Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 (edited) This is one of my shelf of doom projects. It started life as a Welsh 1/72 Wedgetail but since I have a number of projects this year for a 34SQN RAAF Club display I am repurposing the build to a BBJ (the Wedgie will be built another time). New APU housing fitted You can see the layers of paint/primer sanded back But I will have to add some putty to fair it in. More paint removed to add the Satcom antenna fairing Fairing fitted. It is a bit squarish so I have knocked the edges down a little to round it off. Vertical stab attached Some attention to the wing tips to removed them in prep for fitting winglets And finally, engines are tacked on so I can figure out how much I need to extend the struts (have been told it is 6mm, so that is where I will start). Also added a friend to show size. Edited November 6, 2017 by Romeo Alpha Yankee Image links updated 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Looks good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircraftkit Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Coming along very nicely........ Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick231 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 (edited) Wow this is impressive! Coming along very nicely! I wish Airfix or some other big kit manufacturer would make some airliners like this. I get the point of space issues but danm it would be cool! Edited January 25, 2017 by Maverick231 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossofiron1971 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Nice work sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Great work. This is going to be a very impressive model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Looking good... My dad built the P-8 Poseidon a few years back, and if I recall correctly the main gear struts are ok length-wise, and it's the nose wheel that needs extending otherwise the intake rings touch the ground. I like Welsh Models kits - they go together really well - but I wish he'd provide the cockpit transparencies as a whole clear 'roof' (like Heller do with their 707/AWACs kits) as I feel if you want the cockpit glazing clear (rather than using decal) it is very difficult to get a decent job done. Still, at least Welsh offer these large-scale airliner kits and thus I shouldn't complain too much. Will look forward to seeing this one done. And is that the C-17 I spot in the background...? Nudge nudge... Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Rhodes Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Hi Ray, great to see another vacform, and some attention given a model on the shelf of doom. Subscribed! Nice progress being made and that will be an impressive, though I am still in awe of the relative size of that C-17! (Anigrand?) Darren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Rhodes Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 PS Any ideas for the livery yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 7 hours ago, Darren Rhodes said: Hi Ray, great to see another vacform, and some attention given a model on the shelf of doom. Subscribed! Nice progress being made and that will be an impressive, though I am still in awe of the relative size of that C-17! (Anigrand?) Darren Yes, it's part of the Anigrand C-17, the livery for the BBJ will be Royal Australian Air Force, 34SQN. On 26/01/2017 at 10:52 PM, tomprobert said: Looking good... My dad built the P-8 Poseidon a few years back, and if I recall correctly the main gear struts are ok length-wise, and it's the nose wheel that needs extending otherwise the intake rings touch the ground. I like Welsh Models kits - they go together really well - but I wish he'd provide the cockpit transparencies as a whole clear 'roof' (like Heller do with their 707/AWACs kits) as I feel if you want the cockpit glazing clear (rather than using decal) it is very difficult to get a decent job done. Still, at least Welsh offer these large-scale airliner kits and thus I shouldn't complain too much. Will look forward to seeing this one done. And is that the C-17 I spot in the background...? Nudge nudge... Tom I ended up with your dad's leftover decals from that build for my P-8, though now the RAAF has its own I guess I will build mine as a RAAF 11SQN P-8A. I found I had to extend the struts on all the gear legs, see the next post... Re; the C-17... I know I know, I will get back to it one day, perhaps before the Kinetic kit hits the shelves.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) On with the build, I spent the most of yesterday arvo extending the landing gear struts. I used some K&S brass tube and rod lengths. I also modified the legs themselves as they don't seem to resemble the 737 gear leg much. I still need to create the retraction/extension arm as the Welsh kit also has you put it in the wrong place. Edited November 7, 2017 by Romeo Alpha Yankee Image links updated 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Looking good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Nice work Ray, it's looking like an impressive model already. I love that livery, it'll look fabulous. Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Rhodes Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Nice work on the gear and that livery looks very attractive, it's even got a cheat line! Puts the RAF Voyager livery to shame. Didn't know the RAAF had BBJs, learnt something new today. Out of curiosity, Ray, what types of filler do you use? The surface finish is looking good. Darren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Great progress, I find Welshmodels quite frustrating as large resin parts don't glue very well to vac form parts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 14 hours ago, Darren Rhodes said: Nice work on the gear and that livery looks very attractive, it's even got a cheat line! Puts the RAF Voyager livery to shame. Didn't know the RAAF had BBJs, learnt something new today. Out of curiosity, Ray, what types of filler do you use? The surface finish is looking good. Darren The RAAF BBJs are coming to the end of their service soon, been around since 2000!I worked at the squadron up until 1998 when we operated Falcon 900s. These days I use Tamiya White Putty since I do so many white liveries, I have also tried the grey but it seems to make more of a mess when sanding 13 hours ago, kev67 said: Great progress, I find Welshmodels quite frustrating as large resin parts don't glue very well to vac form parts Totally agree Kev, I have resorted to trying to pin them, we will see how this works out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Rhodes Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Hi Ray, thanks for for the info on the RAAF BBJs and 34 sqn. Some airlines would consider 15 years mid life. Tamiya putty is one of the few putties I have yet to try, must add some to my shopping list. For major joints, my current favourite is superglue and talc. It dries quick, hard, scribes well and doesn't shrink, but it's so hard it's takes quite a bit of effort to sand. Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 (edited) I like Tamiya as it sets pretty hard, it does shrink so for large gaps a couple of applications is required. Added the flap track fairings and one of the stabs and started some filling You may have also noticed a little sanding back of the fuselage Edited November 7, 2017 by Romeo Alpha Yankee Image links updated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) Going back a step I replaced the stumpy bit on the exhaust cone with brass and used an aluminium sleeve and brass to reinforce the tailplane fit. and a close up of the fitment of the flap track fairings Edited November 7, 2017 by Romeo Alpha Yankee Image links updated 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Rhodes Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Good to see more progress Ray, that's a lot of sanding done there and a serious tailplane attachment tube! Fascinating, seeing how everyone's workflow is a little different. I appreciate it's 1/72 and not 1/144, however, I rarely if ever, attach engines or tailplanes on civil aircraft until after all painting and decalling is done, as I find they just get in the way of painting and polishing. With 1/72 military, it's a different matter as engines are mostly integral. Darren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Darren, I try to leave things like engines and stabs off until later but I found that the gaps between the parts would be an eye sore ( to me). So in this case I preferred to glue everything and have the masking nightmare later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Rhodes Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 56 minutes ago, TrojanThunder said: Darren, I try to leave things like engines and stabs off until later but I found that the gaps between the parts would be an eye sore ( to me). So in this case I preferred to glue everything and have the masking nightmare later It's about trade-offs! ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Winglets fitted White done One thing I had to sort out prior to painting the grey was my diminishing supplies of Boeing and Airbus grey. So I sprayed some Testors FS16515 and Xtracolour Airbus grey onto a bit of plastic and took it over to our new Bunnings Warehouse. Had the colours matched in an oil-based enamel (White Knight brand). I have also been working on another 34SQN mount.... The Bunnings mixed paint has worked really well. Masking removed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 And finished as A36-002, 34 Squadron RAAF 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Very smart..... and BIG Ray! Cheers, Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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