Sorry, everyone, I guess I been reading too many of Pix’ posts!!! Anyhoo, here are a few prog shots of the 1:72 AMT B-47E I’m working on. Foiling is a LOT of work, but I think it is worth the effort overall. Your commnets and constructive criticisms are always welcomed. In comparison to my last foiled build (C.A. F-5e), I think this one looks better, overall. It is still a work in progress; I plan to matte finish it overall once the decals are in place, in order to give it a weathered appearance, any alternate suggestions? Thanks for looking!
Your B-47 looks better than mine. Perhaps because you’ve foiled before? Any way, I’m doing a 1/144 B-47 and have foiled all of the major components, but in some areas the foiling looks horrible. Your job is looking very good.
Thanks very much for the kind words, they are appreciated. It is a time consuming process, but I think well worth it.
Aggieman, this is my second foil attempt, and the physical size of the kit makes a great deal of difference, My first one was more difficult, even though it was a 1:48 kit, but smaller in size. I am debating doing foil on my 1:48 B-58 (when I work up the guts to undertake that monster) also. Are you using regular ol’ kitchen foil or the “good stuff” from Bare Metal? I find that the cheap stuff from Wally World seems to work the best.
Nice work to date, and well worth it in my book. I did a whole 1/72 Lockheed Constellation using BMF Chrome. I felt it gave a better effect than Matte aluminum.
I’m using regular old kitchen foil with metal leaf adhesive. I think the problem I’m having is that with such a small kit, I find it difficult to cover panels section by section, so I have instead just covered larger sections at a time. Problem is that there is overlap that in some cases has resisted my efforts to blend it. Next step is to lightly sand with steel wool, hopefully that will take care of some of these poor areas.
