Harrison90 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) Hello everyone. This is my very first, ever posted work, so lets see how it goes. This project will involve my first attempt at rescribing an entire kit and scratching building of multiple components. This shows the exhausts cut out and panel lines removed. Picture of the kit control panel, which will be chucked. Replacing the kit panel will be a scratch built one. This is the prototype, just to ensure fit and look. More to come soon. Cheers Edited November 17, 2013 by Harrison90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Good choice Harrison! I built this kit myself many years ago, and it was also my first full rescribe job (though I confess I didn't bother with some of the more difficult curved panels). It may have been eclipsed by the Tamiya kit, but it's still pretty decent. I have another one in the stash (a builder's kit) to complete some day. Looking forward to your progress! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 I look forward to seeing your efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison90 Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 Hey everybody. I'll be rather busy this week with some work so I will try my best to get another update up soon! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison90 Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 So I've managed to do the pencil lines of the panels and will begin the scribbing as soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Nice prep work mate. This is one thing I should do more often when rescribing, but laziness usually gets the better of me. You're making me think about starting mine! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison90 Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 (edited) The tools of the trade... and the early stages. "Nice prep work mate. This is one thing I should do more often when rescribing, but laziness usually gets the better of me. You're making me think about starting mine!" To be honest I would have probably been lazier with it if I weren't posting it online. Edited August 7, 2013 by Harrison90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison90 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) Some more progress Now to process of riveting... and I will mention, this isn't exact to the real thing, just so the rivet counters know. ... Also received these today: Edited August 9, 2013 by Harrison90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Looking good! I'm not sure I'll bother rivetting mine when the time comes, but I'm certainly interested to see how yours turns out. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison90 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Looking good! I'm not sure I'll bother rivetting mine when the time comes, but I'm certainly interested to see how yours turns out. Kev Luckily, the drawings and pictures I've found show only a few panels actually showing rivets with the rest being smoothed and polished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison90 Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Well, not as much progress as hoped for but here is what's been managed over the last few days. I've finished the lower wing sections rivet details with my Trumpeter rivet maker tool and one by one with a Dream Model rivet template and a pin. I'll admit some of it is pretty rough looking, even knowing its my first time I'm still annoyed it didn't come out better... (may go back and fix them still) Also added some raised rivets, using Archers raised details decals, for some of the special fasteners just to break up the surface and make it stand out. (I know this is probably horribly inaccurate, however this kit is more of a "realistic" exercise for me) Also managed to get the spine of the beast detailed as of late. I used the same tools and techniques as on the under wing areas. And finally, I also got some work done the control panel. I cut out a piece of styrene in the correct shape for the panel and used the CB Model Products Punch and Die set to create the room for the instruments. I love this tool, and it was amazingly well priced, great quality and comes with 12 different sizes! Mind you it doesn't have some of the largest or the smallest diameters available, but it is a very good middle ground with the most commonly used sizes. Anyway, that's it for now. Hope to have more soon! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywifehatesmodels Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Looking good, Harrison! How do you like the Archer rivets? I have some (along with their weld seams) that I plan on using on my Hs 129, but have never used them before. I would love to hear your opinion and any tricks to working with them. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison90 Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Looking good, Harrison! How do you like the Archer rivets? I have some (along with their weld seams) that I plan on using on my Hs 129, but have never used them before. I would love to hear your opinion and any tricks to working with them. John Archers rivets are very nice. Super easy to work with and if you don't like the spacing given to you or if you need to make a complex shape, I just measure out where the rivets will be and then cut out the decals to as small a square around the individual rivet as possible and just add them one by one. All in all they are rather expensive but are very nice and easy to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison90 Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Small update today, just did some seat cushions. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH764 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Nice work going into this ....well done . Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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