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Re: Losing detail when joining fuselage halves
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 10:39 am
by Medicman71
Or you could go all out insanity and rescribe ALL the panels lines.
Re: Losing detail when joining fuselage halves
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 12:08 pm
by Stikpusher
Medicman71 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2024 10:39 am
Or you could go all out insanity and rescribe ALL the panels lines.
Gary Brantley wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 6:07 am
Mike, I have sometimes used a fine-point lead pencil to draw the missing raised lines back onto the plane. Of course, I'm talking about very small sections. I've gently "blurred" them with a Qtip and after clear matte it looked pretty good. I believe some of that work can be seen here on the spine of this Mirage F.1:
Re: Losing detail when joining fuselage halves
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 12:40 pm
by Proud Marine Dad
Medicman71 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2024 10:39 am
Or you could go all out insanity and rescribe ALL the panels lines.
Ain't happening.
Re: Losing detail when joining fuselage halves
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 12:49 pm
by Gary Brantley
I hear ya! I'd sooner poke myself in the eye with a hot needle than rescribe an entire model.
I once encountered a guy on Britmodeller who said he loved rescribing and offered to do my AMT Viggen kit...problem was he lived in Argentina and they had some sort of excessive taxes on items shipped into the country. It would've made the entire episode too expensive. But he claimed rescribing "relaxed" him.
Re: Losing detail when joining fuselage halves
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 12:59 pm
by Medicman71
Re: Losing detail when joining fuselage halves
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 1:49 pm
by Proud Marine Dad
Whatever floats your boat Mike.
I am just getting back into it after over 15 years away from the bench and I'm not going to start something like that which would probably make me give up modeling again.
Re: Losing detail when joining fuselage halves
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 3:44 pm
by Proud Marine Dad
Gary Brantley wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2024 12:49 pm
I hear ya! I'd sooner poke myself in the eye with a hot needle than rescribe an entire model.
I once encountered a guy on Britmodeller who said he loved rescribing and offered to do my AMT Viggen kit...problem was he lived in Argentina and they had some sort of excessive taxes on items shipped into the country. It would've made the entire episode too expensive. But he claimed rescribing "relaxed" him.
That's why we buy Tamiya kits.
Re: Losing detail when joining fuselage halves
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 6:15 am
by Brandons_Iron
I've rescribed 4 kits, all Monogram. P-51, P-40 OS2U Kingfisher x2. I don't mind doing it. I just know that it's long task and not for those who are in a rush to get a kit finished.
Re: Losing detail when joining fuselage halves
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 7:15 am
by Gary Brantley
Mike, that F-102 looks fantastic!
Is that the Monogram kit?
Re: Losing detail when joining fuselage halves
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2024 12:29 pm
by Medicman71
It's actually the re-released Revell kit with the Case XX wing.
