AEROPOXY Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 First project in 2018 finished jan. 7th, restoring old VEB Plasticart 1:100 IL-18 AEROFLOT airliner, pure plastic nostalgic project. more pics at BRITMODELLER , http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235031859-il-18-veb-plasticart-old-kit-saved-from-trash-bin/&tab=comments#comment-2915544 and proceed with HPH Helldiver, which is not plastic, nor nostalgic, but is impressive kit with perfect cast parts, ok, maybe a little overenginered in some areas, will see how parts fit , in next weeks. Took me two weeks to remove all the parts from casting blocks and prepare parts for building. So far, so good, not a lot broken parts , no any badly cast parts, and now could go to build with less sanding and cleaning. Gazzas, CANicoll, KUROK and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy915 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Looking forward to seeing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Cool, looking forward to progress on the SB2C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Ooh. More resin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 I have always wanted this, but a resin kit this complex scares me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AEROPOXY Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Twin Cyclone , done, Cockpit initial assembly, Wings + UC bays, And after some heavy treatment to remove wing spars slot "rails" which should allow easy assembly and actually prevent good fit upper wing cores superglued, Flaps, just started... etched fret is huuuge, A4 sized, i'm scared with number of tinny bits which should superglue to made large open "barndoors" flaps. Will take me few days just to assemble flaps parts. Fuselage halves with some work and etched parts glued, So far, great and fun kit to work, but with such amount of small parts provided, its time consumpting ( and loosing some nerves too). monthebiff, GrumblyCarrion, LSP_Kevin and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Lovely work! Out of curiosity, do all the wing panel/seam lines line up as they should? Jack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 great work you already have done will try to follow Mark Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 you're cookin on this one, fast and nice progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 You can be in two threads at the same time! Iron Maiden, or whatever it is, and Blue, Blue, My World Is Blue. Or whatever that is! Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AEROPOXY Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) Lovely work! Out of curiosity, do all the wing panel/seam lines line up as they should? Well, i know why you ask, your avatar say's it all , and must to confirm, port wing panel lines fits perfectly , while starboard one, misses to join perfectly for a less than milimetter. Both wings i align by the aileron and wing slats points, and panel lines meets with acceptable accuracy on the leading edges. Hope the photo is sharp and contrasted enough to show panel lines . Being resin kit producer by myself, i understand the problems with this inaccuracy but knowing that the RTV rubber molds and later casted resin parts could be distorted and shrunk while curing , that's the "story" of Resin kits production , even you have perfectly matched master pattern parts , you have no guarantee that series made parts will be identical. In small scales, this could be neglibigle but in large scales, with massive casted parts , the misalignment could be significant. Thanx for the other comments too, will do some more pics this weekend, RGDS Edited January 26, 2018 by AEROPOXY monthebiff, mark31, Jack and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Terrific progress, Nenad! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 This is looking great, and fast, the Helldiver in 1/32 would be one that I would love to build but not in resin, if SH ever fetched one out I would build it, until then I'll make do with watching your build. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Looking forward to following your progress. and what a start. Keep 'em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Thanks! I realize that is part of the nature of the beast, as I just last night got done tackling the first stages of the issues on my F7F. You are correct though, and your Helldiver's wings are not off by much at all comparatively. Looking forward to more progress! monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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