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  1. Looking good so far Andy. I second your opinion on the need to plan ahead. Re: undercarriage reinforcements. I chose to remove them from the main gear but not the nose leg, its hidden quite nicely on the nose wheel but I was not sure it would be very easy to align the wheels flat spots on the main gear if I had left the metal rods in and tried to drill holes into the main wheels at the correct point. I chose to drill through each main wheel and and add brass tubing as axles for strength. I used stiff florists wire for the nose gear axle.
  2. Thanks SO much for all the kind words of encouragement! There are some nice details for the cockpit sills included on the Eduard set so these were attached with some ribbing using plastic card which is quite prominent on the stbd front cockpit.The pencil marks you can see are where I marked out where the cockpit tub fits to ensure everything was lined up and didn't foul the tub when installed. Now for the part that was going to be make or break: the brass etched wheel bays. I carefully studied the instructions from the Flightpath set and made sure I knew exactly what I was doing, the whole of the wheel bay needed removing and it was going to be tricky given the proximity of the airbrake bay. So I set to with a brand new blade in the razor saw and a sharp scalpel. Suffice to say it was no where near as bad as I had anticipated and the brass bay fitted pretty near perfectly. I just need to do the rest of the brass panels and details then repeat it for the port wheel bay!!
  3. Thanks for the kind words of encouragement chaps...... I got the seatbelts added and a wash on the ejection seats followed by a flat coat and they fit the tub easily which also got a flat coat. The Flightpath brass nose gear bay is way oversized to the tune of almost 4mm so i opted to add some details of my own and use some of the brass parts to dress up the kit parts for the nose gear bay.The brass skinning for the nose gear door is very nicely done though.
  4. Yep, saw it on FB. Gotta get me one of those beasts!
  5. I saw other members mentioned how much "fun" this kit can be... I built this as a commission recently Straight from the box warts n' all though I added SAC white metal gear legs as the kit offerings were awful multipart affairs. It is not the car crash of a kit some people would have you believe, innacuracies aside. It fits where it touches on the main fuselage box section at the rear, but it just needs care with alignment. The intakes/forward fuselage to the rear fuselage were the worst offenders, fit wise. Painted with Gunze and Xtracolor with Alclad for the metallic areas and Klear Kote Matt final finish. Weathering with Alclad Hogwash and artists oils.
  6. Another oldie I just found the photos of again. This was a build I did for a magazine review ( I forget which mag now) of the 1/32 Trumpy F8F Bearcat. It was one of my first proper weathering jobs too. I used an aluminium and chromate undercoat and then sponged on masking fluid before the Dark Sea Blue for the chipped effect. I forget which decals I used too but recall they were very painful to put on!!
  7. Hi Everyone, This will be my first WIP thread on LSP so all input and criticism/ideas as I go along will be most welcome. The starting point is the Revell 1/32 F-4F Phantom II I also have the Flightpath "Gunsmoke" etched set which includes LOADS of PE detail for the airframe and includes u/c bays as well as white metal gear legs and wheels. Also have a Airwaves detail set for the seats though I may not need these as I now have the Eduard Brassin seats. Decals from Airdoc and the corrected nose from Aims resin. So I started in earnest with the cockpit. I scratch built some boxes and wires from plasticard and lead wire to "busy" up the rear decks, though I am not sure how much will be seen on the finished model. I then airbrushed the whole lot Medium Sea Grey using Gunze Lacquer... I then airbrushed a sealing coat of Alclad Aquagloss ready for the kit decals on the IP's and side consoles. I cut them into sections and soaked them in Daco Strong solution to make sure they sucked down over the raised details..... When dry the decals received another light sealing coat of Aquagloss before a used Alclad Hogwash Dirt & Grime to dirty it up around the cockpit and add a used look... With the excess wash removed it looks suitably used and worn..... The seats from the Eduard Brassin range are just superb, but a lot of work. I added the unpainted PE parts first before spraying a base coat of Matt Black ready for detail painting and the coloured PE parts to be added... The details are underway but I am not looking forward to adding the seat belts!
  8. Thanks everyone 😊
  9. Astonishing finish...beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing.
  10. Fantatstic job, lovely Alclad work on the jets especially.
  11. I know! Its certainly a biggie to forget about. Please do publish, that would be great!
  12. Hi Everyone, Whilst archiving my model photos I found these pics on a USB drive and I had totally forgotten about this build! I *think* the model is in storage in my loft somewhere. Anyway, it is the Trumpeter 1/32 Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet built straight from the box with the exception of a small amount of boxing in for the pen IFR probe and some scratchbuilt canopy details.. I believe the decals were Fightertown products. A really fun build from what I recall, it certainly has a presence in this scale. I hope you like it and thanks for looking! Mike Williams
  13. Thanks guys. Yep , in used the rubber tyres. Added some pigments and an acrylic flat varnish to seal them. The only prep I did on them was a light sanding around the circumference to eliminate the mould seam and add a worn look. The markings are in the Trumpeter kit. I liked it with the mismatched nose panels I will get some more pics for you too, especially the underside.
  14. As Kevin has alluded to in the "In Box" review of the new Trumpy 32nd 109K http://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/review.php?rid=1739 it shares commonality with their previous releases, I can confirm that as I built their G-10 last year and my full build review was published in Jan '16 edition of Model Airplane Int'l magazine. But for those who haven't seen it or can't get that publication here is a brief summary of what you get and a couple of my observations. There is a lot to go inside, including a complete engine...I say complete....it is rather basic and a undersized. That said it needs to go in to allow the fuselage to close with rigidity and to allow the exhausts to be attached. You also get alternative seat pans in plastic or PE. I tried to use the PE but it is SO stiff I couldn't get it to bend into the correct shape and it ended up looking rather bent and buckled, I used the plastic alternative without any problem. The PE belts are great though as is the head armour for the canopy. The only real issue I found fit wise was the need to add a length of sprue inside to spread the fuselage to close up a gap that would otherwise appear at the wing to fuselage join line. The nose spinner is still an odd shape but an aftermarket one would still need some modification as the fuselage is too narrow, obviously designed to fit the kit spinner. The rudder is also too small, not a deal breaker in my humble opinion, others may beg to differ... Onto the pics, any questions? fire away!
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