HL-10 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 (edited) Thanks to my wonderful wife, I have a new modelling project! I have ordered some after market goodies to go with her (The model, not my wife!) but in the mean time I have started work. I have started to scribe the panel lines; Tools of the trade are a steel ruler, a set of etched templates, an Olfa P cutter, and a compass needle mounted in a pin vice. I prefer the compass needle over the P cutter as it digs finer trenches and I can control it better. So far I have done the top and bottom halves of the fuselage. The top half has been engraved and polished, the bottom half still needs to be polished. To try and save some pennies on the after market goodies, thus keeping the little lady sweet, I have taken on the kit's intakes to make them seemless and save on resin ones. Once cemented together with copious amounts of Revell's Contacta cement, they were firmly clamped and left for 24 hours. I then mixed Humbrol's model filler with their liquid poly and brushed it all over the joints. Once set for another 24 hours, I sanded away with various grades of wet and dry untill it was all seemless. A couple of cotes of Tamiya's fine white primer, and...... Once the primer has dried thoroughly, yet another 24 hours, I will use fine wet and dry to achieve a smooth finish. I had already gathered some reference material, here's a small selection; And, I had a set of decals ready and waiting. I will paint her as one of these two, not decided yet. While studying the plans that came with the Warpaint book, I made a fatal error, I placed the parts against the drawings! Would any expert on the Vulcan like to pass comment please? Thanks for looking! Edited August 22, 2012 by HL-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttoncup Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Well I am no expert but what you have done so far looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 One thing I would say is, don't rely on the plans as they are probably wrong anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Great tip on mixing the Humbrol filler and liquid cement! I like what you have done with the intakes, I think I will try that with my Vulcan. You clearly do have a wonderful wife if she is buying you nice big kits like this! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 That is looking good. I have also started one of these recently, but I have used a set of seamless intakes, but your idea is just as good. I too have rescribed the panel lines which took me quite a fair while. I wish you good luck with this one and will be watching in the future. Oh it has to be the 27 Sqn aircraft with the Dumbo tail badge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 With regard to the plans, if it is anything le the Shackleton plans then I would take them with a pinch of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Great tip on mixing the Humbrol filler and liquid cement! I like what you have done with the intakes, I think I will try that with my Vulcan. You clearly do have a wonderful wife if she is buying you nice big kits like this! Martin Hi Martin, I've used Humbrol filler thinned with liquid poly for years. You can apply it with a fine brush for precision fixes, and on AFVs, its been the starting point for muddy finishes! With regard to the plans, if it is anything le the Shackleton plans then I would take them with a pinch of salt. Thanks for that Windy. It was the first time I encountered any "problems" regarding the shape and dimensions of this kit. Another worry was how the panel lines and inspection hatch lay out on the plans didn't match the kit either. I've just found out that WEM are doing sets for this so I may slow down a bit to allow time for them to become available, especially the bomb bay! Thanks for the comments, they are greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tornado Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Nice work on the intakes, the downfall to 2 of my vulcans in the past 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard of Effingham Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 you may find when you come to put the wings on [so to speak] that you need plenty of filler along the join line. i did when i made mine. however, you have made a good job with the intakes, so using the same idea again should work wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 you may find when you come to put the wings on [so to speak] that you need plenty of filler along the join line. i did when i made mine. however, you have made a good job with the intakes, so using the same idea again should work wonders. Yes, I know there can be problems here from previous builds, but I have a cunning plan! I decided to attach the wing halves to their respective parts of the body before bringing the wing and fuselage halves together. I figure that this way, I can concentrate on getting the fuselage/wing joint sorted and the other joints should fit together with no problems. This is the work so far: Plenty of clamps to hold it all together, nice and tight as the cement cures; So far the join looks good: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Looks good from here, I like your intakes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chablar Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Those intakes look good mate. I too love the idea of liquid poly and filler, wouldnt have thought of that myself :-P. As for the tail, i really wouldnt know. But its considerably different. Keep up the good work ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 That is a different way of doing the wings that I did not think of, and can't do now as other things are now in the way. Hopefully I won't have too much hassle gluing them to the fuselage when the time comes. Well done and keep up the good work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dekenba Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Tamiya's fine white primer is brilliant stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 Still waiting for the after market parts to arrive so I've been working on other parts. As I intend to have the entry hatch open and the canopy removeable I thought I would add some basic shapes to the interior so some details can be seen. Its not 100% accurate but just represents the basic lay out. I used the kit's pilots' seats as I've got resin seats on the way. I've also removed the kit's intake splitter vane. It is a pain to get the intake right with it in the way, and I am replacing it with a more to scale card part. Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kspriss Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Bit late now I know, but I would echo Windy's comment on the plans. I have the war paint valiant ones and they show the Mach 2 valiant to be spot on in the nose area, which it most definitely isn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tornado Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 This is really an inspirational build. Looking forward to next update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madaboutmodels Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 looks good. Please do it as 612!!!! i work on her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Looking rather good there. A little aside with the plans shown I have noticed that Wolfpack Design now have a Vulcan B2 update set which includes a new rudder and tail/fuselage end. However since this kit has been around since the early 80s, I have not heard or read anyone say that this area is incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Vader Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 There is a V Bomber Group build going on right now on BM why not put this on that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TME3 Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Nice work so far.... I'll be following with interest...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 I have been improving some of the kit parts, actually, I've rplaced them. First up is the re-fueling probe. I used a length of surgical steel and a re-fueling probe from Master. I've also made new fuel dump pipes from aluminium tube and more surgical steel tubing: A definate improvement over the kit parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Vader Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Nice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madaboutmodels Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 do you want some photos in the cockpit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 do you want some photos in the cockpit? Please! Always helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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