exdraken Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) F-111C Aardvark RAAF Academy 1/48 -Cutting Edge seamless Tripple Plow I intakes - Eduard seatbelts - Eduard detail for the nozzle shrouds (for the HB kit actually) - Montex masks - Academy BRU rack with Mk-82 bombs (from the E model kit I just received for this purpose.... ) Eduard Mk.82 bombs originally started in the great F-111 STGB, but not finished for many reasons: I will continue here, hopefully for not too long! as a summary, just some WIP pics, for more info please refer to the above link! content of the greatly updated Academy F-111C boxing! would do the other boxings good as well! If you go though the GB builds, the newer HobbyBoss kit does not live up to its price and superficail detail unfortunately! cockpit base color seats improved with Eduard steel belts Edited November 12, 2017 by exdraken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Cutting Edge Tripple Plow I intakes : the instructions are a badly copied piece of paper, bit the necessary steps to be done are quite easily understood. the intakes are made up of several parts. the main one in white resin, that will ease painting enormously! not the best photo, but the best I could get tonight the marked area has to be cut in order to slide in the intakes. and some minutes later: only some sanding and fitting was necessary. (the edges of the undercarriage bay needed to be rounded a bit e.g. ) fit is good, no glue yet! intakes glued in, no major problems here engine faces painted as well with a white center hub? at least I found a foto online showing this, and it adds detail engine faces could be a bit cleaner, but this is quite old resin, so lets say it is ok 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 wing sweep, wings, an so on.... I will try to make the wing swiveling mechanism work AND look decent on a model... I have succeded on a Tornado and a MiG-23, so why not here as well ? This time pylons come into play though.... swiveling mechanism: I used super glue instead of the proposed screwdriver and plastic melting process... top surfaces glued on: that is what we can expect later on: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 I glued the top fuselage part and front section together first in order to improve the dreaded joint... not sure if successful! and finally, i am thinking of gluing the upper main fuselage section to the cockpit section first, in order to have a better joint at the most visible part.... cockpit section and upper main body section GLUED here! but not sanded yet http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah144/exdraken1/F-111C/20170624_190149_1_zpslflexx4c.jpg wing sweep faring.... better than a hole at least not correct, but better? http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah144/exdraken1/F-111C/20170624_190322_1_zps3iwj4wyf.jpg 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 engines need a lot of improvement.... no depth ... and something has to be done to this nozzles and shrouds.... anybody nows how many petals these shrouds actually have? I counted 18 on an F-111C.... HB / Eduard provide 12 outer and ~14 inner petal details....... no glue yet, but it gets more interesting like this... some crude afterburner section added, some old tomcat turbine parts did the rest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 model complete, and ready for painting: taking photos of a dark grey beast without good contrast is a bit difficult.... whatever: gunship grey is a bit toooooo dark imho.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 so, and some small update as well..... at least some reason to put up this thread here: I broadened the main wheels in order to represent the heavy duty ones from the FB and C models the landing gear part are kit parts! gunship grey lightened, but under a coat of clear coat too dark again.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Great looking Vark 👍 Keep up the work ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 I lightened the paint again... looks better now I think! hope you like it! next: painting the radome black - something in between shiny and flat.... and wing leading edges and "leading edge" extensions.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 So good to see this one getting the treatment, you are doing some great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 some semi gloss black for the radome, and some matt for the wing leading edges and lerx triangles 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Nice contrast you've achieved there werner looking very nice in the closing stages Glynn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 4 hours ago, Hewy said: Nice contrast you've achieved there werner looking very nice in the closing stages Glynn thanks, looks better in real live an sun light though no gloss coat yet, so I still see some additional darkening yesterday night I work for considerable time on 12 MK-82 resin bombs from Eduard.... I hope the additional effort pays off! