Pedro Matos Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 (edited) Hello Fellow modellers, This is my first post here, and i would like to share with you the work that i been doing for some time, i believe 5 months. I bought this kit already started to a modeller that did not to build the kit anymore, and i'm begining to understand why. I removed the paint of the kit, and stripped to the bone again, i used Neomega seats and Photoetched from Extratech(ESCI kit) on the interior. This kit has Several issues that for the money that the kit costs, i shound't have to deal with them, here are some of them could be more: Cockpit Windscreen is with wrong shape Landing Gears are a total joke The engines have very little detail The support of the bomb Rack is wrong (not aligned correctly) Has no detail for the front "cameras" and had to scratchbuit the one behind of the landing gear. The tail near the engines has no detail at all i had to scratchbuilt also The air intake is hollow, i fully scratchbuit it. If you want to leave the flaps down you have to cut the inner ones because Trumpeter forgot But enough talk, here are the pictures(sorry for the quality): Mr. Big: Air Intake: Cockpit (The canopy doors Open and close): Inner Flaps: Air Scoops(all opened) Front Nose and Behind Front landing Gear "cameras": The camera and the cover glass are already made. Tail Detail: The landing Gear will follow on the next reply Edited October 12, 2011 by Pedro Matos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Matos Posted October 12, 2011 Author Share Posted October 12, 2011 (edited) Front and main Landing Gears: Hope you liked Best Regards from Portugal Pedro Matos Edited October 12, 2011 by Pedro Matos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Making good progress, Keep it up.. I like these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greased Lightning Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Keep going Pedro, you're doing a great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Excellent work - love the detailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintsPhil Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Welcome! Great way to start off! Love these big soviet bombers! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I like the detail you have put into the undercarriage legs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Novel idea with the canopy, care to explain how you did that (making them posable) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 looks really good from where I'm standing...looking forward to seeing more updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Matos Posted October 13, 2011 Author Share Posted October 13, 2011 Hello again, Thank you all for your kind comments, i will put more pictures when i have more progress Next step will be detailing the engines and the bomb rack. Best regards, Pedro Matos Novel idea with the canopy, care to explain how you did that (making them posable) Hello Moffles, it was not an easy task, but i will try to explain how i did it: On the roof of the cockpit the kit as a plastic structure (where the doors are) i drilled that structure on the both sides(front and back) then i inserted a steel wire that suported the plastic hinges that i scratchbuilt. The most difficult part is to get the doors locked when opened, and when the doors shuts the fit must be perfect, but after some work i got it right. i didn't take pictures of that Thanks for the interest Best Regards, Pedro Matos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Jellyfingers Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Love it, scratched working bits awesome stuff, enjoying this Si. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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