Here
are some photos of my 1/48th Scale Aircraft.
- F-4E
(Hasegawa)
On
this kit I used a Verlinden cockpit, but aside from that it’s out of the box.
The markings were kluged together from various sources.
2. F-5E Tiger
II (Monogram)
In
terms of improvements, I used a Black Box resin cockpit set, I
fabricated intake covers to avoid the “flat intake wall” problem, and
I rescribed all of the panel lines. I used Model Master enamels straight
from the bottle, but I like to use Testors liquid cement to thin the
paints. No difficulties with paint adhesion here!
3. Grumman F-14A
Tomcat (Hasegawa)
I
built the infamous Hasegawa Tomcat about 10 years ago. I used a Verlinden
cockpit and of course made the intake covers. The wings are actually from
the Academy F-14 kit, since the Hasegawa wings at the time had some
molding irregularities, and the flaps and slats did not fit particularly
well in the retracted position. Decals came once again, from the spares
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I’m
sure you are wondering about how I photograph my models.
99%
of my photography is done outdoors. I use a SONY Cyber-Shot 3.2 megapixel
digital camera. I have a simulated 1/48th scale tarmac about 36”
wide by about 56” long. I set this on the roof of my car so that I may angle
the camera from a flat, low angle in order to get a realistic “worms eye”
view of the subject. The ground support equipment comes from the often used
Hasegawa and ESCI ground support equipment sets.
For
the background scenery, I’ve taken photographs of various control towers and
airports from around the world, including RAF Akrotiri on
Cyprus
, RAF Tai Kali on
Malta
, and some shots taken at
Kabul
and
Shiraz
Airport
in
Iran
. I’ve also “Borrowed” some shots from Airliners.net. Using Polaroid
PhotoMax (which came with the computer) I can composite in a realistic
background. Adding other 1/48th scale aircraft in the background
lends perspective, and “busys up” the environment so that it looks less
sterile.
Right
now I’m working on the Classic Airframes F-5A. One way or another, I’m sure
it will work its way onto the Net.
Fred
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