Piprm Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Beautiful work mate! Another top-shelf job! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo.b Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Looking awesome mate!! Any scheme for just about any kit can be done with the mask cutter at hand, brilliant! Lucky I know someone nearby that has one Whitey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Damn Eric! Every build you work on leaves the rest of us behind in the stone age mate!! Great job so far! I really love your work! Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Super work Eric, love the custom masking. I have to ask, how will you manage to mask the roundels over the vortex generators on the wing? If anyone has the skill to manage, it's you ... Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted December 3, 2015 Author Share Posted December 3, 2015 Some more undercarriage stuff. The AMS resin wheels are really nice but the flat spots on each tire become a bit vague once the casting block is removed from them. Using my new drill press with a milling bit in its chuck, I was able to precisely mill a new flat spot on each tire. I purchased the optional compound table with the press, so it makes it easy to do jobs like this. The gear legs needed some work to match the excellent detail of the wheel bays. Copper, brass, tin, aluminium, plastic card and some good reference photos. I whipped up a small mask to tackle the black lines on the tail hook. I was able to remove the parts that were going to become the black lines, and then wrap the whole mask around the white tail hook. \ Zero77, Greg W and allthumbs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Eric Always a pleasure in following your approach solving problems. Phenomenal work on the gear. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted December 3, 2015 Author Share Posted December 3, 2015 Super work Eric, love the custom masking. I have to ask, how will you manage to mask the roundels over the vortex generators on the wing? If anyone has the skill to manage, it's you ... Cheers Jim Hi Jim, Just like this mate. The problem with the wing roundels is that they sit directly over the vortex generators, presenting a rather difficult challenge to mask them or even to use decals for them. I was keen to accept the challenge of masking them and after some creative thinking came up with the following solution. I designed a portion of the mask to fit in amongst the vortex generators, which would give me a solid out line. Using conventional Tamiya tape to tidy it up a bit. I cut some fingers into the remaining mask I then placed part of the outer circle of the roundel in to the main mask for placement of the Kangaroo mask. The fingers allowed the spaces in between the vortex generators to be masked. Here is the result. I will need to touch it up with a small brush, but pretty happy with the result. Whitey, Zero77 and allthumbs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 That's some really good problem solving. I've never had the balls to cut my masks, but I would certainly feel a lot more comfortable doing it if I could cut another set myself ... terrific result. I ended up going to decals on my 1/48 one, it gave me fits getting them to sit down over the vortex generators. Really impressed with your solution. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 That is just sensational Eric! I am loving each update and those gear legs are incredible.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 I have finally finished the many small touch ups and fixes required before the clear coat is applied over the next couple of days. Whitey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Looking great bro! Really inventive how you tackle all the small details and challenges! Can't wait to find more time to get mine finished!! Arghhh Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 (edited) Your kangaroos looks great ! And the whole model, too. Edited December 8, 2015 by Zero77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Great build so far Eric!!! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitali Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Looks great Eric! really nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Yep I agree, she has the right "look" which I think is most important on a model. Sometimes something can be technically right, but just not quite look right. The changes you made and the sit of her looks spot on...well done mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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