Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 After seeing Steve's B747-8F I grabbed one of my older Revell B747s from the stash and started chopping. Mine will be a -400F and I will fix some issues with the kit. not worrying about wing AOA or nose plan shape. I will fix the nose hump and reshape the cockpit roof though. Some chopping, and gluing, I managed to miscalculate the cuts and need to make some extras, always the case for me. But I think I have the hump sorted now. I have the Flying Colours decal sheet and some Braz PW4000s from a previous failed attempt during Airliner GB II for this build. Since these pictures were taken I have started filling the seam work on the cuts and filled the cabin windows with super glue. I will work on this one as time permits concentrating on the other 2 as they are nearing completion. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 off to a good start there Ray. I would be to nervous to perform that kind of surgery - I'd probably get it wrong or mismatch the cuts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Nice to see another "hauler" in the build Ray. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Some progress with the the chopping and reassembly. I filled all the cabin windows with CA from the inside, and continued to reassemble the chopped off bits. Also added some nose weight in preparation for joining the halves together. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Brave stuff Ray. Am I right in thinking the new hump is made from the old hump cut into smaller sections? It looks like it and if so is very clever. All the best Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Yes it is Tony, just cut the larger hump out, chop it up and rearrange the bits before putting it all back together. I did the same with my B747-8f conversion last year. There are resin replacements out there, but I could not be bothered to spend the money. Just a little more time and elbow grease required to do it this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 Fuselage is buttoned up, I used tube glue to get a good bond and also added a lot of tabs to try and reduce split level seams. It worked for the most part and there are some gaps to fill. Moulds are showing their age with the slightly short shot fuselage halves (aft of the wheel bay opening). I also have the characteristically depressed rear lower fuselage section to fill and re-contour. and get the hump mods sorted, I started to fill the depression with CA. will slowly build it up. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Good progress Ray. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 I have to admit, I've never seen anyone use sections to create part of the upper hull like that. I'm interested to see how it turns out. Si 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 I did it with this one Si... So Phase 1 of putty is over. After some sanding, onto phase 2 or more putty... I am attempting to reshape the crown of the cockpit roof along with removing the hump on the nose. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 Hopefully at the last round of filling and sanding. I found the Braz PW4000 engines I was going to use for the last failed attempt. They will get some attention shortly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 You must have the patience of a saint Ray, but the results of all that filling and sanding look great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feoffee2 Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 This is looking good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 Been filling and sanding (some more) and think I have it the nose and cockpit crown shape all sorted. I also got the final 2 engine poor blocks removed and stuck together I removed the APU exhaust and will replace it with some tube 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Really nice job Ray. You must be going through filler at a fair rate of knots on this big beastie though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Excellent progress Ray! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 11 hours ago, nimrod54 said: Really nice job Ray. You must be going through filler at a fair rate of knots on this big beastie though. Sure am John, need to pop down the LHS and pick up some more this week 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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