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  • 2 weeks later...

Hi. :D 
Not much has been done on my Rafale since the last updated. 
So far I've only painted the ejection seat, and it came out rather good I think. 
51412166203_57c4d2cdbd_4k.jpg045 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
51411159457_96345f3240_4k.jpg046 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
51411900876_5c8109f700_4k.jpg047 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
51412166643_79cd4f3884_4k.jpg048 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


To be continued.....
/Bosse

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Very nice pit!

I would revisit the ejection seat belts a bit, at least on the big screen it seems they could benefit by a very fine brush, probably also some accentuating of the buckles could help! 

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Bonjour :D 

I've been neglecting my Rafale far too long, but now I'm going to try and get it finished before the deadline.
Yesterday I glued the cockpit to the fuselage.
51534787917_f11d3d0a86_o.jpg052 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


I got a small gap when gluing the insert to the topside. 
But it was quickly filled with a thin piece of plasticard.
51535577041_88eff89a24_o.jpg053 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


To be continued.....
/Bosse

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1 hour ago, Bertie Psmith said:

Can you post smaller pictures please? These actually don't fit on my screen. When I zoom out the text shrinks out of sight but the pictures are still huge.

Did you try another browser/ app?

Just fine here!

 

 

By the way  great to see the Rafale back on the bench!

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Hi. :D 


I've started to glue the fuselage halves together on my Rafale. 
51546113698_56ed5abcfc_o.jpg054 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
I've only glued the front section together. 
It became a bit unstable when I cut the air intakes away, so I'll glue it in stages during the coming week. 


To be continued.....
/Bosse 

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Hi. :D 


I spent Saturday working with sanding sticks of various grit on my Rafale.
51570708375_46448c6eaa_k.jpg055 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


I had quite a few seams to go over, especially around the air intakes, and the underside of one wing.
51570709175_0594c8c834_k.jpg056 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
51568981567_c2756237fa_k.jpg057 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
51570466234_aef15c3400_k.jpg058 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
51568981872_0d4506ae96_k.jpg059 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


Yesterday, Sunday, I could continue gluing more bits in place.
51573194751_507e4d5632_k.jpg060 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


And repair the panel lines that I sanded away. 
51571436977_a519d111bf_k.jpg061 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


The plan no is to glue all bits and bobs around the nose section and finish the fin, and then it's time for primer. :yahoo: 


To be continued.....
/Bosse 

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Hi. :D 
Slowly but surely I'm continuing on my builds. 
Since I'm working on multiple kits at the same time, I don't have so much to show on each build. 


I had some trouble on where to put part 310. 
First I thought that Revell had missed it in the instructions, but after looking it over and going online to find a reference to it I finally saw that it was in the instructions. 
51596667481_0da0bbf823_k.jpg063 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
First I thought that it was an antenna of some sort, but now I think it's a shell ejector opening for the cannon. 


And yesterday a put some primer on it.
51608355470_d49b3a564c_k.jpg064 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
I'll have to go over all seams and see if they're OK, but when that's done it's time for some paint. 


To be continued.....
/Bosse

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Hi. :D 

I've been doing some more work on my Rafale M. 
I've painted the main colour. 
51640720372_769bc8bc99_k.jpg065 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
51641549016_b06abea4d4_k.jpg066 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
I still have to paint the nose cone, and some antennas. 


I've primer the Hammers and the landing gears.
51641762778_a7c2215086_k.jpg067 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


The drop tanks are painted and the MICA missiles are primed.
51642200359_a1cc364694_k.jpg068 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr

Tre weeks left to work on this one before the extended deadline.
So this week I'm concentrating on this build so I might finish it in time. 


Oh, and I almost forgot. 
This Saturday my wife excelled in the kitchen, some back of Cod, mashed potatoes, bacon sprinklings and sugar snaps.
51646937210_404fe3998d_k.jpg20211030_173811 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
That was one tasty meal. :eat: :tasty:
Needless to say that I didn't go back to the worktable after such a meal. :D 


To be continued.....
/Bosse

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Aaaaa.... :wall:


I've just had a senior moment. 
I've painted my Rafale M in the French Air force colours, and not the Navy's. :angry:
51640720372_769bc8bc99_k.jpg065 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


And the worst of it is that my "primer" Humbrol 140 is the correct colour.
51608355470_d49b3a564c_k.jpg064 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


So I'll be spending the coming days repainting everything.
Must remember to check your references twice before you start. 
To be continued.....
/Bosse 

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Thanks Werner, neither was I. :D 

But I've corrected my mistake now and painted it in the right shade of Grey. 

51663568298_1351bbcff0_k.jpg070 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr

 

I'll put some clear coat on it and then I guess I'm in for a few sessions with decals and stencils. 

To be continued.....

/Bosse 

 

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Thanks Werner. :D 

And thanks for the link. 

Even though I don't read or speak French are the pictures good to have. 

And if I want to have something translated I can always ask my eldest son, he's fluent in Swedish, English, German, French, Spanish & Italian. :thumbsup:

/Bosse

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31 minutes ago, Biggles87 said:

Very useful site from Werner, and there are some language options ( top right ) Bosse.

 

John

Thanks for stating that John. 

I didn't see that the first time.  :whistle:

 

/Bosse

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Hi. :D 

I've done some more work on my Rafale M.

I've painted the Hammers. 
51678787112_25ba0a9e3a_k.jpg071 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr

And I've also painted some sensor, and the exhaust to the APU.
51680476070_386e690133_k.jpg072 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
51680263604_2c481d9d3c_k.jpg073 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
51680263909_db51dee72a_k.jpg20211113_155023 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr

One week left on the extension, but I don't think this will be enough for me to get this one finished in time, and I don't feel like to make a rush job of it. 

To be continued.....
/Bosse

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Thanks Werner :D 

Under a bit more normal situation a week would be sufficient to get this one done. 

But this week is a very busy week, so I guess I'll not be spending many hours at the work bench. 

And I'll not rush it just for that reason.

/Bosse 

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