GRIM REAPER Tomcat

[blackbetty]

After three props i will now throw in a jet. making the deadline with this monster will most likely not happen 

since i got lots of AM

 

 

 

 

stay tuned.....

[Out2gtcha]

Good one Karl!!

 

Will be following along for sure

[blackbetty]

i started with the intake surgery

 

 

 

and glued in the supports with thick superglue for strength

 

 

Edited June 1 by blackbetty

[RCPlym]

Who manufactured the new intakes?

 

[blackbetty]

its the zacto set, long oop

[scott_t]

Watching this one ....... I have a few of these Trumpy kits with the Zacto conversions for each of them.

Was thinking of doing a build for this group with an A model or a B.

[blackbetty]

installing the big resin intake is a complcated operation. the lower fuselage is a very wobbly part after one removes the kit intakes, so i attached the fuselage top with tape and used it as a jig. some grinding as per instructions on them is necessary beforehand

 

[blackbetty]

as seen here

 

[blackbetty]

the actuator boxes will be glued to the top of the intakes before sandwiching the assembly between the top and lower part, be careful to not mix up left and right boxes

intakes, rear upper part of the intakes and the boxes have been painted white

no glue yet

 

[blackbetty]

view from the side, fixed with tape

 

[blackbetty]

with the lower part, the small shims (as per instructions) added on the inside, still no glue

 

Edited June 3 by blackbetty

[csavaglio]

The zacto intakes are a ton of work to fair in and reshape the plastic where they meet the kits rears and rescribing, but it's so worth it. 

 

I'm fairly sure I used the same decal sheet on an A.  They worked well but are super thin, might be worth testing an extra on something 

 

Looking good!

[blackbetty]

the lower fuselage is now glued. i used thin fast acting superglue to attach everything in place

 

 

 

and thick superglue to reinforce the parts from the back

 

[blackbetty]

this view is all that work was for

 

[blackbetty]

next step is gettinmg the trumpy rear engine trunking to fit the new intakes

the instructions want you to sand them back to the next panelline about 3cm, but this would be very difficult to get even and result in a scribing nichtmare (which i am not very good at)

so first i sanded the immediate front 5mm of the plastic part. this is without alternative, because it gets wider in front