gregair Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Ah awsome you are so lucky Eric, I look forward to watching this build. I certainly wish someone would release a 1/32 Mb-326 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) Here is some more progress. This model will take a fair while so I will work on it in conjunction with freshly started models so that I can try and keep my AMS in check. After I sorted out the fuselage issues, I glued both halves together so that I can fine tune some of the shapes. I plan on making the cockpit and the nose gear well as seperate slide in items. As mentioned before, the canopy was missing. One of the skills that I have always wanted to learn was the ability to make canopies from scratch using the vac-form process. I decided to master the shape from balsa wood and then once happy with it I sealed it with super glue and then further smoothed it off. I actually really enjoyed this process as there is a certain amount of craftsmanship that came from carving the wood shape and then hand shaping it to the desired profile. Now I just need to go and buy a vac-forming machine. roughly hewn block of balsa getting there smoothed and fitting pretty good. I have some more work to do here to get it to fit a bit better, but overall I am pretty happy with the shape. Here is the tail section, and you can really see the amount of work that has gone into sorting out the shape of the plastic. I cut the area of the jet pipe off and glued a block of plastic onto it and then shaped it with the dremel. Here is the kit next to the Mirage, just for shits and giggles Edited December 30, 2013 by ericg geedubelyer, Whitey, sandokan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 One of the skills that I have always wanted to learn was the ability to make canopies from scratch using the vac-form process. Hi Eric, that will stand you in good stead in the future I'm sure. I look forward to seeing how it turns out. I'm in the same boat in that I'd like to learn how to make masters for vacu-forming so I'll eagerly follow along and take notes. I have a quick question at this stage if I may? I see that your balsa wood master follows the contours of the airframe. How do you plan to allow for the extra thickness of the clear vacu-forming material? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghatherly Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Hey Eric, Looking good! I have the same question as geedubelyer? Happy New Year, Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprm Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 What??? A 1/32nd scale Macchi MB326H???!!! Who do you know - Eric .... That I don't???? .... To get something like that! I will be watching you like a Hawk from now on!!! .... Or was that Mirage??? You are hammering out good results with it , so far- my friend.. Keep at it! You Are on a roll! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Thanks for the comments gents. As far as the canopy goes, I still need to get the vac former and the plastic, so I will refine the shape once I work out the thickness of the plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregair Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Any updates on this build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesTROYer Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Yeah, what Greg said. I know you have a Vac Former now, so whats the go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr b Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Lovely subject and excellent work thus far..... The macchis are great and I have a somewhat similar offering of the elder brother the 339 as obtained from one of our mods here............don't have the kinda skill you have to even consider starting on it........ hope to see more soon....... rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 I would love to see an injection kit of the 326 in 32 scale. Pretty little aircraft and was a great trainer with some good color schemes.Pity we don't have one or two flying in Aus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 Wow, talk about digging up a thread from the past! This project has been long forgotten with a resin kit of the Macchi soon to be released. Eric. DesTROYer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregair Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 (edited) Wow, talk about digging up a thread from the past! This project has been long forgotten with a resin kit of the Macchi soon to be released. Eric. "A resin kit of the Macchi soon to be released" YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Edited May 7, 2018 by gregair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 My good mate Les, or Uncle Les as he is known is ironing out a few issues with his forthcoming resin kit. I figured it would be easier to let him do the hard work than me try and come up with something half presentable with what I had in this vac form kit. See here for Les's kit: http://uncleles.net/2017/06/06/132-macchi-mb326-resin-kit-in-the-making/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Great news! I could easily buy a couple. Do we know when it will be available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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