Azgaron Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Looking great Russ! Cheers, Azgaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 Thanks guys!!! Didn't think there'd be much interest in this conversion, hmmm guess I'd better dot my 'T's',...and cross my 'I's',...no wait a minute, that's not how it goes. Doooooh!! Anyway, I had a lot of fun setting off my smoke detector and melting some sheet acetate, trying out my new home-built vacuform tonight. Man, what a gas! The gods of irony are rolling with laughter though, cuz even though I pulled it off on the 1st try....I messed up cutting the canopy out! Yippeee. That's OK, I'll pull another one tomorrow. It's actually a 'cake-walk' doing a canopy.(kinda like riding a bike,...ya don't know how to explain how to do it, but once you've done it, ya never forget how.) OK, so my analogy sucks, I'm obviously a little confused tonight. heh heh. But I digress; here is my canopy hot off the mold. Ta dah! Didn't poke my eye out, or require band-aides. I'm so happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 Moving on at a stately pace; Got a new camo going on/ got some brass barrels with styrene tubing ready for shaping into those funky looking muzzle-brakes/ and the new canopy afixed in place.(still want to do another as this one doesn't fit as tight as I want) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 More views. Oh yeah, I got my frog decal made up today. I think I'll put it on the nose, and have the 'fuse' hinomaru(?) on the vertical tail outlined in white. Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 Already got the faded look going on, but it needs a dirty wash BAD. Rounding 3rd base and heading for home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 This will be the last pic before I post the final completed model. I'm tired of taking pictures of this darn thing! Let's see, this is Tuesday night....so I should have this done by Thursday night. Finish off the 262 night-fighter on Friday night,...then start on the P-51A this weekend. Whoohoo, sonds like a plan! See ya'll in 2 nights with the final progress pics. Later!, Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 that thing looks really great russ, cant wait to see it finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Yoo da man Russ, bring it on home!! My favorite part of modeling is completing a project on a good note. Your pace has inspired me. Since I have a long weekend I"m going to try and complete my N1K2-J by Monday night...we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rigor Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 go russ go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big matt Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Nice! It has taken me longer to get the tail on my TA-152 than for you to do this entire build. It looks great and I really like the shading on the green and that canopy is fantastic. Now if you can just stop huffing those acetate fumes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Looks great so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschoo Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Moving on at a stately pace; THIS is a stately pace?!? fantastic (and unbelievably quick) work, as always! mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 I'M DONE !!!!! Yep, I just plod methodically along 'mschoo'. Not trying to race anybody, or set some kind of record....I just get bored with some (most) builds at about the 2-week mark. Which coincidentially is today for this build! Didn't get the frog on, it just didn't look right. Besides, after putting literally 6 sets of markings on this contraption before settling on these....I now call it "the turd-bird". But I digress; I pulled another canopy and got the 1/4 rear window glass in place, got the cannon barrels shaped by putting them in a dremel and sanding them like a lathe, and got a mild wash splashed over the top. I'm calling this good enough. Here's a pic of one of the prototypes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 And here's what this build morphed into. I'm just going to throw a bunch of walk-around pics out there in no particular order, so ya'll can check it out. Some pics better than others, but I think ya'll will get the general idea. Here we go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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