Guest Peterpools Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Colin Awesome work for sure. I've often wondered the same myself why Aires part fit is always off. Just seems with all the years they have been making resin detail sets, they would have figured out how to improve the fit a bit kore Keep 'em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 Great work so far! I built this kit a few years back and really enjoyed it. I wasn't convinced that the small tabs on the wings would hold up over time and add a metal spar that ran from wing to wing. Have you looked at this part of construction yet? Dan Hi Dan, I have not looked at that yet - but I certainly will now you have mentioned it. Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 What are you planning to do with the intake now you've chopped the portion out for the wheelwell mate? Hopefully when it all goes together the aires nose gear U/C bay will fill the gap to the fuselage whilst not intruding into the intake view. I am almost certainly going to use the Zacto suppled blanking plate as it adds a splash of colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Nice work ! Look forward to seeing more as it progresses. I wish they would release the F-100F then I would be all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancherello Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Superb work so far ! Fanch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Progress continues on the F-100D. Knowing that I had reduced the structural rigidity by removing the gear bays and other details I decided to be quite deliberate regarding which side I glued the intake and the Aires resin bays etc in an effort to produce a little bit of a jigsaw puzzle that would lock together nicely as I approached the drama of assembling the fuselage. Hopefully the following images display this clearly. In addition I continued to finish some of the smaller details. I made the decision to use the Eduard coloured PE for the instrument panel, repainted the same colour as the cockpit as well as using the black box cockpit coaming as I preferred it to the item supplied by Aires with their cockpit that I have used. I also added some small details that are very clear on the real aircraft but are not supplied by Trumpy or Aires. Next up is finishing the ejector seat and getting the fuselage together. Jim Barry, Marcel111, sandokan and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Looks great! crobinsonh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 A little bit of progress on dressing the ejector seat. Being honest this is a bit of a mishmash but I won't tell anyone of you don't :-) Shawn M, F`s are my favs and Harold 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 looks great to me! crobinsonh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Seat looks awesome! crobinsonh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 The wonder of Xmas - more modelling time. I am now working on the wings. I chose not to use the Aires main U/C bays as they where only a little more detailed and would have been a pig to fit. In addition the plugs for where the main U/C legs are to fit did not look as good as the Trumpeter parts. I have filled all the "divots" with Mr Surfacer so there "should be" much more of an impression rather than holes. In addition you may notice little tick marks in pencil - this was a reminder to me of each line that I re-scribed. I am planning to get the fuselage together later on this evening. Gazzas, Harrison90, LSP_Kevin and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 That PE looks great around the wings. Looking forward to seeing how much shows later. Gaz crobinsonh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Beautiful work! crobinsonh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaker Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Aires or Eduard PE? crobinsonh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Aires or Eduard PE? Oops - you are quite right. Eduard PE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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