Thunnus Posted February 16, 2020 Author Posted February 16, 2020 Thanks John! The fuselage has been riveted. A look at the holes cut into the wing bottom for the ammo chutes. Here's what the Quickboost guns look like mounted in the cowling. The kit wheels look pretty good even compared to the Barracuda resin wheels. Dany Boy, Martinnfb, D.B. Andrus and 10 others 13
Beaconroot Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Really enjoy your updates. Thanks for sharing. Jim Root Thunnus and Martinnfb 2
Troy Molitor Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Same here. The updates are always welcomed. Thunnus and Martinnfb 2
monthebiff Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Superb work as ever John! Regards. Andy Martinnfb and Thunnus 2
Thunnus Posted February 17, 2020 Author Posted February 17, 2020 Thanks guys! With Damian's replacement legs in place, I can start thinking about the approximate angle that I need to impart onto the tire flat spots. It doesn't have to be exact. With the slight play between the tire and the axle and the use of fast setting epoxy, I can let the tires settle into the flat spots as the glue dries. This is just a looksee before I start sanding the flat spots. zaxos345, Martinnfb, MikeMaben and 5 others 8
LSP_Kevin Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Nice progress as always, John. Damian sure has nice legs! Kev D.B. Andrus, chrish, thierry laurent and 1 other 2 2
Thunnus Posted February 19, 2020 Author Posted February 19, 2020 Silly me had the landing gear legs reversed. Damian spotted it and let me know. Thank you! So I had to make a re-evaluation... Putting the model on a flat surface to check if the angle of the flat spots works... Landrotten Highlander, Troy Molitor, AlbertD and 6 others 9
Antonio Argudo Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 looking cool John, checking some ref pictures, looks to me that the wheels angle could be slightly more pronounced cheers Landrotten Highlander, Martinnfb, D.B. Andrus and 4 others 6 1
D.B. Andrus Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 After thorough research, including measurements from original parts, the axle to strut angle is 99 degrees on the F and G variants. The larger wheel and tire of the G-10 and K-4 required a sleeve to fit over the axle, but the axle/strut angle remained at 99 degrees. Cheers, D.B. Thunnus, Martinnfb and Troy Molitor 3
D.B. Andrus Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 29 minutes ago, Thunnus said: Silly me had the landing gear legs reversed. Damian spotted it and let me know. Thank you! So I had to make a re-evaluation... John Shortening the axle to bring the tire closer to the strut would change the look for the better. I remember you did that with your K-4 build and I do that now with the Hasagawa legs. Looks like it should be done with the Revell axles, too, especially when aftermarket wheels are used. The Revell axle measures out at 99 degrees. HTH, D.B. Kagemusha, AlbertD, Martinnfb and 2 others 5
Thunnus Posted February 19, 2020 Author Posted February 19, 2020 And the angle between the strut and fuselage is built into the attachment tab of the landing gear strut, which I assume is unchanged from the Revell model. 3 hours ago, D.B. Andrus said: John Shortening the axle to bring the tire closer to the strut would change the look for the better. I remember you did that with your K-4 build and I do that now with the Hasagawa legs. Looks like it should be done with the Revell axles, too, especially when aftermarket wheels are used. The Revell axle measures out at 99 degrees. HTH, D.B. Yes. When I drilled out the holes in the wheel, I was careful not to push the drill bit through to the other side and I can make adjustments to get the wheel closer to the strut by either drilling the hole a little bit deeper or to shorten the axle or a combination of two. Martinnfb, Troy Molitor and D.B. Andrus 3
Thunnus Posted February 23, 2020 Author Posted February 23, 2020 When I was dry-fitting the cockpit to the fuselage, I was using bits of Blue Tack to hold the resin pit into place. It gave me a little bit of "give" to make minor adjustments. So I thought I'd permanently attach the cockpit in a similar manner using Milliput instead of Blue Tack. Hmmm... I forgot to take a pic of the buttoned up fuselsage! Attachment of the resin cowling to the fuselage is coming up so I thought it would be a good time to apply the rivets... After cleaning up the fuselage seams, I added a missing panel on the fuselage bottom using a piece of brass sheet as a scribing template. The shape for template was derived from a scan of a 1/48 scale drawing of a G-6. The scan was imported into AutoCAD, scaled up to 1/32 scale and a mask file was generated for the Silhouette Portrait. The mask was stuck onto a piece of brass and cut out with scissors. Once you get used to a piece of technology, this stuff becomes a bit ho-hum and I didn't record any of it photographically. The centerline seam was re-established and riveted. TAG, LSP_Kevin, MikeMaben and 13 others 16
AlbertD Posted February 23, 2020 Posted February 23, 2020 Great work on a very ambitious project. I'm looking forward to seeing it progress. Martinnfb and Thunnus 2
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