Thomas Lund Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 Ok I admit it... I've actually had a lot of fun doing these gear legs. Yes... I wish they were neater, more true, straight etc etc, but I'm fairly satisfied, especially being the first in this genre '' I am rapidly running out of excuses for not finishing the sanding... Harold, MikeMaben, Rick Griewski and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 Ok, tail feathers are on and the very much NOT tamiya fit is jammed full of styrene and soaked in CA. Still a lot of sanding to do - it seems that every time I think I'm done, I find something new to fix... I've started doing the flaps, flap wells, rudder, aileron and elevators. I need to go get some more Evergreen tomorrow to do the flaps as I want them. But It's actually getting closer... I never thought I'd see the day R Palimaka, Lee White, sandokan and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I always enjoy your efforts Thomas. She's looking great. Regards, Troy Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 I've gotten in a couple of good modeling evenings lately - very nice :-) First up is the control surfaces, here the elevator. Styrene core with tamiya tape ribs, sealed with tamiya white primer Then the flap wells - the ribs. Drawn in CAD, printed and mounted on styrene and then cut out And mounted in the well. The well looks a bit shabby because i had to scrape off some primer to get the plastic to glue properly And finally with the flap mounted williamj, Guyman1, LSP_Paul and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Oh and by the way I have fitted some cut-to-fit clear parts in the fuselage windows (no pics of that) Rick Griewski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Fantastic! Kev Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) Absolutely floored by the work you're doing!! Great stuff so far, and something completely different! Very brave to choose a vacform...although you're making it look like a Tamiya kit! Richard Edited July 12, 2017 by R Palimaka Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Thomas, that's properly awesome. It's one thing to print in CAD, it's another to be able to translate so precisely to styrene that your work lines up along the rod. Bravo. Jim Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 Thanks for noticing Jim - I was actually very proud of that :-) Rick Griewski, LSP_Paul, ClumsyDude and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 great progress Thomas! Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Love the flaps...now you're modeling. Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Excellent approach to the landing gear. Nice flaps. I have this kit on the SoD so I can really appreciate your skills while you wrestle with this kit. Keep going. Rick Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 Wasn't really happy with the elevators I did, so I re-did them. Also I found a forgotten source that told me the rib detail I had made was wrong... Also worked on the rudder that only needs final clean-up But I've had some problems with the ailerons since they are a very much more complex construction since the wing changes thickness across the length. I've started two pairs and discarded them and now I've started the third pair - lets see where that ends up I added some hinges to the aileron area and it required some serious sanding. Not often I have to go to the shed to get this kind of tool Rick Griewski, AlexM, Lee White and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Looking good Thomas. You'll get there on the ailerons ... and you know it'll be sweet when you do! Jim Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Great work Thomas, looking forward to see the end result....!! Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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