Eli Raphael Posted August 29, 2016 Author Share Posted August 29, 2016 Still no updates. Been sanding away like crazy! Shawn M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Raphael Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 After taking care of the massive glueing on several parts and then sandin them, the time comes to start getting into the Aires cockpit. Decided to paint the floors and consoles and pic up the dials. IP will be dealt with as so are the seats at the end of the kit's construction. After glueing the pit to the fuselage left side I found that the kit's refueling probe well was in the way to achieve complete fuselage closure. Out comes my dental handpiece and a trench was made on the resin cockpit side. Fortunatelly is thick enough! A-10LOADER and F`s are my favs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Raphael Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 Here's where I am at. Need to sand joins so that I can later mate the front fuselage to the rear one. Marcel111, F`s are my favs, Out2gtcha and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Looking good, Eli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Nice nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 (edited) Eli very nice work on the Big Cat Keep 'em coming Peter Edited September 8, 2016 by Peterpools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Nice work, Eli! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Raphael Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) Well......................... Don't know where I made a mistake. Finally after a lot of sanding the fwd fuselage was coupled with the rear one. I really don't know what happened but the front doesn't match the rear part! Maybe the resin intakes had something to do with it, even though I followed the Zacto instructions to the letter. It seams that the front fuselage was "squeezed" and a big step was created on the lower and upper fwd fuselage matching surfaces making the construction a big headache that I won't be willing to tackle. Big gaps were developed where the intakes go into the fwd fuselage. I plan to do another one WITHOUT using the resin intakes and wont be using the Aires resin wells. Don't care if doesn't have the correct intake angle, it's just too much hassle! At this age I'm willing to build something that goes smoothly now that I know where the pitfalls are with this model. Rest assured that I won't give up. Thanks for following my deceased buidl! Edited October 10, 2016 by Eli Raphael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Eli Sometimes it's best "to know when to fold them and know when to hold them" I've followed your path more times then I can remmeber and at my age (nearly 69), enjoying the build and looking at the completed model in the display case is the joy and satidifaction I feel after each build. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Raphael Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 Thanks, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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