Pappy Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 (edited) On 5/12/2023 at 11:51 PM, f111guru said: @PappyA fantastic looking build so far. The cockpit is outstanding and the fit of the RF resin conversion is excellent. I do like how Hasegawa has done the wing to fuselage. I had hoped the other companies would kind of follow suit on theirs. None the less I did cut out a slot for the Academy kit wings in 1/48th scale. Works quite well and rubber cemented a small length of foam to hold the wings level on my F-111F build. The Hobby Boss kit is another story. Haven't even looked at what I'm going to do with it. At any rate, fantastic progress and looking forward to the completion. All The Best, Ron VanDerwarker G'day Ron, Thanks very much for the kind words. I agree with you about the Academy kit as well. One of the weak points is that if not modified, the wings end up with a distinct anhedral. I also like the idea of leaving the wings off during painting as the F-111 is a big jet in 1/48 and with the wings on it becomes unwieldy. I usually add a metal tube spar inside the wings. G'day people, I have added the PE details to the gull-wing cockpit access doors I could now start to mask up the cockpit The conventional wisdom is that you should spray colours from lightest to dark but I have decided to paint the underside black first then mask this off before continuing with the topside colours. Although the topside colours have soft edged (but tight) demarcation, the underside black was a hard edge demarcation and it will be easier (and use less tape) to mask off the underside. I have also added the intake splitter plates. Early F-111s like the A/C and EF-111A featured a large slab like splitter plate to divert boundary layer air, which worked in conjunction with a translating (moving) inlet cowl to supply additional air a t low speeds. This was referred to as the 'Triple Plow' One (TP 1) intake system. Later variants had the inlet re-designed to dispense with the translating cowl and splitter plate. The air inlets were moved about 6" outboard to avoid boundary layer air ingestion and the inlet cowls were now fixed but featured three suction relief doors to supply additional air when required. This was known as the TP II system, cheers, Pappy Edited May 16 by Pappy 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted May 17 Author Share Posted May 17 G'day people, I applied the tan to the fuselage today I will set that aside for a couple of says to dry to a nice hard glossy finish before proceeding with the remaining colours The air intakes have also been masked and sprayed cheers, Pappy 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 (edited) On 5/17/2023 at 4:36 PM, Hook said: Nice! Ta! G'day people, Apologies for the lack of updates recently. I have started applying the fuselage camo Things were heading in the right direction until I a had a whoopsie! I was moving some stuff around on the bench when I knocked the kit off the bench and onto the floor Luckily the axeminster is more forgiving than tiles and although I managed to knock a slat off one of the wings and worst of it was that I had knocked the tail off the fuselage. Sadly I have been in a similar situation before and I have found that the best thing to do is to collect all the pieces, put them in a box and then walk away. I revisited the kit a few days later with a cooler head and calmly reviewed the damage, which seemed less severe upon review. The slat is a straightforward re-attach and the fin was a clean break and it came away in one piece with no other damage - lucky! I re-attached the fin and let the glue set up for a couple of days. A quick wipe with some filler followed by clean up with a Q-tip and I am at this point I am eager to see how it looks under some paint cheers, Pappy Edited May 25 by Pappy 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 G'day people, A little more done today cheers, Pappy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Looking great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Glad the damage wasn't more extensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f111guru Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Must have been a clean break and a flawless reattachment because it does not appear that it was ever broken. Great recovery. All The Best, Ron VanDerwarker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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