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News Credits: 2 · by **Skyfire77** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:14 pm

I was so looking forwards to this mold. I love the JSF, can't wait to see in IRL. The paint job, on the other hand.... gah!
Like everyone else, I decided a repaint was needed. I based mine off a Su-37 I built a few years back (Say what you will about Soviet/Russian fighters, they have some damn pretty camo schemes!)

Took Breakaway apart and did Jin's mod to the front fuselage and nose so his head pops up better. Repainted his head. Painted the fuselage, top of the wings and elevators, arms, lower torso, outer thighs, inner lower legs, toes and back of his feet Testors Armour Sand. Undersides of the wings and elevators, outer lower legs, inner thighs and the outsides of the intakes are Camo Gray. Waist, intakes and nose are Engine Gray. Shoulders, the bar that connects the waist to the forward fuselage, Mech Alive parts, fingers and ankles are Steel. Afterburner is Exhaust. Gatling is black, then drybrushed Silver Everything Armour Sand was masked off (whoever at 3M/Scotch came up with the pop-up dispenser was a genius!) and painted the splinters with Rust. Everything was drybrushed Silver, then Flat Black (in the direction of flight, mind you), and Reprolabels silver Autobot sigils finished him off.

by **Doubledealer93** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:25 pm

dude that is nice! i have been seeing a lot of these repaints and yours is one of the best i have seen!

[zero-kaiser's YouTube Channel] · by **zero-kaiser** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:04 pm

Doubledealer25 wrote:dude that is nice! i have been seeing a lot of these repaints and yours is one of the best i have seen!

Seconded dude.. I love your work on Landmine and Longarm.. but Breakaway wins by a mile

Well done man, keep up the awesome work, cant wait to see more of it!! :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 2 · by **Skyfire77** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:28 pm

Thanks guys! Here's a preview of what's coming!

by **missharleyquinn** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:58 am

So cool!
Did you spray anything, or is this all brushed?
I had very little interest in getting this figure, but yours came out so beautifully....
Doubt I could top this one, though!

News Credits: 2 · by **Skyfire77** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:16 pm

All brushwork. I have an airbrush, but I'm not that good with it, especially detailing. Truth be told, I just like working with brushes.

by **Doubledealer93** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:47 pm

Skyfire77 wrote:All brushwork. I have an airbrush, but I'm not that good with it, especially detailing. Truth be told, I just like working with brushes.

i am not very good with the airbrush either. i like to use brushes too.