F-29C USAF - FINISHED!

bearmatt · December 30, 2011, 09:59:49 AM

Thanks for the comments.

@ Dragon

Platypus! That would be also a nice name and even better exercise to turn the F-29 in a double seater type Su-34 or Hunter / EE Lightning

@ Phil & Upnorth

I tried first with South Carolina ANG....
But the vertical stab of the F-29 is very often too small for F-16 decals...

But the Montana could fit and the (grey) scheme would look perfect on it

bearmatt · December 30, 2011, 10:14:27 AM

Landing Gear. No modifications here

bearmatt · December 30, 2011, 10:31:49 AM

Rescribing took most of time. Lots of dymo tape and a scribing template. I use dentist tools for scribing. It works very well.
I also had to drill the holes for the 20mm gun ports.
The guns will be made of injection needles.
The most challenging is to keep everything symmetrical...

bearmatt · December 30, 2011, 10:49:18 AM

There was not too much sanding.
Hasegawa quality and no bigger mods on this project helped (not as on sharkit's McDonnell Model 60...)
The most problematic parts on this kit are the air inlets

bearmatt · December 30, 2011, 11:01:21 AM

Armament should be something like this

2x AIM-9L
2x AMRAAM

Don't know yet, if I'll mount the AMRAAM's at the wing tips. Looks a little bit weird, but F-16s have it also like this. And they would not "interfere" with the canards...

Slerski · December 30, 2011, 12:02:14 PM

Maybe you can put the Slammers under the fuselage ? Something like the Aphid under the MiG-23

bearmatt · December 30, 2011, 03:22:12 PM

I tried different spots, but this F-29 has not really much space...
The AMRAAMS could be located between fuselage and wings, like on the Hornet, tho way more to the aft.
Under the air inlet there's also little space and on the centerline neither, because of the gear doors...
Best would be some double launcher on a wing station...

Or like the Sepecat Jaguar, on the top of the wings....

bearmatt · December 30, 2011, 03:26:22 PM

Did I mention that it was a Block 60?....

bearmatt · December 31, 2011, 05:22:28 AM

Preshading

bearmatt · December 31, 2011, 05:26:51 AM

Let's give some color

bearmatt · December 31, 2011, 05:42:20 AM

I used first time xtracolor acryls....
And I'm not convinced of it, at all.
Not very airbrushfriendly (stuck needle all the time), tho I tried different thinners and pressures....
And they don't adhere very well. With this I had all along problems...
In order to continue work, you have to wait at least 12hrs. With Model Master Acryls you can work on after 30mins....
Recently I tried to skip the base coating in order to keep the paint job as thin as possible, but maybe I should reconsider this, when I'm not using MM Acryls....

bearmatt · December 31, 2011, 06:09:21 AM

The radar warners where made of basic plastic rods. Glued and sawed them and then sanded.

bearmatt · December 31, 2011, 06:18:52 AM

Standard FS colors where used.
FS36375
FS36320
FS36270
FS36118

bearmatt · December 31, 2011, 07:56:06 AM

I tried again some decal versions, but I find them either too colorful and / or too big for this tail...
Still have some time to think of which one it will be.
Could also imagine a "WP" or " HL"....

bearmatt · December 31, 2011, 07:59:29 AM

Other F-29 projects under construction....