North American AF-82/A-11 --- Finished (now with pics)

[Captain Canada]

Looking fab ! The green on the spinners for sure looks the part. The name sounds good as well. When we were kids, we went to a bar in montreal, fashioned out ofan old rink, called Super Neuf. 15 bucks to get in, then 99 cent draft and well drinks all night !

[kitnut617]

Not forgotten this -- 

Painting is almost all done, just working on some finer points. I've got five F-82 kits (I thought I had six, but if I do have a sixth one, I can't find it) and all but two (the Monogram kits), have got different decal sheets. Only the Revell kit has a comprehensive sheet which has stencils etc  on it. So I made a copy of it because the decals I took from the Italeri B-26K kit for a scheme like the one I'm doing, are very minimal, a couple of fin markings and a bit of nose art. The stencils will make it look a little busier.  The schemes for the B-26K don't have any national insignia markings either, so mine won't either.

Next photos will be when I've finish it ---

[Captain Canada]

Sweet ! We should have a GB here where we finish our oldest half start 

[rickshaw]

It reminds me of the Twin-Turbo-Enforcer I built a long time ago:

[PR19_Kit]

I DO like that Brian, the longer nose suits the -82 very well. 

[kitnut617]

Sweet ! We should have a GB here where we finish our oldest half start 

Well this is going quite quickly considering my history doing GB's     and I've still got a month and a half to finish it   

[kitnut617]

Always liked that one Brian. Ever since I built my Rolls Royce Mustangs and researched the matter (Mk.X and the PVF's) I've had the thought that the F-82 was ripe to have an engine upgrade, the size of it really helps with that line of thinking and 'bigger & better' engines seems to suit it well.

[rickshaw]

The longer nose does suit it well.  It makes it look a great longer and leaner and hungrier...   

[kitnut617]

Changed my mind, here's some updated photos after the painting got done.

Top colours are Humbrol 116,117 & 118





Bottom colour is Humbrol 85



I used ModelMaster Classic White for the u/c and wheel bays, Burnt Metal for the exhaust shrouds, Gun Metal for the gun barrels.

[TheChronicOne]

Love the scallop transition. Paint job is glorious!

[jalles]

Dang that thing is beautiful, well in a brutal kind of way The paint job is awesome 

[JayBee]

Looking realy sweet, it just needs a couple of Sharkmouths ! 

[kitnut617]

Thanks Brad, Jason, Jim ---

hmm, sharkmouths --- I'll have to think on that, but IIRC, I don't have any kit with a sharkmouth to swipe a decal from, let alone two ----

At the moment, these decals are what I'm going to use, they come from the Italeri B-26K kit. The serial numbers just need to be rearranged from 64 to 46 and move a 4 and a 6 around in the other part. Then this will end up as a real F-82 serial number.

[Captain Canada]

Oh for sure that looks great Robert !

[kitnut617]

Thanks Todd --