SCM Aggressor Group Build Fall 2019

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October 12, 2019
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As you can see the fit not the strongest part of this kit 😉
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Last look before I close the cockpit
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October 15, 2019
I had to add some lines as the underside was almost completely smooth
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November 18, 2019
Losing the count... 8th time am I doing this? 10th?
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November 22, 2019
As one of the original landing gear supoort parts became an offering to the carpet monster I had to scratchbuild it
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November 22, 2019
Nose and exhausts painted, landing gear attached. And yes, I did it again! (broke missile rails)
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November 27, 2019
I had to cut them in two pieces to avoid rippling.
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November 27, 2019
As you see yellow on the Heller decals is way off the register, so I decided to try the Techmod numbers instead.
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November 27, 2019
But they turned out not to be very user friendly 🙁
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November 27, 2019
Macro is merciless 🙁
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Reinforcement have arrived (kudos to Mr.Decal!)
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Testing the AOA decals
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The last stretch
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Łukasz Gliński
I have to take a short break - I keep on breaking the damn missile rails all the time. My advice: mount the Sidewinders asap as possible. The ones in the kit were damaged, I'm going to use spare pair from the old Revell's F-16.
I also managed to lose one of the main landing gear support parts. Will come back to it in a couple of days.
And you can see I still manage to get a bit of orange peel even using lacquer paints...

18 November 2019, 20:39

Łukasz Gliński
Started experimenting with the Techmod yellow and black digits to avoid using original decal, where yellow is off register. But I failed miserably as the digits broke into pieces very quickly. Will have to correct the yellow part using a brush.

27 November 2019, 20:37

Augie
I hate to say this Łukasz, but I think you might have a wrong colour in there. The medium blue is actually a grey

27 November 2019, 20:43

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks for your feedback, but it's too late I'm afraid. So I will keep on saying that it's based on this reference: cybermodeler.com/air../f-5e_scheme16.shtml 😉
The Kfir (coming next) will be more greyish for sure.

27 November 2019, 20:51

Augie
Ahh I see where its come from, not 100% sure what scheme that reference is supposed to represent, but its not "Grape" that 35 wore.

27 November 2019, 20:55

Łukasz Gliński
Hmm, "Grape" you say? 🙂
My sources provide the same colouring: cybermodeler.com/air../f-5e_scheme05.shtml

27 November 2019, 20:58

Augie
Well its wrong lol, this one is closest.

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27 November 2019, 21:02

Łukasz Gliński
Hang on, but the FS numbers are exactly the same 🙂
FS35414 (HTK-C150),
FS35109 (HTK-C156),
FS35164 (HTK-C027)
& FS35622 (HTK-C092)

27 November 2019, 21:09

Augie
35164 equates to humbrol 125 which is fairly close to how ScM represents the FS number
Not sure what went on but even on the hakata site the swatch is about right for what I have in my hand (humbrol 125) so unless there is something odd going on with lighting Its not a 3 tone blue scheme. Dunno what else to say

27 November 2019, 21:15

Łukasz Gliński
Well, I just assume the (in)famous Intermediate Blue is blue-gray and that's fair enough for me. Of course different manufacturers have slightly different shades, but I can live with it. I'll try to take pics of the finished build in the sunlight (fingers crossed there will be any) and we will see what the real shade is 🙂

27 November 2019, 21:23

Augie
Cool look forward to it. 🙂

27 November 2019, 21:26

Chris Greathouse
I'm blue da ba dee da ba daa, love the scheme! Sorry the decals went to crap on you, watching 🙂

27 November 2019, 21:28

Łukasz Gliński
@Augie: Added a pic taken during a partially sunny day, the Intermediate Blue looks different at every angle I have to admit😉
@Chris: The colours are what I like the most about this build. Tried to add the yellow band with a brush and failed. I'll have to order custom decals.
Or maybe someone has a spare couple of these numbers in 1/72 ???

1 December 2019, 20:48

Maciej Bellos
Let me check! I might have the original Heller decals.

1 December 2019, 20:53

Łukasz Gliński
Oh, that would be awesome! 🙂

1 December 2019, 21:19

Augie
Indeed, the light can change em drastically 🙂

1 December 2019, 21:29

Thomas Kolb
Have you tried printing your own decals? It is actually not as tricky as you may think. You can buy white or transparent decal paper and you should be good with any decent inkjet printer. You need of course spray the printouts with liquid decal film first, or the printing will melt, but afterwards they behave just like any other kit decal. Decal solutions, such as Mr Setter or Mr Softer work too. I used them in some of my previous builds, and even though they are not exactly Cartograph territory, I cannot really see much difference from regular Italeri kind of kit decals.

1 December 2019, 22:35

Łukasz Gliński
It sounds perfectly fine, but I miss a prerequisite - the printer 🙂
I'm considering ordering custom ones as a part of bigger order that's currently in progress. Let's see whether Maciej can find the decals 🙂

2 December 2019, 08:42

Łukasz Gliński
Completed today, enjoy. I managed to get it exactly as I wanted, but I won't recommend Heller's sprues to anyone 🙂
Took pics in different light today, so you can see the difference 🙂

24 March 2020, 17:28

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks, I love these colours too 🙂

24 March 2020, 18:17

Maciej Bellos
Pic #35 is my favourite! A crude kit in a master's hands can become a jewel. Great result Łukasz!

24 March 2020, 19:13

Daniel
beautiful jet, beautiful photos 👍

24 March 2020, 19:26

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks, nice to see not only me liking it😉

24 March 2020, 19:51

Thomas Kolb
Wow, that paintjob turned out really nice! And the hangar backdrop in the afternoon sun is still as lovely as ever before.

24 March 2020, 21:09

Clifford Keesler
Very nice job, well done.

25 March 2020, 01:17

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you Gentlemen 🙂

25 March 2020, 08:03

Konrad -
Very well done Lukasz 👍 👍 👍!

25 March 2020, 08:43

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks Konrad

25 March 2020, 11:13

Sergej I
Nice finish, Lukasz. I'd recommend a HobbyBoss for 4,75 Euro, far better details, just somehow huuge panel lines.

25 March 2020, 13:56

Laurent VILLANUEVA "HELLER-forever"
good job !!!

25 March 2020, 14:06

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you guys 🙂
@Sergej: For sure the next Tiger (if ever) will be either HB (ah that damn too short windscreen!) or Italeri. At least when it comes to E version. But the Heller's boxarts have too much sex-appeal and I just had to build this one 🙂
@Laurent: I knew you're gonna like it 🙂

25 March 2020, 14:27

Cuajete
Much better now, Łukasz. Very nice colors. Congrats!

10 April 2020, 18:17

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks, I love them too. 🙂

10 April 2020, 20:52

Andy Ball
Aggressor ready to be passive? Great result Ł!

12 April 2020, 17:51

Łukasz Gliński
It tried couple of times, but I forced it to submission to share it with y'all 🙂

12 April 2020, 20:09

Laurent VILLANUEVA "HELLER-forever"
great

13 April 2020, 16:22

Łukasz Gliński
Merci once more Laurent 🙂