WIP : Academy 1/72 T-50I Golden Eagle Pt.1 – Construction
Time for my annual Indonesian Air Force build. This time it’s the current jet trainer, the T-50i Golden Eagle. The only kit available is this simplified one from Academy which features snapft parts and no landing gear. Tori Factory from South Korea makes upgrade sets for the kit and I snagged a copy of their …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 F-35A Lightning II Pt.4 – Finishing
Next we come to the decals and the whole reason for buying this particular release: the special anniversary tail markings. Gone are the days when Hasegawa prints white markings as cream colored ones. The whites here are white and very opaque. So I was happily putting on the decals until I noticed that the painted …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 F-35A Lightning II Pt.3 – Painting
Despite the relatively low number of parts this kit hasn’t been the smoothest build. But I’m ready to sling paint. F-35s are an overall FS36170 with the RAM panels in FS36231. I used the ones from Real Color RC245 and RC247 for them. I first masked and painted the tailfin and compared the lighter gray …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 F-35 Lightning II Pt.2 – Construction
There’s a general lack of detail in the wheel wells. The nose gear well is better but not by much. To be honest though, I’m not sure how accurate this is. The 1-piece upper fuselage clamshells over the bottom but leaves some unsightly join lines at the back. I’m not sure why Hasegawa designed it …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 F-35 Lightning II Pt.1 – Construction
My next build is another JASDF special marking bird. This time it’s the 50th Anniversary markings for the 301 Tactical Fighter Squadron’s F-35A Lightning II, which to be honest, has a very boring standard color scheme. Hasegawa’s F-35 kit was one of the earlier releases of the production variant. Details are very good...
WIP : Frog 1/72 F-16C Viper Blk 52 Pt.3 – Painting & Finishing
I decided to go with preshading plus random mottling over various panels. The refueling door was painted and masked off at this time. The bottom gets more panel mottling as it gets dirtier here. The stores were painted with my usual masking and spraying for the missile bands. RSAF F-16s are still painted in the …...
WIP : Frog 1/72 F-16C Viper Blk 52 Pt.2 – Construction
For Air CAP, RSAF F-16s are usually loaded with 2x AIM-120C, 2x AIM-9M and 2x wing tanks. There’s also a Sniper pod on the starboard intake cheek station. The kit comes with a pair of AIM-120As so I took the AIM-120Cs from a Hasegawa Weapon Set. The kit includes two copies of the Sniper pod …...
WIP : Frog 1/72 F-16C Viper Blk 52 Pt.1 – Construction
For this year’s F-16 build, I’m going to be building a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16C Block 52. The base kit is from Frog which is generally considered as the first ever model kit manufacturer that operated from 1932 to 1976. This Frog however, is a company started in Singapore in 1997. The …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 Tornado IDS ‘Marineflieger’ Pt.5 – Finishing
Once the decals were done I gave the whole kit a satin coat before doing my usual panel wash of Abteilung Starship Filth. The panel wash was subtle due to how dark the scheme was which is fine for me. What isn’t fine though, was… The silvering of so many of the stencil decals was …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 Tornado IDS ‘Marineflieger’ Pt.4 – Painting
It is time for decals and after a gloss coat with Aqueous gloss (which might have been a mistake in hindsight) I started as usual with the tail markings. So far so good with the Hasegawa decals. Marineflieger line jet markings are simple and understated. This was when I realized that I’d missed out on …...
