nostromorolls Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 With all the painting I have been doing of late - and the fact that this Tomcat Model was dropped into my life complete, however No Decals. My Passion for Macross - and Roy Fokker's VF-1S I wondered what the Last Tomcat might have looked like when the VT's were brought into service... 11 hours of masking and here is the result...so far! I would love all of your input on this direction of model building - imagination, but with thought.
nostromorolls Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 Here are a couple more pics Hope to gloss coat tomorrow in the Am and start the Low Vis Jolly Roger Markings in the evening...
David Hingtgen Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 The camo is sorta reminiscent of the infamous NSAWC splinter-camo Tomcat. Was that a reference/inspiration for this, or are you just going off a "mental image of what'd look cool"?
nostromorolls Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 I remember that scheme...however, I have been flying by the seat of my pants on this one!!!
derex3592 Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 That skull in the middle is just the business!!! nice job!
Steve71 Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Amazing skull. I can't wait to see the finished fighter. Very inspiring.
nostromorolls Posted January 30, 2015 Author Posted January 30, 2015 My Friends....Thank You EVER so MUCH!!! The decals I had Broke Up in the water - to old I guess...everything failed in trying to save them...gloss coating, future floor wax, even brush coating again with gloss coat!!! So I was forced to use some High Vis stuff from one of my Trumpeter kits...not quite right - but stunning all the same - will dull coat today I HOPE - pics to follow!!!!
Skull Leader Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 If you still have some of the decals left, spraying some Testors decal solution on them will rejuvenate the unused decals and prevent them from shattering
Dobber Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 Wow I love it! Especially the skull. Personally, though, I think I would've preferred it without the surrounding Camo and instead some form of design work that goes with the skull like the cross bones and maybe the stripes and chevrons that the Jolly Rogers have. TBH, I thought that's what was there at first. Please don't take this as being critical of yor work, as your painting skills are awesome and I overall really love what your doing here, just a personal preference is all. Please keep the updates comming. Chris
Skull Leader Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 ... and maybe the stripes and chevrons that the Jolly Rogers have. FYI they call those "Vegabond" stripes... they're holdovers from when the VF-84 "Vegabonds" assumed the jolly rogers identity during their F-8 Crusader days!
spanner Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 looking great so far! be sure to post up more progress pics! will be interesting to see how those decals turned out.
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