CANicoll Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 26 minutes ago, RLWP said: Are you sure you need that friend? Richard I ask myself that same question all the time. ;-) One reason why I have not built the WNW DH 9a myself, esp after watching @seiran01 build his. That think is literally held together with bits of wire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I found this one very easy to rig! Wings are extremely stable. The rigging points are relatively far apart so even clumsy fingers like mine have room to maneuver without damaging anything CANicoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Chris Following along and will be enjoying your progress Keep 'em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 UGH. Ran into some big assembly issues, all self-inflicted. Thought I paid close attention to the instructions (where the fit is kind of vague) but got the machine gun mount backwards and that cascaded into a non-fit when I tried to get the rest of the cockpit into place. I also only 1 of three of the engine cradle mounts to actually fit (and get the engine centered into the opening for the propeller). SO got it mostly taken apart and put back in the box. BUSY week this week, including club meeting on Wednesday then heading down to NC on Friday for DowneastCon 2018 with some of the club members so will be delayed a bit on progressing with this build. Anyone heading to NC this weekend? Ciao all! Chris LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I've only worked on a couple of Roden kits so far, but the instructions can be a real pain in the neck, as can fitments. CANicoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 (edited) Kevin, Definitely! Taking a lot of care now to really look at the pics and keep up with the test fitting. Back at it a few hours after getting back from DownEastCon, and happy to say I THINK I have everything pointing in the correct direction. But need to get some of the adhesive REALLY dry before I do too much more. Painted the seat and did some other small bits just to try and keep things moving along. Washed the parts for a 1/72 Catalina so will be starting that pretty soon. After seeing the black P-39 Spare Parts, I picked up the materials for the Black Cat Catalinas in both 1/72 and 1/48 scale. Starting on the smaller bird first to see how it goes - and also have a 1/48 P-61 which has always interested me since seeing the plane at Udvar Hazy. We'll see when I get started on that. The shrouds for Lou IV should arrive on Tuesday so will get those sitting in the sun, primed and then painted. Will do a review of the shrouds to go along with the exhausts as well. At DownEastCon bought another Revell P-51D for a ridiculous price so have that to play with as well. Thanks for keeping up! Chris Edited July 16, 2018 by CANicoll LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) Latest update. DID finally get the fuselage closed up and while there is still the ghost of a seam on the top of the fuselage, I'm just going to live with it. I also figured out that I used two different Vallejo 'Red's' on the nose - a slightly darker and richer RLM 26 which Vallejo calls 'Brown' which I used on one panel as a 'replacement' panel, and then the nose is covered in RLM 23, which is RED (all in caps!). A few WIP pics.. Yes, she is bright!: And a bit of a closer up to a replacement panel. It does not show up well here at all, but the color is definitely darker and that ripple in the paint by the corner is much harder to see. It is also worn a bit more than the rest of the nose: I previously had done the wings so I could get started on the decals and the rigging. I don't know if its me or what, but every single Roden decal cracked on me. Every single one and I was VERY careful after the first one did. The kit is apparently from 1999 so the decals are almost 20 years old. Anyone else have this problem with Roden decals? Also, once I put them on the plane, no matter how much water I laid down before setting the decal, they STUCK to the surface pretty much where they landed. That was a PITA - getting a brush underneath, gently lifting so I could re-position. I have put down a gloss coat and a flat coat over the decals at this point. The radiator on the top wing is still masked - for now. Wanted to get the wing done and dry and then I'll tackle that - probably to give me a break from the rigging. That's it for now. Chris Edited July 23, 2018 by CANicoll Fix some text. Gazzas and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Nice looking work, Chris! I had the same kind of experiences with Roden decals. The larger decals got replaced by spare WNW decals as I found them almost unworkable. The smaller decals weren't too bad because I could put them on a huge bubble of water. Gaz CANicoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRATCH BUILDER Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Nice work, I like this era(from a history point of view}, i might do one someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Man , Chris that is a purple PURPLE ! (all caps) Do you guys put a little dishsoap in your decal water ? I find it helps them be a bit more slippery , and eliminates surface tension. Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Looking real good. If I keep looking at stuff like this, I'm going to end up dragging out one of my own WWI kits. Gazzas and CANicoll 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 9 hours ago, LSP_Typhoonattack said: Looking real good. If I keep looking at stuff like this, I'm going to end up dragging out one of my own WWI kits. You know you want to.... CANicoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 Mike, I have not done that actually but will keep that in mind for these older kits - good idea and thanks for the reminder! Chris MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) So promptly forgot Mike's advice about putting some dish soap into the decal water. One of the fuselage decals did crack but just a bit. Got the only two decals that appear on the fuselage - those iconic half moons. Now just letting everything dry before another gloss coat and flat coat. Edited July 26, 2018 by CANicoll Added photos. MikeMaben and Model_Monkey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 (edited) Sorry for the very long delay. Finally made a bit of progress on the rigging, yay! Love the bright colors but have not even started with weathering, etc. Landing strut is a bit misaligned but is flexible so trying to straighten it out. Love the bright colors, I wonder if during the war if they were really this bright? Rudder is just a press fit for now. Slowly getting there! Chris Edited September 9, 2018 by CANicoll Gazzas and MikeMaben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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