Norman Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Looking great Love what you are doing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Coming along nicely. I look forward to seeing the main assemblies come together! regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango 1 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Great work so far! This is a kit I have always wanted but sure if I could build it. I think yours will look fantastic when it's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitri Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 no time at all recently :-(, but hey! I am determined. It's going to be a long build, but I'm hoping to complete it in 3-4 months (!) Anyway, here is the latest. And again somehow the macro on my P&S camera makes it sooooo untidy. It looks much better to the naked eye! So far so good, not the greatest resin model, but I'm enjoying it very much! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Great work! This is going to be something really special when it is finished. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitri Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 hey folks! The Firebrand is back! I had hectic couple of months: changed countries again, moved from Ontario to North Carolina. It's not over yet - still many things to take care of, but I set up the modelling room, and resumed with the Firebrand. This is what I'll be dealing with in a next week or two. Regardless, I'm still quite enjoying the kit, seriously! This is a pleasant build - huge creativity field. I want to use as many original Magna parts as possible. The kit is not requiring too much scratch building if you are leaving the cockpit and wheel well alone (not too much os the cockpit is visible anyway). So I dressed up the pit a bit, used originl dash and control column, added seat from I don't remember where. The wheel bays is a mistery, and the biggest problem; as the wing is solid one-piece resin. References are not existing, and I'm using the instruction sheet from the 1/72 CMR Firebrand Mk.IV, which is a masterpiece of a kit and much, much, much superior to 1/48 Magna. Unfortunately I don't work in 1/72, but the instructions are the must to have, as a valuable reference point. Warpaint and From The Cockpit books are only somewhat helpful. So please let me know if you have any source for structual and assembly drawings, cause I don't think they exist in public domain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I take my hat of to you for tackling a Magna Kit, you are doing a great job, I am affraid I am not there greatest fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Great job so far, love the pictures of the model stash, I wonder how many of us zoomed in to see what the kits were, lots of special hobby for example, couldn't help being noise !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitri Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Great job so far, love the pictures of the model stash, I wonder how many of us zoomed in to see what the kits were, lots of special hobby for example, couldn't help being noise !! thanks :-) yeah my stash is all over the place. I like FAA/RN subjects, VVS, Luftwaffe, IJN/IJA, USN, odd subjects like Swiss, Austrian, Dutch and Swedish AF (I drive a SAAB Viggen, the car, not airplane :-) ), have a soft spot for early jets. Many Classic Airframes, Special Hobby, many full resin kits: Collect Aire, Neomega etc. selected Hasegawa and Tamiya etc.. This is not all of my kits though, I have another stash of a similar size 9,000 km from where I am right now with Hasegawa and Monogram mainly and again a load of full resin kit. Trying to thin the herd though, sold many recently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Great build to watch Looking forward to see the next steps of your build. Cheers Sernak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Dimtri, Good Luck in your new home and new country. I think you will like it in North Carolina. You are doing brilliantly with the Firebrand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitri Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 after putting aside the Firebrand to work on other projects, I was progressing quote a bit within last month. Hard to believe but I started it more than a year ago! The thought that I needed to redo several already completed tasks is not comforting; it's a really crude kit with no details, more like a table top model, rather a proper replica. But I'm getting there.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 You're putting a lot of work into this & it seems to be paying off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noeyedears Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 its certainly looking a lot better than the pile of scrap metal in the first few pics!!! cant wait to see the finished plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somnas Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Wow, I think you need a reason like yours to build a kit like this. Anyway, you're making something really good looking out of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Very impressive work!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Wow, after the first picture of the gaps in those wheel bays, I wasn't expecting much, but what you've achieved is incredible. This is going to be a rather special build when completed, please keep us updated with your progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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