shark64 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 stunning build Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squizzy 78 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Amazing work Ben. Looking at this model you'd swear it was built from a kit, but to think that it's been built from scratch, and done to this level, I'd have to say that no plane in any scale is off the table you. Something I could only dream about! A-10LOADER and Starfighter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-10LOADER Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Amazing work Ben. Looking at this model you'd swear it was built from a kit, but to think that it's been built from scratch, and done to this level, I'd have to say that no plane in any scale is off the table you. Something I could only dream about! Agree 100% !! Now imagine what he could do with a 1/18th scale Tomcat. Steve Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 This thing is off the hook build Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 (edited) Ben, i'm still speachless to having to add anything that has been said already to your project. Just awesome, frigging awesome, i'd like to see the end result very very much sometime in the future at any event in Belgium. Jack. Edited April 16, 2018 by Jack Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 Thank you all for your kind comments - I think I already mentioned it but they really help me to keep my motivation high. Thank you all! Agree 100% !! Now imagine what he could do with a 1/18th scale Tomcat. Steve I don't think I could make it any better than you, Steve! Anyway, I'd love to give it a go, but the models just aren't affordable anymore. Ben, i'm still speachless to having to add anything that has been said already to your project. Just awesome, frigging awesome, i'd like to see the end result very very much sometime in the future at any event in Belgium. Jack. Thank you Jack - would be great to meet you either in Mol or in Putte later this year. I hope I can finish the model until Putte at latest, but we'll have to wait and see - we are expecting a baby girl in May and I'm not sure I'll have enough spare time from that moment on... I've continued wiring the gear wells, and now I consider the LH side main landing gear being finished. It still isn't as busy as the real thing, but this has taken me 4 evenings and I have to do the same on the other side again. With the landing gear doors in place, most of it will be hidden anyway. Harrison90, Rainer Hoffmann, patricksparks and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Man, that looks good! Love the white metal rods. It really gives you that 'hydraulic' feeling. Gaz Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Great work. I can appreciate how going the extra mile on details like this is unusually costly when the whole project is already such a task to begin with. Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Ben Beautiful work on the main gear bay . Detailing is perfect. Keep ‘em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 Cheers everybody! Nothing new, I just managed to start the RH side MLG bay. Whilst it's not identical to the LH side bay, it is similarly busy. Let's hope I can finish it quicker than the first one. Trak-Tor, chukw, blackbetty and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Really crisp and clean work there! Juraj Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 My friend Thomas has CNC-milled a few parts for me, which would have been impossible to make by hand (for me at least). First was the louvers below the APU. The panel is 10 x 12mm, just to give you an idea of the size. The aim was to install it flush with the fuselage. The part to be installed. First, the postion has to be marked. I use a cutter which will later help to define the size of the recess to be created. The needed recess was created with a chisel. A bit of putty... ...5 minutes of rescribing and here we go. Next was the sonobuoy launchers. Again, the main parts were machined by Thomas. More depth was needed, so the launcher tubes were made of aluminium tubes. They are inclined towards rear as on the real aircraft. Luckily for me, most of the sonobuoy launchers were deleted in the 1990's, so my late S-3B has only 16 of them left. The saw came out next. Both launchers and the rear louvers installed and puttied. The underside just needs some sanding before I can get back to the landing gear bays. patricksparks, blackbetty, NukerDan and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 i love every step you take!! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 wow, excellent work Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Wow, for sure...............love it! This is some really exceptional modeling going on here. Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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