1/16 scale scratch built AT-38B Talon-The Smurf jet is back!

[Landrotten Highlander]

1 hour ago, Pete Fleischmann said:

but don’t tell him I said that 

mum is the word, & my lips are soiled sealed

[Pete Fleischmann]

[geedubelyer]

Looking crisp and clean Pete. 

Roughly how long would you spend to create panels like that?

 

Cheers 

[Pete Fleischmann]

59 minutes ago, geedubelyer said:

Looking crisp and clean Pete. 

Roughly how long would you spend to create panels like that?

 

Cheers 

Thanks Guy-

usually takes two attempts per panel unless you get lucky. So that big one forward of the slab…about 2 hours or so

 

P

[patricksparks]

20 hours ago, Pete Fleischmann said:

I figue Godzilla is about 6 miles out......

[scvrobeson]

Awesome metal work Pete!  I almost wish that it would stay in a fantasy NMF AT-38 scheme to show your work off

 

 

 

Matt 

[Pete Fleischmann]

Proof of life-

same thing: other side.

 

This time; however, I had to cut the panel in two pieces to get it to fit without irrecoverably crimping. I’ll fix the seam later-

P

Edited May 6, 2024 by Pete Fleischmann

[Oldbaldguy]

On 4/21/2024 at 12:33 PM, scvrobeson said:

Awesome metal work Pete!  I almost wish that it would stay in a fantasy NMF AT-38 scheme to show your work off

 

 

 

Matt 

NMF AT-38 is not a fantasy at all.  I’ve seen nekkid AT-38s with my own two - well, four - eyes.  No paint, no markings, no numbers - nothing.  Just two guys taxiing out in a less than elegant looking airplane.   I gotta tell ya, Pete’s model looks soooooo much better.

[Pete Fleischmann]

She is a big mamma-jamma

 

this is just all set in place for the photo op-

[geedubelyer]

Wow! 

[Timmy!]

I realize I may be singing my own praises…but I’m so impressed parts made near a decade apart with different methods fits so well!

 

great to see her all together!

 

Timmy!

[Pete Fleischmann]

20 minutes ago, Timmy! said:

I realize I may be singing my own praises…but I’m so impressed parts made near a decade apart with different methods fits so well!

 

great to see her all together!

 

Timmy!

This^^^^
 

The only issues I’ve had have been from my own buffoonery! 
 

Pretty amazing like you say. Think we were all on flip phones when this project started

 

Pigfyter

[Derek B]

9 hours ago, Timmy! said:

I realize I may be singing my own praises…but I’m so impressed parts made near a decade apart with different methods fits so well!

 

great to see her all together!

 

Timmy!

 

9 hours ago, Pete Fleischmann said:

This^^^^
 

The only issues I’ve had have been from my own buffoonery! 
 

Pretty amazing like you say. Think we were all on flip phones when this project started

 

Pigfyter

 

Timmy, Pig (Pete)...keep singing guys, you deserve it!

 

Derek

[JayW]

OMG - lay that thing down!!!  It's literally priceless.  I know about big models, but this thing is huge.  When I did my 1/18 P-38, I could not do anything to it late in the build without it bumping into something.  It's a miracle I finished it without breaking off more than I did.

 

Man that thing looks like it's flirting with the sound barrier (in the vertical) just sitting there.   

Edited May 10, 2024 by JayW

[Azgaron]

Very nice and tall!

 

Håkan