F`s are my favs Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 btw here is a video of the FLIR testfitted and the tourette rotating. Uilleann, Marcel111, Dany Boy and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 (edited) The main ip is done: - the amount of holes; - the rods to replace the switches/knobs; - and the ready thing... Edited May 6, 2019 by F`s are my favs RichieB, LSP_Kevin, Uilleann and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Fantastic IP! F`s are my favs and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 IP looks convincing, very cool work on that FLIR! F`s are my favs and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durangokid Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 That IP is unreal! F`s are my favs and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted October 2, 2019 Author Share Posted October 2, 2019 Basically the same journey with the side panels... The vertical side panels are done too and they are glued to these side panels. All is weathered good and I`m dealing with the closing/opening of the canopy... i.e the rear bulkhead of the cockpit. Hopefully it will be ready for pix soon. Alain Gadbois, Kagemusha, A-10LOADER and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Great work on those side consoles F`s are my favs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 The cockpit rear bulkhead. A lot of cockpit mods are going on and at least that part is just about done. Here it is before: And those are the hydraulics for the opening of the canopy in their imaginary positions (not functional yet). I somewhat cheated and made them retractable 'through' the bulkhead. One shows how they should look like when the canopy is open and the other - when the canopy is closed. And here it is painted, with wires and rivets and basically it's prepped: allthumbs, Gazzas, LSP_Kevin and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleann Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Epic! F`s are my favs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) The adventure with the side frames of the cockpit. OOB they are just long clean pieces of plastic... That's how they look like in the real plane: I made provision for the canopy handle and for this huge black knob in the pic above, then I glued another stripe of plastic with the same thickness undernead and sanded them. The two cooling tubes that go into the frames are also added while the cooling grids will be easier to add after the painting - with just thin stripes of tape... and it is so much better now. Still not painted though. Edited October 26, 2019 by F`s are my favs Kagemusha, Jan_G, Squizzy 78 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) Canopy adventures... So basically I "reupholstered" the inner side of the frame with 1mm plastic sheet to add more thickness. That's how it was before: and after, with the detailing and the 2 hidraulics for the closing/opening: Then, I'm about to change the plastic zig-zag ram pattern with PE pieces. The original plastic ram is too too thick and had imperfections from the cutting: Still not glued but those are the PE pieces: Edited January 24, 2020 by F`s are my favs blackbetty, daveculp, Uncarina and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 I had to put the canopy up a bit with two tiny shims, which caused tiny tiny spaces along the side edges. The front side edge has a little bit of space and imperfections too, but it will be covered whatsoever so I "filled" the side edges only. With long stripes of 1mm plastic, then a little bit of sanding at "at an angle", and they are perfect now. Can you see the darker plastic along the edges of the sides: Then the frame is riveted, detailed and painted too - black acrylic first: ... and weathered: Now finally the gluing of the canopy. . . . . Dany Boy, Uilleann, Brett M and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Amazing work overall and on the cockpit canopy and instrument panel in particular! Alain F`s are my favs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 oooh, it went just beautifully I'm very happy right now. The merging of the canopy and the frame went perfectly... I don't know how much it is visible from these pix, but enjoy! Shawn M, LSP_Kevin, Uncarina and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleann Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 OK, that looks spectacular! F`s are my favs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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