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"The response to my group build has been staggering." @dlee
Always great to have the 1:1 model near you, my friend @j-healy! Thanks for sharing these pics! Pretty amazing!
Impressive to have such an aircraft just beside the road, John @j-healy The best reference you can get.
I just did a little more research and realized those light gray tires in front of the plane are for the SR-71/A-12. The rubber is infused with aluminum and the tires feature holes to diffuse heat. The park has an A-12 on display.
Wow! An A-12, my friend @j-healy! That must look absolutely impressive!
The Panther is ready for silver paint. I’m going to give it a base coat of Tamiya lacquer, mask panels and panel lines then give it a coat of lighter AK Extreme enamel silver.
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Eagerly waiting for the silver painting, my friend @j-healy! Great preparation!
She looks good to receive a layer of silver paint, John @j-healy Looking forward to that.
Lookin really good in here! Great work so far. Looking forward to the paint work. So far it's sweet!
I painted the nose cone camouflage gray. It seems a good match for the unpainted fiberglass on the real thing. Tamiya tape for curves is your friend for areas like this. I also gave it a blast of rattle can Tamiya gloss aluminum to check seams and such.
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Nice gray shade, looks realistic, my friend @j-healy. An aluminium coat always reveals any surface imperfections.
Nicely done, John @j-healy The Tamiya tape definitely did the trick.
Two hours of masking for 7 minutes of painting! I’m pleased how this turned out. AK Extreme Metal enamel over Tamiya LP silver. Anti-glare panel, decals and final assembly next.
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Splendid job, my friend @j-healy!
Very nice paint result, John @j-healy Sometimes the ratio masking/painting is indeed skewed.
A little more progress today. I fashioned the view finder from the clear support strut included with the kit.
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