stusbke Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 On 8/9/2022 at 12:11 AM, Pete Fleischmann said: A little more- this is the one-piece hot metal section on the belly that wraps around each fuselage corner. A tricky one- All of this yet to be weathered- cheers Pete Well I can understand why you want to make it in this scale its like making a real one a tad smaller. In 32nd half of this stuff is not feasible but seeing this is twice as big it becomes mandatory to include it all. I'm loving this so far mate looks awesome! and the little imperfections if you can call them that are what makes it even more real as the real deal isn't perfect either seeing they are been flown the snot out of them since a couple of decades ago they tend to be quite interesting in regards to rivet spacing etc etc. the fact they are gloss painted most of the times makes that stand out even more.. Carry on my friend Im quite looking forward to the next update. Cheers Frederick Jacobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 9 hours ago, Oldbaldguy said: Was wondering where these airplanes live these days? Saw the blue jets many years ago at Holloman along with a handful of unpainted NMF T-38s flying sorties with the F-15s there. White jets down in Texas and black Talons at Langley but haven’t seen the blue camo in a while. The AT-38’s are still around..but they aren’t blue anymore. Holloman LIFT is long gone..anywhere there are 38’s supporting the F-22’s I think you might find some AT-38’s in the mix, but I’m just guessing- Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 3 hours ago, stusbke said: Well I can understand why you want to make it in this scale its like making a real one a tad smaller. In 32nd half of this stuff is not feasible but seeing this is twice as big it becomes mandatory to include it all. I'm loving this so far mate looks awesome! and the little imperfections if you can call them that are what makes it even more real as the real deal isn't perfect either seeing they are been flown the snot out of them since a couple of decades ago they tend to be quite interesting in regards to rivet spacing etc etc. the fact they are gloss painted most of the times makes that stand out even more.. Carry on my friend Im quite looking forward to the next update. Cheers Frederick Jacobs Thanks Frederick, I agree..and I don’t worry too much about the “imperfections”. As you mentioned, these jets are pretty well used. Wrinkled skin and dents are the norm. cheers P Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Still enjoying your progress on this Pete. In the meantime, something that you may enjoy: https://theaviationist.com/2022/11/17/flying-with-the-vfc-111/?fbclid=IwAR3X57zwTpE3MxMh-eEpv-nn80M1aJ6YKCYdHt9LTydGrj-BYFMGGHyA5v0 Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 Hi Derek! thanks for the link- flying the F-5 in Key West? Flying A/A sorties every day? Pretty nice assignment! cheers Pete Derek B and Uilleann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 JayW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmK Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Can't wait to see more! Reminds me of the gate guard from when I was a kid at R.A.F. Alconbury in the 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 (edited) here is some CAD of the mini gun that Timmy! Created for the big Smurf! Looking forward to working on the big girl soon! Above is the frame and plexiglass that separates the forward and aft cockpits- hot off of Timmy’s printer. Super cool! lots of good stuff coming- watch this space- P Edited November 14, 2023 by Pete Fleischmann Kirk, Archimedes, geedubelyer and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Cool! Can't wait to see more, Pete. Cheers Rainer Derek B, A-10LOADER and Pete Fleischmann 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Truly epic!! Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Glad to see you resurrect this build Pete! Those 3D prints are nice! Cheers Alan Derek B and Pete Fleischmann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 Too cool not to share- 1/16 SUU-20 and blue death BDU-33’s for the centerline pylon Timmy! Strikes again! P Dandiego, Starfighter, F`s are my favs and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 Proof of life- Thanks to Timmy!’s brilliant work, I have a newer, betterer front fuselage that is perfect in shape, profile and cross section. Took some courage to saw off the old front end ! cockpits from previous forward fuselage separated relatively cleanly cheers P Lenny320, Christoffer Lindelav, D.B. Andrus and 35 others 37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaeone57 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Fu..ing Gorgeous Bro! LOVE the work you do and what you do to produce whatever "kit" that you show! Aces in hand!! Alfonso Derek B and Pete Fleischmann 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 I was really in the mood to shoot some paint today. Here is the SUU-20 munitions dispenser and pylon for the centerline. This print is gorgeous. just a bit of cleanup and then shot with Mr. Surfacer 1500 black. This whole assembly gets shot gloss air superiority blue- six BDU-33 practice bombs get mounted in here- cheers Pete Azgaron, geedubelyer, Fanes and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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