Matsuaara Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Hello! I'm building an Italeri F-4E (actually converting it to a JASDF RF-4EJ). The kit has a lot of inaccurate details, but the one I can't figure out how to fix is the front gear door. The kit one is hollow: Spoiler While the real one is like this: Spoiler I really can't figure out how to make the provided one look a bit more accurate to the real aircraft. Does anyon more expert than me have some advice? Thankyou! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Hi there, your pictures are not visible. regards Toby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 On 4/29/2021 at 10:48 AM, Matsuaara said: Hello! I'm building an Italeri F-4E (actually converting it to a JASDF RF-4EJ). The kit has a lot of inaccurate details, but the one I can't figure out how to fix is the front gear door. The kit one is hollow: Hide contents While the real one is like this: Hide contents I really can't figure out how to make the provided one look a bit more accurate to the real aircraft. Does anyon more expert than me have some advice? Thankyou! Plastic sheet to fill in and create the stepped section towards the front of the door ? Take a piece of stiff paper or tape over the trough in the italeri door and rub a pencil back and forth to get an outline. The place it on the sheet plastic as a stencil. Cut it a little oversized and sand to shape. Then use little squares/rectangles to get the stepped area at the front of the door. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matsuaara Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 9 hours ago, Planebuilder62 said: Hi there, your pictures are not visible. regards Toby Are you sure about that? I was pretty sure I uploaded them the right way... 6 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Plastic sheet to fill in and create the stepped section towards the front of the door ? Take a piece of stiff paper or tape over the trough in the italeri door and rub a pencil back and forth to get an outline. The place it on the sheet plastic as a stencil. Cut it a little oversized and sand to shape. Then use little squares/rectangles to get the stepped area at the front of the door. Dennis I'll try this, thanks for the suggestion! I was having trouble getting th right shape but I think the tape solution should work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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