dodgem37 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Man, is this good, or what? This is just tremendous. Love everything about this. Great work. Great results. Super. Just super. Thank you. Sincerely, Mark red Dog and F`s are my favs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Wow amazing work. Looks so real Love this kind of creative display. red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Driver Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 This is magic Red Dog! As usual. Thank you! red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Wonderful. Simply amazing. Michelangelo would be proud of your work. Well, there are no stars, so I give you five smileys Regards - dutik red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Simply spectacular Red Dog! The meticulous painting and wheathering really paid off in the end! Will you protect this behind a glass case? I would be worried about dust collecting and hard to clean up. Alain red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Next level! Really great stuff. The realism of the whole scene is simply astonishing. Well done! red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Oliver a super build and ingenious display. It captures the moment perfectly. Well done. red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Really a nice combo! Thumbs up ! red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepsGunsTanks Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 10 hours ago, red Dog said: I realised I never posted picture of the finished setup. Sorry about that. With both model finished, I needed to make the link between the two. The basket was done with different parts from the scratch box (rods, guitar wires and photoetch parts initially meant for a EF2000 exhaust fan,...) The guitar wires are a bit larger than what the real part should be but at least give proper structure to the basket. The PE part for structure was then hidden under strips of paper towel washed in PVA glue + water and let to dry and the process was repeated until I was happy with the texture of the basket. The A-7 probe fits nicely into the basket allowing proper connection between the 2 aircraft. The fuel hose is a metal hanger cut to length and painted black. distance marks were painted light brown every 10 feet scaled down to 1/32 The metal rod is inserted into the KA-6D reel The base is made of black painted MDF. I wanted the base to be sober not to attract too much attention from the eyes of the viewers. Getting the support transparent rods angle right took a few attempts The 2 aircraft are offset from each other as clearly seen from the following picture: Pictures of the finished setup: First the final intruder: Then the A-7 And the finished diorama: Attempt on a blue background: And a photoshop essay on a sky background Sorry for the time it took to uplaod final pictures, after finishing the model, I discovered dust inside the A6 canopy and had to remove it, clean it and reassemble it in place. It took me quite a while to get there. But this one is finally complete. And it was quite a journey !! Thank you all for looking. This is so cool! One of the neatest builds I have ever seen! F`s are my favs, Chek, Uilleann and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 Thank you all for your very nice comments. 18 hours ago, Alain Gadbois said: Will you protect this behind a glass case? I would be worried about dust collecting and hard to clean up. Alain Well, unfortunately I built this one knowing I had no room to display it. The original idea was to display it at the local hobby shop in Brussels, plans were made with the owner and it was built for the dimensions of his display cases in the shop. Unfortunately the LHS closed as I was building the Corsair. It was already a long while ago. I could have abandonned the build but that's not me. So I pressed on but had to find an alternative way to display the models. I have multiple bases for the 2 aircraft. The one you see above when I want to display the models together in their AAR scenario, which happens from time to time without dust protection But each aircraft also has its own base when I want to protect them in my own display cabinet. The problem with my cabinet is they are homemade under the slope of a roof and if I have the depth for the wingspan I don't have the required height for the intruder when it refuels the A7, So I had to lower it making the AAR scene impossible to display. Once again, many thanks for all your feedback along the build, It's a pleasure to do WIP on LSP with you guys Madmax, Landrotten Highlander, Pfuf and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Ambitious, brilliantly executed and perfectly weathered! red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Good idea and nice work. Congratulation. red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Oh brother!!! Don' t know where I"ve been hiding but I just caught on to this project and I'm blown away. So very creative and incredibly detailed. I'm very impressed with the entire effort and would love to see this in person...maybe at a museum. Thanks for sharing with us and please continue to post more work cause I"m a fan now. red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-10LOADER Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Outstanding work and, exceptional attention to all the details that push this over the top !! You should be very proud of these two builds. That first pic you took against the blue backdrop makes them look like the real deal, well done !! Steve red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Agreed! thats some amazing work there!! red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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