Out2gtcha Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 G-Samy! Lol, shes such a cutie! I bet she had a blast with her pop. Say hi to Sam for me. Nice on ya on the Gunfighter man...........Ive only been buggin ya for updates for months! Pit and fit look dead on B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Great job so far, I love it! Phil, once you attack the landing gear, there is a serious problem with the forward one: it is completely oversized. First of all, the wheel o/a diameter should be 15,8mm instead of 17,4mm (kit wheel and Fisher wheel have the same diameter, if I remember correctly). Then, the front gear leg is about 5mm too long. Last point, the front wheel fork is way too big giving the Trumpeter Crusader a pretty strange look with the landing gear down (in my opinion, at least). Just have a look at a small comparison pic showing my (mostly scratchbuilt) RF-8G conversion: The upper pic shows the model with front wheel and fork as included in the kit, the leg has already been shortened by 5mm. The photo below shows the model with shortened leg, new front wheel fork and new front wheel. The tyre comes from Academy's Hornet kit, the wheel hub is the Trumpeter one. As the Hornet tyre is still slightly too big in diameter, I have sanded it down to 16,2mm which looks OK in my opinion as the wheel hub is slightly too big in diameter, too. Keep up the good work, this is going to be a great looking Crusader! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 It is really coming together; great work, Phil!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagledocf15 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Really great work thus far. I can't wait to see the next chapter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomek Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Glad to see you back at the bench, Phil! It's always pleasure to follow your builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 Thanks for all the kind words gents and Brian, she says "Hi"!. Starfighter, thanks for the info, I've got the black resin Contact Resine wheels and the G Factor gear for this one so I'll take on board your comments. I decided to work on something else after the pit bogged me down for so long. I'm doing this one with the airbrake closed so I thought I'd work on the belly for a bit. Using the Aires gearbays means you leave off kit part F1 and only use the outer panel F2. There was a gap under the panel which I can't see on any ref pics so I added a shim to fill it and also make it easier to fit the panel. Fitted. I then made up the airbrake and added the panels from the fuse, needed a few shims. Dry-fitted. Its going to need a bit of fettling but its not bad at the moment. One of the things Barry detailed on his superb build is that they have left out the catapault attatchment pin and fairing so oob it can't be launched! Following his build I cut out a section of the T shaped panel. Dry fit. Made up the box from card adding plastic rod for the pin. Then a dry fit of the air brake and panel. Its not bad but will need some adjustments to get it all nice and tight. Thanks for looking! Rainer Hoffmann, Menelaos and F`s are my favs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 NOICE 1! Looks great man.......... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Phil Some really nice detail work Keep 'em coming Peter :popcorn: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 From a few years around modern cat attachment placement (and not having worked around any F-8s) that seems like the Crusaders placement is way far aft. I know its correct, but just seems like an odd placement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 This is really looking great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Awesome job, Phil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngtiger1 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Those Aires wheel wells sure look awesome. Careful painting will bring out all that super detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 GO Phil, GO !..............Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripaman Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Nice to see you back Phil, looks like you had a good summer as well Regards Richard or is it Bonkeeeeers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 good progress phil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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