Greg W Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) The ADU-299s Harold cast for me arrived in the mail, here's how it looks... Edited September 18, 2018 by GDW Marcel111, Kagemusha, Anthony in NZ and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 I think I better get me a set.... Save me scratching another for a future project. Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfists nz Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Hey Anthony, is this what the RNZAF used on the maverick rail on the Skyhawks or just the sidewinder (ie will I need 1 or 2?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Hi Matt Just the Sidewinder, the Maverick used a different one Cheers Anthony hamfists nz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerculesPA_2 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Great job until now GDW, Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 Thanks Hercules! Lots to do yet. Need to shift into a higher gear. HerculesPA_2, Anthony in NZ and Harold 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 (edited) Trying to come up with a way to do the pressure seal around the canopy. The Eduard photoetch parts are designed to be placed together, but I have separated them in order to have the seal pass between the two. I was initially going to use the copper wire for the seal but I'm rethinking that now. Fine plastic rod? Solder? Not sure. Gluing the seal is the issue so maybe stretched sprue or evergreen rod is the way to go. Edited September 25, 2018 by GDW LSP_Kevin, Anthony in NZ, Trak-Tor and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Hmmm, I see your point. The copper wire looks good in my opinion. Surely thin CA would be good for gluing, but you would have to be careful with the fumes fogging the canopy. I would probably go with plastic rod for ease of gluing if it were me. However I have had good success with solder wire and thin CA. Sorry I was not a lot of help.... Whatever you do will look great as you are a perfectionist! Greg W and Out2gtcha 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Driver Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Looking good! Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 (edited) 20 hours ago, Anthony in NZ said: Hmmm, I see your point. The copper wire looks good in my opinion. Surely thin CA would be good for gluing, but you would have to be careful with the fumes fogging the canopy. I would probably go with plastic rod for ease of gluing if it were me. However I have had good success with solder wire and thin CA. Sorry I was not a lot of help.... Whatever you do will look great as you are a perfectionist! I sat down after work today and thought I was going to finish with the wire and Eduard parts. The more I looked at it, the more I realized I didn't like what I was seeing. The photoetch pieces are too flat and gluing the wire down scares me. After seeing what CJP did on the canopy of his A-4G, I would like to emulate his approach. That looks really good Chris! Edited September 25, 2018 by GDW Anthony in NZ, HerculesPA_2, Starfighter and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 One cool thing I'd like to mention while on the subject of canopies, is this... Notice how the front of the plastic glued to the canopy is white, while looking at it from the rear, it is black. I colored the back side of the thin evergreen sheet with a Sharpie marker, then glued it to the canopy with Tamiya extra thin cement. The Sharpie ink blends with the glue so that the canopy frame looks like it is painted black when viewed through the clear plastic. Read Chuck Sawyer's P-38 Kicked Up A Notch WIP, where this technique is shown in detail. Thank you Chuck. Alain Gadbois, Harold, CJP and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 (edited) I did not like the look of the indentations in the canopy frame for the mirrors, so I blanked them off with the evergreen sheet. I figured even with the kit mirrors in place, those areas would be noticeable without filler work. The back sides of the photoetch got a little Sharpie treatment as well. Edited September 25, 2018 by GDW Trak-Tor, Eagle Driver, Starfighter and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 (edited) Hi Greg - I made a tracing of the internal bits I made for my Skyhawk cockpit but looking closely at your model I noticed the A4M canopy is a lot different to the A4G - as such these probably wont be much use to you so let me know if you want it deleted. Chris Edited September 25, 2018 by CJP Greg W, LSP_Kevin and HerculesPA_2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted September 26, 2018 Author Share Posted September 26, 2018 This is good though, because at some point I will be doing a version where this will apply. CJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Driver Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 No updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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