stevehnz Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) Oops, must of missed that one, that or I'm getting Alzheimer's. Steve. Edited October 21, 2018 by stevehnz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Major subassemblies have now gone together now With some more gaps to contend with I also added an APU exhaust pipe which is quite prominent on the upper fuselage, still to reshaped and tidied up 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Wow Ray the thing is huge. I was thinking of getting one but after seeing yours its making me think twice.....my displays cases are almost full as they are. great work this far, I bet a fair bit of paint will be required. Tracking yr progress rgds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Mr B said: Wow Ray the thing is huge. I was thinking of getting one but after seeing yours its making me think twice.....my displays cases are almost full as they are. great work this far, I bet a fair bit of paint will be required. Tracking yr progress rgds There is always the 1/144 kit Brian! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 I started to mask so some priming could be done. I am using the Eduard mask set which is great (to a point) Something not quite right and then I figured it out, only 2 masks for the nose wheels and an extra pair for the mains, 13 main wheels? Most of the wheels are on 2 sprues, the 2 outboard nose wheel parts are on a 3rd sprue, so I expect they were missed by the Eduard folk. I had to reuse the 2 nose wheel masks to do the outboard sides Gear legs assembled and wheels painted black, though they now need redoing after they were assembled and seams removed. More seam work Props painted and the power plants ready to fit Some primer on and some more putty to follow. Will it end? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 Well, I am very annoyed, I have made some progress photographing along the way. As I was editing the images the program decided to have a hissy fit and deleted most of the 30 images I have taken. So here is an abbreviated update The landing gear has been assembled, I found the axles to be quite flimsy and managed to break some, replaced with brass rod where applicable Filled and painted the first coat to find some more filling required. Then I noticed on one the reference images that the RAF A400Ms are being fitted with threat warning receivers on the wingtips, so I just had to mod mine ( so much for an OOP Build) Still some tidying up to do. I also masked up the base coat and painted the engine intakes and leading edges and APU exhaust. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Moving on nicely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 The Atlas is on its legs now and gloss coated with some props push fitted and with a predecessor 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 You have done a superb job on this one and I love the Herk too,.... I remember seeing that one at Lyneham back in the day!!! I`m trying to get hold of some decals to make an RAF Atlas but not having much luck,.... the Turkish company Babibi or whateve they are called seem to be sold out. Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 8 hours ago, tonyot said: You have done a superb job on this one and I love the Herk too,.... I remember seeing that one at Lyneham back in the day!!! I`m trying to get hold of some decals to make an RAF Atlas but not having much luck,.... the Turkish company Babibi or whateve they are called seem to be sold out. Cheers Tony Thanks Tony, I am using the Babibi sheet for my build, got it some time ago from Hannants as I recall. I forgot to add that I added a few more small lumps that production and RAF aircraft have that the kit does not. When it is decalled and flat coated they will be more obvious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Great work Ray. These Atlas’s buzz the house occasionally upsetting the ducks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav G Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Holy carp, that's enormous! Yet another plane I can't build becauseI wouldn't have anywhere to put it, I shall have to live vicariously through your build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Great work! I saw an Airbus one perform a while ago. Imressice plane! So is this modell! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 And it's finished 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 wow, fantastic work!!!😲 It´s really huge, well done Regards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 RFI thread here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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