Hewy Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Well done so far dennis,its looking good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 Hello everyone.... I spent a couple of hours on this today. The cantilever struts are a smidge to long so had to modify the fuselage to get them to work. Once that was done I closed up the whole thing by adding the glass, then upper wing, and finally the tail empennage. I also built up the LAU pods and two marking FFAR’s. Though mine doesn't show them ive seen plenty of Birddog’s with them. Im opting to hang one outboard of each LAU pod. I filed the antenna insulator’s on the horizontal stabs down a little bit, then I sawed a groove into each one. I will add fine wire into the grooves and that will give me those two antenna. I did break off the tail wheel but will drill and C/A that back on post paint. Next stage is to mask and paint the ADC Grey and antiglare panel. Does anyone have any photo’s of Raven birddog’s from above ? Did these have a walkway, or markings of any kind on top of the wing ? Please feel free to ask questions, post comments, and or add thoughts. Dennis 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 That's coming right along. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Next stage is to mask and paint the ADC Grey and antiglare panel. Does anyone have any photo’s of Raven birddog’s from above ? Did these have a walkway, or markings of any kind on top of the wing ? So I posted the question up in aviation and in the chat area. These have a red walkway or ID stripe going across the entire length of the upper wing from port to starboard. Good to know and I will be adding that feature to the paint scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 I love the Bird Dog and this is looking good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Very nice Dennis, almost a complete Bird Dog now, Good to see that you have already found the answer to the wing marking question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 An inspired choice Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 59 minutes ago, CliffB said: An inspired choice Dennis Morning Cliff.. Thank you. Sprayed the ADC Grey and black tonight. Will let this cure while I work on my Spitfire IXe. Sometime over the weekend I need to spray yellow on the spitfire and mustang builds and I will do the international orange stripe for this at that time. Please feel free to ask questions, post comments, and or add thoughts. Dennis 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Good job on the paint Dennis, a nice smooth coat. At least the decals shouldn't take long one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 6 hours ago, modelling minion said: Good job on the paint Dennis, a nice smooth coat. At least the decals shouldn't take long one. No just the serial on each side. So 8 little very very little numbers. As he says shivering 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Looks so cool; and even in such a small scale! Loving this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 Hello everyone...I painted the stripe which went mostly well. I need to touch up the grey now as the tape wasn't even on the rear of the stripe. And for some reason the Tamiya tape glue reacted to the paint on the starboard leading edge ? The paint became a gummy mess, otherwise Im happy. I see this wrapping up by next weekend. Please feel free to ask questions, post comments, and or add thoughts. Dennis 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Drives me nuts when unexpected reactions occur between differing products / brands Hope you get it sorted OK! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 45 minutes ago, wimbledon99 said: Drives me nuts when unexpected reactions occur between differing products / brands Hope you get it sorted OK! Yeah tonight is one of the few days I can stay up all night and work, so I will relax now and re-spray the grey tonight. I need to do some invasion stripes for a Mk.IX Spitfire, and other bits for a Mustang Mk.IV. A retouch of grey will just be an extra 20 minutes to mask, mix, and spray. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 That's looking real good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 Ok fixed the stripe and grey. Next up is decals 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Good job on the stripe Dennis, i can see how the red stripe would have been very helpful in making the FAC visible from the air. 3 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Next up is decals Ah yes, the marathon decal session. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 8 hours ago, modelling minion said: Good job on the stripe Dennis, i can see how the red stripe would have been very helpful in making the FAC visible from the air. Ah yes, the marathon decal session. 😁 Yeah it definitely would help on visibility, I actually have four builds to decal. This one, a Spitfire Mk.IXe, Mustang Mk.IV, and my Tuck B.o.B. Hurricane. There will be a couple done by next weekend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Good Morning everyone... I had a sad day so needed to take something off my mind, my best friends mom passed and I went to her memorial today. Somebody Ive known for 41 years and it was hard to deal with. So I Pulled another all nighter tonight to focus away from the day. I decal’d three of four builds on my desk. This was one of them, the others were a Spitfire Mk.IX, Mustang Mk.IV, and my Tuck Hurricane in the Battle of Britain build. Weapons and prop are done and will be hung soon. Please feel free to ask questions, post comments, and or add thoughts. Dennis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Sad indeed. Good thing you have something to take your mind off stuff like that. Nice work! I'm still reading the Raven book, good stuff. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triet Cam Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 That's a lot of fire power for a little plane. Very nicely done 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Triet Cam said: That's a lot of fire power for a little plane. Very nicely done Truth be told I doubt the wings were stressed for the LAU’s. The rockets yes but the LAU’s not sure. Im only mounting them because some Cowboy in 71 did it for the photo, so why not reproduce the photo. It looks kool and scary as all hell so a bonus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Truth be told I doubt the wings were stressed for the LAU’s They weren't, the LAU's were just hung in place for the picture and then removed. Rest assured that if the Ravens thought they could carry them and use them then they would have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Morning everyone... Well short the one antenna on top of the wing this one is done. I will add the antenna to the top of the wing tomorrow when the glue is dry and set. Well I’ll be honest Im happy this one is done. The landing gear took me about 90 minutes to get to set and It was a few minutes short of flying into a bin. I had to drill the fuselage to get the legs to sit at the right angle. If I hadn't the tires would have stood on the edge not the flats. So I present Raven 2799 October 1971 Laos when I was just two months old. Please fell free to ask questions, post comments, and or add thoughts. Dennis 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Hi Dennis, I feel the need to go and buy one of these now! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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