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JimD wrote:Great job on this weirdo so far. Looks good.

Thanks Jim!

- Kari

nice work kari !
gino

gino b2 wrote:nice work kari !
gino

Thanks Gino!

- Kari

Slowly but surely the build goes forward..

But must say, not really an ejoyable kit.. The fit is not so good, the instructions are made more to an 1:144 kit than a 1:48 due to lack of details etc, gaps here, gaps there.. Will just try to finish this.

Canopy glued in place, though fit very bad, therefore some putty around the entire long piece of plastic is required.. I think it's even the putty that more or a less keeps the canopy in place, not the glue...


So, now this small lady is waiting for the paint booth..


- Kari

My hat goes off to you for your great patience Kari. Way to "take the bull by the horns" in tackling these problems!!!

It's a shame you aren't enjoying it because it looks great!

Thanks guys!

- Kari

Decided to use my Fouga as the test-rabbit for Vallejos new Metal colors.
Vallejo tells that they can be sprayed without priming, so I decided to do so also.
Used the Chrome paint (77707) as Fougas were very shiny and I thought Chrome should fit more than well.

Very easy to spray on, as easy as with AK:s similar products. Indeed, no smell, not at all!

A quick tape test did fail very dramatically. I did not even push tight the Tamiya tape on the surface and the result is seen below...


So no masking, at least without priming.. Though, not tested that yet...

Back to the Fouga...

As said, the paint went on well and it looks indeed pretty ok.
But the paint is really really fragile, not sure from where this scratch came from..


Now painted and waiting for some remaining details


such as the navigation lights...



And of course decals... which I don't have a this moment..

There is an AM decal set for Finnish Fougas in scale 1:48, but the price is too much, especially for a kit I am not that satisfied of...
So, will see what I will do..

- Kari