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  • Birthday 04/28/1969

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  1. Yes that wing root can be the devil in the build. My Su-27UB looks like garbage at the roots. Those areas will receive a lot of weathering.
  2. By the way your DH-2 motivated me to get a new build. lbatros D.III 1/32 Roden ROD606 1 $64.79 Albatros D III Detail Set for ROD 1/32 Toms Modelworks TMW514 1 $12.13 WWI Allied & German Instrument Dials (Decal) 1/32 Airscale Model Aircraft Enhancements AIC3209 1 $10.40 Metal Turnbuckles Albatros Type (30) 1/32 GasPatch Models GPT32011 1 $30.39 I pasted the order to others can see how much it would cost to get everything. I can't wait to get on this build. I have all the oils to simulate the wood grain. The only thing is I couldn't find the decals for the patterned wings.
  3. It would. Whatever is cheaper for the kit, the SU-27 or SU-30. Either way I am getting one or the other. I will have a forever entombed kit without a canopy. I just can't seem to find one online. An aftermarket kit would sell as the kit part is not well molded anyway. Zactoman makes one for a single seater.
  4. Fellow modelers: It has been a while since I have made any progress on this big girl. I moved and managed to destroy my canopy and many other things. This model was in a Blue Hawk tough case but all the bits were in a cardboard box. It is unrecoverable. Is there an after market product canopy out there anywhere? If not, after all the work put into it, I will buy another Trumpy Su-27UB just to get that canopy. I won't like it but I will do that. With the after market costs so far, this model is easily 3 or 4 times the original models retail cost. If someone could mold and vacuum form one for me I would pay! Any advice is welcomed. Happy Friday everyone! Thanks!
  5. Top half primed. Gonna let her sit for a day or two. Til next time...
  6. Getting ready to prime and paint. I haven't been able to model much at all this week. Life has been busy but rewarding. I closed the gear bay and the canopy with white craft glue so when I am done painting I can removed the parts and peel the glue off. I am going to try some Tamiya Surface Primer. My plan is to prime, paint panel lines, paint base colors, semi gloss, decals, semi gloss. For the exhaust nozzles I am planning on using Alclad II. Wish me luck! Til next time...
  7. Stunning. Love the F-4. You are definitely making her look good!
  8. Thank you all for the kind encouragement. This is a great bunch. There is so much to learn from everyone here.
  9. What a modeling adventure it has been the past couple of days. After assembling the upper and lower fuselage I was ready to get started on my amazing Zacto Intakes. Unfortunately the USPS put the intakes in my post box which sits in the sun and warped my beautiful intakes. During dry fitting I could not get them to line up and even broke a wing trying to bend them into shape. I contacted Zactoman and Out2gtcha for advice. Out2gtcha suggested I contact Zactoman. I sent some pictures to Zactoman and he replied back with some fantastic advice. I had done some things wrong because I went rogue that could have made the intakes fit with a little work. He took time out of his busy day to check all of his molds and write me a full page of possible solutions and what I could have done differently. This goes above and beyond customer service. I will order things from Zactoman just on whim I may get a model to use his products. Here is what I was dealing with: Now what I write next I do not recommend anyone doing unless you know what you are doing and have the right tools. Also the danger of scolding yourself is real. It is very stressful and patience is a must. Going over Zactoman's suggestions I couldn't really use the techniques. I would have to chop the model and add styrene everywhere. And he threw every solution he could at me. Some of his suggestions are going into my knowledge locker. My experience is building ships and I have built a few resin hull ships. Sometimes the hulls are not right and have to heated and twisted so they are true. I decided to go for broke and repair the damage the heat had done to the intakes while in the mailbox. I boiled a pan of water, let stand for one minute and submersed the intakes, one at a time, for 30 to 40 seconds. I tested on a scrap piece of the mold. I used special tongs that are rubber coated and some insulated rubber gloves and pressed the intakes to the airframe re-molding them as they should be. I had already resigned that if I destroyed them, on my own accord, I would be ordering some more. It worked and now my Zactoman intakes fit beautifully. The moral of the story is these intakes are that good and worth drastic measures to get them to work. Had the heat not warped them they would have fit perfect. Before Zactoman and Out2gtcha calmed me down with their advice, I almost boxed her up and got restarted on my Tamiya F-16CJ. This model is not even half done and it has been a fight all the way so far. Til next time...
  10. We will see how that wing blend looks after this evening. I am going to spray some blue on it and see the blemishes that I can't see right now. It feels very smooth and my scribe runs across the seams without any skips.
  11. It is just simply prodigious! I have read your foiling adventures and I really want to try it. You, Sir, make me want to be a better modeler. Thank you so much for sharing!
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