bdthoresen Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Looking good, Bri. Love the work so far. Have the kit myself, looking forward to digging into it soon. The Toryu has been one of my “Great White Buffalo” for years! THOR Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 Thanks one and all! I have to say again how stellar the fit has been on this kit. Its better than my HK Do-335, buy a long way, and the fit on that kit was outstanding, but this kit is way more complex, with a substantially better fit. I have to give ZM all the credit here, as things have generally fit about as well as anyone building a complex kit like this could hope for. AAMOF, I did some dry fitting with the kit last night, and I pretty much had only the lower wing halves glued on, and it supported the complete main gear setup, as well as just hanging an engine off one wing to see how things looked, all with 0 glue. Alex, Uncarina and scvrobeson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Fantastic work, mate! Youre really making me want to have a go of one of these kits! Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 Thanks! Here is some fiddling I did last night after I snipped all the landing gear parts from their sprue trees in order to get ready for paint. The MLG are slotted to perfectly fit up inside the front section of the wheel well, using that bulkhead as re-enforcement to secure the gear. The subsequent folding braces for each MLG were then able to be just held in place by press fit alone. I then hung one of the previously completed engines on just for fun to see what things will eventually look like: The clever way ZM put this all together allows things to all be press-fit prior to actual glue assembly. Its all very lovely............ Back on the twin tonight. Cheers all! Greg W, LSP_Kevin, dennismcc and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I guess that's one advantage of Z-M's obsessive quest to kit up all of the internal structure of the airplane - you take advantage of the actual engineering of the aircraft when assembling the model. That engine looks great, BTW. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Superb Brian! Superb. These kits are a breed apart: the instructions, engineering, fit, detail. I find myself smiling more than usual when I’m building one! I will be curious how your cowling panels fit together. This was a bit tricky for me as I recall. Cheers, Tom Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 Thanks guys. Tom, yes, having looked things over down the road in the instructions, I was thinking the individual cowl panels may end up being a PITA. Well see, but I hope things can get assembled without too much hassle. I did manage to pre-shade and paint all the landing gear & well parts last night, so those should be dry by tonight so I can start to finish out the wing assembly. With the wing root fairings separate from the wing panels, I just need to make sure I have all my glue joints aligned extremely well. Cheers! Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Awesome so far Brian!!! John Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav1956 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Excellent work! Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 Thanks guys! 3 hours ago, Miloslav1956 said: Excellent work! I'm seriously hoping MRP will release those lovely IJA colors you have been using before I need to paint the exterior! Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Update time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Tonight was getting the gear finished up. I put a bit of a pre-shade on, followed by some MRP Khaki gray followed by some weathering including a small leak in one gear, and some oil and grease stains and an ovaerall wash of Tamiya brown. Nothing too fancy by ANY means, and not a ton of scratching in here, as I'm thoroughly enjoying doing this one generally OOB. The only thing Im really changing are the wheels/seat belts and gun barrels. ZM has made the upper and lower wing to fuselage fairing separate pieces, so the fit of everything before them needs to be exact. I went ahead and followed the instructions that indicate to attach the upper fairings to the upper wing parts prior to attaching the upper wing sections. Trial dry-fitting of the upper wing sections indicates if I glue them properly, the fit will be just as spectacular as the lower wing halves: The fairings themselves fit really well to the wing sections and make a nearly seamless joint with the tiniest bit of realistic overlap, just like the real fairing had: More really nice engineering from ZM, well done old man! Ive got the weekend planned for some modeling, so will be fitting up the upper wings and gear, then will move onto the empennage. Cheers! Lothar, Landrotten Highlander, Uncarina and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Looks good! I need to start mine soon. Looking forward to seeing more progress on this one! You'll have it done by next weekend, right? Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Great looking build. I like the look of this kit and can see one of these in my Christmas stocking . Cheers, Michael Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Just catching up - really beautiful work Brian! Iain Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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