Neal Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) So this is my next project: I really enjoyed building the revell 1:144 tomcat as part of the group build even though it was the (very) old mould, so I thought I try one of their newer kits. First impressions are excellent, there's no flash that I can find and the moulding is amazingly crisp. I think this will be pretty much OOB, although I'm not sure whether to have this in flight possibly releasing one of the LGB's or on the ground, refuelling probe out, with the canopy open. Edited November 15, 2012 by Neal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atdb27 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Look forward to this one Neal. Canopy/Refuel Probe Open! Insane for this scale. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 Look forward to this one Neal.Canopy/Refuel Probe Open! Insane for this scale. Adrian Adrian, I'll see what we can do…… Couple of hours progress. Fitted the cockpit together and have given it a coat of paint, I've just had a look at the cockpit decals and realised that they're going to be pretty tricky to fit with the ip in place. Started to paint the ejection seats, may try and add some tape harnesses and the grab handle. The main body has gone together really well, the fit is excellent. I've left off the tail planes to aid painting. The main wings seem to have way too much anhedral so I may try and fix the with some packing inside the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuprar Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Hi Neil, great start buddy! I'll be watching this with eyes wide open, need to know how your going to do the refuelling probe as I'm doing a in flight diorama for the VC-10 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Great little kit, looking forward to seeing your progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 (edited) Hi Neil, great start buddy! I'll be watching this with eyes wide open, need to know how your going to do the refuelling probe as I'm doing a in flight diorama for the VC-10 GB Chris, There is a great solution to that particular modelling conundrum; revell include the parts to model the probe open or retracted, think it'd drive me mad trying scratch one! I'll have a look at the GB and look forward to seeing how you get on with a great idea for a dio Edited April 20, 2012 by Neal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 The plan was to be completely OOB, but plans can change can't they? Found these online, so ordered a set to save me making the sensor, it'll be interesting to see what they're like. http://www.retrokitonline.com/index.php?ma...p;products_id=7 Think I'm now settled on a ground display a bit like this: http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Air/Pa...ebb0acbbea2d3ca Just need to find some 1/144 RBF tags and LGB's..... The plans don't call for any nose weight, but does anyone know whether any is needed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I have made the ECR and IDS versions of this kit and added a little nose weight to both just to make sure that I didn't end up with tail sitters. I didn't have the courage to raise the canopy on either, though I may give it a go on my GR1 when I see your progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 I have made the ECR and IDS versions of this kit and added a little nose weight to both just to make sure that I didn't end up with tail sitters. I didn't have the courage to raise the canopy on either, though I may give it a go on my GR1 when I see your progress. Thanks for the tip. Managed to get the cockpit decals on eventually, the IP ones were pretty tricky until I realised that they'd go on a lot easier if they were cut vertically into their constituent parts Cockpit still needs some paint and tidying up. Seem to have lost one of the ejection seats so may have to scratch one of those, or find someone with a spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Waiting for Retrokits cockpit for one of my builds, if you PM me with details I will sort something out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham77 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I had the same plan as you after the cat gh and picked up one of these amongst others so will be watching with interest. Nice start and god luck Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEngineer Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Looks very nice! My fingers are far too fat to even contemplate 1/144! I struggle with 1/1!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 John, PM inbound Graham, I really enjoyed the Tomcat GB, seeing what other people achieved in this scale. I Don't think I could face doing the slats and flaps on this though. Gents, Thanks for the comments. No progress worthy of a photo. Gave the cockpit decals a coat of klear to fix them down, two of them had come loose, but thankfully I'd put the cockpit tub in a bag so they were found and re-attached. I'm now wondering about adding some electrical harness's and pipe work to the cockpit but I've not yet managed to find a clear picture to work from. I was also thinking about whether a throttle is possible at this scale…… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mctrl87 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Great work so far! It's very impressive how much detail you can put into a model of this size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirfixAndy Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 1/144 scale throttles ....I just about manage in 48th Great start and looking forward to seeing more . Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 (edited) Andy, Mctrl87, Glad you're enjoying it, I can't take all the credit though the kit has plenty of detail already. After two attempts with plasticard and stretched sprue I got something that looked like a throttle set. I've also added the black angled level (can't remember what it's for) behind the throttles. Appologies for the quality of the pictures. Interestingly the flash seems to have shown up loads of flaws in the paint that aren't apparent to naked eye. Edited April 25, 2012 by Neal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 That's coming along nicely Neal. Interestingly the flash seems to have shown up loads of flaws in the paint that aren't apparent to naked eye. Interestingly enough, that's a comment I often pass to SWMBO whenever I take her photograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 John, very funny. A set of resin seats have arrived today from retrokits (www.retrokitonline.com) they look really good I was surprised to see that they've even managed to mould ejection handles. I've never worked with resin parts so I need to do some research, hopefully I can do them justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 This is looking rather good - oh, and you have mail! Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) Thanks for all the kind comments and help. Not much to show, but some progress: Change of plan on the load, I'm not going to use the LGB's (they might go on a future F-14D build) instead I'm painted up the bombs in the kit (1000lb'ers I assume) in the olive and blue for the training (?) rounds this aircraft is carrying: http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Air/Pa...ebb0acbbea2d3ca Coat of matt klear and a dose of pro modeller's wash and a bit of dry brushing and I think the tub is pretty much complete. Painted the inside of the wheel wells, UC and gear doors. I've added the distinctive landing lights to the main UC doors using some stretched sprue. I've used tamiya XF80 which looks a pretty close match to me, I've also used it on the inside of the intakes. Cleaned up the resin seats and gave them a lick of paint to show up the detail, going to need some smaller brushes and better eyes to do the detailed paint work. Finished by starting on the hindenburg's. Edited April 30, 2012 by Neal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 A shiney new 000 brush and and hour or so this evening and I've 2 seats ready for a coat of klear: I managed to knock off one of the handles so I removed the other and made 2 new ones using Andy's Method : http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...16837&st=80 They look ok, the yellow's a bit lost at this scale though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Great job Neal. Those seats have cleaned up really well and look fantastic painted up. I hope that mine turn out as well, I haven't planned to put as much detail in a kit of this scale before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelvk Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Whoa.. THose seats are mad tiny! You're a brave man.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted May 5, 2012 Author Share Posted May 5, 2012 (edited) Great job Neal. Those seats have cleaned up really well and look fantastic painted up. I hope that mine turn out as well, I haven't planned to put as much detail in a kit of this scale before. Cheers John, the kit detail is great given size. I hadn't planned to do much to it either but there's loads of potential. Whoa.. THose seats are mad tiny! You're a brave man.. Michaelvk, thanks. The seats are great value, I'd forgotten how small they were until I had a look at them again last night. Hopefully I can find some time to make some progress this weekend, I want to get the seats in and the tub finished then I can get the front section closed up and attached. Was thinking about trying some intake covers although I've never tried them I'm assuming some tin foil over the intakes is the best way to do it? Edited May 5, 2012 by Neal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted May 5, 2012 Author Share Posted May 5, 2012 Found this useful thread so might try it for the intake covers http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...5&hl=Covers One question I'm sure someone here knows, if the canvas intake covers are fitted does that mean I need to do exhaust covers as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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