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Offline Litvyak

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If not the F-35...
« on: December 17, 2012, 07:46:10 AM »
...then how about this?







Dassault CF-190 Rafale of 425 "Alouettes" Sqn!

There's millions of issues with this build: it was basically a 48-hour project. I wanted to do something just for pure fun, no worrying about anything except enjoying the building! Oddly enough, this resulted in one of my best masking jobs ever... also made my first attempt with the Tamiya 'eyeshadow'... I think the stuff has some potential!

Kit was 1/72 Hobby Boss Rafale C, decals a mix of kit and Leading Edge.
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2012, 08:30:14 AM »
Looks great in that scheme  :)  And Rafale will definitely be in the running for a RW CF-18 replacement.
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2012, 04:00:16 PM »
 :)
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2012, 07:52:56 PM »
Wow is that every a stunner, Ms Litvyak! The choice of low-viz markings is wonderful!

It's a real treat for me to see some of your work! Based on the last shot of your display shelf, this isn't the only beauty in your collection!

Most well done!

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Offline ChrisF

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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2012, 08:36:01 PM »
Tamiya eyeshadow ?!

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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2012, 10:11:42 PM »
Hmm!  I think I see an alternative Typhoon in the works ---

Nicely done Ma'am !   :)

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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2012, 11:34:56 PM »
That only took a couple days!? Wow!  :)
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2012, 08:41:57 AM »
Wow is that every a stunner, Ms Litvyak! The choice of low-viz markings is wonderful!

It's a real treat for me to see some of your work! Based on the last shot of your display shelf, this isn't the only beauty in your collection!

Most well done!

Brian da Basher

Thanks! And thanks for all the other compliments, too!

Re: the display shelf: I noticed only when taking the picture, that as soon as my first CF-18 is finished, three of the fighters on the shelf will be 425 Sqn...

Tamiya eyeshadow ?!

"Tamiya Weathering Master". Perhaps the only difference is the ingredients (maybe!), but it's essentially a package of eyeshadow... including the applicator!

That only took a couple days!? Wow!  :)

Yeah - which says more about the quality of the kit than anything else! Everything went together beautifully. The only issue I really had was getting the main gear struts into place, but that's my own fault - I decided not to follow the instructions, for ease of painting... but other than that, this kit was a joy to build!
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2012, 10:06:43 AM »
Gets my vote!  Very nice indeed!

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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2012, 10:51:39 AM »
Looks very nice.  :)
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2012, 07:40:48 PM »
Approved!  :)
Now one in a special scheme with some luvverly tail art.  :icon_beer:
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2012, 10:12:12 PM »
I can imagine some interesting tail art for the upcoming 50th anniversary of the current Canadian flag (in 2015)... the only difficulty would be actually drawing it! ;D
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2012, 12:11:42 AM »
Very nice build there, and the Hobbyboss rafales are excellent to build having done all 3 versions myself. Your other builds are great too, we need some pics of those too  :)
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2012, 01:47:52 AM »
Very nice.  'Twould love to see a Tiger Meet scheme if there's an appropriate squadron.

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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #14 on: December 19, 2012, 04:57:29 AM »
It looks right fetching in Canadian markings.

425 were never my favorite Canadian fighter unit markings, but quite fitting considering the Frenchness of the Rafale.
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #15 on: December 19, 2012, 07:49:59 AM »
Believe it or not i have some of those "Eye Shadow" sets and never clicked thats what you meant... I was wondering if it was some secret technique... lol

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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #16 on: December 19, 2012, 08:02:13 AM »
I can imagine some interesting tail art for the upcoming 50th anniversary of the current Canadian flag (in 2015)... the only difficulty would be actually drawing it! ;D

Hmm, I was actually thinking of some past special schemes (Canada has an abundance of great ones!), but a fresh scheme for a future special occasion, that's pretty cool.  :)
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #17 on: December 19, 2012, 09:38:04 AM »
Nice work! I'm liking all the other cancon on the shelf too.

If not the F-35...maybe a F-18E too?

Offline Litvyak

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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #18 on: December 19, 2012, 11:01:13 AM »
Nice work! I'm liking all the other cancon on the shelf too.

Thanks!

As far as CanCon goes, though...

My completed builds: CF-104, CF-100 (425 Sqn), the latest the CF-190 (425 Sqn), a 414 Sqn Sabre, a Golden Centennaires Tutor, a 407 Sqn CP-140 (I flew in one back when I was in Air Cadets in 1990 or 1991), an RCN Expeditor, an RCAF H-34 in red/blue, and a CA Voyageur... and a QF-4N as my (so far) sole non-Canadian build!

In progress? AltCan RCAF CEF-108 "Electric Archer", RBCAF Spitfire F.2 (Eurofighter Typhoon), RBCAF Supermarine (BC) Skemcis F Mk. VI; RW stuff: CH-178, CF-18 in a 3 Wing special scheme (so my third 425 Sqn plane!)... and Lydia Litvyak's Yak-1.

So I'm so far almost exclusively Canadian Content! :P (though I do have further foreign subjects planned, too...)

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If not the F-35...maybe a F-18E too?

Mmmmmmaybe. I'm not so hot on the Superbug.
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #19 on: December 19, 2012, 11:08:06 AM »
How about the advanced F-16 version proposed to the UAE but not followed up on?  It had a stretch like the F-16XL but used a wing with the same planform as the F-22's wing.  Combine that with a production version of the diverterless inlet tested on the JIST aircraft and you'd have quite the aircraft.  If you also fitted a LO exhaust nozzle, with or without vectoring, you'd have a most dangerous aircraft.

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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #20 on: December 19, 2012, 11:17:10 AM »
Ooooh... that sounds like an intriguing idea!
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #21 on: December 19, 2012, 11:23:17 AM »
For something distinctively different, a Gripen NG with that LO nozzle and possibly conformal tanks to extend the range even further.

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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #22 on: December 19, 2012, 12:13:34 PM »
Mmmmmmaybe. I'm not so hot on the Superbug.

Even a well-armed 'Growler'? (hint, hint)   BTW, glad to see that Lydia is getting a look-in  ;)
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #23 on: December 19, 2012, 12:51:09 PM »
Mmmmmmaybe. I'm not so hot on the Superbug.

Even a well-armed 'Growler'? (hint, hint)   BTW, glad to see that Lydia is getting a look-in  ;)

Well... mmmaybe. We'll see! Have too many ideas and project-self-proposals already on paper "to do soon", but we'll see down the road.

As for Lydia: the most surprising thing, to me, is that one of her planes wasn't the first that I built! But yeah, I got the South Front 1/48 Yak-1 that's to end up as one of hers. If I'm going to use her name as my username, it seems only fitting I have a model as a tribute to her! (And one day, I'll get out to Krasnyi Luch, too...)
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Re: If not the F-35...
« Reply #24 on: December 20, 2012, 08:36:08 AM »
Looking forward to that Yak-1 ... and, of course, you could also do whif RCAF Yak  ;)

Strangely, there doesn't seem to be a figure out there of Lydia Vladimirovna herself.  Am I the only one who finds that odd?
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