dmthamade Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Must have hit my head, i'm going to try the much maligned CM Shooting Star. I've tried dryfitting the parts for this several times but always shelved it. This time i'll make an effort. Archives show many have been started, few finished, IIRC John B was the last to complete one to a great finish. I have a few decals to select from, as well as the kit decals which do look really good. I am leaning towards this one or the Texas ANG bird Don Harold and Seversky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Really wish someone would do decals for the RT-33. Nice choice and looking forward to your build.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking73 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Well heck, I've got to add my Czech Model T-33 build here as well now Best of luck with your build. It's not an easy kit by any means... -Derek Harold and dmthamade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nice choice Don! Mine sits next to the Ar 234 box under my workbench. I'm much like you with this kit. I pull it out, do a bit of dry fitting and then put it back. I think I'll have to give it another round of attention soon. Carl dmthamade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amurray Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 This kit always brings to mind the quote from the movie Spartacus, "We who are about to die salute you!" Good luck to you! dmthamade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Don Looking forward to following your T-Bird build. Two being built on the forum at the same time ... WOW! Johns build surely must have a powerful catalyst. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Two being built on the forum at the same time ... WOW! Johns build surely must have a powerful catalyst. Peter Peter, that should actually be three. I just airbrushed the cockpit tub on mine so I guess I'll need to update my WiP as well Carl dmthamade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 So, three builds going on at once for the nefarious T-bird!!... i wonder if we can get a group rate on mental therapy....'cause it's that kind of kit....Looking through the decals i was going to do one of the ANG birds, but the Leading Edge decals has a 50th Anniversary bird. Didn't see that on the color print sheet, saw it on the actual sheet and instruction sheet. Been a while since i've done a grey jet, this one is a very clean jet, and it's a Canadian bird. I'll do this one. Looking forward to the builds, Carl and Derek, should be fun. Don Viking73 and jgrease 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 (edited) Carl Guess I'm old enough to claim CRS. Three it is Keep 'em comig Peter Edited May 24, 2016 by Peterpools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking73 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 So, three builds going on at once for the nefarious T-bird!!... i wonder if we can get a group rate on mental therapy....'cause it's that kind of kit....Looking through the decals i was going to do one of the ANG birds, but the Leading Edge decals has a 50th Anniversary bird. Didn't see that on the color print sheet, saw it on the actual sheet and instruction sheet. Been a while since i've done a grey jet, this one is a very clean jet, and it's a Canadian bird. I'll do this one. Looking forward to the builds, Carl and Derek, should be fun. Don Hi Don, Yes it should be fun indeed! I'm all set to watch your progress sir. -Derek dmthamade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 (edited) Carl Guess I'm old enough to claim CRS. Three it is Keep 'em comig Peter Peter, it's more that I started this last year but set it aside. I did keep looking at the kit on and off figuring out where the fit problems are and how can I minimize them. First John's build and now with Don and Derek starting have sort of pushed it back to the forefront and made me want to get going again. Edited May 24, 2016 by BloorwestSiR dmthamade and Viking73 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) Progress!! Started in on the intakes, there was a LOT of cleanup on the ductwork, intake part, and louvers. Didn't use much if any fill, by sweating the parting lines and fit i was able to get all the internals parts together with two spots of Mr. Surfacer. Areas indicated in red show where most of the work was done. It was a lot of scraping, sanding, filing, dryfitting...repeat as needed.... to the 100th power....until i got to this point. The resin louvers i fitted but didn't install yet. I drilled holes in the fuselage behind their location so i can install then glue in place from behind with super glue and seal on the front with Mr. Surfacer. I did it this was so they wouldn't interfere with clamping and flexing of the intake parts. I should be able to finish these with a minimum of Mr. Surfacer, but no filler. The front curved areas of the intake aren't smooth to the fuselage, pics on walkarounds show these are surface mounted, so it isn't smoothed in here. I didn't glue the bottom rear of the intake part yet, going to see how it fits to the wing bottom before gluing it. Don Edited May 25, 2016 by dmthamade Harold, Anthony in NZ and Seversky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 Looking for references, came across these pics, lots of T-33 pics. http://picssr.com/tags/t33a/interesting Now i'm second guessing the pick of the Canadian bird....FS 16473 is available in Model Master Acryl, but is too dark and green. I did a mix with Tamiya paints a while back, blew the dust off the bottle, sprayed it and it still looks good....I'm thinking i could do another one of these, the intakes aren't as bad as i thought and if the rest isn't too bad i'd be willing to do another. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 So far it looks good. And if I may be so bold,if you don't use the Leading Edge decals Don...I'm in dire need of a set to finish one on the shelf of doom if you could let it go(sell)..let me know. dmthamade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Very nice work on the intakes ... all the hard work in cleaning up the parts are surely going to pay off down the road. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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