Kyrre Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Sooo ... I have a thing for Greek stuff. With Kitty Hawk's release of a Sabre Dog I was hooked and had to start it almost as soon as I got the kit delivered. Now, a few things about my approach to modelling, having done this for 35 odd years:- Cockpits. Don't like'em, don't like replacing them with resin or etch, but will do what it takes to do them "nice enough". Will cheat, will omit parts, as long as it looks busy enough. - Fuselage. I like my kits to look representative - and will not open up stuff unless it was a typical feature of that plane. So, in this case, dropped slats are a necessity (as on a Bf109), opened air brakes? Not so much. You don't see many pictures of these aircraft flashing their innards, unless they just landed.- Exposed engine? Yeah right. See last paragraph. - Research, yes, accuracy, yes, but if it takes the fun out of the build - screw it. If the kit looks right - it is right. So, without further ado: The cockpit is quite okay straight from the box. I have no idea about accuracy. There should probably be some more seatbelt-stuff in there, but they will be painted greyish and then with a bit of added shadow, that's it. The cockpit decal is nice, but I thought I'd get into trouble if I tried applying it over the relief molded panel, so I cut them out and applied a coupious amount of Micro Sol, followed by some Future for the "glass". I gave the radar screen some typical cathode ray colour, I have no idea if this would be correct. With a bit of sanding and dry fitting the air brakes are a tight fit. Nice one, Kitty Hawk. As mentioned earlier, I have no interest in displaying the engine, so I attached the front and rear halves respectively, using some strip plastic to ensure that I got a fairly smooth joint when viewed from the outside. Worked quite well - shouldn't be much of a step along the fuselage. . That's how far I've come. I am enjoying this build immensely and have not encountered many issues yet - though a lot of time has been spent dry fitting before committing. Thanks for watching - oh, and do give feedback on any issues you might see with the build! I appreciate constructive criticism. Kyrre Harold, Volture and SinuheH 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrre Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) Since I do like'm dirty I am inclined do my kit up like this: Edited October 8, 2015 by Kyrre andromeda673 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinuheH Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Nice, keep it coming.....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andromeda673 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 that instrument panel is bitching! Hand painted or decals? Kyrre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrre Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 that instrument panel is bitching! Hand painted or decals? Thanks! I cut the decal into the respective bezels and applied them one by one. Quick job, made it quite a lot better than applying the whole panel at once, since the detail of the panel is quite "bumpy" :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Cool subject........great for some heavy weathering. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Those weathered photos look awesome, keen to see you get into it. Great start on the IP too, very convincing. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrre Posted October 9, 2015 Author Share Posted October 9, 2015 (edited) Thanks guys. I have actually done one of these before, albeit in 72nd scale. I completely overdid the chipping bit, but had so much fun doing it that I didn't want to stop. Will apply same technique - with some restraint this time around So, here's the tiny version. Edited October 9, 2015 by Kyrre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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