Chris/Germany Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 .....and here the ribs mounted in the aft-fuselage after a 3 1/2 hour session. Always a challenge to fix these thin resin parts in the right place without breakin them, that's why I prefer wooden ribs ( like the last one, broke the resin-copy, so I made a new one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted April 8, 2004 Author Share Posted April 8, 2004 here the fuselage backwards the cockpit is painted ( sprayed), although I know that most of these areas were painted in the airforces specific primer I prefer to give the inner areas, especially the metal parts, a "factory fresh" finish by makin' them silver / alu, gives the finished model a more "technical" look. Exception here: the area forewards the cockpit: firewall mounted ( plywood), area is ready to be filled with interior, f.e. the liquid-tanks ( oil/fuel/cooler liquids) made of massive pieces of Balsa-wood: absolute easy to handle, can be cutted, sanded, prepared with putty and finally painted with any colour you want ( acrylic or enamels) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted April 9, 2004 Author Share Posted April 9, 2004 main components in front and back-fuselage are installed and painted, next left is final detailing with wiring, filling with radios and so on..... fuselage backwards the cockpit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted April 9, 2004 Author Share Posted April 9, 2004 forewards the cockpit..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted April 10, 2004 Author Share Posted April 10, 2004 Ok, time for this big cowling......here she is with the molded flaps removed and new ones added from......yes, aluminium. Also notice the little aluminium-buckles I added , as you see you can apply even very small parts with my "hot-metal-technic". Front left.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted April 11, 2004 Author Share Posted April 11, 2004 main detailing of front-fuselage is done....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbydecal Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Hi Chris, Very Impressive Work! If you are O.K., I would send a set of 1/32 P-47 stencils to you for this work. Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Chris, You WANT this set!! Let Kim send it to you. I'll be posting a review of the set shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted April 15, 2004 Author Share Posted April 15, 2004 ok, I WANT this set .......Kim, thanx a lot for your offer, please contact me offline. cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbydecal Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Chris, Let me know your postal address via order@hobbydecal.com Or order one set on hobbedecal.com directly and then I will send. Please have a good job continuously for our LSP modellers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted April 20, 2004 Author Share Posted April 20, 2004 after realizing that I started another kit ( the Seafire) she cried: please, me first, please....... Ok, filled her afterwards fuselage, ready to be mated with the other fuselage half... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted April 21, 2004 Author Share Posted April 21, 2004 fuselage halfs glued together, little bit of sanding and filling ( like always at the old Revells...) plus adding the front cowling frame, here starboard ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted April 21, 2004 Author Share Posted April 21, 2004 here portside.......and now for the hard part: the wings and those !"/§)"/($/(/%$$ flaps......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcauchi Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Chris, I love the technique u use for producing the detail panels. I use aluminium sheeting extensivelyh especially when I remove panels and to replace wheel covers and parts you normally like to be really thin. I will try your hot iron technique for fitting them on. Much better than glue and the parts will sink into the plastic. Must try it out immediately. You must let us in one one secret. How do you feel when you are cutting a great big gaping hole in the middle of a fuselage or wing upper surface??? I bet you need to down a few beers before actually starting to cut!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted April 22, 2004 Author Share Posted April 22, 2004 Oh Brian, I remember the very first time I did this to a kit 3 years ago, it was one of the new released HASEGAWA Me 109s which did cost almost nearly 50 EUROS. I had the portside fuselage-half in one hand and the Dremel with a mill in it in the other hand and I thought: oh man, do you really know what you're doin'? if it dont work you have scrapped a kit for a lot of money!But it worked, and when I'm doing this today it's like many other things when you're modelling, I'm sure you and some others know that too: Think twice before doing it, think about it again and then it will work.cheersChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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