Cookenbacher Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Another spectacular scheme in the works, John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Thanks a lot for the comments chaps. I am just giving the paint time to harden up and then I can mask off for the touch ups before a gloss coat goes on. There is still work to do on the underwing tanks prior to them receiving a coat of red, and I have assembled the undercarriage legs and they now need some silver colour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 Made a start on adding the decals but I still have to add those underneath. Then some work on the coaming before I add the seats and canopy. The main undercarriage legs are painted ready to go but the wheels all have to have the tyre colour on. It's coming together now though. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 , wow wonderful scheme and brilliantly executed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Looking lovely John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Hi John, now your model is coming alive! Amazing what a few decals can do!!! Cheers JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 Hi John, now your model is coming alive! Amazing what a few decals can do!!! Cheers JR Thank you Jean and as you rightly say, the decals do start to make a difference to a model, so in the immortal words of Colin Clive "It's Alive! It's Alive!" (Frankenstein, 1931). Although this could have been a horror to build, it's not quite a monster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 John, I am impressed with your cinematographic erudition! Where I am, one doesn't meet too many movie aficionados hiding behind baobabs... A crying shame, really! Cheers JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 John, I am impressed with your cinematographic erudition! Where I am, one doesn't meet too many movie aficionados hiding behind baobabs... A crying shame, really! Cheers JR Hardly an aficionado Jean, but I do like watching early films. I find classic slapstick very funny and love to watch Laurel and Hardy films. I have several Ealing comedies on DVD and a few from one of your fellow countrymen Jacques Tati (Jour de fête, Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot and Mon Oncle). The flagpole scene from Jour de fête has to be one of my favourites and always has me laughing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Hardly an aficionado Jean, but I do like watching early films. I find classic slapstick very funny and love to watch Laurel and Hardy films. I have several Ealing comedies on DVD and a few from one of your fellow countryman Jacques Tati (Jour de fête, Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot and Mon Oncle). The flagpole scene from Jour de fête has to be one of my favourites and always has me laughing. John, you should tell this to my wife, who hates anything remotely black and white!!! Likewise, she thinks I am a moron when I roll with laughter at a Laurel and Hardy comedy. As far as Tati is concerned, he is one of my heroes, and Jour de fete is a milestone! And there is NOTHING wrong with slapstick!!!!! Great minds think alike! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 John, you should tell this to my wife, who hates anything remotely black and white!!! Likewise, she thinks I am a moron when I roll with laughter at a Laurel and Hardy comedy. As far as Tati is concerned, he is one of my heroes, and Jour de fete is a milestone! And there is NOTHING wrong with slapstick!!!!! Great minds think alike! Jean, I think it must be a Venus and Mars thing, my wife is the same when it comes to black and white films, although she does like Laurel and Hardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_c67 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin. How can anyone NOT like the last of the great screen clowns? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 I have been making steady progress with this build and today the seats have gone in and the Freightdog wheels and nose undercarriage leg ahve been painted up. I have had a look at the cockpit reflectors and I will have to make a couple of cut outs in the coaming to accept these, something that I should have checked before painting this up. I also want see if I can make some of the undercarriage door link struts before/during adding these to the legs and airframe. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Looking good John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtarget Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 John, if they're the kit seats make sure the canopy fits over the top. I have to sand quite a boy off the bottom as the hit the canopy when fitting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 HT, thanks for the reminder. I had read the fit comment for this area by some previous builders of this kit but forgot to check. Needless to say I have had to gently pry the seats out and refit them, the canopy fits nicely now. The other area that has seemed to be an issue for previous builders is the canopy screen, reports say that this fouls on the two reflector sights. I'm not sure if this is due to these being incorrectly fitted to the top of the coaming though. From photos I have seen, it looks as if this should sit flush with the coaming and the reflector glass above this, hence the reason that I feel the need to cut a couple of slots in the coaming to accommodate these. Cheers again for your help bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtarget Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 No probs. Ah yes, I 'slotted' these in position, whether right or wrong on the coaming. they look 'ok' but you are probably right and need to cut a slot out to ensure the glass is above the coaming and the rest below. They are fiddly little buggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 Having decided that the kit supplied resin parts bear little resemblance to the Gyroscopic Gun Sight (GGS) fitted to the Hunter, I set about scratching some replacements. For these I have used some square stock, plastic strip and plastic rod, the first job was to drill a hole in a piece of strip and this had a small section of strip inserted to represent what I think is an indicator of some kind, Photo Link not totally accurate but OK for this scale and much better than the kit item. This was then glued to the front of some square stock plastic. I then drilled two 0.5mm holes in another section of strip and this was glued to the top and the more prominent bumps and bulges were created using strip and rod. After a coat of black paint a reflector glass was made from a small piece of acetate and this was fixed in position. I now have to carry out little mod on the coaming to accommodate these bits before I can start to fit the canopy. Photo of the kit supplied resin item, the shape and some confusing fit instructions prompted the need for replacements. The scratch replacements (one complete and one under construction), not 100% but good enough for 1/72nd. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Wow, more great details John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 Completed the two GGS earlier today and I have just finished fitting them in the cockpit, I also kept a check on the forward canopy section to make sure that nothing was fouling. Lots of fiddly little jobs, like painting the underwing tanks, masking and painting the canopy and undercarriage door fit, to do now before I can call this one finished 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Tidy work on those gunsights John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Tidy work on those gunsights John Cheers Col. Things are a bit dark around there so I think that I may need to tickle the edges with a lighter colour to pick them out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Agreed, they look great John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share Posted June 24, 2016 Sloooow progress made this week. I did manage to get the canopy masked up and sprayed. The windscreen is fixed in position and the raised section just floats at the moment I will probably fix this in the raised position, but the canopy is clear enough to see the interior detail if it's closed. I've added the undercarriage too because I need to determine the length for some of the door struts that I would like to add. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Looking good on her undercarriage John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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