themongoose Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Thos look REALLY GOOD Martinnfb and R Palimaka 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 And here are the various bits that were improved and modified, just waiting for it all to be assembled. If only it was that simple... The flaps. I finally got the proper shape and a method of attaching them to the wings. rafju, Greg W, LSP_Kevin and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 those bays look fantastic R Palimaka and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 Thank you Shawn and Mongoose! It's an improvement over the big empty hole that was there, and by far, took up the longest time and effort in the whole build so far. Glad that's mostly behind me, although it was fun. Shawn M and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Great looking wheel wells! Excellent work here! Alain Martinnfb and R Palimaka 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 Thank you Alain! It's good to be back at the bench trying to tame this beast. Martinnfb and Alain Gadbois 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Amazing work on a difficult kit. Very few do you see that look 'right' I have a feeling this one will! Keep up the great work R Palimaka and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 Thanks so much for the kind words Anthony! There is tremendous potential in the kit. The shapes and details are mostly accurate, so much better than the Trumpeter kit. It just lacks detail and refinement, and the working parts make for some compromises that have to be corrected. The most important thing to get the "look" right is fixing the dihedral on the wings and the length of the landing gear legs. Built out of the box the wings are very droopy and sad, and it looks like it's standing tip-toed. Hours of entertainment for the money! Years in fact... Richard Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) So I'm finally at the point of no return for the fuselage! All the interior bits are done, and I'm ready to close things up. The tailwheel and gear are done, the cockpit and radio rack, fuel tank, and radiators. Here are some final shots of the interior of the cockpit. Some of the detail will never be seen again once it's put together, but I know it's there, haha! It's as accurate as I could make it, some of the dimensions were off in the end but nothing critical and I think it's convincing. A couple of small things will be added once the final painting and assembly is done. So this is the port side of the cockpit with instrument panel and rudder pedals added, some more wiring and tubing inserted and everything glued into place. Overview with everything in: Edited November 21, 2018 by R Palimaka Alain Gadbois, Sparzanza, Greg W and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) Here is the starboard side. It's pretty much all scratch-built, with modified kit parts, Waldron placards, plastic card and structural shapes, bits of wire and wine-bottle foil. The worst part was attaching all those friggin' toggle switches to the control panels...tiny bits of wire a couple of mm. long with superglue. I lost so many that didn't attach properly, there must be a couple of hundred under my desk that went flying off. Anyway, it's done and ready to be closed up. I think my favourite part of this side is the small power outlet beside the canvas flap/cover, and that flap itself. THe rectangular panel under the radio control box looks skewed but it's not, I think it's the camera lens in my phone distorting things. The oxygen hose is a Waldron part, and is finely ribbed and lovely. It's attached at either end, but free in the middle so that I can drape it on the floor when the fuselage is closed up. Edited November 21, 2018 by R Palimaka Uncarina, KiwiZac, Gazzas and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Excellent work! Martinnfb and R Palimaka 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) Finally for tonight here are the last bits before closing up the fuselage. I rebuilt the gunsight, added a thin layer of card to beef it up a bit. I also added the two tiny round lenses on top of the sight, made out of thin slices of tubing, and filled with dark green paint and Future. The crash pad on the front was enhanced with the "NO HANDHOLD" decal from the Barracudacal sheet. The decal is intended for 1/32, but it works fine here. The tailwheel gear and tire. The gear is the Airfix parts with steering arms added to the sides, and some cabling. I had intended to fully run cable through the pulleys and gear with fine wire, but then realized that with it tucked up in the tailwheel well, with the gear doors open, you wouldn't see much up there...so I was lazy and stopped there. Edited November 21, 2018 by R Palimaka Martinnfb, Sparzanza, Greg W and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 That's just amazing!! Makes me want to get my 24th Mosquito out and carry on superdetailing it! Thanks again for the inspiration Cheers Anthony R Palimaka and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Wow! That is an amazing cockpit, Richard!!! "...I think it is convincing..." Understatement of the year! Martinnfb and R Palimaka 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Yep, sure convinced me Martinnfb and R Palimaka 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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