Finished! Well, almost… now for paint! It really can’t be said enough, this is my 4th Falke and it’s a fantastic kit and really enjoyed making another one. The color is surprising easy on the eye and makes it very easy to see what you are making and the new main armament, the Excimer laser has just 4 parts so construction is even faster than with the previous Falke kit. No putty used on this so far but will add a little to the main seam near the engine and some of the panels are pressed into place without glue to allow for some options whilst painting which I hope to start shortly.

Thanks for looking, hope this shows the new parts well.

Cheers,

Lin.K

What’s better than a delivery door knock on a rainy Saturday morning? Seeing the big “Hasegawa Hobby Kits” box!!!

Will do a more thorough Open Box Report shortly but for now, this is what you get. Sexy desert orange sprues, really surprised and impressed with the color,  they are motivating me to start one tonight! Plus a great DVD with a Takahase-san CGI Falke short movie. Really cool, very excited about this one and have my picks from the Paint Camo Card all ready to go.

This one is a more limited release so do treat yourself to at least one

Cheers,

Lin.K

Here I’ve wanted to make it a little more 1950’s Army Man Green, so a glaze/filter of Mig Productions “Industrial Earth” oil paint which seems to be a Burnt Umber -Green Shade. The same color with some Winsor Newton Lamp Black added and lightly painted into shadows and detail lines. Reworked with a couple of flat brushes and lightly sealed with a misting of Mr. Color Super Clear Flat from a can.

I like the colors now but still want to damage and weather it a little more, paint the exhausts and of course, the pilot.

Thanks for looking,

Lin.K

Next up I’ve applied the decals as per the box instructions straight to the paintwork, as it’s already a semi-gloss finish from the excellent Mr. Color paints. Great quality decals and they go on very nicely. I trim them with fine scissors and a hobby knife to eliminate excess film.

Letting the

decals dry over night, I next decided to liven up the green color on the model and added in some lighter versions of the base, Mr. Color Grey Green and Mr. Color Duck Egg Green. Thinned and stippled into places where light will hit the surfaces from above and to make it more visually interesting. Next I did a little with the grey as well by adding more RLM Light Blue to the Grey mix. I find grey challenging to highlight as too much light blue and it’s too blue and chalky so am careful here.

Lastly some very light and careful spotting of details to enhance the surface developed through the hand brushing of the first steps, to strengthen, deepen and highlight apparent damage to the finish and then a couple of very light and careful drybrushing runs with the above colors and also with Mr. Color Propeller Color and Mr. Color Flat Black.

Open box review also on the way, but first, I just couldn’t wait to make one of these because it looked really fun. Easiest kit in the range so far for me, even better fit overall than the Snake-Eye and less parts and seams than even the AFS!

Some quick Work In Progress shots here, the bare plastic which is close to a RLM 02 Grey, a coat of Mr. Color Propeller Color as a base coat applied with a brush and the camo areas sketched over the top, again with a brush and with Mr. Color RLM Black Grey. Finally my “Jedeite Grey” this time is a custom mix of Mr. Color Gray Green and Mr. Color RLM 82 Light Green and the Grey on top is a bluish hued Mr. Color Dark Sea Gray with a tiny bit of RLM Light Blue mixed in.

No weathering at all yet, just the basic colors applied with a brush and allowing the previous colors to show through a little, melt and intermix. In explaining it to my wife whom asked if I had started weathering it yet, I came up with the line “this is as clean as it gets, now starts the weathering!”. That kind of explains it… I hope…

Decals and Weathering steps next! Thanks for looking,

Lin.K