Chrisisall
Sr Member
Originally, I bought the Moebius Viper kit, but last month, the more I examined it, the more dissatified I was with it. It was pointed out to me that it was based on the full size mock up, not the filming miniature, and then it made sense. I stopped trying to modify it into a filming miniature and went back to the Revellogram kit I had been working on yahrens ago, but took an indefinite pause on. So last week I reluctantly went to town on it again. I had already modified the guns, put a fabricated grill in the nose, and switched out the side piping with thin tube styrene, so that was done. So I gritted my teeth and spent a solid 3 & 1/2 hours scribing the panel lines, then modified the rear of the cockpit, and canabilized the Moebius clear engine part to thicken up the cans at the rear openings. I also snatched the Moebius high tail fin as it's closer to the correct length than the Revellogram's (IMO). I also sanded down the 'buldge' on the three intakes to make them straighter, and thus more accurate (that took an hour). So yesterday I finished building, and there was much rejoicing (by me) that it turned out pretty nice. Now for the painting... currently doing tests... any suggestions? 40 years ago I basically nailed the colour on my first Viper with Testor's small bottle paint so I'm going that route this time as well. Problem is I don't remember what I actually used back then. Obviously flat black & flat white... but I'm seeing if yellow or tan additions will yeild that particular on-screen FX shots look again....
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