andymoore Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 My 14 year old daughter joined the air cadets last year & it appears that she has become mad keen on airplanes (swmbo is not impressed). Her favourite at the airshows we go to is the Eurofighter, despite my fondness for Lysanders, Hurricanes and the Miles Messenger. As it happens my step daughter gave me this kit for Christmas, so it seems it's time to build a kit that requires no ez-line. As with most of the planes I build, this one will end up hanging from the ceiling, so I shan't be bothering with any aftermarket bits & bobs. However, before it gets hung up & gets its' full load of weapons fitted, I'm going to try and photoshop it into this picture: Typhoon by Andy Moore, on Flickr It worked quite well with Sally-B, so I thought I'd give it another go. I can't remember the last time I built a Jet, so this could be a disaster. My paints of choice are Vallejo model-air, so if anyone has any thoughts on the shades of grey that I should use I'd be most grateful if you could share those thoughts. Here are some pics I took that are fairly self explanatory, initial progress should be posted tomorrow. Revell 1/48 Eurofighter by Andy Moore, on Flickr Revell 1/48 Eurofighter by Andy Moore, on Flickr Revell 1/48 Eurofighter by Andy Moore, on Flickr 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Yes, indeed and has my permission to stay for longer till summer arrives! I 'm in here for that. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I'm in Andy! Not my scale of course, but as it's you... and it'll be interesting to see how it compares with the 'little one'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 I have to confess that after building a 1/48 Airfix Hurricane I'm a convert to the Janet & John scale... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I'm in too, I'll be interested to see what you make of the intakes. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 As above. I guess its the only real problem with the kit from what I've read. And you will need two more pylons for fully payload. I guess it was the most inner wing pylons that are not included ( as far as I remember). But they are not necessary. So you can also leave them out. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngstROM Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 3 hours ago, Biggles87 said: I'm in too, I'll be interested to see what you make of the intakes. Stuff in some covers, and damn their impudence! (Don't know if it's common practice elsewhere, but the Luftwaffe guys seem to shove a large red bin-bag over the whole opening...) Haven't seen many 2-holers so will watch this with much interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Quite a few hours effort on this today & nothing much to show yet.... Revell 1/48 Eurofighter by Andy Moore, on Flickr Nowhere near as good as many of the cockpits I've seen on here, but as it'll never be seen once she's hanging up, it's good enough. I did try dry fitting it all into the fuselage & the tops of the seats do touch the canopy, but I reckon 0.5mm of the bottom of each seat should be enough. I'll try another dry fit when all the paint & glue has fully set - the first time I dry fitted one of the seats, one of the sides fell off ! This has been very therapeutic, yesterday was a god-awful day. Firstly I fitted a DCC sound decoder to an n-gauge merchant navy locomotive. All appeared OK, the sound worked nicely, the train moved off and then one of the gear rods jammed, the wheels stopped turning but the motor didn't, stripping the gears. So that's that - it needs a whole new chassis assembly. Then I sat down yesterday evening to watch the glorious gunners. I should have known better. Luckily I didn't decide to give up drinking or smoking for Lent. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 I managed to sneak in a few hours this afternoon - finished the cockpit, fixed the two halves of the fuselage together & started adding the bits & bobs to the lower wing. When the fuselage was set, I tried dry fitting it to the lower wing - I was pleasantly surprised to find that everything aligns perfectly. I fitted the wheel wells even though it'll be closed up as I guess they give a bit more strength to the body. My airbrush has been playing up - spraying at an odd angle & spitting all the time, following Ced's advice I checked the nozzle & it looked OK, so I took the simple option - I ordered another one from ebay. It arrived to day, and I can already see that it is better than the one I had before. The original came as part of a bundle with my compressor. The new one has three needles - 0.2, 0.3 & 0.5, and a quick release thingamybob, all for a measly £15. Here are a couple of pics: WP_20170309_13_42_03_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr Dry fit of the fuselage: WP_20170309_17_56_02_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr Quote 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Looking good. I feel quite inadequate looking at the size of yours compared to mine. Johnny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howlindawg Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Tuning in for this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Progress has been slow today - to try and get a smooth finish om the intakes, I thought I'd try what can only be described as a very amateur technique - paint as filler. a heavy dollop of white paint & leave it to set, of course it takes all day & I have to do each side independently - so there's two days gone, but it does look OK to my untrained eye: WP_20170312_14_03_20_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr So, while that was drying, I started making up some of the payload & had a go at spraying one of the 1,000 ltr tanks. I'm using Vallejo model air Barley grey, but I swear it looks too dark - has anyone else used this colour?. Oddly the number (71.051) is the same for their