Totally Mad Olivier Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 N.B: now that I compare the photo 267 just above with this doc 121, I wonder if I was not wrong again in my post# 1199 saying the front was in the left direction: P.S: and now that I made this enlargement of our photo 138, I have no more doubt: So it is this doc that I will use for the angle that the leg end should do (60°), and not at all the one we may see on the photo 121, that I was about to take as reference! Our tail wheel docs will have been very tricky, definitely... but the most important is the final result, isn't it? Now here is precisely the axis that my leg should have in the bay: This angle determined, we can see that the flat area of my wheel should be moved like the red arrow shows. I even may glue my tail wheel (after the last painting corrections). And after that, my next challenge will be to represent this canvas! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Nice work with the rear wheel! Håkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Totally Mad Olivier Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 My wrapping canvas is done. There are small details to improve, but, all in all, I am rather relieved, because I used to worry about this challenging stage. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Mad Olivier Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Looks very nice! Will be missing this thread once it's finished! Håkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Magnifique! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveyb258 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 ABSOLUTELY SUPERB, OLIVIER!!!!!!! Cheers, H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannes Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 A very impressive warplane and a history lesson as well . Very well done , my dear Olivier ! Hannes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Mad Olivier Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 Thanks a lot chaps! Your encouragements are my best source of motivation. I have improved the tail wheel area, and the canvas, with the great help of my flowable composite resin: P.S: and now, a little break to follow the game France- Argentina, the soccer being one of my other passions. Allez les Bleus !! 🇫🇷 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Mad Olivier Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 Here is my reference doc for the patch (it also shows other interesting details): the patch is clear, in light relief, and oval shaped: P.S: France qualified for the 1/4 final of the World Cup, YES!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Totally Mad Olivier Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 My canopy patch was too thin and too clear. I have thickened and opacified it by adding tiny drops of Colle 21 cyano. N.B: 1) It is more safe to do that job before you glue the patch on the canopy, but if you do so, take care not to lose it, as it is a very small and clear part. To avoid that, you can put the patch on the adhesive part of a Post-It, fe. 2) This cyano has a very slow dry, especially if you place the drop on a clear acetate sheet. But with it, it seems that you don’t have the problem of whitish halo met with some other cyano brands (JM Villalba showed in a tuto how to avoid this halo when using cyano on clear parts). Of course, you can also use a more thick sheet of clear Evergreen (0,25 mm instead of 0,13), more simple, but you will get a flat patch, while the cyano technique allows to get the slightly bulged shape we may see on the doc above (post# 1211). After a light and accurate sanding job of the cyano (once it is dry) on the top part of the patch (I use for this accurate sanding job the home made tool I showed above in the thread), I have applied finally a drop of X21 acrylic Tamiya Clear varnish (thinned with X20 A) on the patch. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Opacified! That must be a French word. 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Mad Olivier Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Sorry John, but Reverso gave me this translation. In other words, made opaque... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I was just teasing. Strangely when I wrote it the spell checker accepted it, so it must be OK John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Mad Olivier Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 I measured the width between the outside part of my canopy rails, it is 16,15 mm! This means that I will have to replace the too narrow Eduard PE stem and to scratchbuild it. Pity, it was good except that... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Mad Olivier Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 N.B: I used cyano as filler for the hole, that’s why it seems to be still present. Canopy check O.K (it was far from being so with the Eduard stem): 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Mad Olivier Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 I post again this doc John Terrell brought us (post# 799 p. 32) because it is a reference one for the small squarred release on the left side of the canopy frame: and also this close-up of the patch completing usefully the one I posted above: I wonder what is this stuff that is located on the inside part of the canopy and definitely connected with the patch. Notice also the 2 screws on the patch: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonio argudo Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 (edited) Hi olivier, can't believe you are getting Missouri in the finish line so soon 😏 looking so great as always!!! before you glue in position the windshield maybe you can paint the white silicium box of the K14 gunsight cheers Edited July 1, 2018 by antonio argudo 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 This has been an amazing thread and an absolute joy to follow. Thank you for spending all the time that you have invested in this thread. Very inspirational. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Mad Olivier Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 16 hours ago, antonio argudo said: before you glue in position the windshield maybe you can paint the white silicium box of the K14 gunsight You are right, Antonio! How could I miss that? I am gonna try to do the necessary correction (uneasy at this stage) all now. Before painting this box, I will have to scratchbuild it, as it is not represented by Eduard Brassin in his K14 gunsight set. Thanks for your kind words my friend. 15 hours ago, crobinsonh said: Thank you for spending all the time that you have invested in this thread. Very inspirational. Thanks a lot to you too, crobinsohn! It is true that I was very invested (my wife would rather say addicted!) on the thread, as I was on my build. It is my pleasure to share my passion with the modelers community, and if I gave a lot, I got a lot too: without the contribution of many experts, that I will mention again at the end of my build, I would have been far from the faithful result I should soon get (except for the dihedral angle ...) Cheers Olivier 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Mad Olivier Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 Representing this small box on the K 14, especially at the stage where I am and at the 1/48 scale, was another challenge, but the result is acceptable imho: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Mad Olivier Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 My canopy, frame and windshield are nearly ready for the painting job, after some improvements, corrections and of course the masking job: N.B: it was very difficult to get a good result by engraving the very small (1 mm squares) panel, I preferred to glue a 0,13 mm thickness (Evergreen) squarred panel. A compromise I had ever done for the release handle on the right side in front of the windshield... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Nice work with all the details! Håkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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