F9F-4 Panther

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lLiquid decal film just in case the old decals is to brittle.
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Disaster! The Humbrol Clear have cracked for me.
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Two more coats with Humbrol Clear n' it looks better.
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Decaling in progress
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The decals was really bad n' I had to remove the glue from 'em as it had reacted with the backing paper into a goie mess.
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The Sol didn't help at all.
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The decals is bad indeed
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All of 'em is this bad.
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Disaster! The Humbrol Clear didn't like to be put on top of the decals n' ran from the decals. n' I did of course find it out by puttin' a finger in a puddle.
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On both wings
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Sanding
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Masking
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More paint
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Not happy so more maskin'
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Yet more paint.
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More maskin' as the paint bled through n' on the same time I tried to fix the broken point on the star.
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Some white.
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Not good but better.
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Not satisfied with the shine so I took it down a bit with Tamiya X-35.
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Comments

7 October 2013, 18:28

Andreas Lundqvist
👍

7 October 2013, 18:38

vincent coyne
this looks old

7 October 2013, 23:41

John Thomas
Nice work on a older kit

8 October 2013, 00:16

Urban Gardini
Thanks mates!

8 October 2013, 04:45

Ricardo Gonzalez Ramos
I love this old kits. Takes me back to passed times🙂

8 October 2013, 05:29

Holger Kranich
Thats pure nostalgia! 1980!🙂

You use white glue for the clear parts?

8 October 2013, 07:32

Urban Gardini
What's not to love 'bout Matchbox?

Holger, I use Microscale's Micro Kristal Klear.

8 October 2013, 14:32

Urban Gardini
This is also my first atempt on rescribing n' there's a lot of errors. The kit is in a way more or less a test bed.

8 October 2013, 15:00

Holger Kranich
But ya love Matchbox!😢

9 October 2013, 06:28

Urban Gardini
Oh yeah!

9 October 2013, 15:15

Urban Gardini
21 more photos added.

30 December 2013, 16:37

Augie
outstanding Urban 🙂

30 December 2013, 16:45

Urban Gardini
Thanks mate, some problems from time to time.

30 December 2013, 16:47

John Bollig
Love the old matchbox kits

30 December 2013, 18:36

Urban Gardini
I like 'em as well even if they're not that detailed but perfect for Mojo recharging!

30 December 2013, 18:43

Bill Gilman
Yikes! Humbrol Clear varnish - is that similar to Future (Kleer)? Or is it an enamel or lacquer? Cracking usually occurs when the base coat of paint is not yet fully cured. When you spray over the top with something that dries quickly, the bottom coat may expand or contract while it continues to cure, and the top coat cracks as a result. I find this happens more often with acrylics for some reason, Future included. How long between spraying the Gunze blue and the Humbrol Clear? Looks like you recovered well, but what a pain, eh?

30 December 2013, 20:56

Urban Gardini
I don't remember but I think it was at least a week between the Gunze n' the Clear.

30 December 2013, 21:02

Urban Gardini
Completed!

30 December 2013, 21:14

Gerald
👍

30 December 2013, 21:52

John Bollig
Revell of Germany has released the Matchbox kit several times and it is widely available

8 May 2014, 14:59

Urban Gardini
Most of the classic Matchbox kits is rereleased by Revell of Germany so I'm not surprised. It's a good n' simple kit to build if you wan't a recreational build.

8 May 2014, 16:18

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Nostalgia build

F9F-4 Panther

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