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 (edited) work on the bombs lately: (there are some Matra bombs in the picture as well, but that is for the Mirage GB ) a clear coat was also added this weekend, so time for decaling is not far hopefully! that is waht is on my workbench (or table for drying actually ) currently: link to the Mirage GB WIP if anybody is interested: Edited October 2, 2017 by exdraken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) decaling time! many long and difficult to correctly put on small walk ways.... as hey are Cartograf printed, no real problem though! those gunship grey Aussi Aardvarks were mostly immaculate, the walkways and markings did really stand out and bring the jet to live! Edited October 8, 2017 by exdraken 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted November 9, 2017 Author Share Posted November 9, 2017 wheels, are upgraded by Academy and do not really need resin replacements! some weathering though! decaling time in the Armory shop: thanks for feedback! it is quite quiet lately here 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I'm glad to see some more progress on this one! The only Pigs I've seen in person have been grey so it's neat to see all the work you're pouring into this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Wasley Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 (edited) Sorry to bud in I saw your work on this fine model,sure doing this aircraft proud,I worked in a school,were 2 of the students became pilots,and they used to tell us when they were flying over,was always a great sight.Cheers. Edited November 10, 2017 by Jim Wasley 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Coming along nicely! I must say, I did prefer them I'm the SEA scheme and, pleasingly, many of those on display now were repainted in the original scheme. A8-132 was even repainted in the ARDU colours (SEA camouflage on top and white under) for display at Edinburgh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thud4444 Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 (edited) Our local FB-111 has the cameo over black scheme. Not near as good looking as the gray Aussie birds. Great work so far. Edited November 11, 2017 by Thud4444 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 On 11/10/2017 at 4:13 AM, exdraken said: wheels, are upgraded by Academy and do not really need resin replacements! some weathering though! decaling time in the Armory shop: thanks for feedback! it is quite quiet lately here G'day ED, outstanding work going on there! One small point which is a nitpick, the tail configuration is wrong for MK.82s fitted to the BRU-3A/A (bomb rack). On F-111s, MK.82s should have the tail in a "+" configuration when viewed from the rear instead of the more typical 'X' configuration (as you have them), however when a Mk.82/84 was suspended as single store directly beneath the wing pylon, the tail configuration was the typical 'X' configuration. Looking forward to seeing this one finished, cheers, Pappy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungalow_Bill Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Some mighty fine work! Gaz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 (edited) 12 hours ago, Pappy said: G'day ED, outstanding work going on there! One small point which is a nitpick, the tail configuration is wrong for MK.82s fitted to the BRU-3A/A (bomb rack). On F-111s, MK.82s should have the tail in a "+" configuration when viewed from the rear instead of the more typical 'X' configuration (as you have them), however when a Mk.82/84 was suspended as single store directly beneath the wing pylon, the tail configuration was the typical 'X' configuration. Looking forward to seeing this one finished, cheers, Pappy Hi, thanks for pointing out the bomb issue! Quite late to correct this unfortunately.... will see .... hmmmm Thanks everybody for your feedback and small stories! Unfortunately I never saw one fly.... the closest I came to one was at Duxford where they have an E I think....impressive nontheless! Edit, Looking at photos It seem that this x or + configuration is even more complicated! Front left and right as well as rear bottom only are in +, the rest is in x...or is that due to the mounting on the BRU and they are indeed all +? Edited November 11, 2017 by exdraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 (edited) 7 hours ago, exdraken said: Hi, thanks for pointing out the bomb issue! Quite late to correct this unfortunately.... will see .... hmmmm Thanks everybody for your feedback and small stories! Unfortunately I never saw one fly.... the closest I came to one was at Duxford where they have an E I think....impressive nontheless! Edit, Looking at photos It seem that this x or + configuration is even more complicated! Front left and right as well as rear bottom only are in +, the rest is in x...or is that due to the mounting on the BRU and they are indeed all +? G'day ED, they are all '+'. At first glance the bombs may appear to be 'X' but this is an optical illusion as the LODE14 suspension points are located on the sides of the shoulder mounts (the top rows) which are angled inward. If you look at the lower mounting points, the suspension points are directly beneath the rack and the bomb tails appear in the '+' configuration, Pappy Edited November 11, 2017 by Pappy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 40 minutes ago, Pappy said: G'day ED, they are all '+'. At first glance the bombs may appear to be 'X' but this is an optical illusion as the LODE14 suspension points are located on the sides of the shoulder mounts (the top rows) which are angled inward. If you look at the lower mounting points, the suspension points are directly beneath the rack and the bomb tails appear in the '+' configuration, Pappy Thanks, changed them all meanwhile! Hope joints will not be too visible ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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