Daniel Leduc Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 4:42 AM, Gazzas said: Nice rounding of those intakes. Looks good! Gaz Thanks Gaz, A simple and very easy way to fix, 20 min. tks to Zactoman.... Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Leduc Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 8:47 AM, Alain Gadbois said: Great work Daniel! Nice to see the attention you take to correct the kits shortcomings. Too bad about the nose wheel bay resin part. Alain Merci Alain, Compare to Trumpy first kits ( A-10, F-4U ), that Mig reminds me of my Frogfoot, '' A GEM '' un vrai Bijoux...... nice engineering all the way and a perfect fit, I love it. Love it so much that I ordered my self another one.... Dan. Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Leduc Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 10:38 AM, kikka said: god damn i love 23s ! the resin is really a must buy for this kit . it really makes it awesome and rewards time spent painting it . and you dont need much weight in the nose since the intakes , pit etc are quite heavy . With all those wheel bay wide open, got not much choice to have them, yeah really awesome..... already planning all my stuff to make my 2sd one will all avionic on the forward fuselage open with all the electronic, oh boy, that'll be a first for me, not really my Mojo.... ( what you don't see, I don't build ). Dan. Alain Gadbois, Kagemusha and Ivan Ivanovich 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Leduc Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 11:09 AM, BloorwestSiR said: Looks great Dan. I'm tempted to get one for a Czech Tiger Meet scheme but I'm not sure I have the space with everything else in the stash. Carl Thanks Carl, When there's not roon left for more, up here in Québec, two times a year, GARAGE SALE.....lol. No, seriously, I was joking, there's no way you can throw those away... and if you need a spare sheet for those tiger marking, let me know, that's exactly the one I ordered yesterday and won't need it since I'm planning for a Russian star... Dan. BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Leduc Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 1:41 PM, Out2gtcha said: Looks terrific! Of course if I had to choose of course I'd go primer on the Flanker......... Thanks and exactly my thought.... Dan. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, Daniel Leduc said: Thanks and exactly my thought.... Cant go wrong with a big yellow Flanker................. Daniel Leduc, monthebiff, Dragon and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Leduc Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 (edited) Here my week-end update..... The pit was a tad too wide an had to be reinforce with a strip and CA, with a bit of squeeze.... I decide to keep no spacing on top, flush and fill the spacing under the fuselage.. And shouldn't be really noticable once filled. Wow, look at that shape, almost a perfect fit, way better than that pinocchio look it used to have... Did some main bay painting..... And going to give a shut on the kit exhaust/burner ..... just in case, we never know. Have fun and see you soon. Dan. Edited August 18, 2018 by Daniel Leduc LSP_Kevin, Ivan Ivanovich, Dragon and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ivanovich Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Sweet as! It seems that the nose surgery went really well. Looks indeed much better now. In principle, the Trumpeter nose has the correct length, but the cross sections are distinctly undersized = "Pinocchio". Daniel Leduc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dora9 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Me like what I see! Keep it coming! Daniel Leduc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Leduc Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 With a some Alclad Burnt Iron and a little mist of Jet exhaust over Nato black XF-69, it came out pretty good to my liking.... going to use some pigment and that'll be all for the burner can..... but comparing detail against the Aires exhaust.... whoooo, that's another story. Maybe I'm gonna keep the Exhaust set for my next Russian Flogger and just cast the petal and use the kit burner can, but, will need to correct some sizing problem 1st..... compare to.... Will look for a close-up of the real one and what are my options... Thanks for watching and have fun. Dan. Gazzas, Gerhard, Dany Boy and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 note that the lower petals hang down when the engine doesnt run. i had a hard time replicating this on mine, but its so typical for the flogger Alain Gadbois and Daniel Leduc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I don't understand how so many of these detail sets are undersized. It's enough to put a guy off AM. Gaz Out2gtcha, Daniel Leduc and Alain Gadbois 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dora9 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Sometimes Aires is a PITA with undersized parts, but so far the burner can is coming out nicely! Daniel Leduc and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Gazzas said: I don't understand how so many of these detail sets are undersized. It's enough to put a guy off AM. Gaz 4 minutes ago, dora9 said: Sometimes Aires is a PITA with undersized parts, but so far the burner can is coming out nicely! I think sometimes its about what AM part you are installing. Ive had experience with the Aires stuff like my Flanker wheel wells that had to have most of the upper wing material removed from the kit to fit, to a point where I could literally see through the wing because the wells were over sized.. On the flip side of that coin I've gotten things like their F-16 wheel wells that are a legitimate drop fit and one could not ask for better fit. Daniel Leduc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Nice progress Dan! That nose surgery came out very well! About resin parts: the masters have to take inevitable shrinkage into consideration, so a perfect fitting detailed part will end up being to small when it is molded and cast! But your resin nozzle is surprisingly small. Maybe a copy was used to make new molds, resulting in even smaller reproductions! I would stick with the plastic part, as I don't think it is worth trying to correct the resin replacement and the end result will still not be accurate because of the way the petals' positions at rest. Alain Daniel Leduc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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