blackbetty 3,743 Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) Never going to finish this one in time for the deadline, but i think its the right place to start, so here goes: waiting for some parts for my corsair, so i put it on hold. i have been reseraching the F3D for quite a while and got the tigger vac, so no turning back now. this is what you get: 001 by karl holubar, auf Flickr Edited March 11, 2019 by blackbetty 4 1 Alain Gadbois, sandokan, SapperSix and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackbetty 3,743 Posted July 10, 2018 i have all kinds of enlarged plans, all of them are different in the details, but thats the fun, isnt it? 003 by karl holubar, auf Flickr 5 SapperSix, Alain Gadbois, Dany Boy and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackbetty 3,743 Posted July 10, 2018 ...and some "aftermarket": a 1:72 resin pit to get an idea of the pit arrangement in 3D 002 by karl holubar, auf Flickr 3 BradG, LSP_Kevin and SapperSix reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackbetty 3,743 Posted July 10, 2018 last, but not least the references. i collected a lot of pics, but wartime photos are scarce. the restos of the doorguards and museum planes have to be used with a grain of salt, most are later electronic warfare aircraft just painted black. the books (all very necessairy): 004 by karl holubar, auf Flickr havent built a full airplane vac in large scale (only 72 and armor), so this will be quite a challenge 7 1 SapperSix, Hubert Boillot, sandokan and 5 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackbetty 3,743 Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) i want to do WF-17, because it has mission marks and was used on a Mig 15 kill. i dont know the number of the aircraft, as its very hard to find these out. i made an excel sheet with all known planes, their names, mission marks and stars as well as numbers if they are availible. here is the pic: 6083_Night_Wings_USMC_Night_Fighters_1942-1953 by karl holubar, auf Flickr can anyone read the names? these are not the pilot names (these are known - no pilot names were painted on the aircraft), they seem the be the crewchiefs Edited July 10, 2018 by blackbetty 3 BradG, LSP_Kevin and sandokan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackbetty 3,743 Posted July 10, 2018 started to fit the engine nacelles 005 by karl holubar, auf Flickr 11 1 1 LSP_Kevin, Alain Gadbois, MikeMaben and 10 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Out2gtcha 30,870 Posted July 10, 2018 Nice! Will be watching this one Karl. 1 blackbetty reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kagemusha 6,911 Posted July 10, 2018 Go Karl! Very much looking forward to following along. 1 blackbetty reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn M 9,154 Posted July 10, 2018 cool, its a neat airframe 1 blackbetty reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gazzas 6,331 Posted July 10, 2018 Wow, what a project! Looking forward to watching. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackbetty 3,743 Posted July 11, 2018 the fuselage is a circle, so i searched for round plastic parts for spars and locating tabs 007 by karl holubar, auf Flickr 7 sandokan, Out2gtcha, Gazzas and 4 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackbetty 3,743 Posted July 11, 2018 i want to locate the wings and the cockpit next and make the cutouts for these 006 by karl holubar, auf Flickr 9 2 Kagemusha, Daniel Leduc, GROWLER 96 and 8 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alaninaustria 5,365 Posted July 11, 2018 Great work so far Karl - nice subject too! Cheers Alan 1 blackbetty reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Out2gtcha 30,870 Posted July 11, 2018 Good stuff Karl, Im taking notes................ 1 blackbetty reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gazzas 6,331 Posted July 12, 2018 Very nice work! I can't imagine how you add surface detail to vacform. Hoping to learn something here. Gaz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
