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XP-84, the very first of the breed!
Whirly replied to Whirly's topic in Republic F-84 Jet fighter series STGB
Hello, we are nearing the painting stage: airframe is complete, just needing a primer coat to check for minor defects and then on to the canopy. Thanks for looking!- 14 replies
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I like your parallel with cooking @marvinneko, sometimes I feel like when you leave the heat too high and everything get scorched! 😆 Back to the build: I'm still battling with the engravings on the tail, I hope this is the final round with filler. I tried the experiment I had in mind with the wing slots and it worked quite well, better in the underside (again!) because the detail is more defined in the original MPM parts. Finally, for now, I'm quite happy with the mods to the engine nacelles, they are nearly ready for installation. Thanks for looking!
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XP-84, the very first of the breed!
Whirly replied to Whirly's topic in Republic F-84 Jet fighter series STGB
With a bit of work it's not so difficult: the shortened cockpit needs stepped side consoles which are peculiar to the early marks. A bit of weight is needed in the nose before joining again the two sections. And that's it! I took care to cut the fuselage near to the widest point of the cockpit, so that after removing a few mm. the parts would meet again. Thanks for looking!- 14 replies
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Is this a specific mod of tha Canadian built lysanders? Just interested since I have one to build and found contrasting informations on the pilot seat.... Very nice start, by the way, I will follow your progress.
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XP-84, the very first of the breed!
Whirly replied to Whirly's topic in Republic F-84 Jet fighter series STGB
Hello, sorry for the long hiatus: time was very limited in the last two weeks so i did only small progress on this build. I cut and added the longer strake from a piece of transparent acetate, because I needed something harder than plasticard to sustain the heavy sanding session which will follow generous applications of Mr.Surfacer. Hope to update soon with more progress. Thanks for looking!- 14 replies
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Thank you @81-er, maybe it's me, though I feel I'm investing a bit too much of my time in this model: every issue needing correction is absorbing much more time than I had planned, but you can't really ignore them once you know they are there. I can't imagine how @AdrianMF kept his commitment so high during his build! During the weekend I had some time to work on the tail rescribing everything (rudders, elevators, trim tabs) with variable success.... As you would rightly expect, the best results are on the UNDERSIDE 😠Did the same exercise on the ailerons+flaps and those came out much better. On the opposite, you can see how the work on the leading edge slots doesn't bode well. I'm now thinking about a quick resin copy of the MPM surface detail with Oyumaru moulds, since I fear I will never reach the required finesse creating the slots with files and plasticard. And finally I started work on the last big issue with the Airfix kit, that is the u/c cutouts. As @AdrianMF already explained in his build, they are totally wrong to allow retraction of the u/c legs. I won't go for a complete rebuild of the wheelwells, it is not in the scope of this project, I just want to give a bettere representation of the actual shape. Thanks for looking!
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My T-6 Texan trilogy is finally complete, just on the finish line! HELLER kit 1/72 - Royal New Zealand AF - Red Chequers aerobatic team - 1972 Academy 1/72 - Royal New Zealand AF - Red Chequers aerobatic team - mid '60s Hobbyboss 1/72 - SNJ-5 US Navy Blue Angels support aircraft, at NAS Patuxent River in June 1948 See you next years, I've always plenty of KUTA candidates!
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Finished! Not one of my best builds, at least it's finished and archived. A big thank you to those who supported me along this convoluted path, especially to the GB moderators for helping us complete these unloved projects!
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Whirly started following Project 75
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More progress, seeing the finish line!
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There is hope! The canopy join is less than stellar and the fit of the Special Hobby masks could be better, though at least I'm seeing the end!
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I'm going to build this classic Airfix kit, with some improvements along the way. The livery is Alitalia, not the original pinstripe but the subsequent Landor scheme, thanks to these very good 26Decals. Quite busy at the moment with other GBs, I plan to start later.
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Definitely better after the Milliput treatment: see how the ailerons and elevators are of uneven thickness, now I just need to rescribe the joint 😱 Nose is nearly reconstructed, a good polishing and then I can try to join the nose cap. Thanks for looking!
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XP-84, the very first of the breed!
Whirly replied to Whirly's topic in Republic F-84 Jet fighter series STGB
Alea iacta est! (the die is cast) I also replaced the exhaust with something more fitting shapewise (an old pen section) and I cut a groove for the long ventral strake. Thanks for looking!- 14 replies
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Sure, you can read more here http://www.archiviograficaitaliana.com/project/239/alitalia
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I'd like to join with a 1/144 Caravelle, late Alitalia livery (Landor scheme?) thanks to 26Decals.