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Re: Minicraft 1/48 XF5F
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:01 pm
by jeaton01
Thanks, Lyle and Stuart. Somewhat the same report as on the XP-72, fixing stuff I don't want to show, including filling the gun ports in the nose. I used decanted Tamiya AS-12 silver and Hataka C066 Orange Yellow.
Re: Minicraft 1/48 XF5F
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:06 pm
by Stuart
Nice work John, that Yellow and Silver looks fab!
Re: Minicraft 1/48 XF5F
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:36 pm
by LyleW
That’s real purty!
Re: Minicraft 1/48 XF5F
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:13 pm
by BlackSheep214
That yellow is spot on!! Very similar shade as Aeromaster's Finland I.D. Yellow that I used on mine.
I'll have to remember that color should I run out of Finland I.D. Yellow.
Re: Minicraft 1/48 XF5F
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:15 pm
by Stikpusher
Beautiful indeed!
I like the look of the Tamiya AS-12. I’m gonna have to grab a can sometime and try John Kim’s decanting method.
(of course with my luck, I’ll probably end up looking like the tin woodsman from Wizard of Oz…)
Re: Minicraft 1/48 XF5F
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 10:43 pm
by jeaton01
Thanks, guys. Just to note, I edited the post above to change the yellow paint used. I have a lot of Gunze, but on this one it was Hataka C006 Orange Yellow, over Model Master Flat White.
Carlos, John Kim's method would not work for me, but I am left wondering that leaving the straw out of the equation might lessen the amount of entrained propellent. The only way I get the paint into a bottle is because the straw is trapped between the spray nozzle and the inside of the bottle.
Re: Minicraft 1/48 XF5F
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:18 am
by Medicman71
Man that looks awesome!
Re: Minicraft 1/48 XF5F
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 4:32 pm
by jeaton01
Re: Minicraft 1/48 XF5F
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 4:38 pm
by LyleW
John, that is a great piece of work! Man, that’s nice...
Re: Minicraft 1/48 XF5F
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:00 pm
by BlackSheep214