Pfuf Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 (edited) Hi thx guys yes Brian it looks a bit thin it came out of the box it is very strong must because it is heavy with all the nose weigth. Still need to install the the sissor link. Edited June 9, 2014 by Pfuf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Crikey - that's looking brilliant! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Johan, Looking great! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Great stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plane_mc Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Johan The Widow sure is looking good and looking forward to following the painting stages. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Looking real good, keep up the great work. JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRutman Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Coming along nicely. The rebuild of the P-61 in Reading is coming along nicely as well. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javlin1 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 what a nice looking build and the Pit is outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepard Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 paint! paint! paint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfuf Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) Hi thank you all for the compliments I wanted to show you the under side I made the cooling ducts they were very simple OOB so I cut back all of the kit part only a Thin rib was left where I glued the new evergreen pieces on the small gap in the middle I will glue later is the glue is fully cured.I did not open them fully because then I need to paint a bit more under there.I did see on the Eduard set the PE frame for the air duct ver big so made my own from a tea bag very fine maybe a bit too fine hehe.Used a felt pen to darken the background of it so less worries later.Used epoxy filler and tape to fill the seams they were a bit big but most of it is very thin and it flows beautiful almost flush so little sanding needed. Oh need not forget that I drill out the canon end Oh and I made to round cups for the lamps heating up evergreen sheet and pull it over a pensel end I have to spare ones the are safe in the wing hehe push them true after they were almost done grrr.Now I am decaling the Tomcat so I hope to start finishing the cockpit and details in it later this week want to start painting this beast. Have Fun Johan bos Edited June 14, 2014 by Pfuf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Fighter Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Wow, that is some nice detail. Something I did for the lights on another plane was to heat up the blunt end of clear sprue and press it onto a flat surface so that it mushrooms. Then I would sand it and round it out to look like a flat bulb. After cutting it from the sprue, I drilled it from behind till just shy of going through and added a drop of paint. Looked like a light bulb behind a lens. Let me know if you need reference photos. I have plenty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Mv len's form the model train dept work well to!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfuf Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Wow, that is some nice detail. Something I did for the lights on another plane was to heat up the blunt end of clear sprue and press it onto a flat surface so that it mushrooms. Then I would sand it and round it out to look like a flat bulb. After cutting it from the sprue, I drilled it from behind till just shy of going through and added a drop of paint. Looked like a light bulb behind a lens. Let me know if you need reference photos. I have plenty. Hi Thx Night Fighter I can't figure out were to cut the main doors of the landing gear to let only the small door open. Mv len's form the model train dept work well to!!! Yes I have seen those lenses they look great. johan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfuf Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Well I was planning to do some more work on the Tomcat finishing the build but I was still not happy with the gap between the engine and wing missing the fire wall so I was planning to use the cnc lathe at my work to cut it from PVC just so it looks closed.Now when I was closing up my boxes for this build keep al my parts in there till I need them I see the closed flap option ring and they are thick enough to make a reasonable radius to look more like the real one.Dry fit they stick out much more then normally the engine mount is smaller the kit engine mount is to big to even get the exhaust over it.Some one on the forum was pointing this out (forgot the name) and I think Hobby Boss got stuck at this point also and just leave it out of the kit hahaWell this for me is a good solution only need to at panel lines.Time to watche the finish of Le Mans 24Have funJohan bos Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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