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Offline Koski

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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #15 on: April 01, 2012, 03:21:46 PM »
Quote from: Shane on April 01, 2012, 01:04:39 PM
Nice job.  hard to tell, but did you give the decals a coat of anything to help them set after applying them? And again hard to tell, did you give it an overall flat finish coat?

Nice work.

Hi Shane, I used Micro-Sol and Micro-Set for decals, which did the job pretty well making the decals set on the surface. I'll try and upload some closeup shots of the decals. The model also received an overall flat acrylic coat :)
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Offline Shane

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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #16 on: April 01, 2012, 03:25:50 PM »
Quote from: Koski on April 01, 2012, 03:21:46 PM
Hi Shane, I used Micro-Sol and Micro-Set for decals, which did the job pretty well making the decals set on the surface. I'll try and upload some closeup shots of the decals. The model also received an overall flat acrylic coat :)

like i said hard to tell on my monitor (it's somewhat on the dark side) - at least you're making them, lol. i'm sure there are quite a few of us with boxes and boxes of unbuilt kits laying around.

which kit?

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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #17 on: April 01, 2012, 03:37:39 PM »
I don't even like P38s, but that one is beautifull. :O
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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #18 on: April 01, 2012, 03:42:23 PM »
Quote from: Midway on April 01, 2012, 03:37:39 PM
I don't even like P38s, but that one is beautifull. :O

38`s own spitfires :P
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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #19 on: April 01, 2012, 03:53:19 PM »
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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #20 on: April 01, 2012, 05:08:58 PM »
I like!  :aok
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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #21 on: April 01, 2012, 05:12:08 PM »
Me too , very cool . Can you tell me where I can buy a ket ?
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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #22 on: April 01, 2012, 05:17:56 PM »
funny I saw this thread and wasn't gonna look, the only thing I love about 38's is killin them :D


but DAMN that is awesome...great job man :aok
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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #23 on: April 01, 2012, 05:22:04 PM »
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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #24 on: April 01, 2012, 05:26:54 PM »
Thanks for all the nice comments fellas, im pretty happy with the result, even though there are much better modelers even on this site :)

Shane, it is the Hasegawa 1:48 kit, this is the "Beautiful Lass" boxing containing decals also for "Screamin' Kid and "Texas Ranger", which was the only choice for me since I wanted to make an E.T.O P-38.

The kit is nicely detailed and I'd say the best one in 1:48 scale, even though there are some pitfalls, mainly the boom/wing joints which take a lot of putty and rescribing, wheel wells are abit troublesome and also one has to be aware of the usual warpage/boom alignment issues familiar with all the 38 kits..
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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #25 on: April 01, 2012, 05:28:58 PM »
Nice work on that 38H Koski :)

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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #26 on: April 01, 2012, 07:27:57 PM »
Very Very nice work Koski  :aok  :aok

I have the Academy 38J laying around here somewhere.....one of these days.... :D
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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #27 on: April 01, 2012, 07:30:36 PM »
wow excellent job, I wish I could model that clean - mine comes out like a level 1 noob.
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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #28 on: April 01, 2012, 08:54:43 PM »
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Re: For all you P-38 lovers...
« Reply #29 on: April 02, 2012, 09:50:10 AM »
Nice job !

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