jrlx Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 1 hour ago, trickyrich said: Nice work on the canopy Jamie and a nice save on it as well. It's perfectly understandable if you don't make it in time, it's best not to rush things. Look forward to future updates as they come. Thank you for the kind words, Rich! I still have to update my thread with all the work done till last week-end. Unfortunately, I haven't managed to progress this week as I'm always in a low energy level at night, when I would have some limited time for modelling work. I expect to have a few hours to work on the MiG this coming week-end but I also have to start my Dornier Do 24T flying boat for the Flying Boats and Float Planes GB I'm hosting. Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 Hi again, Still updating the thread with work done several days ago. After washing the clear parts and while they were drying, I sanded the excess white putty on the missiles and tires: IMAG4962 IMAG4963 IMAG4964 Only primer will tell if this was enough to make the ejector marks vanish. The clear parts were, then, fully dry, so I gave them a bath of Alcalad's Aqua Gloss. Here's the set-up: IMAG4965 Every clear part was fully immersed in Aqua Gloss: IMAG4966 The parts were put on a clean kitchen paper towels, to absorb the excess while the parts dried: IMAG4967 As already shown in a previous post, a few days later the parts were fully dry and this was the result for the wind shield and canopy: IMAG4999 Thanks for looking. Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 Continuing with the updates. Next I moved to resin and PE parts of the cockpit. First, I had to glue together the two parts of the control columns, as it was broken out of the box: IMAG4968 After glueing the parts together: IMAG4969 Next, there were two resin parts to glue to the sides of the seat's head rest. Here the one on the left is already glued in place: IMAG4991 There's a PE fret with many parts for the seat and cockpit: IMAG4992 The first parts to apply go on the seat, as shown in the instructions sheet: IMAG4993 Here's the seat with all the PE parts minus those for the seat belts: IMAG4994 These are the instructions and the PE parts for the seat belts. IMAG4995 Crossing the PE parts as instructed was quite a challenge. This was the best result I managed to achieve, after several tries: IMAG4997 This is how the belts rest on the seat: IMAG4996 PE parts PP7 are also constituents of the seat belts, to be installed on the front of the seat (see the first photo of the instructions sheet, above). Here they are, already bent to shape: IMAG5009 The seatbelts will be painted separately from the seat and installed when the cockpit painting is complete. Thanks for looking. Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 This post makes the thread up to date with the work done till yesterday. I installed a rectangular piece of 0.13 mm-thick plastic card on the hole on the bottom of the cockpit that I did while removing the resin casting block: IMAG4998 Then, I glued pieces of sprue inside the front fuselage top, around the rim of the instrument panel cowling: IMAG5000 IMAG5001 This was done to provide support for the installation of the instrument panel cowling resin part but scraping will be needed in order to achieve a proper alignment of the resin part. These are the PE parts to make the rudder pedals and linking bar: IMAG5002 The parts were bent as instructed: IMAG5003 and glued in place with CA: IMAG5004 IMAG5006 There was also a small lever to install on the left vertical console: IMAG5007 and two small levers to install on the right console: IMAG5008 These three levers were quite difficult to glue in place... Finally, here is the instrument panel: IMAG5010 The sides had to be bent: IMAG5011 There's an acetate with the instruments to apply behind the PE part but the back of the instruments must be painted white. So, I applied a piece of masking tape to protect the clear films that will be installed on the HUD: This all have done till now. Thanks for looking. Jaime 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 The thread title is no misnomer, super detailing indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 Thanks Cookie, very kind! Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Really lovely work Jamie, I can't believe you're doing all this in 1/72nd, 1/48th is hard enough. Arrr PE seatbelts, the invention for sure!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 Thanks Rich! Much appreciated! These PE seat belts were especially challenging, as the back cross-shaped part had to be bent through the lateral parts representing the vertical harnesses. Several tries were needed to reach an acceptable looking result. Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene K Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Just tuned in and have to say thank you for such a wonderful thread. I appreciate that it takes a lot of time to photograph, assemble, label, and post such detailed pictures!! You said a couple of times that all the pictures were "boring", but I certainly don't agree with that -- I found them informative AND entertaining. Thanks again. Gene K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 5 hours ago, Gene K said: Just tuned in and have to say thank you for such a wonderful thread. I appreciate that it takes a lot of time to photograph, assemble, label, and post such detailed pictures!! Likewise. Don't know how I missed this till now, Jaime. Most excellent job so far, keep it up Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 Gene, Giorgio, Thank you very much for your interest and very kind words! Much appreciated! I'll keep working on it but I'll start my Dornier Do 24 flying boat for the Flying Boats and Float Planes GB in the next few days. As host of that GB I cannot fail to finish my entry Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 Hi again, This is an update with work done last Sunday. I painted the back of the instruments acetate with flat white, using a nº 2 brush: IMAG5013 IMAG5014 Next, I spent quite a lot of time slowly filing the support for the instrument panel cover until the resin piece was properly aligned in place. For this I used a half-round file: IMAG5015 Then, I glued the resin piece in place using slow setting CA glue. This same glue was used as filler for the gaps around the piece: IMAG5016 Here are a few views of the end result: IMAG5017 IMAG5018 IMAG5020 IMAG5021 To finish with, I glued pieces of plasticard to the ends of the lower air brake. When I removed the resin part from the casting block, I wrongly removed the slightly raised areas on these ends. I later found pictures showing the lower air brake having these raised ends, to make a streamlined surface with the upper air brake when closed. So, I'll reproduce the removed detail by filing the plasticard to shape: IMAG5022 That's all for now. I've now started building my entry to the Flying Boats and Float Planes GB. So, it may take a while before I update this thread again. Thanks for looking. Jaime 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Nice update Jaime - lots of resin fiddling frenzy, I see Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 Thanks, Giorgio! Yes, there's a lot of resin in this project. As many upgrades as I could find Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbaudru Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Nice start ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 Thanks Pierre! I haven't had much time this month and have concentrated on my Flying Boat build in the meanwhile. I'll get back to the MiG as soon as I can. Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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