viperfixer Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 These pics are well worth the wait! That cockpit looks great, love the IP. Can't see how PE parts can improve what you did with it. This must be a very nice kit, hope to see more soon.
shepard Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 (edited) Im not a kind of "jet modeller" but this kit is very atractive... and your work is inspiring so far.... how did you manage the office IP? is just the kit one? Shep Edited July 19, 2013 by shepard
petrov27 Posted July 19, 2013 Author Posted July 19, 2013 (edited) Hiya - again thank you all for the praise! Yes I used the kit panel: It is a "sandwhich" two piece affair with a very thick clear piece that sticks through the holes for the instruments in the main panel piece then it looks like they expect you to stick the gauge decals to the back of that clear piece - seemed like it would make the gauges look like they have about 12" of glass on them. Given that, I did not use the clear piece except for the pilot CRT and radar screens. I thinned the back of the instrument panel some then just glued the kit decals to the back of it so the instrument faces showed through the holes - the decal paper is shiny so it looked close enough to "glass" as is. I did use the decals for the pilot CRT and radar even though I don't think they are very accurate, nor would they likely be "on" when the a/c is parked on the ground but what the heck - they add some color there. Otherwise I painted the panel with dark gull grey then filled in the black with "scale black." Drybrushed the whole thing and picked out some buttons with a lighter grey to give some variety. Edited July 19, 2013 by petrov27 Uncarina 1
petrov27 Posted July 19, 2013 Author Posted July 19, 2013 Had some time between posting and nearly dying of heat exhaustion while mowing the lawn lol FLG done and just set (not glued yet) into the fuselage internal spine that includes the FLG bay: Saber and Lars Befring 2
petrov27 Posted July 20, 2013 Author Posted July 20, 2013 OK - panel line corrections. from pics below: 1. This sunken detail should only be on the port side of the a/c. It actually should be a raised disk with a hole in the middle not a deeply sunken hole in the side from what I can see in pics. I believe this is a inspection port to view the reservoir for the tail hook hydraulics. I filled both port and starboard and will replace the port with a disk of plastic. 2. For A-6A fill the white indicated panel lines and the exhaust hole on both port and starboard fuselage halves. For A-6E you would just fill the starboard. 3. On the port half there is a elliptical scribed line on the top of the fuse that needs to be filled in - I believe this marking is to help locate the large airscoop on the A-6E 4. Remove the raised formation lights - they were not present till some point in the A-6E service life. There should be a smaller rectangular light on each side - I will probably use a decal to represent or maybe scribe a rectangle into the plastic Uncarina and TinyJoe 2
petrov27 Posted July 20, 2013 Author Posted July 20, 2013 The fuselage construction continues. There is a vertical spine that runs down the middle and is sandwiched between bulkheads attached to each fuse half - looks like it will add a fair amount of strength to the assembly. I am about to commit glue - a lot of it lol - to the whole thing and seal it up: Saber and Rainer Hoffmann 2
petrov27 Posted July 21, 2013 Author Posted July 21, 2013 Fuselage major bits together. Couldnt resist trying out the clear parts on there to see how it was looking - very pleased so far. Have not run into any fit problems yet. I did have to fettle about a bit with the front of the three sections of fuse in order to get a good fit of the radome though. Lee White, Saber, Uncarina and 3 others 6
LSP_Kevin Posted July 21, 2013 Posted July 21, 2013 Lovely work mate. This is really coming together quite quickly! Kev
Nic C.D. Posted July 21, 2013 Posted July 21, 2013 Very impressive kit and a very instructive WIP. I agree with Harv': gonna be a killer ! Nic
Neo Posted July 21, 2013 Posted July 21, 2013 AMAZING i almost when for the 1/48 kinetic kit but seing this one being built... WOW. and man that canopy is crystal clear !! OOB of you have a magic trick your willing to share ??
joe Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Great job mate Really makes me want to get one very soon.
Eli Raphael Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Seeing that you have closed up the fuselage, will she be a tail sitter?
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