BradG Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Some interior paint on tonight, Gunze 317 aircraft grey. I might look for some belts for the seat, it's quite visible through the canopy. jgrease, blackbetty, KiwiZac and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Nice BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thud_Ally Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Anymore updates bud? I recently acquired the same kit. So following with interest. BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 Anymore updates bud? I recently acquired the same kit. So following with interest. Ah sorry mate, I've been a bit slack on this while coming to the business end of the cricket season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) I have been slacking off on this build, I've picked things up a bit here and managed to do some painting and gluing. The cockpit detail is nice, perhaps a little basic for 1/32, I should have gotten the Quickboost seat, but ah well. Fit of the fuselage is pretty good with the clamping there should be minimal clean up and I have test fitted the back plate, it fits perfectly. You also need about 100g of weight in the nose. Edited March 1, 2018 by BradG Thud_Ally, Gazzas and KiwiZac 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thud_Ally Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Ah this looks awesome. I've gotten the Aires cockpit to go in mine, I'm also going to sling a pilot in the pit' because as you said, it's a visable cockpit. BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 Now the rear fuselage. Fit is ok, although the panel lines on the lower surface don't want to line up too well. I'd also recommend shaving down the locating pins a bit as the fit causes a slight step in the join. Despite clamping it will need some minor clean up, just like the forward fuselage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Love your build. Looking forward to watching it come together! BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 I pinned the nose so there was a nice tight fit for the insert with the landing/formation lights. There's a little step there that might need some attention. Test fitting the wing, top join is pretty good, should just need a little superglue to clean it up. Note I haven't fixed the wing leading edge yet. Rear joint...hmmm. I think the internal frame is causing that gap so a little plastic surgery will be required for a better fit. johncrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 Ok it took surprisingly little to close the gap at the rear of the wing to fuselage joint. A little clamping and she's good. ...then I turned it over. Crap. Oh well looks like some filling and sanding here. Also note there is a step between where the nose cone fits to the fuselage at the bottom. The top and sides fit nicely though. Should be able to handle that with a file and some plastic brutality. DesTROYer, MikeMaben, Dany Boy and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 should be an easy fix there BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 On to the leading edge slats, which I decided to have up. They required a little persuasion to fit as you can see. While one side was drying, the stabilators were a push fit with some super glue and the fin fitted good enough. The other slat was installed and given the required force. I also installed the first flap. Fit was pretty good, there is a gap perhaps a touch larger than I'd have liked, but they are moving surfaces after all. Now we have the speed brakes in, which fit nicely. The other flap installed that was a nice tight fit, wingtips are clamped and drying finally the machine gun covers glued on. These didn't fit as well as I'd have liked actually, almost like they didn't quite match the curve of the fuselage, but ah, close enough. LSP_Kevin, Shawn M, Zero77 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 Wingtips fitted. Again the fit is ok, everything about the fit of this kit is ok, the parts are kinda, clunky, for lack of a better word. I put the engine in too, but it won't be seen. I've glued the upper half of the tail on here in the first picture. ...and to get the bottom to fit nicely, it's requiring some force. You can see the step that I have yet to correct on the far side. blackbetty, Gazzas, LSP_Kevin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 Ok so the clamping worked well. I added in the final piece of the fuselage too. I haven't rescribed the forward section where the wing meets the fuselage yet, that job is next and I hate rescribing. DesTROYer and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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