They go on ok, but they're also super thick and I fear will look pretty bad after a clay wash. We'll see. I decided to try making some of my own in the Star Wars language. A couple went on alright, but the larger ones rolled up on me like it was going out of style.





Ugh. At this point I'm so close, but I'm frustrated and there's other projects crowding my bench that need attention as well. So I'm putting it up for a while, at least until tonight after the kids are in bed. I'll try again when my rage level goes down

[aur0ra145]

This is super cool

[Twokidsnosleep]

Try a layer of clear over your decals so they don't roll up so much
I used two brush coats of future on my old Hasegawa ones and they went on great
Don't give up, it is looking super cool

[Lysus]

This is super cool

Thanks!

Try a layer of clear over your decals so they don't roll up so much
I used two brush coats of future on my old Hasegawa ones and they went on great
Don't give up, it is looking super cool

I let them simmer for a while, most of them settled down, but one just went south. I'm gonna sleep on it tonight since I obviously won't make the deadline Tomorrow I'll either fix that one decal or just give it a last gloss coat for a wash.



Ordinance is done, just needs to be slapped on. Sadly I won't be able to get further than that until Sunday since duty calls again. Hopefully the next update will be a link to the reveal.

[Lysus]

I'll keep it brief since I just noticed the reveal vid is up and I'm itching to see it!

A gloss coat of Aqua Gloss later I made it really dirty with some Ultimate Dark Dirt mixed with Rust:



A couple decals (uuuuuuuuuuuuuugh) peeled up. These really are the worst. Yes, worse than Tamiya. But I didn't have time to ponder them too much since I was greeted with a new problem.

Did you know that BMF shouldn't be left on for MONTHS? 'Cuz I didn't!



I was hoping to shoot the reveal pics tonight, but instead I'm sitting here wondering how best to pick up all the sticky goo left behind. Windex on a Q-tip? I dunno. I'm sleepy and wanna see Guy's vid. We'll find out tomorrow what I come up with :p

[Fridgy]

I'll keep it brief since I just noticed the reveal vid is up and I'm itching to see it!

A gloss coat of Aqua Gloss later I made it really dirty with some Ultimate Dark Dirt mixed with Rust:



A couple decals (uuuuuuuuuuuuuugh) peeled up. These really are the worst. Yes, worse than Tamiya. But I didn't have time to ponder them too much since I was greeted with a new problem.

Did you know that BMF shouldn't be left on for MONTHS? 'Cuz I didn't!



I was hoping to shoot the reveal pics tonight, but instead I'm sitting here wondering how best to pick up all the sticky goo left behind. Windex on a Q-tip? I dunno. I'm sleepy and wanna see Guy's vid. We'll find out tomorrow what I come up with :p

Maybe a little ipa on a q tip??

[Twokidsnosleep]

Ya start with that and then work stronger like thinner...but very little and very carefully!!!squeeze the Q-tip off on a paper towel
I BMF'd my canopy hours after doing a Future clear and then left it all on for ages. I got lucky I guess, nothing like that

Give us a pic in Danno's live build thread
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=21655

[Lysus]

Ya start with that and then work stronger like thinner...but very little and very carefully!!!squeeze the Q-tip off on a paper towel
I BMF'd my canopy hours after doing a Future clear and then left it all on for ages. I got lucky I guess, nothing like that

Give us a pic in Danno's live build thread
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=21655

Ya, I think I did a Future dip way back at the start, but this makes me wonder if I skipped it... We'll see today if I can fix it.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Ya start with that and then work stronger like thinner...but very little and very carefully!!!squeeze the Q-tip off on a paper towel
I BMF'd my canopy hours after doing a Future clear and then left it all on for ages. I got lucky I guess, nothing like that

Give us a pic in Danno's live build thread
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=21655

Ya, I think I did a Future dip way back at the start, but this makes me wonder if I skipped it... We'll see today if I can fix it.

k so how did it go??? did the adhesive some off???
Some of us are stuck at work bored out of their minds and not allowed on E Bay.
I am a grown man, I should be able to decide if I wanna buy stuff on E Bay or not....hmmmff wives

[Fridgy]

Ya start with that and then work stronger like thinner...but very little and very carefully!!!squeeze the Q-tip off on a paper towel
I BMF'd my canopy hours after doing a Future clear and then left it all on for ages. I got lucky I guess, nothing like that

Give us a pic in Danno's live build thread
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=21655

Ya, I think I did a Future dip way back at the start, but this makes me wonder if I skipped it... We'll see today if I can fix it.

k so how did it go??? did the adhesive some off???
Some of us are stuck at work bored out of their minds and not allowed on E Bay.
I am a grown man, I should be able to decide if I wanna buy stuff on E Bay or not....hmmmff wives

Did the credit card statement come in mate??

[Twokidsnosleep]

Ya, I think I did a Future dip way back at the start, but this makes me wonder if I skipped it... We'll see today if I can fix it.

k so how did it go??? did the adhesive some off???
Some of us are stuck at work bored out of their minds and not allowed on E Bay.
I am a grown man, I should be able to decide if I wanna buy stuff on E Bay or not....hmmmff wives

Did the credit card statement come in mate??

Kind of
Got busted ordering a Phantom egg plane...hmm wonder who suggested that to me sir of much bad influence
Been ordering tools and lights as well...cheap stuff
She is on her way to Australia to find you for retribution btw...I'd RUN!!!

[Fridgy]

k so how did it go??? did the adhesive some off???
Some of us are stuck at work bored out of their minds and not allowed on E Bay.
I am a grown man, I should be able to decide if I wanna buy stuff on E Bay or not....hmmmff wives

Did the credit card statement come in mate??

Kind of
Got busted ordering a Phantom egg plane...hmm wonder who suggested that to me sir of much bad influence
Been ordering tools and lights as well...cheap stuff
She is on her way to Australia to find you for retribution btw...I'd RUN!!!

My partner has just said that she is welcome.... they will apparently be sitting have a chat about excatly we spend on modelling stuff

[Twokidsnosleep]

Did the credit card statement come in mate??

Kind of
Got busted ordering a Phantom egg plane...hmm wonder who suggested that to me sir of much bad influence
Been ordering tools and lights as well...cheap stuff
She is on her way to Australia to find you for retribution btw...I'd RUN!!!

My partner has just said that she is welcome.... they will apparently be sitting have a chat about excatly we spend on modelling stuff

...and then go shopping for an equal amount of justified spending on themselves

[Fridgy]

Kind of
Got busted ordering a Phantom egg plane...hmm wonder who suggested that to me sir of much bad influence
Been ordering tools and lights as well...cheap stuff
She is on her way to Australia to find you for retribution btw...I'd RUN!!!

My partner has just said that she is welcome.... they will apparently be sitting have a chat about excatly we spend on modelling stuff

...and then go shopping for an equal amount of justified spending on themselves

Sounds fair

[Lysus]

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