Jb65rams Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 (edited) My entry will be ESCI's 1/12 F-104 Cockpit. It has been sitting in the stash for a while, this GB seems the perfect opportunity to build it. Won't be starting until after Telford. Edited January 28, 2018 by Jb65rams 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 Getting close to starting. Looking to change the black plastic display base with a wooden one. Sprue shoots. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 Made a small start on this one today. Started work on the seat. One minor set back, knocked the box onto the floor, then heard that dreaded sound of plastic cracking as I knelt down to pick the bits up. The clear helmet visor is now in two pieces! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Ouch, really a pity that this happened ! Hope the rest of the parts survived the accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Start made on the first of the panels. Fixed to the cockpit tub. Like the way this is beginning to look. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 Progress has been a bit one step forward / two steps back. Tried to dry fit the instrument panel, it didn't. Looks like the has warped. In attempt to make it fit, I made a couple of saw cuts (shown below) and is gently persuading the tub to fit the panel. Last update until after Christmas, my modelling room needs to revert to being bedroom for the holidays. Happy Christmas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 Haven't forgotten about this one, progress has been slow due a Christmas shutdown and making a start on my build for the M3/M4 groupbuild. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo uk Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 I've got this one in the attic somewhere as well as the F16 one. I managed to get the heads up display working on the F16 one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo uk Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 I've got this one in the attic somewhere as well as the F16 one. I managed to get the heads up display working on the F16 one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 It's nice to see this one moving forward JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 A couple of hours at the bench has seen me progress the tub and instrument panel. The HUD is also complete but forgot to take a photo of that. The seat has been assembled, leaving just the harness and helmet to finished, 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Lookind great! Probably have to try to find one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Continued the work on the seat & harness. Having cut the harness out of the material, I used a brown sharpie to colour the edges. Just after this photo, the carpet monster struck, the victim, one of the shoulder fittings with a small length of harness attached. SO had to manufacture a replacement out of a bit of scrap. A slightly out of focus photo, shows the completed seat and harness. Completed helmet, the broken clear viso was repaired using klear to join the two halves. Looks ok to me. Completed cockpit tub & seat. Look to take some better photos next weekend for the gallery. Really enjoyed this one, nice to do something a bit different. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Looks good and busy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Very nice piece of work 👌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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