spacewolf Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 After deciding against the working lights it was time to put in the grill work... 1/16th strips.... This was tedious... each strip had to be cut... two different sizes, the forward edges rounded ... and each strip is three parts.. Took me several days... but it was worth it methinks ! BloorwestSiR, Shawn M, Jolly Roger and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 This is great stuff, love what you're doing here! Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 This is seriously cool! Thanks much ! Glad you are enjoying !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 So in between bouts with the grill work I made the start of the rear bottom parts.. The opening is for the lower fin tab.. Glued in place... Angled sides and wedge planking around front and back... styrene sticks dipped in glue and the melted plastic for filler for the gaps.. BloorwestSiR, Shawn M and BiggTim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) Looking at the belly area I got a bit of an idea and started cutting plastic... I'm framing this up without gluing it on as my plans for the cockpit requires me to cut out the bottom and insert the cockpit from below.. The top and bottom fins framed up.. 1/16th center with 1/32 sheet laminated with thick CA... will be sanded to an airfoil shape then scribed and detailed... So there we are... Hope you all have a great weekend and get some quality bench time. Tune in next week and we'll see whats happening with this build ! Edited March 24, 2018 by spacewolf F`s are my favs, Christoffer Lindelav, Shawn M and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thud_Ally Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Wow. This is simply epic. Love it mate. spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Madhatter Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 This is one of the most creative builds I have seen in a while. Great stuff and a great lesson in scratch building spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Cool project, really looking forward to the reveal........... Following now...... spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 Wow. This is simply epic. Love it mate. Thanks much !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 This is one of the most creative builds I have seen in a while. Great stuff and a great lesson in scratch building Thanks, that means a lot ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 Cool project, really looking forward to the reveal........... Following now...... Thanks much ! I'm looking forward to it too... hoping I can get it looking right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) It's been a slow week build wise... work and a bit of a head cold slowing me down... but, it's that time again !! Whilst building this ship I've found it funny... the neatest images have been popping up on my FB feed... one would almost think someone were watching me and feeding me things I want to see.... Real cars with a very Steampunk look... :wub: Talk about inspiration !! Anyhoo.... on to the build !... the belly insert was framed up a bit more, the side sheeting glued on... Then the curved area's planked & sanded down. A bit of a ring was glued around the rear area and the edges rounded off... lots to do on this yet. Edited March 31, 2018 by spacewolf BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 The rear fins were sanded to an airfoil shape.. Scribed and riveted... This is gonna look cool methinks !! BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 The top bit of the radiator was made from laminated bits of scrap sheet... The mid fuselage has been bugging me... what I've built so far has a 'coke bottle' look and I'm not happy with it... looking at the pic by Matt Savage I started seeing detail that to this point had escaped me.. so I started adding detail and slowly it's starting to look more like what it should... Another raid on the long suffering US/ USSR missile set provided a part that was trimmed and sanded to shape as well as the right diameter sprue for the pipe.... a bit of careful work with a candle to heat and mold the curves... And there you have it for now. A short update but progress is being made ! Tune in next week to see what, if any progress there is.. or isn't ! LSP_Paul, BloorwestSiR and Shawn M 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I just love it buddy!....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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