BloorwestSiR Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Consoles looking great, Carl. Are they better than the Eduard color PE? How did the eye operation turn out? Obviously successful. Don Thanks Don! The Eduard PE doesn't include the side consoles. There's a couple instruments you add to one and a small panel to another but that's it. Unfortunately I haven't had my surgery yet. Apparently my lenses are a bit complicated and not an off the shelf solution so I'm still waiting for them to be made and sent from Switzerland. A bit frustrating that's for sure. Carl Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 A quick update on the F-4. I fitted and glued in the intakes. I'm using AMS splitter plates with the DMold intakes so a bit of tweaking was required. There's a coat of Mr Surfacer 500 to fill in the small step at the join line. Carl dmthamade, BradG, sandokan and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 Well, the F-4 is back on the bench. I fitted some side panels for the cockpit to the fuselage. I used epoxy so that I had time to position them correctly. I then added the final bits to the cockpit tub and glued that in. F`s are my favs, CANicoll, dmthamade and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 With the cockpit tub in place, I attached the lower wing. I may have gone overboard with the clamps a bit... Carl Shaka HI, Kagemusha, F`s are my favs and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Pit paintwork and Eduard panels look clean and crisp. What seats are you going to use? Don BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 Thanks Don! I'm going to use a set of Eduard Brassin seats I have. I've started painting them but don't have any pics yet. There won't go in until final assembly anyways. Carl Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) With the lower wing in place, I was finally able to mount the TISEO. I started by gluing it to the lower wing first, trying to keep it flush with the wing surface. I then installed the upper wing. So I've managed to make a fair bit of progress and plan to move onto the engines and outer wings. Carl Edited September 17, 2017 by BloorwestSiR BradG, themongoose, johncrow and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 I got some more bench time today. Here's the fuselage with both wings on. I then started working on the nose. I opened up the lower vents for the nose mounted M-61. Next up was the small vent on the top of the nose. I cut out the vent and then built the vent using sheet styrene. Once that was done, I glued the nose halves together and attached them to the fuselage. It's starting to look more like a Phantom now. Carl Kagemusha, CANicoll, sandokan and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Looks really great. I was curious on the TISEO. Had not see those before. Was that scratched up, or available AM? dmthamade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 Thanks Brian! The TISEO is from GT Resin. I just can't recall which set it came with though. Carl dmthamade and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 Time for a bit of an update on this build. I had a hard time trying to get the GT Resin slatted outer wing panels to fit properly. I'm not sure what I was doing wrong but I just couldn't get them aligned properly with the inner wing sections. As far as I can tell, they weren't warped but no matter what I did, they didn't line up. I ended up giving up on using them and used a set of Isracast ones that I had. Those needed the dihedral corrected which I did by using a thin strip of styrene. I also installed the AMS Resin vari-ramps to the intakes. I then added the belly straps from Nautilus models. I don't even remember when I bought these but they went on just fine. I used a scribing tool to open up the slats on the tailplanes. I'm not sure if you can make it out or not in the pic but it is visible. Lastly, I decided to try the assembly approach that most use for the tailplanes by separating them from the pivot and gluing in the rear exhaust section in first. Hopefully this won't create too much work down the road. Carl Kagemusha, blackbetty, BradG and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Your build is coming along nicely. I haven't seen this method for installing the tailplanes before. I'll need to look into it for a future build. Mike BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 Your build is coming along nicely. I haven't seen this method for installing the tailplanes before. I'll need to look into it for a future build. Mike Thanks Mike! For the tailplanes, supposedly this allows for a better fit of the lower exhaust section of the fuselage. I've ended up with a small step on one side. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) A tiny bit of progress, more to show that I'm still at it. I measured out the positions and then attached the inner slat actuators. I've now got to work on a pair of Halloween costumes for my two boys so it will a bit before I can get any further along. Carl Edited October 19, 2017 by BloorwestSiR BradG, F`s are my favs, johncrow and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Nice progress on the build. I like slatted wing F-4's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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