DirkE Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) Since I don´t want to hijack or spam Brians T-28 wip, I started this new topic. I am not a english native speaker, I will have to keep the desciption kind of short. Otherwise you might not understand what I mean. I started with the cockpit and during the process I got the first issues. As already stated in Brians topic from another group member, this kit has some minor faults. Nothing that can´t be fixed, but remarkable, since this is a new tooling and KH seems to do good engineering. I thought about doing a USAF "D" version. But after checking reference photos, I saw that the "D" cockpit is not fully supported by this kit. Specially the area behind the front seater. But there are also some parts missing to do a proper "B" cockpit. Anyway, this will be the "B" version. Here I try to add the missing throttles: Since the backside of the IP shows the instruments as well, I decided for some wireing. Only to find out on a reference photo, that the backseater IP was covered by a plate. I leave it open, since I made the effort to display those wires. The cover for the backseater IP is too short and that part that supposed to be behind the frontseater....well, I found no photo to verify that. So I was scratch building a different part that I saw on different photos. Edited March 23, 2016 by DirkE jgrease, Out2gtcha, Lee White and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Nice work, Dirk! Kev DirkE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Nice work, Dirk, is right. Sincerely, Mark DirkE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Great work! Ill be taking some hints, as I too am almost ready for some primer undercoat for my cockpit, then on to some chipping fluid. Looks great so far! Uncarina and DirkE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Dirk, Excellent work and scratchbuilding skills! I am taking notes! Cheers, Tom Zero77 and DirkE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Neat work and super scratch building Dirk. Watching with interest! Jim DirkE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Thanks! Cockpit is finished. I used the decals that came with the kit and just put them on the instrument panel. Used Mr. Mark Softer Hubert Boillot, Out2gtcha, Zero77 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Did a little work on the belts. They looked too stiff and used some CA to fix them to the seats. Overall fitting of the fuselage is very good. Zero77, Uncarina, KAGNEW and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 That's coming together very nicely, Dirk! Kev DirkE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 That's a great start ! Nice built, and a lot of corrections to learn there. Thanks for sharing ! DirkE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Great work, Dirk, and I am continually surprised at the size of this aircraft! Cheers, Tom DirkE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 Thanks for comments. Next step will be the motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Looks great! Im still behind you and Ernie on mine a bit, but now that my pit paint is dry im hopefully going to be moving forward now. Lovely fitting kit so far indeed! Uncarina and DirkE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 This is awesome! Brian, the only reason I'm so far along is because I'm doing mine strictly OOB, with little to no attempt to cover any warts, other than build fit and finish. Yep, same here Ern. Im just finding it hard to get bench time with all the influx of new Jeep parts..................BUT as mine is a commission for KHM, I really dont have a choice in the OOB dept. NBD really, as the kit really doesnt need much; Id only like to see some Eduard PE for the pit, and/or some good resin pit parts, and maybe some resin weighted wheels too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngtiger1 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Great work in the cockpit Dirk. I'm looking forward to all these T-28 builds on here to see the high/lows of this kit. Mike DirkE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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