John Masters Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 I will be happy to build this one. It looks to be a very simple kit and so I will build it that way. Let's hope all the pieces fit together. Sprue... Profile from the Synart decal set... Should look good next the Belgian Hunter... --John 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin-42 Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 It fit’s well. The wings will likely be a little warped. They should be absolutely straight from root to tip. There is a small amount of dihedral though. The rear fuselage will need a little fettling to avoid it dropping. Finally the CF100 was not approved to fly with the long wings and tip tanks. It was tested that way, but not approved operationally. The Belgian Cf100’s were ferried with the short wings and tip tanks. After delivery, the tip extensions were fitted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 12 hours ago, Robin-42 said: The Belgian Cf100’s were ferried with the short wings and tip tanks. After delivery, the tip extensions were fitted. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 7/5/2022 at 6:19 PM, Robin-42 said: After delivery, the tip extensions were fitted. Thanks mate. The Belgian profile doesn't have the tip tanks so I may leave them off. The wings seem to be the right size, however. I will make some progress on this today, I promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Edmundson Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Belgians flew the Mk5 with an extended span horizontal stab, your kit is a Mk4, FYI. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Tony Edmundson said: your kit is a Mk4, FYI. Ah well...I'll just pretend. Better than binning it. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 And I'm off... This kit would make an excellent blitzbuild. 7gms of weight in the nose... Tail bits... And here I am... --John 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 So this is coming together quickly and it looks pretty good from my perspective... This was a fun little piece to insert. During the test fit it fell into the cavity and I had to shake it back down to the opening and then carefully wiggle it out with a pair of tweezers. I used a bit of glue the next time and it stayed put. Wings went on easily and I gave them each a very slight dihedral. I'll mask the canopy tomorrow and attach it. Then it will be time for primer. Total building/bench time so far...can't be more than 2 hours, but I haven't kept track. --John 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Looking good John, nice to see one coming together, I've one of these that I aim to do as a Canadian one in Europe if the decals I've ordered show up. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, John Masters said: This was a fun little piece to insert. During the test fit it fell into the cavity and I had to shake it back down to the opening and then carefully wiggle it out with a pair of tweezers. I used a bit of glue the next time and it stayed put. Probably obvious and if so apologize in advance. If you build another one add the piece before closing the fuselage. There are two scoops just behind and to each side on of the canopy on the Mk.4. Edited August 6, 2022 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 4 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: If you build another one add the piece before closing the fuselage. There are two scoops just behind and to each side on of the canopy on the Mk.4. Thanks Dennis. I had a tough time finding this kit so I doubt I'll build another. Is there a good photo of the scoops you refer to? I might be able to scratch them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 50 minutes ago, John Masters said: Thanks Dennis. I had a tough time finding this kit so I doubt I'll build another. Is there a good photo of the scoops you refer to? I might be able to scratch them. Ok the 1st photo is a Mk.IV, the red circles show the airscoops and engine de-icing vanes. Here is a Mk.V the scoops have moved back and outboard to the engines. One on each side plus the main intake further back just right of center. I had some extra vents from an old Mig kit that I used. Not perfect but close enough for Gov’t work. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 Thanks @Corsairfoxfouruncle. I have some extra scoops too. The de-icers I might skip. The rear scoop is already positioned correctly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 I have masked and attached the canopy. I'll make a better effort on scratch building this little scoops @Corsairfoxfouruncle before I prime it. Here's an exceptional build thread I found...if @reini can do all of this, so can I...I have plenty of plastic card. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235083071-belgian-clunk/ --John 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reini Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 @John Masters Thanks! It was relatively simple job to add the wing extensions. 👍 I added the rocket pods to my build. But I did forgot to widen the horizontal stabilizer - so you might wanna check that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 Thanks @reini. I will skip that. The wing extensions look ok. They might need a little PPP before painting. I made them using three pieces of card which equaled 2.5mm once laminated. It's all primed and I can see some spots for filler. I'll also scribe some panel lines. --John 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfa1983 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Such a tough looking plane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/13/2022 at 6:48 PM, arfa1983 said: Such a tough looking plane Thanks. It's different for sure. While I was spraying another build, I figured I'd give this one some as well... I hope for paint today. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I'm not sure the full size ones were built up from parts, I think they were machined from a single block of solid aluminium! Nice progress, looking forward to seeing it finished. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 9 hours ago, Viking said: I'm not sure the full size ones were built up from parts Not sure what you are referring too...🙂 Anyway... The profile for the colour scheme is not confusing. A familiar UK/NATO Cold War pattern. I went with Sea Grey...tomorrow I will mask off the grey areas and I hope to add the green. --John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 hour ago, John Masters said: Not sure what you are referring too...🙂 Anyway... Just a humorous aside about the tough looking solidity of the real thing 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 7 hours ago, Viking said: Just a humorous aside Aha! 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 Masked for the green. I used Tamiya RAF 2. It flows better than the other acrylics. Looks good. I'll have some minor touch-ups on the grey... Masked for the underside... --John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 I gave the underside some Royal Light Grey. Looks good I think. Good enough for a BeNeLux sky... I'll mask and paint the black leading edges, anti-glare section and nose tomorrow. Then some hairy brushing on the exposed metal areas...then decals... Moving right along now. --John 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 She's looking good, John James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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