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Palo M (Muro)
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F-86 egg

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Primed, after reacribing panel lines and adding rivets. 
 

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Airframe Aluminium from Alclad was all sanded away - the surface was matte and didn't have the shine it needs. 
 

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Now with a much better shine 
 

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Decal solution disaster. Applied Mr Mark soft and Mr Mark setter - it dissolves the aluminium and creates black streaks all over the plane. Thus, repainted where I could, but some decals are partially over painted. Applied gloss varnish to protect it from next round of decals, but that damaged the surface too. No idea what to do, will finish this piece as well as I can, but Aircraft Aluminium is very finicky and will not use it much in the future. 
 

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I give up on decals 
 

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This didn't work out the way I wanted ... 
 

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The texture is interesting, but really, this piece served just as a lesson that Alclad Airframe Aluminium should be avoided. 
 

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Not quite what was imagined - all Alclad Airframe Aluminium went off again as I wiped off a bit of weathering (oils). It does create an interesting surface that I wouldnt know how to create on purpose  
 

Comments

14 11 July 2021, 10:41
Erik De Smet
You could use any spare decal sheet you have in your stash and your imagination to finish your egg. Have a look at my alphaj-egg album
11 July 2021, 11:03
Palo M
Thanks! Your F-16 looks great and I found out from your list that there exists a F-104 egg, will need to obtain one 🙂
11 July 2021, 12:03
Palo M
"painted" the whole plane with the decal solution, as it has big splotches of different glossiness. Will repaint one last time all over with airframe aluminium and that's how it's going to look. I might go once more over leftover decals to find something to give it a bit of color, but I think it won't be too successful.
11 July 2021, 13:59
Palo M
I'm calling this one done, because after twice repainting it completely due to the paint reacting with anything that touched the model, it did it at the very end again, when wiping off weathering oils. I will never again use that paint.
11 July 2021, 18:36
Erik De Smet
There are actually two different makes of F104 egg planes : Mine are from Freedom Model Kits, but there is also a kit from AFV Club. Both have two versions (single seater and twoseater ) in one box.
11 July 2021, 18:45
Palo M
Thank you, Erik!
11 July 2021, 18:51
John
The "high shine" Alclad shades are extremely delicate. I don't know if letting them dry longer would help but I'll only use them for parts that I know won't be weathered or exposed to any kind of solvent no matter how mild. I had achieved the Holy Grail of metal shades on some test plastic. It captured the shiny, yet dull look of the actual slightly weathered metal and the formula was one of the high shine shades over one of the "regular" Alclad shades. It looked almost perfect, then I masked it with Tamiya tape and it literally came right off. Back to the drawing board.
4 November 2022, 17:01
Palo M
Thanks John. This one was sooo frustrating. I'll experiment with other brands, because this one was useless. Still love some other Alclad paints.
4 November 2022, 17:03
John
Sure, I think the high shine Alclad shades are simply not useful at all. They look great but are so delicate they may as well not exist.
4 November 2022, 17:28

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1:Egg
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1:Egg F-86 Sabre 'Taiwan Air Force' Egg Plane (Hasegawa 60515)

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