Seamus Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 Evening all, This is my third and maybe final build for this GB (don;t want to overload it with my own builds! ), trumpy's rather lovely looking Wyvern. Bought this kit back in July at the RNAS Culdrose Air Day and have been itching to build it since, especially as I have never built a Trumpeter kit before. Here's the box and bits, plenty of the latter Think I'll make a start on the sub assemblies this evening, and have a good ol' test fit of that wing join. I've got another more general question for the experten- the kit comes with an acetate for the instrument dials. Having never used this before, I'm guessing it needs to be sprayed white on the back and trimmed to size, but what would be best method for glueing it in place? PVA perhaps Any suggestions much appreciated Cheers Shaun
mikeew Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 I've got another more general question for the experten- the kit comes with an acetate for the instrument dials. Having never used this before, I'm guessing it needs to be sprayed white on the back and trimmed to size, but what would be best method for glueing it in place? PVA perhaps Any suggestions much appreciated Cheers Shaun Shaun , I use Johnsons Klear for adhesive on acetate film IP's. Its a strong enough bond when dry as its a non load bearing bit of the kit, plus it dries clear and glossy. When dry you could drop a droplet of Klear into each dial front face for added glass effect. Hope this helps, and I look forward to seeing this progress.
Seamus Posted January 28, 2009 Author Posted January 28, 2009 Thanks for the tip buddy, i think I'll give that a try First bit of prgoress then and the cockpit and seat have largely been assmebled. Lovely level of detail for the scale, should pop out nicely after some drybrushing. I've dryfitted it into the fuselage, and also dryfitted the main components, just to get a feel of the thing. fit is largely very impressive, including that pesky wing fold joint, so all seems good to go with the spread wings The tailplanes seem to naturally fit a bit flat, with little or no dihedral, but should be simple enough to fix when it comes to fixing them properly Should be able to get the office and seat all sprayed up tomorrow evening, looking forward to getting stuck in properly Cheers Shaun
Col. Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 Damn you Shuan, you've got a head start on me while I was fichering with the Firefly
Seamus Posted January 28, 2009 Author Posted January 28, 2009 Ha, my aplogies old bean Given that there were already a number of people planning to build a Wyvern, I was having second thoughts entering it (the lure of a Hasegawa F-9F Cougar was very tempting ) but in the end I couldn't resist, having been keen to crack on with this one ever since I bought it I suppose at the end of the day, you can't have too many Wyverns
AnonymousDFB1 Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Sean if this is anything like the 1:48 offering by Trumpy it will fall together.
mahross Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Sean - Another And again another one that I have in my stash too. How do you find the time to finish stuff so quickly? I will be Ross
bexwh773 Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 GOt one in the stash too Shaun, so I'll be watching this one Bex
PhilChris Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Shaun, Same as mikeew, use Klear, it's perfect for that! Chris
Seamus Posted January 29, 2009 Author Posted January 29, 2009 Thanks all Here's some more meaningful progress with the Wyvern then, and the cockpit is largely completed. I followeed Mike's advice and went with Klear for the acetate, which worked fine. However, whilst the IP is moulded in clear plastic, it's far too thick for the dials to be seen, so the whole IP was sprayed in black, along with the rest of the cockpit, and then drybrushed with silver to highlight the detail, again, along with the rest of the office. Some of the knobs and switches were then picked out in yellow and white with a cocktail stick A quick dryfit inside the fuselage to see how it will look once buttoned up- not all that much will be visisble methinks The seat was assembled (all 10 parts of it!) and painted up before given a drybrushing. I intend to add some belts and the ejection handle, but need to pick up some fusewire after work tomorrow before I can do that. That's all for this evening, I'll hopefully get the seat sorted tomorrow night and make a start on the main construction. Any comments and suggestions welcome as always Cheers Shaun
Davec_24 Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Looking good so far! I seem to remember the tailplanes not wanting to stay at the correct angle on mine, so I built a sort of jig from paint tins and the likes to keep the whole lot where I wanted it and at the correct angles while it all set overnight, seemed to do the job. I'm sure you'll have no problems getting round it.
Col. Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Tidy job on the 'pit Shaun, looking grand so far.
AnonymousFO98 Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 (edited) good start Shaun thinking ahead- and sorry i forgot to mention- you may want to dremel the exhaust or replace with the Quickboost set http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=QB72015 Edited January 30, 2009 by walrus
mikeew Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Good start Shaun. tbh the Klear adhesive for acetate IP's works best when put with etched IP panels as they are thinner, larger scales help too. Not to worry, like you say, not a lot can be seen anyway!
