74-1535 Build

Steve Wilson
Go for it Tiger🙂

Bill Gilman
Nice scheme you've chosen! You really like those old Monogram kits! I remember building the Hasegawa 1:32 kit in similar markings, but that was many moons ago!

Augie
Thanks Steve 🙂 hopefully it will have me purring 😉

@Bill, Yeah..i cant deny it I have taken a real likeing of the old monogram kits..Managed to accumilate 17 of them already.. and am looking out for more lol

As for the kit, well this one is special to me.. sitting in the cockpit of 74-1535 at the tender age of 4 left an impression on me, not soon after i stopped playing with barbies and asked Dad to show me modeling..

Es-haq Khosravi
Nice!

Augie
thanks Es-haq, its back on the bench after a long time.. the panel is new work

Augie
thanks Michael 🙂

Augie
Soo.. here it sits at the moment.. colours came out better than I expected. nearly ready for decals

Choppa Nutta
oooh nice camo 🙂

Augie
Good ol'e Grape.. tho the dark blue i have doubts on

Choppa Nutta
dark blue a bit to colourful perhaps ? a sludge wash of grey will tame it, still though it looks the part 🙂

Augie
thanks coppa, will see how it goes.. thank god i got spare decals.. if this goes wrong. I can get the ARC one

Choppa Nutta
I do enjoy your mis spellings of my name 😄
yeah having spares is always good, options options options 🙂

Augie
Ha.. blame the dyslexia 😛

Choppa Nutta
haha, not when you can spell dyslexia correctly 😉
still though, whatever the cause it is amusing 😄
and anyhow every person I know who has dyslexia seems to be very talented and by the judging of your models you are no exception 🙂

Augie
Thanks Due 🙂 this one isnt my best

Choppa Nutta
but it is not yet finished, there is still time 😄

Augie
Well a hard nights decaling... she is getting there.

Choppa Nutta
once the weathering goes down it will look sweet 🙂
I've always liked the F5

Augie
thanks Choppa 🙂 Its not too bad really.. will just have to see how it goes

Steve Wilson
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Tahw uoy owt gniklat tuoba...

Augie
Lol we're talking about the kit.... slight paint concerns

Choppa Nutta
Lol Evets, na troffe ot etirw ni hcus na detareggaxe cixelsyd noihsaf, Ovarb ! Ovarb ! yrev gnisuma 😄

to be fair though, in the latest photo that blue doesn't look too saturated at all, a grey/brown sludge wash will see the colours settled nicely, and once again very smooth brush painting, what paints do you use Augie ?

Augie
lol Christ guys backwards is hard to read for me... behave lol..

Choppa, I use mainly humbrol enamels.. tho the grey on this one is from an old can of Airfix M2

the Missiles were under coated with Humbrol 28 then which was revell Aqua colour white and the blue is game workshop enchanted blue..

So I use what I think fits best..generally

Choppa Nutta
yrros 😄

yeah I like to work with what feels about right too, I've heard that Revell Aqua is nice to work with

Steve Wilson
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Augie
lol aqua colours I find need watering down quite a bit.. but they ok

John Thomas
Very nice work

Augie
thanks John 🙂

Clifford Keesler
Looking very good Augie. I was going to do my F-5 in that color scheme, guess you beat me to it.

Augie
Lol thanks Cliff, If I hadn't of sat in this one then well I might of picked another.

Choppa Nutta
always room for one more Clifford 🙂

Clifford Keesler
I will do mine in that scheme,as the decal sheet I have for it is for that scheme.

Augie
yours'll look better 🙂

Clifford Keesler
Yours will turn out nice, I know it will. Thanks for the vote of confidence.

Augie
Update time 🙂

So after some wethering and decals.. I am now about to start on the seat.. once thats done, fix the cockpit.. and We're done..

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!

Glenn
Looks great Augie, The finish looks airbrushed from the photos! 🙂

Choppa Nutta
I have too agree with Glenn on this one 🙂
although the weathering is a touch too subtle for my tastes, especially on the back end.
But perhaps I aint the best person in this regard as my last model looks like I've dug out the flower bed 😄

Augie
Thanks Guys 🙂

Glenn, its all brush painted 🙂

Choppa, they were reasonably well kept so weathering is minimal on them.. Using a black colouring pencil for the panel lines.. works nicly on raised lines.

Choppa Nutta
ah neat trick !! I like that one 🙂
I was thinking more the exhausts really as they look super shiny but like you say they were well looked after 🙂

Clifford Keesler
Nice.

Holger Kranich
Oh yeah yummie work, Augie!!! Makes the resin it so heavy that you need a metal undercarriage?

Augie
Thanks Guys 🙂

Lol Holly, its not that heavy the metal looked like it was going to give more detail... tho the F-5 one is not one of SAC's best.

Wim van der Luijt
Nice build! brushpainted beauty

Augie
Thanks Wim 🙂

Steve Wilson
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Augie's magic paint brush, attacks her magic paint box and casts its magic spell on...
Augie's magic build...😄

Augie
Lol thanks steve... I just pretend its makeup I'm putting on 😉