neutral grey & funnily enough, when I put a drop of each next to each other on my palette, they look the same. Too dark ? WP_20170312_15_37_43_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr here are the bottles: WP_20170312_16_55_25_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Oh boy, I'd forgotten how much gardening there is to do once spring is here! Not much modelling over the last few weeks, just an hour here and an hour there. Now it's coming together, but there is a lot of filling & filing still to do before the base coat goes on.... WP_20170330_18_12_29_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr WP_20170330_18_11_53_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr The blu tac was used so that I could actually get a hold of the door to move it into position - looks like a little bit of filling will be needed around both sets of doors. WP_20170330_18_10_53_Pro by Andy Moore, on Flickr This one wasn't so bad WP_20170330_18_10_46_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr So a bit more tidying up, fit the rear instrument panel & masked canopy, then it should be ready for a base coat (Citadel white). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Splendid work Andy. Can't wait to see this beast in paint. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 23 hours ago, The Spadgent said: Splendid work Andy. Can't wait to see this beast in paint. John I'm hoping it won't be long now. I managed another hour after work today - canopy fitted, a quick spray of black around the edges in the hope that no white shows through to the cabin & then the first spray of primer.... WP_20170331_18_41_32_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr WP_20170331_18_41_56_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr WP_20170331_18_46_41_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr looks like those gaps will need filling tomorrow... WP_20170331_18_47_14_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr WP_20170331_18_47_32_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr and it is quite large... WP_20170331_18_49_39_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Oh my word it's mahoosive! great progress. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buccymad Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 you think thats big, try it in 1/32nd ,i have no room on my bench!! looking at your twinstick,i might venture into one of those as well!! been watching this since you started nice work so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 Not a lot happened this week - I was on a training course with 'uncle Bob' in London, but I did manage to get two coats of grey on. Before painting I used a Gundam panel line marker to pick out the panel lines, in the hope that it would show through only slightly once the grey was on top..... WP_20170408_14_10_29_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr That all looked good to me, so today I gave the whole thing a spray with Mr super clear in readiness for the decals. This is the first time I've used the stuff, but have seen others use it on here to great effect . This has had a somewhat interesting, and completely unwanted effect - it's brought the black ink back to the surface! WP_20170408_14_13_26_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr Yet another lesson learnt. I'll leave it a few hours & then give it yet another coat of grey, and then more mr super clear.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Ouch! I hope you manage to tone down the ink Andy... let it dry or seal it in? Fingers crossed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I've had that happen when I tried pre-shading with a permanent marker pen, obviously not the right type, it took a couple of coats to cover it again and I lost a lot of detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 Thanks for your comments guys, hopefully I haven't lost too much detail. Another coat of grey, and a final coat of klear..... WP_20170409_16_18_40_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 lots of excitement today - decal, after decal, after decal... I reckon I'm going t be another two weeks on these decals ! So as a little diversion I tried the Flory on the drop tank: here it is before the Flory... WP_20170414_11_12_00_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr then a covering of the gunk... WP_20170414_11_18_57_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr then just wipe it off.. WP_20170414_15_18_24_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr And so back to the decals... I've done roughly 50% of the port side! WP_20170414_17_17_31_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 Phew - that's all the decals on the top done, just the underside to do now, and the nose is fitted. I'm a little confused, there are about 40 "lift here" decals, but no sign of them on the instruction sheet. WP_20170417_18_24_06_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr WP_20170417_18_23_39_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 This week I managed some time to try out using the Flory.... WP_20170427_17_32_31_Pro by Andy Moore, on Flickr I left it a couple of days, then started scrubbing.... WP_20170427_18_13_46_Pro_LI by Andy Moore, on Flickr then a little weathering above the exhaust thingy, followed by a coat of matt (Winsor & Newton) WP_20170427_20_22_47_Pro by Andy Moore, on Flickr so over the weekend I'll start attaching all the small details. I've left them off till now as I thought they'd make scrubbing the Flory off more difficult. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Ooh it's been a while since I caught up with this. Those decals go on forever don't they, great job though especially after the pen leak problem. She's looking the business. ( Flory washes are brilliant aren't they ) johnny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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