Squizzy 78 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Very nice work Eric. I'll be following this build as I have the same kit in the stash, as well as the same aftermarket kits. I'll be very interested to see how the intake goes together, as from memory those pieces are very thin, and appear to possibly require a lot of sanding to get seamless. Looking forward to seeing more, great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 1 hour ago, LSP_K2 said: Cool. This reminds me that someone here was going whole hog nuts on a Crusader quite some time back, but I don't recall who right now. I'll look forward to seeing what you do here. It was me Kevin, I'm the guilt party. Barry Harold, LSP_K2, Lee White and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durangokid Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Nice work on the panel lines, it really makes a difference. Bryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 Thanks for the comments, Today I'm still working on the surface detail. I've glued in place the different access doors on the fuselage. I'm finally satisfied of the adjustment before sanding. After sanding I will scribe the doors after the primer coat at the end of the build The stabilazor is on the bench. I applied the same process for the scribing A death il very important for a scale model to look real, is to obtain thin trailing edges still by sanding the surfaces Here is here below the result on the left compared to the kit stabilizer not yet sanded on the right More updates to come this week end. Eric johncrow, Marcel111, Dragon and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Eric, You are doing a very nice job maintaining scale appearance. Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 Hi Barry, Thanks a lot ! To be honest, your built is helpful for summarizing the corrections to be done on the model. I'm working on the nose now Cheers Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) I started to work on the nose It is the main correction to be done on the model. From the E version, the radar cone section is circular, thing that Trumpeter did not re presented correctly. As shown here below, the nose is flat on each side and at the bottom. To correct this issue, I added first Evergreen to recovered the circular section To ease the sanding, I preferred using putty than sterene. I'm in favor of putty used for body car. The advantage compared to The Tamiya one is that it does not retract after drying. I let it dry for nigth long now The air intake..... hum A lot of work again. Fortunately, Barry already studied the issue in his built In fact, the front part is too shallow and to avoid having a step by 1 mm just behind the radar cone, we have to insert sterene in between the two pieces But before another sanding session ..... See you soon and happy modelling Eric Edited January 12, 2019 by EricF johncrow, LSP_Kevin and Gazzas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 I performed a dry fitting of the air intake inside the fuselage to assess the situation There is a gap on the left side which is bigger in the middle than in front... And there is another one on the right hand side which is smaller but constant ... And now both sides on the same pic Many sanding and dry fit checks to come johncrow, LSP_Kevin and Gazzas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timvkampen Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 great work; the panelling idea I will try on my 104 soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 On 1/10/2019 at 5:09 PM, Barry said: It was me Kevin, I'm the guilt party. Barry Ah yes, I should have known. I recall that you were making some magnificent strides with it, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Today, coming with the air intake adjustment, I worked on the auxiliary wheel well. The building sequence will be the following: - first attaching the wheel well on a half fuselage. This why the dry fit must be initially perfect - attaching the air intake Fortunately, the depth of styrene of the air intake is enough for milling a print in. I created a small gap to be able to attach separately the air intake and the wheel well on one half fuselage. The pic here below is self explanatory after milling the cast and the styrene After having cautiously removed the cast carrot from the wheel well with a milling cutter, I made print on the air intake After some adjustments on each half fuselage, the dry fitting reveals that the Aires kit excellent Eric Dragon, Harold, johncrow and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Still checking the fitting of the different aftermarket kits Here is the beautiful Avionics cockpit. I just had to sand the base on the left side otherwise the tub is banking to the right inside the fuselage. The sides of the rear bulkhead need to be a little bit adjusted to make the tub flush with the fuselage behind the seat. Dragon, Whitey, jgrease and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Great work here! Cheers, Marcel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Hi, I worked a lot during the last week The main reason is that do not build one but, two Crusader. The second one is a F-8E (FN) from the french navy in the seventies. I will open a new thread later. All the work done so far is similar to this one Both aircraft are at the same stage of build on the work bench for now. They are fully re-scribed and ready for detailing. Here below, the new nose corrected in diameter (23 mm) The air intake with styrene to enlarge it to avoid the step at the front with the fuselage Both are ready to be attached to they respective fuselage A dry fit of the exhaust following Aires recomendations. As for the wheel bays, it fits very well to the fuselage Cheers Eric jgrease, Pfuf, johncrow and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Some updates on my Crusader (s) I have to admit that the Trumpeter panels lines are very accurate compare to the real thing. Nevertheless I modified a little bit the chamber vent for alternator turbine and environmental cooling system heat exchanger. Trumpeter has forgotten to represent the engine compartment cooling vents The black harrow shows the new location of the air scoop If the canopy is opened, the integral and center steps must be opened too. To make them more realistics, the kit engine compartment vents are removed to make anothers in styrene sheet Thanks for looking Eric LSP_Kevin, johncrow, Gazzas and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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