Scale-Master

Thanks Trevor! It's a fun project even if I'm not 100% sure what it's going to look like when finished. I thought the black insignia was too low-vis when I applied it, but after a couple days I decided it had to come off. Since I planned to use the gray markings on the tails I went with the same for the wing. Ironically, it's just the other side of the same coin of contrast.

I did the same to the leading edges of the tails…

Thanks Ray! I did a little freehand shading around the perimeter.

Tails are camo'd. Inboard. Outboard.

Thanks! I added some black edging around the perimeter and installed the intake covers.

And decal number two…

One decal applied…

I removed the decals and repainted the plane with Sky Grey and German Gray. I thought a bit of a skunk stripe down the center was appropriate…

Thanks Guys! After putting a couple decals on I realized the contrast between the grays wasn't as much as I hoped.

I drew up a camouflage pattern and printed it out on decal paper.

A second darker shade of Tamiya Ocean Gray was applied to the center section parts.

Testors 1/72 kit. I know my Dad had his hand in this designing the earlier larger scale kit (and a couple others like it), but I'm not sure to what degree on this one. I know he drew the Scale-Master decal artwork for both kits. Since it is fictional I decided it could be cool to do it camouflaged. Digital camo seemed like a good fit. I started with a base coat of Tamiya Neutral Gray. All the upper surfaces were shot with the same color. (The canopy frame is just tacked in with white glue.)

1/72 Monogram kit. Had some damage probably due to it being stored on the bottom of a pile of kits. Built out-of-the-box and even used the kit decals. Fun kit to build…

I originally put the wheels on the wrong nose gear & dolly parts, (I should have noticed earlier, but mostly working on it during late nights I missed it…). Even when I swapped them to the correct ones, the nose gear door was still longer than the wheels. So I trimmed the door so the tires would touch the ground.

Thanks guys!! Some of the 3D parts will be offered through Fraxional after the car is finished. The master cylinder assembly with J56 proportioning valve & bracket and cap w/gasket. Working cap clamps too… (overkill?). The bleeders and front line fitting will be added later.

Thanks guys! Next I dry buffed the black with a small amount of SNJ aluminum powder to soften the harshness of the black. This was followed up with a coat of Testors Metalizer Sealer to give a semi-gloss sheen and to seal it. Photos of the real plane range from nearly gloss black to multiple sheens and shades including some flat areas. As far as I'm concerned, this is fine for this project. The fuel tanks have been added too. The little canopy window had a crack in it that I didn't notice before so I used Krystal Kleer for it and the camera window in the belly.

The decals responded well to soaking them in solvent during application. They are a little out of registration and heavy on the clear, but on par with much of the rest of the kit.

The fuel tanks are two shades of silver. I used flat and gloss aluminum. It wasn’t worth the effort to create a polished "chrome" look for the shiny sections.

Like the rest of the kit, the landing gear is pretty simple. Painted with Tamiya acylics.

Thanks guys. It's just a fun side project. I wet-sanded the base black with 1000 and went with Tamiya TS-29 for the final paint.

Thanks Guys! I gave it a base coat of black, but it still needs more work before the final finish. The canopy section is temporarily held in place with white glue, and the window that will get a clear piece is "masked" by filling the hole with white glue.

It's not like the interior can be seen through the tiny window, but I just had to paint it.

1/72 Monogram kit. Kind of a rescue; the tail was broken off and the rear fuselage top was mashed and broken with many spider cracks where the tail was. And the tail was oddly fractured with similar cracks on one side too. (I didn't realize the damage until I looked at the instructions trying to figure out what part number the tail was…) Fixed…

Finished clutch slave cylinder, installed.

The cap for the clutch master was made with the other parts, it grew well and even cast nicely, but it didn't look right. So I milled a new one.