Hubert Boillot Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Great progress ! Keep it coming ! Hubert EmperorKai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmperorKai Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 Keep jumping those hurdles Kai Looks like you are doing great with them. I will be watching this one! Teresa PS: Love the holder (TP) What ever works right and multipurpose. Kidding Looking great so far! lol! I didnt' notice the special model holder- just grabbed it and started taking pics! Kai Girlscanplay2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmperorKai Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) Great progress ! Keep it coming ! Hubert Thanks Hubert! Hoping this one comes together a little faster than the 4 months the last one took Kai Edited July 7, 2015 by EmperorKai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Looking nice, Kai! Love the metallic on the exhaust. EmperorKai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Thanks Hubert! Hoping this one comes together a little faster than the 4 months the last one took Kai That UNBELIEVABLY FAST by my standards ! Hubert EmperorKai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmperorKai Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 (edited) Howdy! A small update. Have been focusing on the landing gear as bench time has been tough to come by and it can be done in small steps. The main gear bays are of course now mounted, but here is a close up of one of the bays with a partially assembled main gear fitted. The parts layout for the wheels Once assembled, plasti-clay was used to seal up some of the gaps around the rims The treads seemed a little extreme compared to reference pics, so they were partially filled in. The completed wheels Brake and hydraulic lines were added to the main gear with lead wire and lead straps for the P-clamps. The gear were primered with Gunze C92 semi-gloss black. They were then given a coat of Gunze C69 Off-white. Mig Dark Wash was used and then they were given a light touch up coat of Gunze C156 Super White. The completed gear. The pistons were painted with Gunze Chrome Silver metal coat and buffed to a shine. Here's a great reference pic for comparison. Note that the gear in this pic has compressed as the hydraulics have been drained. Thanks for looking! Kai Edited July 20, 2015 by EmperorKai sandokan, D.B. Andrus and geedubelyer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Very nice work so far! HÃ¥kan EmperorKai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Ford looks great! Love this jet! Can't wait to see more. Dan EmperorKai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Ford looks great! Love this jet! Can't wait to see more. Dan Me 2 ! Hubert EmperorKai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Just superb work, Kai! Kev EmperorKai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Very nice, I like it a lot! EmperorKai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmperorKai Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 While pouring over reference pics, I found a few that looked really interesting to me and inspired me to depict a few variations. One is the refuel probe on the tank. One of the characteristics of the Skyray was the ability to carry tanks with the refuel probe. This pic is of a bird from the USS Shangri-La in 1961. The kit comes with markings for 4 different aircraft, and I had initially intended to do VFAW-3 with the blue tail and stars. But there's alot of builds out there with those markings, and I wanted to step out a bit and do a different scheme. So I've decided to do my own markings and depict an F4D from VF-13 Nightcappers. The aileron stripes are red and white with black stars. I really like the markings from the 1962 cruise, which were slightly different than their previous tours. I've modified a profile here to visualize what it would look like. While working on custom markings, I've also managed to get some bench time in as well The landing gear doors are pretty much done. Tamiya clears were used for the lenses on the nose gear door. I want to show a little more depth on the white underside- here, some of the effect on the nose gear door. For the refuel probe, I used the Quickboost F-100D Type A set. Through reference pics, I concluded the boom itself should be just shy of 1-3/8". Note that the resin boom might be a tiny bit curved. When it comes to things like antenna, pitot tubes and refuel probes, I prefer something that can take a little abuse, so I replaced the boom with brass tube. Here, the completed probe. The tanks are now ready for paint. Thanks for looking! Kai geedubelyer, Lars Befring and sandokan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Coolness! EmperorKai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Way too cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urs Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Top notch work on build and paint skills😨👠EmperorKai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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