Cookenbacher Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) I admire your tenacity on recovering the exhaust. What filler are you using? It looks like it feathers very well. Edited April 30, 2015 by Cookenbacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Elmer's mood filler, cheapest filler I've ever used, it sands nice and dries fast too! K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 How about a JATO pack to get it to altitude and save fuel? Should help with the MTO weight as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 I'm planning rocket pods of some kind. Not sure if I mentioned that before the thread fell asleep. K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 I'm nt sure if I've covered everything, the big gap has left me not sure what I've posted and what I haven't. There's also a few gaps in my pictures. Sorry for any confusion this has caused. Last night, I got a bit of time on this beastie, and I passed a milestone. First exterior paint! Just a rough coat for now. There'll be at least one more before I call it done. I'm also planning on picking out a few pannels in different shades (I'll explain in the final story) Anyhow, this will be the last update for the next few days, as I'll be out of town, Cheers, K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Alrighty! It's update time! This will be the basis of the underside paint job modifications will come later) In an attempt to re-create some if the rather odd late war camo schemes I've decided to use some liquid mask. It looks bad and smells worse, but it does work (at least, it has before) Last of all, a little bit is scheme planning. Cheers, May the Fourth be with you K 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Looks great! Dermot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Thanks Dermot, This makes me happy: Cheers, K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 Yahooooooo!!!! Main paint is DONE, there'll be a bit more to do, but this is a big step. yay Cheers, K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 We have decals (not all of them, but some) Decals for the back half are all on (I think) there'll be more up front* in the next couple of days. Anyway, that's it for this (very brief) update. Cheers, K *fnarr fnarr (I blame Ced for getting me started) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 Decals are done, and more! This particular plane survived a belly landing, and had had many of the pannels on the bottom replaced. Undercarriage doors, and the RATO packs in the background. The main, 30mm canon has had it's first coat of paint. Cheers, K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Little more done. (Having 2 days off is great ) Stuck the sticky outey bit into it's socket* Canopies and landing gears done More work on the RATOs Just to add some colour (actually, the pilot of this aircraft did this so that he could more easily see his rudders during checks) Said rudders are in place Cheers, K *theres a Dbl-E in there somewhere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 More replacement pannel ridiculousness Lots of colours The top was feeling left out Cheers, K 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Hate to say this so late in the build, but I'm wondering if a single piece center tail section might look more convincing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 It might, but the designers decided to try to keep as many parts as possible compatible with the single fuselage versions, to make repairs easier K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 A Descision has been made! She wil be wheels up, because the gear I built wasn't going to work out. I made new gear doors, the originals didn't for well: A bit of scribing will be needed The unfortunate thing about wheels up is pilots are required. That meant chopping out the seat belts. And pulling out every pilot figure I own, the mashing them together into something that fits in the cockpit. Here's the pilot And now he's got his glue setting in position The navigator was far simpler, only surgery needed was on his legs. And that's all. Modifying figures is incredibly time consuming. As for painting them... Tips anyone? Cheers, K :pilot; 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 Next progress Got the big 30mm canon into place. Note the super high tech jig Next up was to start painting the pilots. Used some beige on the faces, and to make sure I got rid of the mould lines, at least in the heads. Next up was some basic base painting. I've made the jackets different colours, just for variety. I'm using this as my reference. I won't be able to add this much detail, but I can always try Cheers, K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 It's a shame that all your harness work had to be removed, but this will look extra menacing wheels-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 Alrighty! Next update! For the base of the big 30mm painted. There was some filling involved to fair it in too. Both canopies painted up and aerials added. The canopy with less framing is the pilot's. They were a new development, even better than the Erla Haube canopies. Canopies were left aluminum from the factory for simplicity. The RIOs canopy is not as bright because its older than the pilot's. Also painted up the landing gear covers. These are aluminum because both the originals were severly damaged in this aircraft's belly landing. Landing gear doors were then glued in place. You can see the many different colour pannels here too. Also did a test fit on the belly tanks Theses will need to be glued, as they don't fit very tightly. I did some test fitting with the RIO's canopy, and realized that the fit wasn't great, so I did this: Fit is much better now The corners on my shim will need a little sanding, then it'll have to be painted up. I'll probably have to do the same thing on the pilot's canopy too. Well, it's getting closer and closer to completion. Although it still need weathering, the next update will probably show this beastie all together, and the one after that might show it finished. Wow, I'm actually almost there. It's a bit of a relief, because this one has been on the bench for a very long time. Cheers, K 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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