kwaterous Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) But to hell with it... I'm whiffing! I started out with a poor innocent ugly duckling. An ICM 1:48 Yak-7B. It started out pretty innocent... "That fabric detail looks lame" And then things got ugly... "Hmmm, extra set of wings in the spares: I wonder?" At that point realism was out the window, so I just kinda raided the spares to see what I got. Btw, there's quite a few pieces of Tamiya Corsair in there. I think a few sacrifices to the filler God might be in order, I'll be needing help from Him. And I've already started to get ahead of myself too, I'm thinking 3x20mm canon, 2x50cal pods and 12 50lb teeny tiny bombs. And a radar pod, just for fun I'm grinning just thinking about it. I have absolutely no idea where this is going, but whatever, it's fun Cheers, K Edited November 16, 2015 by kwaterous Swearing removed 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Let the imagination run free. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 So long as you're having fun it's all good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptormodeller Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 The war of the sanding has begun! The first battle is pale, the second more yellow tinted The second front has opened too, and radar has been introduced to the equation. And the last front has already wound down and is now waiting for the other to do the same Aka I've got one coat of putty sanded on the wings, and a second coat is drying. The smoking of the fuselage sides is basically done and the plane now has a radar pod (which will require filler) Cheers, K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Madly bonkers. Good fun though Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) Definitely good fun More bonkers business tonight First paint-an interior coat sort of meant to match the dark green put in P-47s That's coat #1 And that's coat #2 I also got the clear bits sorted-I chopped the big long kit canopy down to length and made the little bits for the turtleback cutouts. One of the turtleback windows is a piece of really thick clear plastic ground down with the dremel the polished. The other is part of the cut off from the kit canopy. Also made up the drop tank-not much to say And now for the really bonkers bit My wings weren't weird enough, so I chopped the tips off and gave them a set of the downwards wing fences you see on some acrobatic planes Funny-they look sorta like P-51 wings now Also took the detail off the front cowling Last bit of work was to switch the exhausts These are the non-fishtail exhausts from the hasegawa spitfire-they fit pretty well. Anyway-I'm now getting very silly ideas in my head-I've got a concept that the North American NA-73 project created 2 planes, the day fighter we all know so well, and a night fighter that bore a few similarities that ended up beating the P-61 in the USAF night fighter competition.... Cheers, K Edited November 15, 2015 by kwaterous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 As the glue sets on another day of modelling, I have another update for anyone who's interested. I started out either the tail mods. I traced the tail, then drew the shape I wanted it to become. Then I cut out chunks from the tail to give the additions more to hold onto, and away I went. Next up I finalized the interior paintwork. It's so dark because in a nightfighter, you don't want something that's going to reflect a lot of light. Next, the fuselage halves went together (glue actually is setting lol) as you can see, I've also putties up the tail pieces to blend the plasticard in. And lastly it was time for some dry-fitting and round-the-room flying Looks rather good if I do say so myself. Anyway, let me know what you think, Cheers, K 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbeach84 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Looking like a Mustang cousin, alright! R/ Robert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Coming along nicely. Colour scheme........? Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I see nothing to regret here. Looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_c67 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 So a bright recon pink in the future yeah? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 (edited) No, not pink, sorry. I'm thinking super weathered black like some of the pacific P-61s Got all the tail surfaces stuck on You'd almost think you were looking at the back end of a mustang. Also stuck the top cowl in place, will have to paint the exhausts afterwards, but oh well Will also have to think up of some kind of exhaust flame hider... Suggestions? Anyway, it's getting there Cheers, K Edited November 18, 2015 by kwaterous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Maybe try a simple piece of flat plastic card, like was used on the Hurricane MkII night fighters? Certainly the easiest way. This is a great build - the result will certainly be a double-take job! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptormodeller Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Maybe one from a spit' kit in the spares? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 1/4 section of hollow round tube, extending from over the foremost stub to two stubs worth aft of the block. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 you are complete bonkers/mad, please keep it up! some cool ideas you have going on, and it's you modelling skills are getting better and better with each build, well done. I'm dying to see the finished beasty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the geeback everyone. For the exhaust hiders, it's looking like I'm going to add a scrap of card-I haven't got a spit kit with the parts I need unfortunately. Today's progress includes fairing in the back windows, and then making them clear all over again. You can see the end result here, as well as the fact that I now have a plane (yay) Last bit of progress is a futured main canopy and a first bit of red on the spinner Anyway, work has (obviously) slowed down, and will continue to be slow for the next 2 weeks-I'm annoyed, but I haven't got time for modelling at the moment. Cheers, K Edited November 29, 2015 by kwaterous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Keep at it as and when you can. It'll be nice to see this finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 Turns out I have more time in the day thank I thought I did This pic shows 2 things-neither of them very well :/ 1: the putty at the wing joint has been sanded down 2: the canopy needs shimming to fit nicely The shims were super-glued in place, the painted over. Next step, gunsight. It was made out of a few assorted pieces of left over PE, then glued in place and painted Anyway that's it for today's second update, next one will probably be the last bits before painting, and some painting Cheers, K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelling Mushi Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Nice, very nice. Welcome to the dark side (it's much more fun over here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) Well, I've been rather lazy updating this But now there's a big update since it's now finished. When I left off I was finalizing canopy fit and fishing up the seam prep work. After that came some black And then some more black Batmo-plane! Then some unmasking and a bit of red Id say it looks like a nightfighter Shiny and decals-most of the decals are actually from 1:72 planes but they look alright so who cares Then we skip a few steps to the finished item It's actually significantly smaller that a mustang- Interesting comparison Anyway, hope you like it-I had fun Cheers, K Edited January 31, 2016 by kwaterous 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Wow, that's some excellent scratch work K. That's a mean looking night fighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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