larchiefeng Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Here is the kit. Verlinden detail set for extra detail, not sure how much yet Decal set No shortage of reference materials Looking forward to getting started 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 That looks like an impressive collection! Should make for an interesting project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 That was the kit that got me back into this hobby it a good kit are going to describe it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Some nice books there . Will follow your build Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larchiefeng Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Thanks guys. I haven't even opened the bag of parts yet to examine the kit but, from what I have read about this kit it's an older issue. dazdot, I assume you are referring to the raised panel lines that it's supposed to have? I'll be honest here; I don't know if I want to go to the extreme of sanding down the entire plane and rescribe all the panel lines. I am not that confident that I could pull it off without screwing it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 You should be able to make a decent model out of that with all those extras. I chickened out and sold mine when the Eduard kits were produced. Good luck John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larchiefeng Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 John, You were probably smart to get rid of the kit and detail kit. I started today by cutting out the main PE panels for the cockpit side walls, rear armor plate and the instrument panel and was trying to make sense of how it all is supposed to fit in place. The side wall pieces seem to be a bit short when placed on the fuselage if you go by the Verlinden drawings. I played around with them a bit and I kind of see what is going on but I'm going to have to mock up the cockpit and surrounding PE just to know exactly where they need to go before I place them and start building the cockpit around them. I think the upper rails should be placed more to the front but, I need to see exactly where the instrument panel sits before I commit to the placement. On the Verlinden drawing it shows the top rail filling the whole length of the canopy opening and there's not enough there to do that. I should have sprung for the Eduard kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larchiefeng Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Mocking up the PE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 The eduard kit has its issues as well there's a 2 page tweak list on lap I start mine today so we can compare problems good start keep it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Good to see an interesting kit being built! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larchiefeng Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 It's been a while since I've been able to sit down and work on this one but, I decided to put some of my other projects aside for a bit and get this cockpit done with the resin and PE upgrades. Here are a few shots of the last couple of nights of getting the pieces in place so I can paint them and move on to assembling the plane itself. Too many projects and not enough time. Getting there, lots of little bits and pieces. I almost forgot how to work in a smaller scale than the 1/8 scale Pocher cars I've been building lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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