Wouter Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Lovely work John, I'm enjoying every bit of your WIP. Cheers Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) Thanks for the comments! The main gear actuating arms have been painted. Here are all of the landing gear components presented together. The brake lines still need to be added and I may give them a bit of weathering before I call them done. I made up some pre-painted wiring harnesses for the main wheel well bay. Still thinking about how I want to go about painting and assembling the wheel bay components. Edited November 9, 2018 by Thunnus daHeld, LSP_Kevin, Kahunaminor and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Man, those struts look good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Ah yep! Liking that a lot! Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model_Monkey Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Beautiful work and superb detailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterOlsen Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Hi John, I'm enjoying your progress so far, all the best for the rest of the build. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 John Amazing work as always - gear looks fantastic Keep'em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) Hey guys... thanks for the comments! I've been stalled on this build because I have not been confident about how to go about securing the Aires resin cockpit/wheel well. Outside of the main resin components, there are a number of small rods and wires represented int resin that need to be attached. Normally, I would prefer to glue everything together and then paint but it would be impossible to paint. So I have to paint-assemble-paint-assemble and thinking about it has replaced the actual doing for the better part of a month. I gave myself a kick in the pants to get on with it so here goes... The first domino to fall will be the resin wheel well boxes that go in the wings. These are small and I've ascertained their position after numerous dry-fitting sessions. So I paint the wheel wells first. Nothing added just painting the resin parts and giving it a wash. I then glued the boxes into the wings using JB Quik Weld. It's a 2-part epoxy that sets fast... hard about five minutes. I like it for this kind of application as it creates a strong bond and adjustments can be made in those few minutes before the epoxy starts to harden. That front spar resin piece has not been glued into place yet but you can see how nice it fits here instead of trying to balance it on the curved wheel well tub. Checking to see if the upper wings halves fit properly. The boxes have been pushed a little bit towards the center as you can tell from the overhang. My dry-fitting told me that this is necessary to allow the edges of the wheel boxes to line up with the sidewalls. I'm going to paint the main resin pieces and then assemble them and fit them into the fuselage. I'll add the extra bits and pieces afterwards... hopefully I'll to be able to reach the places I need to reach. The front spar piece is included but I forgot to pull it off of the wing for this pic. The resin components are given a base coat of black. I'm going to paint the wheel wells aluminum with some RLM 02 added in areas. Edited April 14, 2018 by Thunnus LSP_Kevin, Tolga ULGUR, Wouter and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 (edited) I spent the weekend painting the wheel well components. After the black base, I sprayed all of the parts Alclad Polished Aluminum. After several rounds of brush painting, the painting of the wheel well is pretty much complete. I added some spare stencil markings on the plain boxes. I will seal the paint with a gloss coat and then begin the weathering process, starting with a pastel wash. Edited April 14, 2018 by Thunnus MikeMaben, Victor K2, daHeld and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 (edited) Continuing the work on the wheel wells... time for a dirty wash. I make my own washes from pastel chalks. It's really simple. I just scraped a bit of pastel chalk into a small amount of water and add a dab of dishwashing soap to help break the surface tension of the water and ease the mixing process. I can customize the color mix for whatever the situation calls for. I am going to use a brown wash here on the wheel wells. Here are the wheel well components after the wash. The parts are then sealed with a flat coat. Let's see what the assemble wheel well component look like in place. The view into the wheel well area starts to get obscured once the wings go on. Edited April 14, 2018 by Thunnus rafju, VintageEagle, Kahunaminor and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel460 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Beautiful....very clean work! Dan Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wouter Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Indeed, very nice clean painting. I'd like to get there some time. Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Nice and soft. Good show. Sincerely, Mark Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Outstanding attention to detail and great execution! Looking fwd to seeing more!! Cheers Alan Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 (edited) Thanks for the comments guys! Just to follow up from yesterday's work, I forgot to post the photos from the top side as I wanted to confirm the positioning of the cockpit. The final position of the cockpit will be moved forward a touch as there is some play between the bulkhead and cockpit tub that will be eliminated when things are glued into place. Edited April 13, 2018 by Thunnus Starfighter Jock, rafju, daHeld and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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