F-29C USAF - FINISHED!

[bearmatt]

Everything went quite smooth till... 
I was masking for the black cockpit glare...

WTF?!?....

[bearmatt]

It took me quite a while to fix this mishap...
But finally I got to the point of weathering the "Bat"

[bearmatt]

Tho I've painted the original exhaust already, I'll probably replace it with the F-404 from Aires
Looks just better.
Need to cut the heatshield petals from the original and add it to the Resin part

[bearmatt]

That's how far this build is...
Keeping it "safe" for next year 



Happy new year to all whiffers! 

Bearmatt

[bearmatt]

Finally I sticked to this version

[Sticky Fingers]

The paint- and weatheringjob looks very good, and with the decals added it really starts to look convincing.
How did combining the resin and plastic exhaust-bits turn out?

[Slerski]

I like the general look of this plane, look so real 

[jsport]

scary goodness

[bearmatt]

Thanks for the words!

It's moving slowly (but steady) to completion....
Maybe it will be done by this weekend

@ Sticky Fingers:




Worked well. Not too much fuzz. The cutting part was a little bit tricky. I screwed up one original hasegawa nozzle unfortunately. But as my stash is not small...  I found some spare one
Other than that, the resin afterburner liner had to be turned to a smaller (outer) diameter, in order to fit into the white part (heatshield petals).

Still don't know if I'm going to use this exhaust, because I would have to drill a 1" hole in my F-29 rears.... And I'm afraid of hearing that "craaack" of both fuselage sides....
This would be a master disaster at this point! 

[pyro-manic]

Careful filing as opposed to drilling would be the way to go I think. Might take a while, but much safer. Looks really good (I never thought I'd say that about something in that GREY colour scheme)!

[LemonJello]

I like the forward swept wing concept, and you've done a great job with this one. Will you leave it "clean" or will it have an assortment of missiles hanging underneath it when you're done?

[bearmatt]

Ok... Now it's done and everything worked out well, tho it took me quite a while to get there.




I started with drilling up to approx 1/4" and then carried on with filing....
@ pyro-manic, thanks for the hint. Didn't think of using this option, but it worked well and was probably the only way to do it.

@ lemon jello. Yes, I intend to add a pair of sidewinders and a pair of amraam's.

[bearmatt]

Almost done....
But details, details, details

[NARSES2]

I'd struggle to get the pylon in the crocodile clip, let alone paint the detail on it 

[bearmatt]

Sneak Preview... 
and the crocodile clips are painted