LSP_Kevin Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 Thanks for the kind words, chaps. Being a weekend, I've been able to devote a little more time to this build, and consequently was able to get the nose parts glued on, along with the wings. I now have an almost complete airframe: I had to shim the forward part of the upper cowl piece, and there's no way that the profile here is ever going to match Vincent's recommendation of slight dip in this area. In fact, the rear part of the nose is ever so slightly bulged at the rear. So, now I have a whole lot of gap-filling to do. The gaps at the wing roots are especially annoying: Nothing some Milliput and super glue can't handle, but I'm in for some serious sessions of fill/sand in the days ahead. Hopefully I can get the first round of Milliput in today (or maybe Apoxie Sculpt). I think some of the joins could do with some CA reinforcement first, though. The other thing I did was finish painting and assembling the prop: The red is from the Australian-made SMS line, sprayed straight on to the unprepared resin - no primer, or even cleaning the surface. An amazing finish for no effort (other than some tedious masking!). Here's my happy Buchon with its Rudolph nose: Thanks everyone for checking in! Kev dutik, Chris Wimmer, LSP_K2 and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 That is the dog’s bollies, Kev! Killing it...... Thor LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Nice work fitting the resin nose! Is the fit still as good on the bottom as you showed previously? Alain LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 20 minutes ago, Alain Gadbois said: Nice work fitting the resin nose! Is the fit still as good on the bottom as you showed previously? Alain Not quite, unfortunately. In order to make the fit at the top acceptable, I had to introduce a small step at the lower joint. It's not huge, but will still need to be dealt with. Somehow, the overall height of the fuselage turned out slightly smaller than that of the new nose. Kev Out2gtcha and Alain Gadbois 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Nice work Kev! That is always a cool step (adding the wings and nose, not the lower joint) LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Looking great Kev. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Nice work Kevin. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vincent Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 You're getting there ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Looking good Kev, those gaps look a real pain though. Regards.Andy LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Been lurking on this build for some time. Finally got my act together to chime in. Really great stuff and kudos on beating those demons into submission. Always fun to see a trouble fulled build come together. Look forward to see some paint! Ok, bravo on the prop work. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Well, after almost exactly a year, I've finally been able to return to the workbench, and this build. I celebrated wildly by gluing 4 parts together: The black staining is the remnants of a wash I used to check where I might need to restore the tread lines on the tyres. It didn't work that well because my chosen commercial wash product had all-but dried up in the bottle! I might have to audit and replenish a few supplies if I plan to glue any more parts together. See you all next year! Kev D Bellis, scvrobeson, Kagemusha and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto21 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 1 hour ago, LSP_Kevin said: Well, after almost exactly a year, I've finally been able to return to the workbench, and this build. I celebrated wildly by gluing 4 parts together: The black staining is the remnants of a wash I used to check where I might need to restore the tread lines on the tyres. It didn't work that well because my chosen commercial wash product had all-but dried up in the bottle! I might have to audit and replenish a few supplies if I plan to glue any more parts together. See you all next year! Kev Nice to hear I'm not the only one who celebrates by gluing a few random bits together before going on hiatus again! LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Just now, matto21 said: Nice to hear I'm not the only one who celebrates by gluing a few random bits together before going on hiatus again! Honestly, I think I'm going to have to pull out a Bandai Star Wars kit just to rekindle my mojo, as none of my SoD builds are doing it for me right now. Kev Alburymodeler, Lothar, scvrobeson and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 My self of doom has morphed into a large couple of boxes carefully taped up and tucked away into my garage. Four pieces glued together is headway! Nice to see this one again Kev. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Welcome back Kevin! LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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