Darren Rhodes Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Greetings folks, It a took a while longer than planned due to five months off whilst I did some 1:1 scale filling and sanding on my kitchen, creating dust like I've never seen! All the modelling gear was packed away and only retrieved two weeks ago. Anyway, without further a do, here are yet more Suez stripes! I added a Pavla ejector seat, though in retrospect, not much can be seen with the wings folded. I also added the Pavla resin exhausts, replacing the pathetic attempt Trumpeter made of them. Oh, and having learnt my lesson from the Seahawk, I used Xtradecal roundels, backed with white discs (that come on the same Xtradecal roundel sheet). At times Trumpeter seem to needlessly over engineer things, then do dumb things like mould the wing fold ends with the wing top and bottom halves creating four awful horizontal seams to deal with. I'd originally planned to do this bombed up, but the instructions indicate wing bombs are mounted outboard of the wing fold. I doubted that wings would be folded with bombs mounted so backtracked. However, I'd already stolen half of Mr Wyvern's continent of rockets to arm up Mr Sea Venom! Scratching around I got some Pavla rockets, which required much cleaning up followed by scratch building the pylons for the Wyvern. Lesson learnt, plan ahead before stealing weapons from a kit! Paints, Xtracrylic Sky and EDSG, Tamiya 60/40 Lemon Yellow/White for the stripes, Vallejo for hand painting the seat, Alcad Stainless Steel, Pale Burnt Metal & Jet Exhaust for the exhausts. Dr Darren 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feifeitim Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 What an absolutely stunning model Darren! Well done! You have finished her in a most exemplary manner! Love this aircraft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Looks the part! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Strasser Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Looks fantastic, hope mine turns out as well as yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Wowzers! . . . . and another shot with the new kitchen in the background would not go amiss either. Cheers, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Lovely Wyvern! Well-done, indeed! Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Perfection in braille scale! Hope the kitchen can match that finish… Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekonbor Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 i have a hard time beleiving this is 1:72, very tidy and crisp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNoAF Aerobatic Team Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Outstanding result, mate. It's beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Very nice indeed,...lovely Wyvern, cheers Tony O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Lovely looking Wyvern!An outstanding build, very impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 fantastic build looks great,very nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 That's a spotless build, well done that man! The Wyvern looks properly menacing with the wings folded and all those stores hanging off it like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Terriffic job there. Really looks like it could fly. Would love to have seen one in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jckspratt1 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 That's remarkable - I'd never considered a Wyvern before, but once again this forum is probably going to precipitate a re-think. (But part of the 'thinking' process runs along the lines of "I'll never do it justice", so I'll buy the damn thing and then add it to the rapidly growing pile of 'one day when I have the ability' kits!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffter Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Really superb. And do tell us your photography set-up - lovely pictures. I have a 1/48 of this, and nowhere near as polished as this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeart Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 One of my favourite kites!!! Great work Darren! 72nd scale is for the guys who are daring!!!!!! Too small for me! But excellent and clean work!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcclure Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Oh now I want one! Super job there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuro Nezumi Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Absolutely amazing!! Becuase of the paintwork, she looks more 1/48 than 1/72! Very nice indeed! BTW, what's the difference the kit exhausts and the pavla ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Rhodes Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Thank you guys for all your very kind comments, I find the britmodeller crowd really does provide significant motivation, even when builds don't go smoothly. I'm in awe of the skills here... :blush: OK, you guys are seriously weird, I thought there'd be requests for group photos, not kitchens and models. However, I'm never one to refuse a hint, so here's a group shot in the kitchen! And before anyone comments, it's clean because it's new, it won't stay this way for long, so thanks for prompting the photo whilst it's clean! Photo setup: Tamiya photo studio (pricey, but worth the money imo), desk lights with 30W (150W equiv) daylight colour temp cfl bulbs - much cheaper than studio lights. I couldn't show here as I only have one tripod, but the key to the larger than life appearance is depth of field. That means a high f number and slow shutter speed. Most of my shots are f/22 and 2 second exposures. So any requests for an FAA Suez group photo...??? Darren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 very well done love it. Glenn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Rhodes Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Absolutely amazing!! Becuase of the paintwork, she looks more 1/48 than 1/72! Very nice indeed! BTW, what's the difference the kit exhausts and the pavla ones? Here's a comparison of kit exhausts vs the Pavla ones: Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condor1 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Beautiful build, congrats. Semmes like Trumpeter carried the issue of the wing fitting to the 72 scale. I did a 48 some time ago and i had the same problem, i guess the kit was engineered to be build wiht the wings folded???? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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