trickyrich Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 glad to see progress is still happening on her, that cockpit does look nice and busy, which is good because lots can be seen through that canopy. Glad to see I'm not the only one with a messy bench! I do like the scribers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Coming along nicely. 5 hours ago, helios16v said: We have tinted canopies. Might we actually make paint this weekend? And how did youse tint the canopies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 6 hours ago, dnl42 said: Coming along nicely. And how did youse tint the canopies? For the windscreens, just a thinned Tamiya Clear Blue. For the upper canopy (shades) it's a thinned Tamiya Clear Smoke w/ a drop of Tamiya Gold. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 I like those scribers too... MRP scriber you said? I'm putting one on my "I WANT THAT!" list 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 12/6/2020 at 8:55 AM, JeroenS said: I like those scribers too... MRP scriber you said? I'm putting one on my "I WANT THAT!" list 🙂 Yep. Had no idea they did stuff other than paint. Stumbled across them one day while looking for needle scribers at SprueBros. "Oh hey, what's this? Those look kinda nice. Let's give them a whirl." https://mrpaint.sk/naradie-a-doplnky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 oooo they do look nice....strange I haven't noticed them on their site before......I spend enough time on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 The likelihood of reaching the finish in time grows dimmer. But progress is still being made. Slowly but surely. The canopy proved to be a real PITA to get pieces align and tested my patience. I must've burned almost 2 days fiddling with that. It's still off a bit, but it will have to do. "IF" I can get it in paint by the end of the day I may still be able to pull it off allowing almost a day in between clears & decals for drying. We'll see. Nothing like coming down to the wire. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Great to see that you're still working on your Mohawk Chris. Even if you don't make the deadline, and I believe it would be a hell of a task for even the most dedicated of modellers, it has been a very interesting build to follow of a very interesting aircraft. Please don't rush it and ruin it though, I would much rather wait and see the excellent result we all know that you can achieve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 It is great to see progress on her Chris, it doesn't appear to be the friendliest model to build.......... you may have actually put me off buying one , I was planning to at one stage. No need to rush for a deadline and screw up all the hard work so far. The build threads will still be open so you can post updates as you can, or drag her over to the KUTA section. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 It will be finished. I'm trying to finish this one up before moving on to the next one. The only exception is I'll probably take a breather to squeak in a Xmas Blitzenbuild. Got a little 1/100 Tamiya MiG-19 that shouldn't take very long to knock out. There have been a couple issues that don't make sense why they did things the way they did, and aside from the canopy, the fit has been reasonable. Still fairly happy with the kit. Yes it's no Tamiya lick 'n stick...but that is half the fun in modeling for me, is the minor fiddling w/ bits. I seriously doubt you'd have any issues with this kit @trickyrich. Remember, I am a bit of a scrub still. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Have you seen the latest JetMADS update??? 🥰 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 14 hours ago, trickyrich said: Have you seen the latest JetMADS update??? 🥰 Yes, yes I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Without a deadline looming over my head, I ended up going back and pulled the worst offending part of the canopy apart again. It has now been reset and I'm much happier with how it's fitting up now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 Working on getting all the misc aerials and antenna installed. Now that I have paint on the canopy...I may monkey around w/ the canopy a bit more..... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Good to see her moving along Chris and looking very good too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Tidy work so far Chris. Confession time; I'd missed this one 'til now so have read all four pages to learn how you got to this point with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 yes it is nice to see her still progressing, she's going to look great when completed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 Soon-ish. I hope. I've got 1 more antenna and 1 scoop to install, then it'll be getting hit w/ primer to see how much cleanup I have to do..... Oh, and the static wicks... Can't forget those. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 And I thought this thing was hard to handle before..... Various antennae and static wicks installed. Off to primer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Coming along nicely! 22 minutes ago, helios16v said: Various antennae and static wicks installed. Off to primer. Ooh, yer a brave man! That, or not the massive klutz I am. I've learned to just cut such things right off as I'll only break them off later. The early surgery makes it easier for me to re-attached later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, dnl42 said: Coming along nicely! Ooh, yer a brave man! That, or not the massive klutz I am. I've learned to just cut such things right off as I'll only break them off later. The early surgery makes it easier for me to re-attached later. Oh, I make no promises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 Getting the pre-funk on. Don't mind the duplicate post from the A-4 build, if anyone watching this happens to be watching that one as well. Had the paint thinned down and figured I might as well kill 2 birds w/ one pot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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