Subject: Re: F=18e
From: "Steve Bamford" <[email-masked]>
To: "Yusof" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 19:04:35 -0800

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Yusof 
  To: Steve Bamford 
  Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 5:54 AM
  Subject: Re: F=18e

  Hi Steve Bamford

  well thanks,it would be my first artical in ARC as im still a novice in modeling...here's more
  picx for the hornet which i think was missed out....i'll try do some explanation on this project... 
   
  I've something that might me an interests to modelers.....modifing my badger airbrush
  be a gravity feed....as u can see im not to good at writing an artical so i'll just leave to u to 
  do the modification of my artical...
   
  the flaps and slats were drop by cutting it away fr the wing,painting was done using my modified AB,using testor paints.....model was given a coat of future b4 decaling,it's given a
  light oil wash after future's dry and after after decaling....then i preshade it pannels lines wit heavily thin Gunze acrylic (H342 oil)...slowly airbrushing till the shade built up,model was
  dull coated with testors....thats all i can say about this project......i'll be back with better
  models next time.................thanks ARC

   
   
  pic 21

   
  pic22

  pic 23

   
  below....the custom made decal.it was printed using my canon inject printer using supercal decal papers...its betty boop sitting on a gbu bomb

  pic24

   

   
   
  Well i did the weathering using my modified badger 155 anthem AB,i converted it to a gravity feed,as originally it was siphon feed,the problem i face with the bottom feed is that 
  i can't use small amount of paint to AB parts that need not much paint to cover,say like doing weathering,havin access to a toolroom i machine the AB,it's easy to machine it considering the AB was made of brass&only a hole to drill ...i did some research b4 modifying the AB,the air passage fr the triger to the nozzel was to be ID first to avoided ruining the ab if it was machine the wrong side,im a right handed,the hole which could be machine to suite the side feed cups were only on the left,the right has the air passage and should not be touch and i need lots of guts too considering that i might damage my AB.....lucky me it works great,better thant b4.....now i can AB using only a few drops of paint....KIDS DONT TRY THIS,IT MAY NOT WORK WITH YUR AB :)
   
  Aztek sidefeed cups & Siphon bottles were use fr my beyond reconigition A4709 AB Set 
   
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    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Steve Bamford 
    To: Yusof 
    Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:52 PM
    Subject: Re: F=18e

    Beautiful Yusof!!!  How did you do the shading on the panel lines and how did you do the weathering?  It's very well done and people will want to know how you did it.  Thanks.  I'll ahve it on ARC in about 3 weeks.

    Steve Bamford
    Aircraft Resource Center
    http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Yusof 
      To: [email-masked] 
      Cc: [email-masked] 
      Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 4:03 AM
      Subject: F=18e

      Hi ARC,i would like to subit picx of my 48thscale italeri F-18e.

      i built it out of box,with the flaps down

      Yusof