acarothers896 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Enjoying your thoughtful approach to this build. This should help all of us who have this kit in our stash. Great work! Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nornicle Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 This kit looks incredible, looks very intimidating though, might stick to tamiya! You are doing a great job on this.. These kits look they would be amazing as half 'skeletons' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Hey Ryan, Nice work so far. Just sat and read through your thread from start to finish, and I must say I like your approach, as well as your finishing. I love the way the tail wheel bay turned out- Please keep the updates coming-Thor, fellow North Floridian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 Seems I need to get back on this one, just been working on other projects....you know how it goes I'll dust off the box and dive back in. Ryan Out2gtcha, Mal_Belford and acarothers896 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 It has been a long time. It'll be good to see this resurrected. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafju Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 no problemo Ryan, we are here ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine_marty Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Enjoying this one too. I'm at the painting stage on mine, doing 'Old Crow'. The kit goes together well, especially given the number of parts required for the outer body/wing panels etc. I'm happy with how mine has turned out so far but I think the Tamiya kit still tops this for buildability. Some elements of the kit are poor and lack detail, whilst others are incredibly unique and well thought out. I was pleasantly surprised at how the wings went together and fit to the fuselage. I'm sure as ZM matures we will see further improvements. Keep up the fab work, always a please to see your posts on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Thanks guys....gottta get this mess cleaned up first, updates to follow! mess by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr Ryan acarothers896 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 (edited) What mess? Looking forward to more on this build, Ryan. Jay Edited June 3, 2015 by tucohoward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Hah, yeah I work for a while in this state, then re-center and clean up a bit. Clean up sessions help out when projects are stalled for me anyway. You get to start fresh with a clean desk. Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Ryan Looking forward to you getting back in the saddle and the Mustang build rolling down the line Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acarothers896 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Thanks guys....gottta get this mess cleaned up first, updates to follow! mess by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr Ryan Wow! That eerily looks like my modeling bench right now. Great that your back and looking forward to your updates. Andy Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Glad to see you back on this one! With the Tamiya kit out, you really dont see these built that often..............which is a shame, as it does seem like a really nice kit. Thanks guys....gottta get this mess cleaned up first, updates to follow! mess by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr Ryan Mess he says................. And thats only 1/2 of my bench! The other half was just as bad. Looking forward to more updates! Ryan and acarothers896 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 (edited) And then I remembered why I kinda lost interest with this kit. The cockpit has quite a few seams and flash that needs to be eliminated. Some of the worst ones were on the left side. The trim level panel is zigzagged with a very prominent mold seam line that runs over the top of knobs, jogs in and out of levers and finishes out on top of the large trim wheel! If YOU can clean this up you are better than I. I figured the best way to attack it was to remove most of the detail and rebuild after things are sorted out....rather than fight trying to save the detail that would surely been damaged by seam removal. Further the large trim wheel was sorta soflty molded into the panel, I needed to better define it. image by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr} image by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr} Detail removed....sadly while I do have a nice set of punches, I wont be able to reproduce the trim knobs perfectly, but they will look good enough. image by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr} And the front, note i drilled small holes to locate the detail I removed and of course removed the seam. image by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr} So there you have it, a better defined trim wheel and a clean area to add detail back! Great fun. Ryan Edited June 6, 2015 by Ryan Shawn M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Nice progress, Ryan! Looks like all that detail presents quite a challenge. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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