Guest canuck63 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Alan, your Re2005 is,simply put,GORGEOUS !The use of the beading tool is MUCH more rewarding than the various "Ravioli wheels" used by many modelers,albeit slower and more tedious!As far as polishing goes have you ever tried the polishing clothes by Micromesh?You can have an even smoother finish,and in the process you can reach ANY nook and cranny,with a Dremel laminated cotton(NOT THE FELT ONE,mind you!) polishing weel (#423) used at low RPM in your motor tool..don't press too much and you'll soon have a model which sports a beautiful,glass-like sheen....it works wonders to smooth out airbrushed primers like Alclad's as well!Modelers' ingenuity often helps them and save $£€ only by shopping around...i.e. sanding sticks,polishing compounds or beading tools(or grainers!) can be obtained for a fraction of the price when they're not labeled as the modeling equivalent of "The greatest invention after sliced bread!" ! I love the care you put into your model and I can't wait to see it finished! Cheers Manu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian A Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Hi Alan; This is coming along famously! Between you and Derek with the sticks, there is some excellent tutorials on uses for them at the moment. Briallant stuff, thanks for that! I agree with you about the rivetting tool as well, it does make the difference 1000% over the "square rivet producing" of some of the pounce wheels out there. much more convincing. I now have one of these on the way, as this has proven to be a very inspiring article for me. I love the elegant lines of these Italian fighters, and the other one I would like to see is the G.55 now. Cheers mate, Jay What Jay said Alan! Brilliant stuff, and a great tutorial. And so clean! Inspiring. Cheers Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 Hej Guys! Chris, Jay, Manu, and Ian .. thanks for the nice words! I am trying to apply everything that LSP has taught me Glad you guys like the model and that some of you will be buying one to build... it definitely will make for great conversation in the collection once built! Unfortunately, I have decided to go with ROSIE the ravioli wheel for the majority of the rivets... they will be subtle and hardly present.. after a coating of paint... but will be more visible when I weather the airframe with chipping... much like I did with my Spitfire... I have used the MDC rivet maker to enhance the larger fasteners... Today I received my book order from PCM... and spent a bit of time going through the references for the Re. 2005... I then spent some time on the landing gear, adding namely the mechanical uplock on the lower oleo, and a flange that fastens to the lower gear door... I also added some very small hinges to the other doors (both outer doors)... that will make assembly easier when painted! Check it out... doesn't look like much.. but those mechanical uplocks took awhile.... it is amazing what you can do with the Waldron punches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 And a close up of the work on the gear oleo... her eyou can see the mechanical uplock... they took sevreal attemptemps to get them right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 And for those wondering what the hell the bell crank is for... well here it is Thanks again guys! Cheers Alan Although the starter crank detracts from the clean lines... I still do like to depict my builds "Einsatzbereit"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest canuck63 Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Alan....you're treating us to a magnificent build........the starter crank is a nice touch..I love it! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 Thanks for the nice encouragement guys! Today, I had a little time.. and after having a look at some more detail ref's for the main gear.. I decided to add a few new little detail parts to the forward retraction arms... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 Here is a close up of the arm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 And the other angle.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCote Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Very, VERY impressive work, Alan. Even when the pics are viewed at full size, not so much as a trace of a smudge of plastic cement anywhere. What's your secret? Jean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesMetz Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Very, VERY impressive work, Alan. Even when the pics are viewed at full size, not so much as a trace of a smudge of plastic cement anywhere. What's your secret? I was wondering the same thing. My work never looks like that! Charles Metz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 Thanks for the nice compliments guys! I haven't had so much time for modelling these last few days...... starting to get ready to head back to work... my sickness has been very hard on me, but I am doing alot better than I was a week ago... thank goodness for that! Without good health... ya' got noth'in! Anyhow, I glued my elevators on to the empenage today and mated the props to the back plate.... a little leson in highschool geometry for some I guess! I decided to make a few new plastic 'tools' to get the right angles...... noth'in I hate more than prop blades that are off center! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 I also finished up the riveting.. completed the fuselage and the main wings (top and bottom)... I tried my best to follow the ref's... but there is a good part of fiction in there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 And finally the wings... Tomorrow I will mate the wings to the fuse and start getting her ready for primer! I can't wait to hit the paint booth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Ingenious work with the templates and jigs Alan. I'm sure you must be an engineer in your day job. Such smooth, clean work - I spend so long fixing basic mistakes that I feel like I build each kit twice! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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