spacewolf Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 The stands used are Jim Smalls... he uses them to display his models 'in flight'... I'll dig around and see if I can find more pics of them. Not sure what they were for originally. Cheers Vaughn LSP_K2 and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 look like cymbal "boom" stands mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 look like cymbal "boom" stands That's what I'm thinking too, Shawn. Seems like an expensive way to display aircraft models. I like the fact that they're counter weighted. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) A few pics of Jim's setup... he probably told me what the stands were, but that was years ago.... Hopefully someone knows more about them than me !! Cheers Vaughn Edited July 24, 2017 by spacewolf F`s are my favs, Hartmann352 and mpk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Thanks Maru... Merry Flippin' Ho Ho to you too... ... Have a great season and stay safe out there my friend ! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 (edited) Update time !! What with the cold temps outside and the Christmas rush, what better time to stay in and build ? Onward !! The top of the wing has a vent and a very noticeable color difference running from the rear bulge to about half way down the wing.Of course, the kit has nothing like that so using the drawings I rough sketched the lines.... And cut out the vent area.. Edited July 24, 2017 by spacewolf F`s are my favs and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 (edited) A back plate was glued inside the wing... And now I was faced with cutting teeny, tiny bits of plastic, positioning and gluing... It's not perfect but very close..... Edited July 24, 2017 by spacewolf F`s are my favs, mpk and LSP_K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 (edited) Scribing did not go smoothly... the top line went easy, but I screwed up the bottom line and had to fill, sand and redo it... But finally it came out looking like it's supposed to... So slowly it's coming along, stay tuned, more glue sniffin' and plastic bits coming your way in a few days !! Vaughn Edited July 24, 2017 by spacewolf dpastern, LSP_K2, mpk and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Real nice work here, Vaughn. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Real nice work here, Vaughn. Thanks Much !! Vaughn mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 (edited) No rest for the weary... always something more to do... but I looove it ! Turning to the bottom half of the wing... of course all the spurious seams need filling with stretched sprue... The wing inner edge has a large raised 'vein' which is not there on the season 1-3 version.. The inner side shows the area that has to be filled so I can remove the 'vein'.... Nothing for it but to cut thin strips of sheet and glue them in... After giving the glue a good 24 hrs to dry, the raised area was carved and sanded away... still needs a bit of TLC but looks much more like it should ! Edited July 24, 2017 by spacewolf mpk and F`s are my favs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Good to see some steady progress on this one, Vaughn. Really enjoying your updates. Kev mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 (edited) Next up was the wing vent... this is a much deeper item than the one on top of the wing. Of course The detail is wrong for what I want... the outline of the opening shape drawn on... The molded detail filled with more stretched sprue.. I was thinking about cutting away such a large area and wanted to reinforce the wing... wouldn't want the front of the wing breaking off... plus I needed the detail area to be deeper... so I cut out the shape from a sheet of .060 and glued it onto the inner wing... The opening was cut out and I verified I had enough depth for the mod I planned Edited July 24, 2017 by spacewolf dpastern and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Good to see some steady progress on this one, Vaughn. Really enjoying your updates. Kev Thanks Kev... feels good to be able to get my teeth into something and just keep at it !! Vaughn mpk and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 (edited) A bit of thin sheet made the floor.. More thin sheet was used to make the louvers I was rather pleased with the way things went... now on to the next 'adventure'... More in a few days... Merry Ho HO everyone !! Vaughn Edited July 24, 2017 by spacewolf LSP_K2, Shawn M, mpk and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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