Scale Model MAGIC: Scratch Building & Painting an RC F4D Skyray
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- Welcome to the next installment in my Scratch-Built EDF F4D Skyray series! Join me on an exhilarating adventure as we discuss the scratch-build philosophy used, add those characteristic Skyray scale details and finish it up with the complete paint work. In this video, we delve into the colorful transformation, showcasing the vibrant VF-13 paint job which is one I've wanted to model for a very long time. Every marking, except one decal, was masked and painted, turning our Technicolor DREAMS into a stunning reality. Don't miss this complete transformation of this scratchbuilt RC F4D Skyray!
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00:00 Welcome Back!
00:43 About the Project
00:58 The Scratch Build Process
02:29 Let's Go!
02:40 3D Printed Fuel Dump
02:57 Faux Yaw Damper & Pitch Trimmers
03:47 Adding Scale Inlets & Vents
04:46 The Final 3d Printed Details
05:19 Let's Paint!
06:01 Faded Separation
06:34 Half Way, Let's Recap!
08:36 What Type of Paint?
09:32 A Happy Accident...
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10:49 Painting the Trim Colors
11:37 Candy Cane Elevons
12:30 Stars & Bars
13:28 Small Detail Lettering
14:19 Natural Metal Exhaust & Wing LE's
14:48 That one DECAL!
14:58 Donezo! Let's Recap!
15:50 Touchup?
16:24 How to Make Small Lettering Paint Stencils
17:45 What NEXT?? - Наука та технологія
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Hi Chris, once again you take it to another level!! It's great that you take so much time during these builds to show us all what it is your doing and how to do it. You are a master at your craft mate, look forward to seeing more of this one. Watching from half a world away in the land down under!
Thanks so much!
Absolutely awesome The Skyray was one of the most elegant aircraft ever produced along with the B-58.
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I’m with you, I love the Skyray!
That build is insane. I hope my building gets to be that good someday.
Lots of meticulous work that turned out gorgeous. Shes really turning out great! Excited to see it finished and flying again!
Thanks my friend!
As always - Great!
For more than half of the modelers, you are the standard!
Crafty!
When a Plan comes together.
Great show, pointers an putting Ideas into reality.
Such is Our Geek,, Unreal!!
Thanks man!
Chris, you said you needed a win, and well, you GOT IT brother! What a fantastic rendition of the venerable Ford! Good job my friend, glad to see this plane coming along. Can't wait to see your panel lines and additional detailing. All the best to you and yours!
Thanks brother! It’s been a fun project and I just love the looks of the ford. 😊
@@Thercgeek 😎👍
The George Barris of rc aviation.... so fun to watch you create and perfect detail.
I have spent many hours on real show cars and this is the creativity level needed for success. Great work Chris.
Love the video story component too.
Many thanks!!
Another masterclass Chris, she looks fantastic. Look forward to seeing the weathering video. 🫡
Application is the evidence of learning the skills it takes to do such an amazing job on your model. I enjoyed watching the video Chris. The fact that you did need to touch up some bleeds is a reality of painting and masking. Excellent work indeed on this video as to me it was inspiring,
Thank you very much!
rest in peace B-58....long live Skyray !
Chris, wow this turned out beautifully. Excellent work brother. 👏
Thanks man!
Wow!! What a Stunning paint job and choice!! You make it look so easy. I would love to be able to do your type of high quality work and painting. Not to mention the decals, and detailing work that you do. Awesome work and job done on this beautiful project….
Thank you! Be sure to download my free painting guide www.thercgeek.com/trcgscaleguide. That’s a good place to start and I actually have a lot of things in the works with the goal of helping folks like yourself to walk through how to do this, but that’s coming soon still. 😊
Great video Chris , been learning so much . Thanks for showing us how to get an accurate looking aircraft. Looking forward to the next instalment. Greetings from New Zealand.
Thank you!
Awsome ! Can't wait for the weathering video ! I hope my skyray will look as good as yours, I will certainly use your tips to finish it !
You can do it! 😊
WOW great work and detailing I am still learning air brushing great video ☺
Thank you, you got this!
Absolutely amazing workmanship, I’m truly in awe of your talents they are something to strive towards, thank you.
congrats on your skyray brother great work. Love the the livery! cant wait to see it fly again with its new paint job.
Thanks!
Awesome workmanship. Thank you for sharing
Thanks so much for watching!
thats very nice , a small tip when you use metalics ,go first with a gloss black then add the Metal ,first of all you are using half the material because on the black it covers faster and you get true metal effect !
Thanks! The black is definitely required for the high shine Alclad2, but isn’t necessary for the standard aluminum colors which is what I sprayed here. I’ve tested and painted alclad a bunch and there’s no difference in the sheen when doing that with the base aluminums.
Awesome work, Chris!! It's stunning.
Thank you! Cheers!
Beautiful work as always!
Thank you so much 😀
Man you got skills. Its been awhile since ive done painted markings....your talents will come in handy for the next size up.😊
Cant wait to see future vids.
Thank you so much 😀
Man, that looks incredible!
Talented you are! To the Nth degree!😊
Thank you so much 😀
Stunning.
Thank you!
