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10 hours ago, mess said:

Nikolay, check your references, there's no hinge on front flap edge, it moves backwards during opening, as can be seen i.e. in D&S No.21, page 7 and 63. This is my interpretation on Monogram RF-101B.

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M.

 

This is correct, I have my own close up photo to confirm this. The flap settings appear to be up or full down, I have no evidence of a half setting.

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36 minutes ago, bentwaters81tfw said:

This is correct, I have my own close up photo to confirm this.

Thanks for an explanation!

 

36 minutes ago, bentwaters81tfw said:

The flap settings appear to be up or full down, I have no evidence of a half setting.

It was only my assumption. Well, we have another issue on our future fix list...

 

Thanks @mess and @bentwaters81tfw for information!

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18 hours ago, mess said:

Yep, according to photo above it seems I did it right! :)

Yes, absolutely right:

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18 hours ago, mess said:

It's long time ago I built it, I was not sure about the resources regarding flaps.

Looked at your build - you’re done an amazing job with the Monogram kit! 👍

 

Cheers! 🙃

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Hello friends! 🤝

 

An air brakes installed, the port board side looks not bad:

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Same with the starboard side; it still needs a some touch of the red color, but a sink marks are not so visible now 👍 Actuators looks great, too.

 

It took some time for the proper alignment, but now it’s OK for me:

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The windscreen was glued too, and now its wrong curve are so noticeable:

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So, the windscreen is a bit damaged by the glue because of some glue leaking under the masking tape that I use to place the detail properly... Not a problem, the canopy detail is damaged during the shipping, so it’s have a some problems, too.

 

The area around the cockpit is painted with Revell 99, looks it’s a very suitable paint for the bare metal birds:

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I think it’s time for the nose landing gear installation and painting the forward fuselage part.

 

Thanks for watching! 😉

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Hello friends!

 

The fork goes on, some details are painted and looks well. Today I finally find a painting «formula» that very suitable for brush painting the large surfaces and works well for me: I decided to paint a small panels instead of a large surfaces with an excessive amount of a paint mixed with retarder and now it looks very promising 🙂 So, I left the paint to dry overnight and I’ll post the photos soon...

 

Cheers! 😎

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Hello Voodoo lovers!

 

As I mentioned before, some painting works was done...

 

An elevators:

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The cockpit area:

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The same:

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The right intake area:

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The right flap area:

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The right wing:

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And the overall progress on the wings:

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Actually, it needs some tweaks here and there, but I think it’s not a bad result for the brush-painted NMF... Your comments are welcome.

 

Thanks for watching! 🙃

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Hello friends! 🤝

 

Sorry for the small pause, but it’s because I spent too much time with the brush attempting to paint the large areas, and finally decided that I need a more advanced tool...

 

OK, the long story short, I bought an Iwata compressor for a bargain price (about a £30) and this little one:

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So, the first results is not so bad!

 

 The nose section:

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The tail section:

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The spine:

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The belly of the Bird:

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And the fuel tanks, now I love them:

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I’m not decided yet where to move with the weathering and coating, but I’m happy to make a step forward! Hope you like it too 🙂

 

Cheers! 😎

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On 14/05/2018 at 16:09, bentwaters81tfw said:

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This one is NMF and ADC grey.

Looks like the fin tip above the pivot has the same color as spine...

 

Bert Kinzey said something different:

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And if it’s an ADC grey, this would be the same color as the walk areas above an intakes, as on the first picture? But on the second one the colors are different, and it’s looks like a silver...

 

@bentwaters81tfw my friend, can you give me some explanation?!

 

Thanks! 🤝

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1 hour ago, bentwaters81tfw said:

They experimented with corrosion control. That looks to be Aluminum paint, before they settled on ADC grey. The walkways are darker than ADC grey. As always, photographic references are paramount.

Thank you! I love the colors on the second image - it’s very attractive. @bentwaters81tfw, at the second picture, how the Aluminum painting around engines looks from the belly side?

 

Cheers! 🙃

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Hello Nikolay,

Great job with the Airbrush, and really nice progress on that beastie !!

I must finsh some of my project before starting a double voodoo build....:whistle::whistle:

But you did'nt help me with such a great job...:rofl2:

Congratulations !!

Sincerely.

CC

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1 hour ago, rob Lyttle said:

"G-Suit Man", with invincible trousers.

Yay, he’s looks like he had a rock of the muscles! Also, you’ll notice the similar Hulk in the reflection on my airbrush’s paint cup 😂 Look at the picture...

 

1 hour ago, rob Lyttle said:

You're doing well with the air brush, Nikolay.

Well done!

Thanks Rob, it was a great experience!

 

53 minutes ago, corsaircorp said:

Hello Nikolay,

Great job with the Airbrush, and really nice progress on that beastie !!

Thanks @corsaircorp!

 

53 minutes ago, corsaircorp said:

I must finsh some of my project before starting a double voodoo build....:whistle::whistle:

OMG, you’ll need a lot of patience! Have a good luck 🤝

 

53 minutes ago, corsaircorp said:

But you did'nt help me with such a great job...:rofl2:

As always, there are some little things in my build that I don’t like, so let’s see... I’m looking forward for your Voodoos!

 

Thanks guys! 👏

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3 hours ago, Beaconroot said:

Looking forward to more updates. Really enjoy watching this build. 

Thanks @Beaconroot, I’m really appreciate it!

 

Just ended silver coating the spine, so I’ll post the pictures tomorrow. An effect is not so evident as pictured above, but it has very nice subtle shine (I hope it will be still visible under the clear coat). Anyway it’s my first attempt to achieve a NMF...

 

Cheers! 😎

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Regarding the second colour photo that came from Bert Kinsey.... i don't know if the forward fuselage was still in bare metal at the time....maybe it was....or maybe it was in silver dope that just oxidized... but i believe the upper fuselage is silver dope (paint). All the fuel tanks were in the upper fuselage and i suspect water intrusion was of the greatest concern there.

 

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2 hours ago, David H said:

i don't know if the forward fuselage was still in bare metal at the time....maybe it was....or maybe it was in silver dope that just oxidized...

Agree, it’s looks oxidized and an initial polish is gone after some time.

 

2 hours ago, David H said:

but i believe the upper fuselage is silver dope (paint).

And I think it’s true. Looks shiny!

 

2 hours ago, David H said:

All the fuel tanks were in the upper fuselage and i suspect water intrusion was of the greatest concern there.

On some photos over the Net I saw an opened underside panels (engine covers I think), they were shiny silver, too... Maybe it’s just a light. Anyway, it’s seems like an every individual airframe has its own singularity.

 

Thanks David! 🤝

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