TimW Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Looks great! I have a Flogger B in the stash...can't decide which markings to use, though I'm leaning toward DDR. Tim W. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) thanx guys! i took some pics of the corrected nose (right), its shorter and has a greater diameter (thats why you have to shim the fuselage halves, with the nose it just looks better to me. the corrected nose also corresponds to the drawings i have. i have not investigated the wing position, but will do shortly Edited January 19, 2017 by blackbetty Out2gtcha, dutik and mpk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Cool stuff Karl! Did the bottom section of the fuselage have to be sanded down, or also spread apart to meet the new nose cone? mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) no, just a wedge on top, it has to be spread apart about 1mm each Edited January 19, 2017 by blackbetty mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Karl, A simple but yet effected fix. I would have been in the camp that added strips of sheet plastic to remove the step, then putty and taper for days. Your fix avoided all of that. Joel mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Thanks for that Karl. How much shorter is the resin nose than the kit nose? Jens mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 the resin nose is about 7mm shorter. i have done some more work on the zacto splitter plates and their struts LSP_Paul, dutik and mpk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Way cool project Karl, Nice progress, Keep at it! Paul mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 7 mm shorter - that should be around 4.5 mm shorter in 1:48. The nose in the smaller scale kit (don't have the 1:32 kit) strikes me as a little long, and making it that much shorter should look better to my eyes. Plan was to make a Libyan Flogger-E, so a new radome will have to be scribed, but I believe the overall external shape would be similar to the Flogger-B. Jens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 and then closed up the front fuselage, some "persuasion" required the cockpit colour looks really funky and too dark in the pics, its better in reality thanx for watching Karl It's never Too Funky! blackbetty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Karl Terrific choice of subject and what a start. Super work on the corrections and incorporating Zaco and Aries AM sets - what a difference Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 thanx Peter i joined front and middle part of the fuselage next. first the lower part. after drying i worked on the sidewalls and lowered them about 1mm so the top part sits without a gap to get the upper fuse lower and have less gaps at the wingroots i made a cnector out of sheet to pull it down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 (edited) inbetween working on the su 22 i did some detailing work on the mig first the droop of the exhaust petals, not easy with the resin part from aires: Edited March 12, 2017 by blackbetty Marcel111 and Zero77 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 and some work on the pylons and R-23s i hope to find some time soon to paint the aires resin exhaust and close up the fuselage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 does anybody have a better pic of the cuban flogger in this guise? there are drawings but i dont trust these. it seems to have red bort numbers and light coloured splitterplates, just like the lower surfaces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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