RBC Wood kits do a nice CNC kit of the F4D sized for 90mm edf. Would be an excellent basis to copy the paint job Chris has done here. Well done . 👍
a masterpiece !!
Great content as usual, Chris. I definitely have to try some of this on my next build.
Thanks man!
Awesome work as always Chris and that mesh system for graphics I will definitely try. Now get that respirator on when painting brother. Take it from a pro that's painted for 30+ years.
This project has inspired me so much thanks for sharing it! Such a cool plane a great build!
I’m so glad to hear that, thank you!
Another beautiful build Chris
Thank you so much 👍
@@Thercgeek Anytime
beautiful work ! vwry nice...👍👍
Thanks a lot 😊
Thank you !!!
Beautiful work, as always. I swear I was hearing a clock ticking in the background at times..
Very nice job
Thank you
Incredible.. I would like to be able to have the time and patience to do all that. I have great admiration for your impressive work..
Thank you very much!
What an amazing job! It looks so good and the attention to details is amazing really looking forward to seeing more videos on this jet. Take care
PS. I use aluminum foil for complex corners when masking. It saves so much time
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Thanks!
Thank you so much!!
Hi Chris,
great video! Just wanted you to know that I tried to subscribe in order to get your scale painting guide but it failed with Firefox 119.0. Tried Google Chrome and it worked fine. Maybe a mistake on my side but maybe a browser problem.
Keep up that great work, it's just so very inspiring for us scale modelers!
Thank you!
The rolled tape is a neat trick.
Rolled tape?
@@Thercgeek around the front of the fuse when you where painting the transitions from white to grey it looked like you rolled the tape to soften the line. I could be wrong but that's what it looked like
Ha, got it! 😊
Looks great, Chris! I've learned a lot of great tips watching your videos. I hope to apply some of them to the 150% Jetworks SLUF I'm slowly (slowly) finishing. :)
I’m so glad to hear that! You can do it! 😊
I love MRP for that tedious reason. If pre shading, it works great because you never get too much paint at once....so yeah, it can take a while.😂
Just finishing up a static 1/32 F-105D all with MRP. And yeah
...my hand was hurting.
I could definitely see that for pre-shading! I will have to remember that on my next plastic model build. 😊
Beautiful model. I really enjoy your videos and appreciate you explaining your techniques. I was wondering which vinyl cutter you use?
Thank you! I’m using a prismcut machine from us cutter. I’ve been very happy with it!
Hi Chris.. Great job man.. A lot of good tips I'm learning from you.. That will help me when I get back on my Mig-31 Firefox that I've been working on and off for a long time now..
Thanks man, so glad it’s been helpful!
The Firefox project sounds like fun!
The hardest part is not finding a model of it.. Going by pictures only..@@Thercgeek
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Amazing paint work! I love MRP paint and paint plastic models..(have flown some RC as well). Can I use that stencil technique with GIMP to create custom insignias? I'm usually building 1/32 scale models these days. thanks
Thank you! I’m not familiar with GIMP, but the material can be used for any type of masks, so using it for custom insignias should work great! I’d definitely recommend playing around with it first before going all in just to make sure it gives you the results you want. 😊
Cool! I read that the 70's Navy jets were the light gull grey, FS36440. There seems to be a lot of variation in the gray color in actual photos. Some look like the gull gray where others look different. Have you noticed this variation of color in the 1970's era Navy jets? @@Thercgeek
The 1970’s phantoms were most definitely gull gray (36440) over white (37875). As they entered into the 80s, the schemes started to evolve into the low viz grays reminiscent of what you see nowadays. There were even some experimental schemes painted on them as well in the 80s.
Looks awesome Chris! What airbrush do you recommend for these bigger paint jobs? I have an iwatta eclipse hp-cs and it took forever to paint the proper green on my Seagull FW-190. Thanks!
Thank you! The airbrush I used in the video is this one amzn.to/3RCdfsi that I combined with their fan tip amzn.to/456bJ4G it does well for larger surfaces. Otherwise, when that’s insufficient I have a devilbiss automotive touch up gun that I use. But that doesn’t facilitate the use of plastic model paints unfortunately.
@@Thercgeek thanks Chris! I was looking at the Iwatta HP-TH2 but it's a lot of $$$
Stunning job not bad for a Depron baby. The painting etc was excellent. Shows just a lil etxtra effort can make dam fine Flying machone.😊😅
@Thercgeek, what is that blue stencil stuff you are using?
It’s paint mask vinyl (oracal oramask 813) cut on my vinyl cutter. amzn.to/40ir2q3
What are you using for the larger masks?
This is the stuff amzn.to/3SiWhQ2 (oracal oramask 813)
I have to ask, are you going to do another B58? It was such a beautiful bird! I really hope you do another one!!!!!!
I’m hoping to, yeah. Will be a little while though as my friend needs to lay it up for me since he has the molds.
@Thercgeek That's great news, can't wait to see the build again! It's one of the first plastic models I built as a kid.
How do you cut the masks?
I have a vinyl cutter that I used for that.
U working on another Great Pumpkin??
Not at the moment. 😊
@@Thercgeek Nice job as always man. Imma wait for ur next panel line video b4 i finish up my Fj4
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Outstanding work. Hey Freewing, are you watching?
Thank you!