blackbetty Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) bought the kit a while ago and collected some aftermarket for it: intakes, decals, the baird stacks. the seat will be blackbox Edited October 17, 2019 by blackbetty LSP_Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 started on the fuselage top, there are some things to correct (disclaimer: your milage may vary, the faults in the kit are just my opinion, i love trumpeter kits, everyone is allowed to do OOB builds and has my full respect...did i forget something - i appologize in advance ) first i made some templates to cut the PE screen from Aber: and cut the screen to fit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) the engine bypass vents are very basic, so these will be modified and thinned. for the whole build i will use jakes superhornet book as a reference, its invaluable! the vent on th right has been thinned: and some detail added. the cutout behnind it has sharp edges that are not present on the real thing, so i rounded them with some sanding Edited April 10, 2015 by blackbetty Girlscanplay2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 here you can see the quickboost stacks, very nice detail on them compared to the kit stacks the round vents behind them are in the wrong place, so the got filled stay tuned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 some more work on the fuselage: locating the points to drill: drilled close to the edge: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 cut from the back: and from the front and popped out: care fully opened up until the quickboost part fits the hole: relocating the vent is next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 veeeeeeery interesting, going to follow this one closely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Nice work Karl! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Looks good ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 (edited) thank you all, this makes a nice break in glueing a zillion vortex vanes to my scooter stacks finished (not glued), vents relocated the flush mounted antennas on the spine are heavily engraved on the kit, so i puttied them and sanded them flush. i think i will use a decal to represent them Edited October 2, 2014 by blackbetty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) i have started to fit the seamless intakes from rhino models, these are very nice, but carefull fitting is in order first i attached the lower lerx part: Edited October 10, 2014 by blackbetty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 here is the dry fit, pretty good. since the lower fuselage of the kit consist of seperate sidewalls that have to be shortened to use the intakes, i have first attached the resin parts to the lower fuse careful to avoid extensive cleanup here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 this is the sidewall. it joins the upper and lower fuselage part at a very visible place. i will first fix the part to the lower section to avid filler here and around the main gear bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 this is the shortened sidewall that has to fit against the resin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) i only glued the inside and the bottom in front of the chaff ejectors first and used some sprue and thick CA to get some stability further back after drying i will try to fit the sidewall as clean as possible and later fit the whole assembly to the upper fuselage part stay tuned Edited April 10, 2015 by blackbetty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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