Mike Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Smashin' work so far One point of order though... the hoop on the back of the deck behind the pilot is actually supposed to be attached to the canopy
Seamus Posted January 30, 2009 Author Posted January 30, 2009 Thanks for the encouragement peeps thinking ahead- and sorry i forgot to mention- you may want to dremel the exhaust or replace with the Quickboost set Good point, well presented Initially, I thouht about leaving them, but they look a bit ugly, so I may have a bash at drilling them- don;t feel the need to invest a few quid on the resin set. That said, if I bugger up drilling them then I may have to! One point of order though... the hoop on the back of the deck behind the pilot is actually supposed to be attached to the canopy Bugger........I assmued though that this was the rail on which the canopy slides back on, so would it not be in attched the decking anyways? Having given the canpoy a quick dryfit, there's a minimal gap at worst, so I may just leave it, and stop myself getting a gluey mess all over the canopy Some more progress to report then and I've been working on detailing the seat. I added belts from trusty old Tamiya tape, and buckles from wire I pillaged from work. The larger circular buckle was simply an offcut of said wire with the plastic insulation still intact and painted silver. After taking these pictures, I realised I had forgotten to add the ejectot handle. I twisted a couple of wires together to give some more thickness, and glued it in place before painting. The seat was then added to the cockpit. Certainly adds a bit more interest to the office I think I aim to close everything up tomorrow and assemble the wings to enable me to spray the silver wheel wells. A quick question first though- I need to plan my final loadout so that I know what holes to open up before assmebling the wings. Now, I can't be bothered with the rockets anymore, so I plan to fit the underwing tanks, along with a torpedo on the centreline. Is this an acceptable loadout? The instructions seem to think so, but then they also thought the cockpit was grey Thanks for looking, any comments welcomed Cheers Shaun
Stebos Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 I do like those belts. The trick for the buckle is something I'll have to steal if you don't mind!
Graham T Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 I'd black the seat headrest to be honest. Looks like the 1/72 kit is a "pantagram" of the 1/48!
Seamus Posted January 31, 2009 Author Posted January 31, 2009 (edited) I do like those belts. The trick for the buckle is something I'll have to steal if you don't mind! Cheers fella, be my guest I'd black the seat headrest to be honest. Interesting......Were they always black, or were some black and some red? If it's the latter, I'll leave it as it is I think it adds a splash of colour to the office Also, I'd still be interested to know if anyone can tell me if the tanks and torpedo would an acceptable loadout. Cheers Shaun Edited January 31, 2009 by Seamus
AnonymousDFB1 Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 Shaun when I build my 1:48 the only ref pics I could find for weapons so I just put tanks on mine. Looking good BTW
AnonymousFO98 Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 Also, I'd still be interested to know if anyone can tell me if the tanks and torpedo would an acceptable loadout. Hi Shaun the 4+ book reckons that the Torpedo role was deleted in September 1956. if you are doing "Snook" dated in the book on the "Colours and Markings" page says "Summer 1956" so it's a close run thing. Gut feeling says it would be unlikely - i can oly find earlier variants with the tinfish. the tanks are a safe bet i would think, but personally would go with the rp racks as that seems to be the standard configuration for the time period. but that is only really conjecture as i have no pics to say one way or the other. and someone might know otherwise. btw and not that it affects your build Shaun, but might be useful to someone- the bombs provided seem to me to be incorrect. They should be the 1000lb highspeed general purpose bombs. 4+ missed that one too! :smug:
Seamus Posted January 31, 2009 Author Posted January 31, 2009 Thanks for that Paul My bird will be from 1957, so I'll leave out the torpedo in that case. Looks like a complete change of plane is in order, so now I'll be arming her solely with rockets (don't fancy cutting them up to use in conjuction with the tanks). Best make a start on getting the wings together then Cheers Shaun
Graham T Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 Cheers fella, be my guest Interesting......Were they always black, or were some black and some red? If it's the latter, I'll leave it as it is I think it adds a splash of colour to the office Also, I'd still be interested to know if anyone can tell me if the tanks and torpedo would an acceptable loadout. Cheers Shaun Shaun, MB seats were rarely if ever black/red. The Wyvern seat was a Mk2 (can't recall the exact subtype but take a look here: http://www.seatejectcolor.com/seat/index.html Although designed as a Torpedo dropper, by the time the Wyvern entered service it as generally accepted that a/c no longer stood a snowball's chance in a torpedo run against modern warships. Therefore the torp was never an operational load on Wyverns. HTH
Seamus Posted January 31, 2009 Author Posted January 31, 2009 Ta Graham, best whip out the black paint once more Cheers Shaun
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