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Portuguese Grumman F9F-8 Cougar in Angola

Started by Luis Almeida, March 12, 2011, 03:42:09 PM

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Luis Almeida

March 12, 2011, 03:42:09 PM
Hi guys!

Didn't start the built, maybe tomorrow i will have time to work on it.

I do not know if this qualifies for the GB, but i hope it does.

This is supposed to be a Portuguese F9 based in Angola during the colonial war.

Here is the profile:



Comments, please

:cheers:

The Rat

#1
March 12, 2011, 04:59:38 PM
YEAH! :thumbsup: :cheers:
"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." Hedley Lamarr, Blazing Saddles

Life is too short to worry about perfection

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Gondor

#2
March 12, 2011, 11:41:01 PM
Nice

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

Taiidantomcat

#4
March 13, 2011, 11:13:28 AM
Looks great, fits the GB perfectly  :thumbsup:
"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." -Jules de Gaultier

"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

An armor guy, who builds airplanes almost exclusively, that he converts to space fighters-- all while admiring ship models.

Daryl J.

#5
March 13, 2011, 11:14:36 PM
Bring it on!    :thumbsup:

Luis Almeida

#6
March 14, 2011, 08:25:03 AM
Thanks for the comments  ;D

The photos from the model:





more photos probably today.

Luis Almeida

#7
March 14, 2011, 04:24:20 PM
the first photo:



already started to paint the cockpit, but camera battery died  :banghead:

more pics tomorrow.

Anyone up to the challenge to make a profile for a Portuguese Camberra B(1)8 in Mozambique in the 60's.

:cheers:

Taiidantomcat

#8
March 14, 2011, 04:49:27 PM
Off to a good start  I see  :thumbsup:
"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." -Jules de Gaultier

"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

An armor guy, who builds airplanes almost exclusively, that he converts to space fighters-- all while admiring ship models.

Taiidantomcat

#11
March 21, 2011, 06:33:15 AM
Looks almost ready to fly off the bench (in a good way  :thumbsup:)
"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." -Jules de Gaultier

"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

An armor guy, who builds airplanes almost exclusively, that he converts to space fighters-- all while admiring ship models.

Captain Canada

#12
March 21, 2011, 10:12:00 AM
Beauty ! She's gonna look gorgeous in those colours....

:wub:
CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

Long Live the Commonwealth !!!
Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

Luis Almeida

#13
June 16, 2011, 02:18:31 PM
hi!

i was supposed to show the model finished yesterday, but it was not dry, so here it is:





I had many problems to finish this model. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
For the first time i used Humbrol acrylic paint, and made the mistake of diluting the paint with alcohol, after airbrushing it it looks like sand-paint
had to retouch by hand in many places, since the airbrush refused to work until the end.
Decals wrinkled because of the acrylic mate varnish, and the paint is turning white in some places. :banghead: :banghead:

I have to start to work in it again when i have the time for it.

GTX

#14
June 17, 2011, 02:16:23 PM
Very nice work :thumbsup:
All hail the God of Frustration!!!
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