 1:32 AV-8B (Trumpet), Putty, sand, repeat. Poll a dead heat; vote now! |
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 Mar 25 2010, 01:17 PM
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Apr 2 2010, 07:39 PM
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Old Hand Group: Members Posts: 263 Joined: 13-October 09 From: Burntisland Member No.: 5,154 |
Engine finished!
Colour scheme radically different from the pegasus in East Fortune (as I saw today), but hey ho - I've seen the photo's and I know this engine scheme came out an AV-8B. I'd liked to have had more blue heat discolouration, but I didn't have the pastels for it, so plain ol' dirty it'll have to be. I might do a wee bit more, but it looks ok in normal light TBH (ie these photo's are showing it in it's best light). Bays next, and getting the fuselage together!   PS - anyone looking for some photo's? I took a few of the lightning, and the tornado. I was tempted to do the Bucc, but I figured..."hey they obviously enjoy the pain of building them, so why make it easier for them?" 
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Apr 2 2010, 07:46 PM
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Old Hand Group: Members Posts: 263 Joined: 13-October 09 From: Burntisland Member No.: 5,154 |
PS - no load-out votes at all from you chaps, so I'm going with:
- 2 x tanks - Inner pylons - 6 x 500lb LGB's - Middle pylons - xxxx - "leg" pylons not in kit. Booo! - 2 x rocket pods - outer pylons - 1 x spoiler, and 1 x pylon with laser guiding, ECM doohickey wotsits etc on the belly, in place of the guns. What exactly are these btw? And who makes them in 1:32? ....OR.... - 6 x 500lb LGB's - Inner pylons - 2 x rocket pods - Middle pylons - xxxx - "leg" pylons - 2 x AIM9's - outer pylons This post has been edited by silverburn: Apr 2 2010, 07:48 PM |
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Apr 5 2010, 04:18 PM
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Old Hand Group: Members Posts: 263 Joined: 13-October 09 From: Burntisland Member No.: 5,154 |
Ok, construction is proceeding, but I've spent most of the day correcting a problem...
Essentially, the pit section wouldn't join the main engine/fuselage section without massive gaps. I filed, I trimmed, I shaved...and only just got it to a "putty-able" distance, top and bottom. Only to find when I got there, the top section curvatures were not the same! You can just make it out here:  The intakes threw in another problem, because if the main pit wouldn't fit neatly, neither would the flap "legs". I had the choice of either: a ) attach the pit, then the intakes, and putty the intake join b ) attach the intakes to the pit first, and join/putty the lot once attached. I chose b ) - I figured making the small legs neatly finished was easier than trying to butcher the complex intake innards. Plus I've already painted the innards... It's been a long day, but just about happy with the fit lines. A few small ones to do, and the belly pit/fuselage join needs further work - it was a good 1-2mm adrift! That front underkart is right in the way though, but I couldn't not attached it, given the design; Trumpet could have come up with a means surely - the rear can be added after the fuselage is together? Anyway...to the pics....  ..and after some work...the "intake legs" and the upper join are now neat and tidy!  ...and here's progress at end of play; wings and tail fins are only dry fitted for now (wing will not be secured anyway).  |
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