Greg B Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I'm working on this at the moment. Accessories used will be the Aires Pit and Undercarriage Bays, the Eduard Seat and Weapons set and the Zacto sets. I have still got to gloss varnish, wash and then matt varnish the cockpit to bring the details out further: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Cor, that tropical air is doing something for your modelling skills bud! That looks really good!!! Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 A lovely start there Greg!! Very nice indeedy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuts Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Nice work Greg. Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 A small update, pit has been washed, weathered and flat coated, likewise the seats. The airframe has been prepped for the undercarriage inserts and the gun. The white metal undercarriage has also been cleaned up and the wings assembled as spread. This took a bit of fettling and reinforcing with plasticard as they are designed to be assembled as folded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Stonking work - love the cockpit painting - looks superb! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Nice work mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Looking good Greg. Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Belbin Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Beautiful work! Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Really really nice work. love the seat and those wheelbays are resin works of art. I have an Aires set for my F105 really looking forward to seeing this develop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Nice work so far Gregor. When do you break out the Zacto stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexwh773 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Lovely work Greg, that office looks the dogs doodahs Do you only work in 32nd? Hope all is well playin in the jungle Bexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Very nice work on the pit. I like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 On to the undercarriage bays, just have to add some foil for the hydraulic rams, gloss, wash and matt then I can start buttoning up the airframe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Thats the undercarriage bays glossed, washed and flat coated. The Hydraulic Rams were covered in some sticky backed Aluminium foil that I have a roll of. Hope you like it: Next on the list is installing the pit, bays and Zactomodels intake into the fuselage and closing it all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Well I'm only viewing the pics on my phone at the moment, but they look cracking to me. Lots of visual interest and not over weathered. Keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 Thanks for the nice comments so far Gents. Next job was to install the pits, wheel bays and intake. This was not without a couple of fit issues. More to do with the amount of Resin that has to be put in and I managed to clamp one of the wheel wells in with just a bit too much pressure. When the epoxy set, it had also locked in place a bit of the fuselage leaving a gap. Anyway, all gaps have been filled with Tamiya Polyester Putty. This is a two part putty that starts to go off in about 10 minutes, so its fine to mix a small batch and get it on the plastic. I like this because: 1. It doesn't melt the plastic or paint. 2. Its a nice bright yellow colour, making it easy to see where you have put it and easy to see when sanding etc. 3. It dries very nearly as hard as the plastic with no shrinkage or pitting and it can be sanded easily, scribed and carved/cut with a scalpel. 4. It doesn't want to lift so it can be put on thinly. Anyway, as pictures show the real info: Thats it for a while, its all been packed very carefully away together with the rest of my stash and tools ready for a move back to Europe. Might see it again in about 2 months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periklis_sale Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 WOW!!!!! AMAZING work mate! my only objection is that the seat belts look very tidy! this is a reference of how to build models! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 blimey that sir is a work of art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 neat work - love the detail on the plumbing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanW Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 That is some very tidy work indeed - very impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skapman Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Very, very nice work! Ilan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Very nice there! I love these Trumpter 32nd scale kits, I got to get one I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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