Jpthedog Posted May 6, 2015 Posted May 6, 2015 Hoping to join in this GB and actually complete it with a 1/144 airliner, from the stash. Anyway here are the box contents pics Boxing The kit The decals Resin looks like it needs a bit of cleaning up and sanding and not too many pieces. White metal undercarriage should be fun but looks quite crisp. Have not decided on a colourscheme - probably wont use the kit decals as they look a bit thick and possibly not the sharpest. Some other great choices in the GB to follow too! Cheers John 2
trickyrich Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Hi John, welcome aboard. That's a nice looking model you have there and from the photo's it looks quite crisp, though that's an interesting blob at the back of the fuselage! Shouldn't be too hard to fix. Those decals do appear to be a bit think in the photo. Well good luck with the build, and hope it's a enjoyable one.
Jpthedog Posted May 7, 2015 Author Posted May 7, 2015 Cheers Rich A lunchtime sesh (the advantages of working from home!) enabled a clean up and sand of the main components. 'Blob' removed as the resin is relatively soft, but nice to work with. Engine exhaust are suspect at the moment, but overall shape isnt too bad and a few bubbles in the resin to fill as expected. Plus got a good idea on decals! 1
Jpthedog Posted May 14, 2015 Author Posted May 14, 2015 Progress this week Filled some of the imperfections in the resin with Mr Surfacer, drilled through the fuselage and inserted a copper tube support for the wings and today glued on wings and tailplane. Engine exhausts drilled out too. Have decided to remove the small wing fences as they are not complete and are variable in size, spacing etc - will scratch some new ones I think Hope to get all the filling/sanding and priming complete by the weekend. Oh yeah - have ordered new decals too!
trickyrich Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 It's looking great and appears like it went together nice and smoothly. Yous should be easily able to replace and improve those wing fences.
Jpthedog Posted May 14, 2015 Author Posted May 14, 2015 Cheers Rich - yes a kit of simple parts - grandson says 'did it just click together?' Eh not exactly! The copper rod for the wing strengthens and helps, but with superglue you don't have long to get the wing dihedral sorted. A wee bit more filling and the new fences and I can shoot it with primer - and begin the whole filling/sanding process again! Nazca Aeromexico decals ordered today as the kit ones looked suspect.
Jpthedog Posted August 9, 2015 Author Posted August 9, 2015 (edited) Plenty time left to finish this project!! All painted and waiting for second lot of decals, this time from 8A in Mexico - wasnt too excited by the Nazca decals that i got. Here are a couple of progress pics Shows the tail sculpted to what i think is a better shape and a wee tail cone addition! The painted model patiently awaiting decals - and engines! Edited August 11, 2015 by Jpthedog
Jpthedog Posted August 16, 2015 Author Posted August 16, 2015 Decals from Mexico - hopefully between 2 sets I can get the jungle jet finished! 2
MikeW Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 I have used the 8A decals just once at this point, and I liked them. Looking forward to seeing how this finishes out. Cheers, Mike
Jpthedog Posted August 21, 2015 Author Posted August 21, 2015 Not in the habit of saying negative things about products, but I bought the 8A decals as the Nazca ones had a couple of shortcomings in my opinion. Nazca blue is correct to my eye, but the tail decal does not cover the whole tail - so half decal, half paint - nah dont think so. 8A blue is a tad more green and not correct to my eye, also no mexican flags included? There are a few shortcomings with both so I will end up using parts from each - not really what I would call a value for money solution, but hey ho - was hoping for a quick decalling session to complete the kit, see how it turns out.
Jpthedog Posted October 6, 2015 Author Posted October 6, 2015 Teaser - eventually getting to the end after the never ending decal saga! Will post the finished model in RFI as I am out of time by about 5 weeks! 1
stringbag Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Looks superb John. Looking forward to seeing this one finished. Chris. 1
trickyrich Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 She certainly is a nice looking plane, well done! Plus it's good to see you're still updating this thread. 1
Jpthedog Posted October 7, 2015 Author Posted October 7, 2015 Well I felt that due to missing the deadline, the least i could do was tidy up the thread. 2 sets of aftermarket decals later the end is in sight!
Antonov Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 Well I felt that due to missing the deadline, the least i could do was tidy up the thread. 2 sets of aftermarket decals later the end is in sight! Hi; Please check your messages. I want to make you an offer on buying the original decal sheet that came with this kit from you. I love how this build is going, BTW! Looking great!
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