Devilfish Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 Ok, it's been a while. No photos yet, but work been done. It did a little trial fitting with the seats. The rear was no problem, even managed to get the side consoles in ok. Instrument panels are Tonka rear seater's. Front intrument panels are, unsurprisingly, tonka front seater's, severly narrowed. A central console has been made up, but it's very narrow, effectively only holding the throttles. Strange really, as I saw a pic of a Vulcan cockpit and there's 2 seats and a huge console between them.... Got the wings on, attatched to the upper fuselage. The lower fuselage has yet to be fitted. Just finishing off sanding the lovely intakes smooth. As for the issue of access ladders. It struck me, the RAF have lots of these lying around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 some pics of what I've been doing. This is the reat intstrument panel. It looks aweful this close up, but doesn't look as bad when you see it normal size... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc2324 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 cockpit looks good to me. Great progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexwh773 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 cockpit looks good to me. Great progress. No doubt there Devilfish, superb concept Bexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted August 26, 2010 Author Share Posted August 26, 2010 No doubt there Devilfish, superb concept Bexy Thanks. I guess I'm just a perfectionist who's ambitions outweigh my skills...... Well it looks ok in actual size, so I'll leave it. Not really had time to do anything this week as I have a guest, but I will have to crack on next week. Also got my BuccGB project to start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I struggle to put any effort into cockpits this size, yours looks great. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 I struggle to put any effort into cockpits this size, yours looks great.Dan Yea, I know. 1/72 isn't my scale anymore! Much prefer 1/48 these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard of Effingham Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 i think you have made a good job of the cockpit decals, as had the vulcan ever had a significant cockpit upgrade in the mid 1970's, using tornado type avionics this is probably how it would have looked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 i think you have made a good job of the cockpit decals, as had the vulcan ever had a significant cockpitupgrade in the mid 1970's, using tornado type avionics this is probably how it would have looked. Well it seemed the obvious choice, to keep costs down on such a low volume aircraft (only 6 to be built). Most of the avionics would have been Tornado too, as is the radar and TFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Nice idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 Not much to report at the moment. Had a friend staying and also had a few things to sort out in the house. But I manage to sneak in a bit of work when I can.... Main structure is together and wings on. It's been over 20 years since I built this kit and I'd forgotten what a pain it was. Managed to get a decent joint free intake system, but the wing/fuselage join is horrendous!! Basically it's been a case of fill, sand, repeat...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredjocko Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Not much to report at the moment. Had a friend staying and also had a few things to sort out in the house. But I manage to sneak in a bit of work when I can....Main structure is together and wings on. It's been over 20 years since I built this kit and I'd forgotten what a pain it was. Managed to get a decent joint free intake system, but the wing/fuselage join is horrendous!! Basically it's been a case of fill, sand, repeat...... Devilfish: I have to ask. Did you rescribe the panel lines or leave them raised? I am pondering that on mine and if you rescribed; how difficult was it? Thanx, Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 Devilfish:I have to ask. Did you rescribe the panel lines or leave them raised? I am pondering that on mine and if you rescribed; how difficult was it? Thanx, Carl I'm not that good. I left them raised, so when they're gone, they're gone. I have toyed with the idea of drawing them back in with a pencil afterpainting, but I doubt my skills even stretch that far...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredjocko Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I'm not that good. I left them raised, so when they're gone, they're gone. I have toyed with the idea of drawing them back in with a pencil afterpainting, but I doubt my skills even stretch that far...... I like the idea of using a pencil. I have never tried that. I am looking at painting mine in the lizard camouflage since the bone was painted in that way and I think the pencil would look pretty good. Good luck with it. I really like the difference that cockpit makes. Thanx, Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Those raised lines, I just leave 'em, but thats me! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Ok, it's been a while. Unfortunately various other things, like decorating, have taken precedence. Just a few pics of what I've done... Lots of filling, sanding, priming and repeat. Don't think I'm going to get it any better. At least it's given me time to think about the colour scheme...... ........and that I really must get a decent camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amos brierley Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 HI-YA Fella, good work so far dont worry about drawing the lines on its easier than you might think. I drew lines on an old Monogram A26 B some years ago - it looked impressive as my scribing was not as good then and this way was easier. I used a roatering pen of about 0.3 mm diamiter. ...................think yourself lucky i`ve just commited myself to re-scribing mine, and Two Mikes resin intakes/ and U/C , and resin wheels, and Flightpath update, and Silver Cloud exhausts, oh did i mention i`m looking to scratch build a bomb bay just to make it a little bit differant?????? So far i`ve used `speed tape` and a Bare Metal srciber a brand new one. You could pre shade the panel lines with black then paint the model its colour then finally gentally sand the paint finish off to reveal the black pre shading on the raised line. OR just to confuse matters further you could just use a 0.3mm clicker pencil as it will draw the same constant thickness line across the whole of ya model. Which ever..................keep up the v.good work, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted September 30, 2010 Author Share Posted September 30, 2010 Cheers Amos. TBH, not sure how I'm going to proceed in that dept. I'm wanting to open the bomb bay too, hence no bomb doors yet. However, I'm not sure if I'll have the time to do it. Especially as I was planning on building a rotary launcher in there. Just got hold of the 1/72 Bucc for it's Pave Spike pod. You can just about see the pylons under the wings, which are modified Tornado ones. Hope to get some more done after the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredjocko Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Ok, it's been a while. Unfortunately various other things, like decorating, have taken precedence. Just a few pics of what I've done... Lots of filling, sanding, priming and repeat. Don't think I'm going to get it any better. At least it's given me time to think about the colour scheme...... ........and that I really must get a decent camera Devilfish: That is looking great. My progress as stalled while I deal with life, but I want to get mine done, especailly after seeing yours. The B-52 pylons didn't cute look right, so I'll have to look going your route. Are they 1/72 or 1/48? A rotary launcher in the bomb bay, I knew I should have kept Academy's F-111. Thanx, Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted October 12, 2010 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 Yes Fred. Finding life is getting in the way a bit too. Been decorating with the girlfriend and it's left me little time for models. Only bonus is one room I'm doing is to be my hobby room. The pylons are off the 2 Revell 1/72 tonka's I bought for the seats.... Don't worry, I will be using the Skyshadow and Boz pods too, lol (and the bombs) I think at this rate though, I won't have time during this GB to completely finish it. If I can get it 95% done, I'll button up the bomb bay temporarily and finish it off later...... Normal service will hopefully resume next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Looks good, hopefully you'll get a good bit done before the deadline. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 Bear with me....I'll have it finished.......lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 Better late than never......Here's a few slightly better pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 well done mate looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted November 8, 2010 Author Share Posted November 8, 2010 well done mate looks good Cheers Mark. There's a lot I'm not happy with, but had to go with because of the time constraint. IMO the fuselage roundels need to be smaller. The serial no should obviously be white. There's no actual radome. I had thought about paiting it on in black after numerous attempt to scribe it on failed. Hopefully at some point in the future I'll come back to it and fix these problems and add the second pair of weapons pylons I was planning (at the last minute) and maybe the rotary launcher in the bomb bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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