Pro-modeler F-84G finished pics

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First time posting finished pics!

Finished this one last month. Nice kit, really enjoyed building this one. Finish is Either Floquil bright silver, or old silver, I can’t remember! Followed up by masking some random panels, and shooting different shades of Alclad for some variation. Decals are mainly from an aeromaster sheet, with some stenciling from the Pro-Modeler sheet.

Charlie

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Nice work Charlie! I really like the nice clean look of the build, and your decals blend in perfectly with the finish! [8D] [tup] [tup]

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Charlie, Excellent work [tup] I like the look of that finish. Very subtle tones in the panel shading and the decals are well done, like espins said. Keep it up. Can’t wait to see the second one you post [:D]

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That came out real nice. You did some very good work. There’s something very cool about those early jets.

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Very nice Charlie. Very nice. I have a few of those kits but haven’t been able to get to them yet. How long did that take you to finish and what Aeromaster sheet did you wind up using. Very nicely done. Very nicely done.

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Thanks!

I was wrong, it’s not a aeromaster sheet, but an eagle strike sheet (got them mixed up). Its sheet # 48-213 USAFE F-84 Pt 1.

This is a really nice building kit. Almost no fit problems, very, very little filler used. This one probably took about 2 months, on and off. All the painting was done in a day. The decaling took forever it seems…all those stencils!

Charlie

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Hey Charlie… some nice lookin’ stuff you got there. Well done. Nice finish.

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[#ditto]

Yes a very clean look and the decals look painted on. Hope your p 39 turns out this nice.

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Very nice build Charlie. Well done.

Regards, Rick

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Very nice Charlie a good clean build. Nice work on the paint and decals.

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Thanks! Repeated applications of Micro Sol were needed to get those decals to snug down!

I hope my P-39 turns out as nice too!

Charlie

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It looks like you’ve really done a good job. I am a little curious as to why you chose to not use Alclad for the entire finish?, anyway I like your build. One side note for the future Charlie. The F84 G should have the reinforced cockpit frame painted in airforce gray. The reinforcement strips were not metal, but fiber glass molded into the perspex. The earlier versions of the aircraft had issues with the canopy “shattering” at altitude. Should look something like this:

Congratulations on a fine build.

regards,

Steve

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That’s a fine looking F-84G you have there. [tup]

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Very nice, clean build Charlie! I’ve seen some NMF finishes using Floquil silvers and the results look as good as Alclad to me. Did you just mask around some panels and shoot the Alclad directly unto the Floquil for the random panel shading, or did you apply some type of primer as a barrier between the Floquil and the Alclad?

Mark

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“It looks like you’ve really done a good job. I am a little curious as to why you chose to not use Alclad for the entire finish?, anyway I like your build. One side note for the future Charlie. The F84 G should have the reinforced cockpit frame painted in airforce gray. The reinforcement strips were not metal, but fiber glass molded into the perspex.”

Hi Steve,

I prefer floquil for bare metal surfaces. Thinned with lacquer thinner, it dries very hard, very fast. I like the look better. I also find that the kit doesn’t need as much “prep/scratch free” surface work prior to its application.

Yeah, I caught the frame thing after taking all the masks off…I’ll get it next time.

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Hi Mark,

Thanks for the compliments!

I just masked around some random panels, and sprayed the alclad directly ontop of the Floquil. No barrier/primer.

Charlie

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Looks like a nice build from here, Charlie. I know what you mean about the long time for stencils…but the effort was well worth it. Very nice.