Fernando N's Trumpeter 1/48 RA-5C Vigilante

[yak face]

Looking great fernando, its a beautiful shaped beast. Ive just realised - put twin tails on it and youve got a MiG 25 ! Cheers tony

[Fernando N]

Evening all,

Thanks Tony:thumb2:, think I heard that before in a Wings of Russia episode about interceptors.
Remember the commentator dismissing the whole thing as coincidence, yeah right…:smiling5:

Been too long since I’ve posted some progress on this big one, sat in the corner of the bench for some time too as the mojo was otherwise occupied:upside:.

One more pic of the underside after the last coat:

Finished the light gull grey in a series of thin coats, slowly building up the coverage to get the pre-shade at the wanted level:



(It shows better in real :smiling2

After two coats of gloss, the decals were put on.
Even though they are thin and conform with a little help to the surfaces, the insignia and the intake warning markings are out of register, with a bit of white showing on the lower parts.
Carefully removed that and some touch-ups were required for the tail bits, but all in all a lot more colourful than the box versions:

Added some bling to the landing-gears, the chrome parts were done with a chrome pen:

First proper usage since I bought it and very happy of the result:smiling4:.
Almost finished with the weathering, will show that in the next update.

Thanks for looking in.
Fernando

[Steven000]

That's looking awesome Fernando! :thumb2:
Steven

[scottie3158]

Hi Fernando,
Apologies mate I have just caught up with this. You are making a cracking job of this

[boatman]

Wow, some neat work there Fernando, that landing gear brass pipe work looks great .

WOW Fernando what J/R said
chris

[yak face]

Looking superb now Fernando , loving the colourful decals too . Fantastic additions to the undercarriage legs , cheers tony

[rtfoe]

Fernando, I can see the pre-shade...nice and subtle and at the right scale effect. :thumb2: The high-vis markings of the era were one of the nicest for decalling.

Cheers,
Richard

[minitnkr]

Super details. Great finishes. Top marks Fernando. PaulE

[flyjoe180]

Looks great Fernando

[Fernando N]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the kind comments guys, much appreciated:thumb2::thumb2:.

Having a bit of a lull in the mojo trying to finish this one, going step by step the past weeks it finally has met the finish line:smiling:.
After the decals settled in, a medium grey wash for the top and a light grey one for the bottom and lighter bits was applied to bring out the panel lines and screws.
This when I found out the biggest gear doors didn’t match up at all with the rest of the bottom so some repainting and they look sort of the same now…

A coat of Satin was applied to seal it all in and give a final sheen to the whole plane.
Next came the scary moment on each build, removing the masking, only minor touch-ups were required.
Guestimated the hinge angle of the canopies and made up a way to mount them, just CA for the front one and some extra rods in black for the rear one.
The nav lights got their colours and I called it done:


To be honest not a kit for the feint hearted, the size and many moulding defects are a handful in achieving a decent result.
Still great to have this one’s sleek shape on the shelves too:smiling4:.

Thanks to Ron for starting the GB and giving me the push to build it otherwise it’ll be still sitting in the stash:thumb2:.
Thanks to all for the support during the build and more pics will be in the completed section:thumb2:.

Fernando

[Jim R]

Hi Fernando
Late to the party - sorry. What can I say apart from WOW!! Looks a nice kit and some great extras. That cockpit looks stunning. The under carriage looks stunning. The paint job looks stunning. The decals look stunning. You'll have gathered I'm impressed :tongue-out3:
Jim

[scottie3158]

Fernando,
That is a great result.