Jim Barry Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Great work, Craig. I'm not sure how I would have solved the nose canopy myself. Outstanding brahman104 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Good lord, dude. Simply stunning. This thread just keeps on delivering. brahman104 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 Thanks very much for the comments and encouragement! Another couple of days here and there and the rest of the "glass" is in.... Next I'll be doing the framing over the top and I still have to polish the sections but it's looking a lot more complete now Still need to add the little ball socket things for the guns, but I'll have to go searching for some small plastic beads or something..... I might have to pay a visit to the craft store later. Cheers, Craig AlexM, Derek B, blackbetty and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Superb work, that nose cone looks amazing, glazing looks amazing! Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Oh my goodness Craig! You're nuts! My kind of nuts but nuts nonetheless............. I would never have thought of doin' that. Cheers, Wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 That's hardcore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Bloody amazing work Craig ... hats off. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Craig, for heat activated material look in any good radio control model shop, having done RC for a while there are plenty of options, textures etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Love it! Some truly inspirational modeling going on here. Looking forward to more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 wow, thats one for the books right there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Superb work, that nose cone looks amazing, glazing looks amazing! Regards. Andy Thanks Andy. It has definitely been a learning curve, but I think for the most part I've got a handle on it now. As long as you're prepared for a lot of failures, it's all good! Oh my goodness Craig! You're nuts! My kind of nuts but nuts nonetheless............. I would never have thought of doin' that. Cheers, Wolf Hahaha, I feel I'm getting crazier by the day Wolf! That's hardcore! Cheers mate! Bloody amazing work Craig ... hats off. Jim Thanks Jim! I could still never match the finish you've got on your hornet though Craig, for heat activated material look in any good radio control model shop, having done RC for a while there are plenty of options, textures etc. Thanks mate. Good model shops are unfortunately pretty hard to come by in my part of the world, but I think I've tamed the acrylic sufficiently for my purposes at the moment Love it! Some truly inspirational modeling going on here. Looking forward to more! Thanks Brian! I see you've been fighting a few battles of your own on the Cat..... keep up the good work mate, she's looking great! wow, thats one for the books right there Cheers Shawn. Yep, another trick to add to the resume Well I hope everyone had a good Christmas...... although I doubt there was much time for modelling Between building a new fence and renovating a bathroom, I've squeezed in a little more on the nose. In fact, it's mostly done externally now, I'll have to do some tidying up of the internal paintwork and see if there's any little defrosting ducts I'm supposed to add, but for now I'm calling this part complete. I spent a while trying to find out the dimensions of the ball sockets where the .30 cals mounted in the nose cone. In the end it worked out that the diameter of the ball was more or less exactly what HK had...... Yes! I'm using another kit part!!!!! After all the work of getting the glazing done, I was terrified about drilling holes into it, especially as I had to ream them out to 3mm. Working very slowly, I stepped up in sizes by 0.1mm to give me the best chance of avoiding any cracking..... so far so good.. I also had to punch some "washers" out of litho to surround the ball sockets. Eventually, if I do this right, these might even hold the sockets in place.... It was then a case of slowly adding the framework to the exterior in litho.... Yes, it took me about 8 hours to do Altogether, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out...... not the greatest attempt at a hinge for the little kick door, but passable in this scale... And lastly with the kit barrel sitting in there for fun. Eventually, I'll get rid of the barrel and drill out the centre..... once I figure out how to do it. After my recent experiences with vac forming, I'm now tempted to go back and make a master of the complete bath tub to vac form, rather than using the printed parts..... at least I'll know the glass will fit too! Craig Hubert Boillot, Bomber_County, Doctorgaz and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Craig, absolutely stunning piece of modelling and that's only the nose cone.......... brahman104 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis7423 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 For the ball sockets, you should be able to get suitable beads at your local craft store. They'll have a hole through them already, and all you may need to do is ream it out further. Piece of cake. She's looking great! - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA brahman104 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 that is awesome!! brahman104 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Hat's off to you sir! Wonderful stuff Craig, very wonderful,,, Torben brahman104 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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