Starfighter Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 VFP-206 is a great choice! I have built 146860 back in 2013, long before the Fisher conversion was available. https://largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=1051 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 10 hours ago, Starfighter said: VFP-206 is a great choice! I have built 146860 back in 2013, long before the Fisher conversion was available. https://largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=1051 Thanks You made an outstanding model. Honestly your RF-8 has always inspired me for a long time. Compare to the Fisher model it was a such challenging project to do it from scratch. I had some inspiring pics for a low viz finish but the stencils are an obstacle for me. So it will be the overall shinny grey. Cheers Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 Hi everyone The MB Mk7 for the RF-8G is finished The Mk5 and the Mk7 side by side Bye for now Eric Gazzas, sandokan, Harold and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 There aren't many stencils on the late TPS aircraft, Eric. If you have some photos showing what you mean, let me have a look a them - I may be able to help you. By the way, no idea how far you want to go on your Crusaders, but the forward landing gear leg and fork is way oversized on the Trumpeter kit. You may want to shorten the leg by 5mm and make a new fork - I should have a drawing somewhere if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 13 hours ago, Starfighter said: There aren't many stencils on the late TPS aircraft, Eric. If you have some photos showing what you mean, let me have a look a them - I may be able to help you. By the way, no idea how far you want to go on your Crusaders, but the forward landing gear leg and fork is way oversized on the Trumpeter kit. You may want to shorten the leg by 5mm and make a new fork - I should have a drawing somewhere if you want. Thanks for your support. Some stencils are missing on the regular decal sheets such as " BEWARE OF HOT AIR BLAST" ans the 604 As I wrote you, I will try for the first time home made decals with a laser printer. We we keep in touch by messages Cheers Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 Some basic work on the wing. I started to correct the upper side wing profile with putty for car. It does not retract even in thick layer. Anorher thing, The dorsal spine si too long by 1.5 mm Do not correct the fuselage which is good. The Trumpeter wing is drop and fit on the Fisher fuselage. The reduction in length of the dorsal spine takes into account the depth of the photo etched bulkhead. I will sand the fuselage just enough to insert the other photo etched bulkhead on. I obtained a first outline A perfect surface will obtained later with Mr Surface 500 then 1000. Here below The front bulkhead sanded at 99.2 mm from the back See you soon Eric Starfighter, sandokan, Coneheadff and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hansen Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Cool! I too am doing a VFP-206 bird. -d- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hansen Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Hey Eric, for what its worth, if you're fixing issues with the wing, bear in mind that the upper surface of the wing at the wing fold hinge point is perfectly flat; it is not a raised fairing like on some other types. This is an error that runs like a theme thru all of the F8U kits i've encountered. -d- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, David Hansen said: Hey Eric, for what its worth, if you're fixing issues with the wing, bear in mind that the upper surface of the wing at the wing fold hinge point is perfectly flat; it is not a raised fairing like on some other types. This is an error that runs like a theme thru all of the F8U kits i've encountered. -d- Hi David, I agree with you, but I'm talking about the profile of the wing at the wing chord. On the fuselage, from leading edge to trailing edge, even at the spine we still have the wing profile. I may be wrong, but this is what I analyze on the pics here below Note that the upper surface is perfectly smooth (no appearing rivets or panel lines) Pics reference: Jet aircraft walk around http://nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com/wajete.html Starfighter, sandokan and Gazzas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hansen Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I'm talking about something entirely different, that you may want to address in your build, since its on the upper surface of the wing. -d- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, David Hansen said: I'm talking about something entirely different, that you may want to address in your build, since its on the upper surface of the wing. -d- I get it Pfffff .... It took me a long time to understand that Of course you are right. I've found a pic of the aircraft with unfolded wing and the wing fold hinge is actually flat. Thank you for your input I will correct it Eric Edited March 1, 2019 by EricF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 I've painted the three new exhausts. They are now correct for a P&W J57 P20 On the left the P4 that we found on the f-8A/B and on the right the P20 on the next versions Below the P20 Compared to the P4 Et voilà Thanks for watching Eric LSP_Kevin, NukerDan, Gazzas and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 As rightfully pointed out by David Hansen, the wing upper surface is flat at the wing fold hinge point. The kit as it is here below And now after correction. The depth is enough to able to sand the bulge without affecting the hinge. Eric David Hansen, johncrow, Starfighter and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hansen Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 I am loving it. And i never knew about the differences in the J57 Afterburner irises.... -d- EricF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 I'm still working on the wing The spine needs particular attention in adjusting the shapes. I used the fore bulkhead as a template to correct the asymmetry hilighted in black on the right hand side The photo etched part is included in the kit. After correction A view of the underside The white part is an Evergreen profile to fill a gap And finally after a first cost of Alclad Primer Some imperfections are revealed that will easily be corrected. Bye for now Eric LSP_Kevin, Coneheadff, blackbetty and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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