kev67 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Good to see this progressing again, saw one of these built up at Telford last year but the 1/48 scale version, looked very nice as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 Wasn't aware there was one at Telford Kev - but reassuring to know that it looked good! I'll have to see if I can track down some photos now... Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 More finessing on the nose section - now with a few layers of Filler Primer applied for final shaping. A few blemishes filled with Revell Plasto filler. These parts spend their life in the warm airing cupboard when not being worked on - to ensure that every layer of primer and filler is properly dried off at each stage. As the nose is a very obvious/most looked at section of any model it's important it's as good as I can get it. Back in a mo... Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Now - back to those wings... Earlier on I'd posted images of the assembled wings - minus the removed flap areas. The flap areas need boxing in - both for neatness - and for strength. I wanted to get these boxed in before smoothing and truing up the wings. Photo below shows the Starboard wing (upper in photo) with new styrene sheet sections added - and Port wing (lower) withe the edges trimmed back to the wing surface/rear edge after allowing the Plastic Weld to dry off for 24 hrs. Vertical section is about 0.5mm thick - horizontal is 1.5mm - wing now a lot stiffer - and straight along the rear edge. Flaps will need to be drawn up in CAD and printed on my 4K resin printer - and will be fitted in the fully up position - so no detail needed inside the flap area. Easier to cut sheet over-size and trim back - note that rear edge is not the trailing edge - that will be formed by the flap sections when eventually fitted. Below is the Port wing - which has had everything trimmed back and a start made on sanding everything flush along the wing surface - in this case using 60 grit Glass Paper on a flat surface - a la vacform... Hopefully get some of the 'low' areas on the wings filled and sanded later in the week. Model on dudes! Iain 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 The nose section is getting there - but still some areas to sand back/re-profile. I've marked the areas to be reduced with the letter 'x' - and a dot where I need to add a little to the nose to make it just slightly sharper. This is after a lot of pouring over photos and comparing with the printed parts. I think it will still be a little 'jowly' in plan view - but I don't think it'll be *that* noticeable on the finished model. If I can get these tweaks done by the weekend I can do some surface detailing of this area - and make a start on the interior... I might even get some filler primer on the wings. Really enjoying this - and the strength of the printed parts makes things so much easier than a vac! Have fun... Iain 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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