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    Another B747-400…..

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    Cut the left wing. So off went the LE and TE flaps, as well as the fairings for the flaps extension mechanism. I didn’t realize what kind of trouble I am getting myself into with this take off configuration. 
    A good part of the wing is removed and lots of gaps need to be filled and sanded.

    I knew there is a flaps set for sale. However, the cost is many times the price I paid for this B747. Guess I will do my best to fabricate them. Again, another trouble I am getting myself into.

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    Another B747-400…..

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    spacer.pngAfter digesting the numerous excellent build of the B747 here in this forum, I have decided that I would like to build one too.

    I have always wanted the B744, especially a SIA plane. Opportunity came when someone wanted to part an old Hasegawa kit but it was a Japanese government plane. I bought it anyway and this is my first commercial plane model build. 
    I am going to depict a SIA 50th anniversary B744 taking off. So, there will be some work to do such as extended flaps and slats, and tilting main landing gears.

     

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    BR1150 Atlantique

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    Got distracted by another build of the M1A1.

    The fuselage is joined and putty applied. This plane is long………
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    Bought a 1/144 B777-300ER for the Disney World Star Wars livery. Guess what? This is longer than the 1/72 Atlantic. I am going to have a problem of finding space to display these planes.

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    M1A1

    in Work in Progress - Armour

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    Progressing at a pace of one tube or hose per night……when will I finish detailing the engine bay? Cut some panels out of the top hull so that I can show the bay with panels opened.
     

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    M1A1

    in Work in Progress - Armour

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    I see gas turbine engines at work; the kind that flies. So the kit bare engine just does not look right. I tried as much as I can, to detail the engines with tubes, hoses, ducts, wirings and heat shields base on pictures and imagination. Eventually I think I have to stop because it can go on for a long time with the number of tubes and wiring a gas turbine engine has.

    Now to move on to the engine bay detailing. I am beginning to wonder if I am trying to achieve too much by building this tank with interior. Oh well, it’s already started, so it has to end. Build will still continue.

     


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    M1A1

    in Work in Progress - Armour

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    So….I have come to this point of assembly and realized that you either fixed with the engine inside the tank or outside. The engine cannot be removed once the rear sprocket wheels are fitted. 
    I shall leave the engine out so that I can detail the engine and engine bay. The fun part is in detailing.


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    While detailing the engine base on pictures, I realized the kit instructions for the engine to rear sprocket joint is not correct. The lower half should stay in the engine bay while the top half follows the engine. In this configuration, the engine can be taken out without obstruction. Too late for mine, the rings are glued.

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    Singapore Girl - 1/144 Zvezda 777-300ER

    in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft

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    On 22/10/2017 at 14:25, Kampartiger said:

    Superbly done Triple seven.Love the Airline,The Singapore Girls (The stewardesses) and the Island. I do believe Singapore Airlines is one of those airliners whose livery doesn't change much since its induction in 1972.

    You are right about the livery not changing. SIA is a traditional company that is innovative and yet has the idea of if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.

    When SIA went off this mark by painting the B744 into the tropical livery, it crashed the plane, although it’s not the airline’s fault. 
     

    Which 1/144 747-400?

    in Modern - 1969 and onwards

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    Just saw this one year old post but……

     

    I just got hold of a probably 20 year old Hasegawa 1/1200 B747-400. It’s kind of difficult to get a B747-400 now’s a day and it’s even harder to get a Singapore Airlines plane. 
     

    Here the plan, I will need to replace the RR engines with resin PW4000 and get the only available SQ decal of a 50th anniversary marking.

     

    This old Hasegawa kit came with raised panel lines. I wonder do you guys sand away the lines or leave it?

    I supposed the lines will not be highlighted black since such planes are always cleaned. Do you guys highlight the lines?
    I always see cleaners polishing the SQ B747 whenever I walked in the hangar during my trainee’s day

    M1A1

    in Work in Progress - Armour

    Posted · Edited by Cklasse

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    I didn’t realized what trouble I am getting myself into when I wanted a tank with movable track parts instead of the usual rubber tracks. Read that it was painful and it is indeed. Lots of careful cutting and trimming of the tiny parts so that I can assemble them into one short section. My eyes are tired from the focused work.

    It’s gonna take a few nights to complete one track.

     

    Now, will I do it again. You bet! I will still do these tracks. These tracks beat rubber tracks for the details and realism. I have a Bradley with such tracks waiting for me to build. 

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    M1A1

    in Work in Progress - Armour

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    Joined the arms and shafts for road wheels so that I can proceed with assembling engine and driver’s compartment. 
    Just eyeballing the left and right arms after dry fitting into the hull, I realized the left and right side are not on the same level. The tank will slant slightly if I proceed to blindly install them based on the keys on the arms to position.

    So, the keys on one side of the hull have to be removed so that I can reposition the arms during glueing to make sure both left and right are on equal level. Anyway, I am depicting one track to be going over a bump, so I need to remove the arm keys to position some wheels higher than others.

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    M1A1

    in Work in Progress - Armour

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    Turret base assembled. From reference pictures, I found one part is redundant and not supposed to be fitted unlike the instructions. 
    One more round of paint and it should be done for wash and weathering. 

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    M1A1

    in Work in Progress - Armour

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    Have been deliberating on which kit to start….will it be 1/32 F5E? 1/48 EA-6B? or 1/24 A-klasse? I finally decided to build the Rye Field M1A1 with full interior.  
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    This kit box is filled to the brim with parts and is a pleasure to assemble.

    My intention is to do a partial cutout of the hull and turret to showcase the beautiful interior of the M1. I have learned something about tanks from gathering the images in the internet. Most surprisingly was the ammo case burn off when fired and only the primer cap is ejected. Certainly very different from my Army times when I fired the 106 recoilless gun.

     

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    I will paint the NATO camouflage since I am tired of seeing M1 only in desert colour in most pictures.

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    Another lapsed modeller returning from their dark age.

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    Me too, has just gotten back to my “growing up hobby” after more than a decade. I have to carve out a space from my twin boys play area for my little hobby space. The kits are spilling everywhere and some are hidden in my office cabinet. 
    Part of the reasons for coming back is the use of acrylic paint, which made spray painting tolerable and convenient in an apartment.

     

    I have been buying models that I used to build or those that I have always wanted. I am going for bigger 48, 32, 35 scale kit due to the better quality and details of kits now. Display space is a constraint, so I still have the problem later of where can I display the completed models such as a 1/35 Schnellboot, 1/32 F5E. 
     

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    Hobby Boss 1/72 F14A Tomcat VF1 Wolfpack

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    Seeing this post made me think of my Hasegawa Tomcat that I built in my school days; a Wolfpack cat too.

    I am revisiting my old hobby beginning of the year and yup! Looking to get those model kits that I built long ago for sentimental reasons. 
     

    I am tempted to get the GWH 1/72 Wolfpack F14A. Maybe I will make the jump if I continue to read this build post…..

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