VintageEagle

Haha
good question, I ordered decals a while back and being the dumbass I am, I got decals for the D, new decals coming from Ultracast, the last set of E decals that was in stock (cutting edge decals) Cutting Edge CED32077 - A-7E Corsair II, Part 4, VA-15 Valions
on their way as we speak….well, as I type.
the local hobby shop has a D on the shelf and me being me and having decals for a D…guess what I’ll be buying next 

Soooo fuselage closed up and seam cleaning underway. Not the best fitting kit I've ever glued up but not the worst either and, to be honest some of the fit issue is probably of my own making what with various resin add ons I've stuck in the model.

 

 

 

the play continues
Thanks for looking

A little more progress on the Corsair,  I was maybe a little naive or over ambitious adding so much resin and from different manufacturers but it's finally starting to fit together. 
The engine intake ducting/ trunking should go round as it approaches the compressor face but it remains oval throughout it's length, causing me a bit of grief with the added electronics bays on both fuselage sides. the Zacto correction component forces the trunking into a shape it doesn't wanna take and forces it up into the bottom of the Aires cockpit floor. The cockpit floor is now 2 dimensional as is the top lip of the Zacto correction component. the interference caused the front of the cockpit to tip up preventing the back of the cockpit from fitting up into the inside of the fuselage (think teeter totter, front high back low)
For the most part the heavy lifting is done the resin bits are painted and glued in.

 

 
In this image the undercut in the Zacto intake lip can be seen, a cut needed to fit the cockpit

 

the fun continues
Thank you for stopping by
 

Hello Everyone,
 
Im slowly knocking out the long list of little things that I need to to complete the build. In this update I painted the exhaust, gear doors, and other bits. I assembled the prop and finally attached the tail wheel.
 
The majority of the weathering is complete. Once this washes and filters dry I’ll add exhaust, fuel, and grease stains. I wanted to fix the canopy with some brush painting, but I had too much coffee this morning and I couldn’t stop shaking so no detail painting today haha. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Finishing a few other things this week and I hope to have this wrapped up by next week!

A small update with not much to report for progress but, forward movement is forward movement right?
Using Mr Laurent's tweaking list...well, not all the tweaks but some I'm capable of.
The vent added to the front fuselage;

 
a metal mesh and tube added to the rear fuselage;

 
opened up the three vents in the nose;

 
added some backing and opened up this...thing;

 
these are painted now and detail work is underway, the resin inserts have been cleaned up and are ready for fitment

 
and the Reskit exhaust tube and rear fuselage (worth their weight!) I reached out to Reskit to check the progress of the front fuselage section, the great folks they are, they replied right away to inform me the front fuselage correction will not be available this year, most likely middle of next year. So I decided to push on and do what I can with what I've got.

Thanks for looking
 
 

This looks like a AGM-45 Shrike and a MER with slick Mk.82 bombs.

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Nice picture. The good old colorful Navy-times.

Hi, actually the differences between inert and live variants of missiles may be variable according to the missile type. One common difference is the lack of exhaust end. There may be as well some panel differences but I cannot be affirmative about such possible differences between AGM and TGM 45 versions. However, I wouldn't worry that much about that! Fill the exhaust end and paint it in training colours and this will be ok!

As it's NATC it would have just as likely carried live, white, Shrikes when engaged in test work. This is an airshow loadout.
 
It's in the early 1970s ALQ-100 DECM configuration (no conduits or waveguides on the fuselage sides, or ventral aft canoe as furnished in the 1/32 Trumpete A-7E kit), just the two chunky strakes between the MLG bays. 
 
Tony

Money laundry operation? 

I think another question is how much people will spend on a kit that’s so-so.  The Italeri Mirage kit has wide panel lines and dodgy fit in some areas.  I can’t see dropping the amount of money they want to really detail a specific area on a kit with mediocre surface detail.  I’ll buy stuff like an exhaust, cockpit, or wheels to improve a kit, if it’s reasonably priced, but there’s a limit on how much I’ll spend, and some of that has to do with the detail and quality of the parts of a kit that don’t get upgraded.  The old “lipstick on a pig” analogy.  I’ll only spend so much on lipstick.

CAD and high definition 3d printing may need a terrible amount of preparation and production time. In comparison the prices of the printer and the resin are just peanuts. For a plastic kit, the research and production hours are divided between thousands of kits. For such 3d printed kits, this is different. The business model to be break even is far tighter. This is possible (think Jetmads) but far from easy. The problem with such prices is that I'm not convinced that people who could possibly afford them will estimate they are corresponding to the value of such items. I know people who could purchase a sport car but don't do it because they consider this is not a reasonable purchase! I'm afraid here we are entering in such a case...

Thanks guys!  I put the finishing touches on the HIen and it is now complete!





 
 
A full set of finished photos have posted on the RFI board:
 

well,
 
I had a thought one night about how 3D might evolve so things that don't exist, might one day exist
 
This may go nowhere, but is a bit of interesting fun for me. I am going to try and make a whole airframe and do it in such a way that it could be printed as a kit of parts. I will say this though - don''t get excited it may take years and may not work, but it's good practice for me and is a fun side project. I have the Airfix 1/72 kit on it's way for reference, but for now, I just started playing around...
 

 

 

 
,,and tried printing it out
 

 

 

 
much to learn, not least of which is part thickness & orientation and making it so it can be assembled. Mega challenges like the transparencies I will have to figure out along the way and also things like structural strength in areas that matter, so as I say, little chance of going anywhere, but thought it may be of interest
 
TTFN
 
Peter

I did the same with the upper fuselage.





 



 

So it's been awhile with lots a life stuff going on but I have been wanting to start this for awhile. After collecting drawings, plans, old hand books, pictures and on and on I start my 1/18 scale Jumo 004, a few of the smaller components i could not find enough information on or the right picture angles so i had to make my best guess. Some of the larger plumbing is 3D printed but that was pushing it. Thanks to a new 3D software "PLASTICITY" I was able to get this far in just about a month. I am basically down to plumbing, linkage and small details. Wish i could say that this is 100% on but it's not, It's the best i can so with what i have. If i ever get a chance to see one in person I would document it from end to end.
 
I was thinking about building a Yak 15 around this but we will see.
 
   
 

 

 

More undercarriage work...
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Derek

Thank you! It's labour and time intensive indeed - and I am pretty sure the Airfix guys are working with more powerful software and computers than me. Just a little update - she's starting to look like an aircraft again. I expect the first inner wing to be ready when I come home. 62 hours printing time... 
 

 

 

The Reskit weapons ARE so worth the wait!

bought a butt load of these for future projects (A-6, F-14-D etc)

With the final arrival of the Sprue Brothers order of AIM-9 D's the Macchi is off the bench again for the Crusader to be armed up

 

 

Now debating adding TER's but not seriously...

Here is a F-8 that shows some underside details, also note just the lower launcher with a dual Zuni pod is installed:
 

 
Jari

Chris here are a couple of videos of F-8s of the squadron you are doing:
 
https://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675024123_F8-Crusader_pilot-sits-in-cockpit_crewman-gives-signals_planes-taxis-on-runway
 
https://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675024125_F8-Crusader_ground-crewmen-wear-headset_ordnance-men-loading-bombs_plane-in-parking-area
 
they should give you an idea how dirty they got.
 
Jari
 
 

A Me 262? There were NMF Me 262s and also a 1/18 kit as a starting point