Out2gtcha Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Wow Dan! Spheres of steel is right...................cant wait to see this beauty take shape............and some NMF! Dandiego 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Wow Dan! Spheres of steel is right...................cant wait to see this beauty take shape............and some NMF! Brian, just checked my spheres........nope. I haven't done a NMF since my F-90, over 2 years ago. So I will be pulling an F-84 from the shelf of doom and practicing on it. It already has the black gloss coat finished and hardening for the last year and a half. I will be trying several techniques to replicate a used and weathered metal finish. I will be starting this process very soon. Next I will be scribing and riveting the xb-51. I just bought a new riveting tool and will be learning how to use it. Dan Out2gtcha and blackbetty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 Ok a little work on the fin top bullet fairing. This has been harder than it looks. I at first thought that I could just carve it out of wood, create a slot that would fit over the tail and be done with it. Ah....no. Too many variables, it just would not fit right or straight. So I decided to create the part on my 3D printer. I designed the middle section in 2 halves. This allowed me to easily define the fairing/ tail interface by simple sanding. I then glued on the wooden ends that I had already completed. Still lots of fine tuning to do. Thanks for looking. Dan Kagemusha, AlexM, LSP_Kevin and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 absolutely unreal! The sheer size and ambition of this project blows me away Dan ..thanks for sharing it - the challenges involved are epic and the job you are doing is quite extraordinary Love it Peter R Palimaka, Out2gtcha and Dandiego 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 Question for all of you modelers out there. To foil or not to foil? I have seen many super impressive foiled jets here and on other sites on the web. How hard is it to learn?? What is the learning curve?? This large slab-sided jet would be perfect for foil. Not too many difficult curves. If I choose foil should I still scribe panel lines? What about rivets? What kind of surface is best for foiling? Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 If this one has lots of flat surfaces then I’d say you should foil it. That was the logic I used, started on the F-84G, and it worked well for coming up the learning curve. I’m using kitchen foil and monalisa gold leaf foil glue now. Lots of cue tips and toothpicks. A little 91 IPA to dilute the glue 50/50. Check out my F-84 build as 4 or 5 people posted up how-tos for me. Lots of info there. I as well as others can assist you along the way. Gotta take my daughter to the winter dance now but i can add more or answer questions late night or into tomorrow. Kagemusha and Dandiego 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 Thanks Mr Goose. I will need to do some experimentation to see if foiling is for me. I really like the look of foiled models. This model would really pop if it was foiled. Dan Lee White and Troy Molitor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 Hi all, Tailplanes have been puttied, scribed and riveted. As you can see "state of the art" alignment devices are being used. 5 minute epoxy is used to secure the joint. Dan LSP_Kevin, daveculp, Starfighter and 13 others 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 Working on the rudder and elevators. Lots of fiddling to get these things close to right.Stay tuned. Dan blackbetty, AlexM, johncrow and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 Ok, I have begun to scribe in the major vertical panel lines and a few around the gun bays. I am shooting from the hip on a lot of these and relying on my interpretation of drawings and photos. These are my tools, tape and my razor saw. Dan Gazzas, johncrow, MikeMaben and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Always amazed when I look at your builds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 More scribing. Dont know what these are but....here they are. Have worked on the transparencies. Round starboard window, overhead window and nose camera window. Dan R Palimaka, Lee White, blackbetty and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Great! New canopy incoming, just need your addy via PM Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Super cool Dan................I sure hope you might give foil a try on this beauty! I know it would really set it off. If you ever want/need any tips or tricks feel free to PM me if interested in trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 I couldn’t agree more than what Kevin just mentioned. Super cool efforts goi g on here Dan. Love the primer on the beast. I can see the great amount of efforts that go into it more and more. This is one cool looking aircraft. Thanks for sharing. Troy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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