mozart Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I've started building HK's Meteor F4, originally planned as a straightforward OOB build but.......I'm using a few extras such as HGW's seat belts, Profimodeller's interior, G Force undercarriage and the Fisher long chord nacelles The cockpit was sprayed black, then top-coated with a dark grey sprayed from an angle from above thereby creating a shadow effect in the lower areas. When dry a light dry brushing was applied. I couldn't live with the awful seat as supplied so I looked at the PDF of Eduard's PE layout, took a screen shot and then re-sized the image to provide a template. My simplified, but improved version is made from lead foil: Since I started this build a couple of weeks ago, I'll add some more sections later. Max Whitey, Urs and Uncarina 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Looks great so far, I always have trouble making black cockpits look "real' and yours certainly seems to have solved that issue. Nice job on the seat also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Great to see you make a start on this one, Max. I look forward to following your progress! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDave Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I'm glad to see this. I've just popped mine off the sprues ready to go. I was going to try the new alclad high speed silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 (edited) Thanks Mike and Kev, a bit more work on the cockpit. I'm using the Profimodeller cockpit PE: .....and Airscale dials. The Profimodeller set comes with a curious little insert to go between the IP faces to simulate dial faces but it's not very convincing and it's not, apparently, a decal because when I tried soaking it in water, nothing moved. No loss though. I'm going to put a couple of random placards on the cockpit walls, maybe a few cable runs, fit the HGW seatbelt then close it all up. Mine won't be as fully detailed as these, but for what they're worth, some shots from the Pilot's Notes on the F4: Max Edited November 19, 2015 by mozart Urs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 I'm glad to see this. I've just popped mine off the sprues ready to go. I was going to try the new alclad high speed silver. Dave, it's a lovely kit, I've really had fun building it but it really repays some extra work like Eric and Taffyman did with theirs, there's also an excellent build over on LSM worth reading through: http://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/2172-hk-meteor-f4/ Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Bookmarked....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr b Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Nice work max. Going to look lovely once done up Got the same kit ....trying to save up to get the f8 conversion but each time the kitty gets emptied before the desirble amonts are reached Rgds Mr b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Max Wonderful start on the Meteor's front offcie and IP Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Max, It's looking great, and thank you for sharing the pilots notes! This is the first time I've seen the Profimodeler set in a build. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 More progress: The HGW seatbelt took all evening to put together - a bit of head scratching to figure out what the illustrations meant and a little bit of fine surgery to get some of the belts to fit through the buckles, but the end result is quite pleasing. The "cannons" suppled with the kit are awful, I could have done better with some extruded sprue, but I've used some Albion Alloys' brass tube to replicate them. Not pretty from the inside, but effective where it matters. Max Urs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Looks great Max. I like what you've done with the cockpit and the cannons look top notch. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Nice detail work, Max. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Lovely work, Max! Looking good so far. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) Thanks Mark and Kev, it's certainly a very enjoyable build. I've got in this section to the fuselage being closed up with work on the Fisher correction set for the nacelles which in my opinion is so worth the extra spend. (The wings are not yet assembled nor is the fuselage secured to the wings though from this little trial the join seems better than I've read some people have experienced.) Max Edited November 20, 2015 by mozart Urs and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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