Azgaron Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Excellent work Matt! Looks great! HÃ¥kan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Nice work Matt. I just saw this report that the Academy intake sits too high? Can you confirm this? Curious, as I'm thinking of tackling an IAF Sufa. I honestly don't know and try not to care. I'm not the kind to get bent out of shape over minor, er, shape issues, at least not when the kit in question is the only way to build what I want... jgrease 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinuheH Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 OK as well…… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 Weathering in the gear bay! Started with a quick wash of Vallejo Game Color Wash - Black, then went at it with AK Engine Grime. I've got pics of a Greek Block 52 gear bay that's very dirty, and am going for that general look. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Very Nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Looking good! HÃ¥kan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrease Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Looks great so far! I'm not one to get hyper over petty issues regarding measurements, etc. If it looks good overall, I'm happy with it. Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 Major steps last night! First, I got the entire intake assembly glue in place. This was a major PITA! The three pieces that surround the intake aren't exactly examples of savvy engineering and a lot of fighting and swearing ensued while I fought them into general alignment. One thing I found that really helped was to make a few holes in the "triangle" in the lower fuselage to more easily weld the upper intake in place. There will still be plenty of sanding and seam-filling to come... With the intake and gear bay installed, next up is the fuselage. Again, fit here is a PITA. There are like three points of extremely positive location - out aft, at the very back of the wingroots, and then up front. Apart from that, everything is kinda wobbly, so I'm having to proceed slowly. Last night I got the tail-to-wing joins sorted. Tonight I'll be back to hopefully get the rest of the fuselage closed. There are a lot of random forces trying to move plastic in different directions, though, so it literally requires that you hold things an exact way until the glue (I'm using MEK since it's hotter than Tenax or Tamiya Extra Thin) sets. Hoping things will be a bit of a downhill coast after this, but we'll see! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Nice work so far Matt! HÃ¥kan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Matt You sure are winning the battle and the assemblies are 'falling' into place rather nicely. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 Got the fuselage fully closed up last night. Geez, what a battle. Good news is, I was FINALLY able to start test fitting the flying surfaces and see this thing as an airplane. The wings and tail look to be far easier to deal with than the fuselage halves, so hopefully I'm past the worst with this build. Well, except for all the seam cleanup... Lars Befring and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinuheH Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Seems like you are taming the beast, Matt! Looking good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywifehatesmodels Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 That wheel bay looks killer! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngtiger1 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Matt, looking good. Your attention to extra work is paying off nicely. Also, I like the acrylic rod tripod stand your using to display your kit for photo Op. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Not too much to report...spent most of last night swearing at the Me 262 and swearing at my Wolfpack JDAMs, which arrived from Sprue Bros. with some very fragile vanes broken off. The Sniper pod looks awesome, though. But...I did get a start on the two massive external tanks. These things are probably bigger than some 1/48 prop kits I've built. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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