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Here is my
Hasegawa 15-C in 1/48 scale. This one has been reworked pretty extensively
through the use of Verlinden detail sets and many scratchbuilt components.
I was so paranoid about getting dark panel lines that the wash was almost non-existent! 99%
of the effect was just from the pastel chalks. What I did was to take an old
paintbrush and cut off the hairs so that I was left with a stubble of a brush. I first use a long hair brush to place the dust along the grooves
and then I scrub it in with the stubble brush. And they are recessed lines. I
never work with raised lines. If the kit comes with raised lines, one of
the first things I do is sand 'em all off and start scribing.
All
the probe covers are scratchbuilt as well as the F.O.D. covers in the intakes.
I cut out the avionics bay areas and inserted the Verlinden resin pieces,
which I then wired up. The afterburner pipes are the photoetched Verlinden
ones...very difficult (I thought) to put together! There's some scratchbuilt pieces in the cockpit along with the Verlinden
stuff. The Remove before flight tags were the printed Verlinden ones and
all the missile nose covers were scratchbuilt. The weapons came from the
Hasegawa weapons kit. Decals are Superscale and paint is Modelmaster enamels.
Weathering by a very light wash of artist's oils thinned in Turpenoid and some
pastel chalks.
Terry
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