That is a beast, Bob. Very nice indeed.
It would be pretty difficult, and definitely wouldn't take the weight with the way you want to display it, but I think you could create the effect by cutting the clear rod at intervals and then gluing back together (with a clear glue!) If I am right, the light from the LED would reflect off the cut surface of the rod, more than the solid section, and you would get something like this. The brightness of reflected light would tail off (no pun intended) the further down the rod it went. Would take a fair bit of trial and error.Cheers Chris.
I actually did consider doing that, however the SR-71 has quite a unique afterburner signature, and I couldn't figure out how to achieve it.
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That’s more or less what I had thought of as well, and decided against it for the same reason. I suppose that if you’re good enough, you can probably airbrush something that looks convincing from most angles, but I wouldn’t trust myself to do itI had considered painting bands of Tamiya clear red, but in the end decided it would look a bit naff.
It would be pretty difficult, and definitely wouldn't take the weight with the way you want to display it, but I think you could create the effect by cutting the clear rod at intervals and then gluing back together (with a clear glue!) If I am right, the light from the LED would reflect off the cut surface of the rod, more than the solid section, and you would get something like this. The brightness of reflected light would tail off (no pun intended) the further down the rod it went. Would take a fair bit of trial and error.
HI Jack very intresting theory an some time I may have a tryIt would be pretty difficult, and definitely wouldn't take the weight with the way you want to display it, but I think you could create the effect by cutting the clear rod at intervals and then gluing back together (with a clear glue!) If I am right, the light from the LED would reflect off the cut surface of the rod, more than the solid section, and you would get something like this. The brightness of reflected light would tail off (no pun intended) the further down the rod it went. Would take a fair bit of trial and error.
Well Pete this is no critisuim of your post but in my opinion the walkway line must be visible or someone may step on the plane where they should not an put their foot through a multi millon dollar plane but just my opinionI think the weathering looks fine Bob. The red walkway lines are a bit too visible though.
Pete
Yes you are right there Pete ive had that happen umteen times an its very annoying like the main decal on airliner over the windows an sorry Bob if weve gone off your thread but you have made a great buildYes, I agree it has to be visible in real life, and this isn't a criticism of Bob's build, but I think that walkway line stands out more than it does on the real aircraft. Italeri have made the decal too wide, and for a good reason - if it was nearer to a scale width then it would be impossible to apply without tieing itself in a knot.
Pete
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