Col. Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Having bought this kit in 1989 and started in pretty much as soon as it got home I think the time has come to get her finished. Will let the pictures describe what's been done so far for the moment but need to finish the radar and make a new boarding ladder then give her a good clean before a final weathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Uncool Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 AWESOME...!!! Colonel, can we take a peek at the intakes, please? Cheers, Unc² Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 AWESOME...!!! Ditto, thats a fantastic build, and a very realistic pit area. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient mariner Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 So its true ...sometimes a KUTA is all that is needed Nice build(long time coming.) Id be very happy with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Wonderful Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Now that is special!! VERY special!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 Thanks guys. Was hoping to get some done this evening but only got so far as gathering the references and a fruitless internet search for more photos of the AWG-11 radar unit to help clarify some aspects of it. Tried to take a few more photos including a couple of the intakes but didn't get a clear one for you Unc There is an attempt at the trunking in there made using milliput about 15 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Not much progress to report other than giving the model a good clean. Still a few tight corners to do but getting the worst off. Here's a couple photos to show the intakes as requested; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periklis_sale Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 AMAZING!!!! fantastic work mate!!!! what did you use for the slats? are they aftermarket or the kit's parts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Looking good Col! Cheers, Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalguru Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Looks like a great build so far, but what on earth did you take those last two pictures with? A pat of butter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 will you stop it, that now looks more Awesome than it did before (dispite the poor picture quality) if I can get mine to look half as good as that I'll be very happy. Great work Col, you got to finish it mate. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Cheers for the comments gang (apart from you Mike ) Other than a set of Verlinden seats all the extra detail was scratch built using plastic stock, wire, wine-bottle foil, milliput and a bit of plastic bag. Oh and a tub of I can't believe it's not butter for the photos... Got most of the radar unit wired up and made a little progress with the actuating unit between the dish and main body but nothing else worth taking a crappy photo of yet. With any luck I'll get a bit more done and better pictures taken in daylight tomorrow as I'm off work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Got a little more done over the last few days but our 10-month-old daughter Iona is down with a bad dose of the cold and needs quite a bit of attention. Anyway, enough excuses, here's where we are now. Weathering the underside engine bay area. While RN Phantom's were always kept pretty clean the discolouration and general grime seemed unavoidable in that section. Got the two parts of the radar joined together and a bit more detail added. Now this has set there's a couple more small parts to do then get it painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Lovely work Col. Looking great! Cheers, Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grufsnik Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Great work Col , Gruffers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Wonderful work Col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periklis_sale Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 WOW! Great work mate! can i ask for a close up photo of the leading edge slats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Thanks for the kind comments gang Not had a chance to do much over the last few evenings but with any luck that shall change tonight. A bit of work-related bad news has put me in the mood for some escape into model-making so next challenge is to finish the radar unit and get a new boarding ladder made. Will try to take a few daylight photos of the leading edge slats tomorrow for you Periklis. From what I can remember the wing upper halves were thinned prior to being glued together thus keeping the leading edge aerofoil shape after cutting out then a curved piece of plastic sheet was glued in to fill the gap after end pieces were fitted. Main references were the Verlinden Lock-on book covering RAF Phantoms and the Detail & Scale volume on naval variants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 Here's some close-ups for you Periklis. Hope they help but if there's anything else you'd like let me know Finally got the radar finished yesterday. Not too much to do now but finding time and motivation is the biggest issue. KUTA required! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Nyyceeeee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Well worth the wait - sweet build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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