danimalmagic Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) With the completion of the first part of the project I have moved on to the SR-71B and the A-12 Trainer the Titanium Goose.I will only do a couple of WIP's for this as it will mainly be focused on the A-12 Goose, the SR-71B will be a lot of repetition of the previous birds already completed.The Titanium Goose A-12 Trainer 2nd cockpit is quite a bit different to how the SR-71B looks so I needed to scratch build a second canopy.This is the SR-71B, note profile of the 2nd cockpit, it is much slimmer and blends in with the lines of the airframe. The angle from the rear cockpit is quite shallow.This is the A-12 Goose, the angle to the rear of the second canopy is much steeper and the canopy is wider and bulges out the side of the airframe, the front canopy is also a little bit smaller.I will also be building it with the re fuelling port open, I have another image of the Goose coming up to a tanker and in flight refuelling would have been a major part of learning to fly one of these planes, still the trainer was a brave man. After a fair bit of trial and error a found that using a section of the canopy from a YF-12A would work out perfectly, it has the width and it will match up with the smaller pointed front windscreen.I started by setting the parts in place with a small amount of CA glue, I had to do this a few times to get it where I wanted.Once I was happy I applied a larger amount of CA and left to set for the night, from there it was a case of sanding to get the basic shape.Lots of coarse Plasto Filler applied.First sanding.After a second coarse coat and sanding I was happy with the shape and applied some liquid filler to fine tune it.In profile to the SR-71B.After a few more coats of liquid filler and the associated sanding I could put on a base primer, this help bring out any flaws and gives a good idea of the final outcome.At this point there is still a vast amount to do but getting the shape right meant I could glue the whole forward resin section together. From here its lots of filler and sanding, I will not bore you with that but jump ahead a bit.Final coat of liquid filler.Ready for assembly to fuselage body.Far from finished but the last of the imperfections will be done after assembly.Before I could join up the main fuselage I needed to cut and fix in the shortened tail, this was copied from the YF-12 so the profile is different. Not a big problem just some hot water manipulation and the usual glue and filler.Nose joined to fuselage, this took ages to do as the resin needed to have a bit more manipulation done to it so I could get it as close as possible to the kit fuselage. This took me back a step as I had to get the filler back out again. With that all done it was just a question of cleaning up and filling in the seam and old re fuel port.This is where I am now, base gloss black coat on, I will add a few coats of future when dry and then move on to the metallic base coat.Lots of hours so far but I have not lost the plot as yet, good job really as it is likely I will be building another 3 yet. In the planning phase are the YF-12C, SR-71C and the SR-71 Long Tail, I think once they are done that will be all the variants completed. Thanks for sharing the madness.Danny Edited May 24, 2014 by danimalmagic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimalmagic Posted May 24, 2014 Author Share Posted May 24, 2014 Hi All, the focus of this week was to get the base Titanium coat on to the Goose and begin the long task of detailing all of the panels. The Goose fought me a little, well quite allot actually as you will see.With the base coat on I could see what the finish was looking like and sort out any of the usual defects.Up to now I had pretty well nailed it in preparation but those dam air bubbles struck again as you will see in this image. These are the small black dots, they may not look much but they cause no end of issue, resin Gremlins me thinks.Only one thing to do and that is do some minor filling with liquid filler, once the filler is on I gentleman's parts each hole with a pin to try and insure the air is released. If I dont get the air out then as per my earlier experience the bubbles will return again later down the road.Ahhh, what have I done, only joking. Light coat of thinned black gloss again then the re application of the Tamiya X-32 Titanium base coat, all sorted.That of course was only the top side, the same problems and processes were applied to the bottom.Re-sprayed and we are back on track, needless to say these little distractions are not 5 minute fixes.There were a fair few issues that take time to sort out, nothing nasty just time lost to wet paint and filler. Still all was not lost as while the paint was drying I moved on with various other things. I managed to get the SR-71B Burners done before I switched totally over to metallic.Burners Feathers tempered the same as before they over sprayed with a matt black filter.Flame holders.Ejection seats completed.Goose Tails and Burners painted, still need to have a filter sprayed over them to blend the panels a little.With the base coat now sorted I moved on to the addition of all the panelling, this is the top completed without the addition of the forward and Nacelle Dielectric triangles.Using the remaining panel lines as a guide I set out the masking tape border for the forward chine and triangles. You can count these from the real images of the Goose on display and they fit to each section perfectly, just over 5mm per triangle. It gets harder as you get to the nose. Initial masking tape on, NB I re use the masking tape a few times, its actually better when it has lost some adhesion as this reduces the risk of it leaving any residue on the surface.First pass with the airbrush.As you can imagine from here it is repetition until completion.With that completed I could spray on the Nacelle Dielectric Triangles and mask out the second canopy body and spray this. I have copied as close as possible to the one on display, the silver squares are for the red Navigation lights to be added later.Last thing to do to the top before turning over is apply the blending filter to reduce the difference in the panel shading. Same as before just a much thinned down mix of Tamiya X-32, this is the same as the initial base coat then sealed in a coat of Future.Well this is as far as I am at the moment and I am happy enough, I think the two will look very good next to each other when completed.That is it for now.Thanks for looking.Danny 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Excellent work. Which liquid filler do you use? Regards The Cat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taggart Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Great work again Dan , those resin nose conversions look like a lot of work to get them right . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimalmagic Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 Excellent work. Which liquid filler do you use? Regards The Cat I use Mr Surfacer 1000 painted on with a brush, i have also used tamiya liquid surface primer, it is all much the same. Thanks for looking. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimalmagic Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) Great work again Dan , those resin nose conversions look like a lot of work to get them right .They are tough, the biggest issue is the air bubbles in the casting, but it is a garage resin kit so you have to expect a bit of a challenge.Just wish they still made the 1-48 version. Thanks for looking Dan Edited May 25, 2014 by danimalmagic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimalmagic Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 (edited) Hi All, the focus of this week was to get the Goose completed and make some more progress on the SR-71B. Glad to say I had a good week and the Goose is now done, the last report ended with the spraying of the panel variations on the top of the aircraft.Bottom surface partially completed prior to application of the filter. Bottom surface completed and the filter applied.Top decals on apart from tail codes.Assembly of lower fuselage complete.Titanium Goose Completed.Titanium Twins.Very pleased with the Goose, i will finish the SR-71B this week and i will close the wip out with some images of that and all 7 to date.7 Down 3 left to do Thanks for looking. Danny. Edited June 2, 2014 by danimalmagic 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uilleann Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Amazing!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Simply awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimalmagic Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 Simply awesome! Amazing!!!!!
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