1:72 F-111A from Vietnam (Hasegawa)

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This is looking quite nice!

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Hello everybody!

Thanks a lot for your comments!

@18bravo thanks for the photos! Do you have anything showing the stencilling on the top and bottom of the machine? Also, please see the text below.

@Wig41 - I’m glad you like my work!

And in the meantime I have applied a layer of clear gloss (Gunze Top Coat) on top of the colours and applied the Caracal decals. They worked very well together with the VMS decal fluids.

Here’s what it looks like now:

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I have to conclude, that the Caracal set seriosly lacks most of the stencilling, for example looking at the following photo:

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one can see clearly the walkway on the elevator - and a similar, but much larger walkway is to be expected on the wing and fuselage.

That’s why I would like to ask for a favor - could anybody please post here or PM me a good scan of a decal sheet for an F-111A? Could be from the set Hasegawa, or maybe other, also in 1:48. I would like to use those scans as a base for my own design, that I would print as custom decals.

Thanks a lot in advance, have a nice day!

Paweł

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Looking good so far. Here is the decal page from the Hobby Boss kit.

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Full instructions here: Scalemates

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Thanks a lot Gino! Thing is when I try to access it, a site called manlo asks for some password…

I think I can find the instructions no problem - but I would need a nice detailed scan of the actual decal sheet to base the design for the individual stencils on.

Have a nice day!

Paweł

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I think I fixed the link. Hope it helps.

Good luck.

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Thanks again, Gino, the link works for me now and the Hobby Boss instructions are helpful. Hopefully somebody will be so kind as to post or PM me a scan of the actual decals.

Have a nice day!

Paweł

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I’ll check it out later this week. Lots to do with visits to Fort Cavazos and whatnot…

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