MikeMaben Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wegener Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Some of those panels didn’t fit terribly well in the original from what I recall, so your gaps look within tolerances. BiggTim and daHeld 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Thanks so much for that insight, Tim! I guess I'll have to check out the GM/Rutman fuselage when it arrives for warping/shrinkage issues and take it from there! As I mentioned in your other thread, I'd love to see this build on the Work In Progress board! BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Nice work Tim. A riffler file might get in the wheel wells. Like the thinning plastic idea, nice touch. BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 1 hour ago, LSP_Mike said: Nice work Tim. A riffler file might get in the wheel wells. Like the thinning plastic idea, nice touch. Thanks, Mike! I actually already did it today with a dental scraper and xacto knife. It turned out ok, looks better than leaving it thick. I'll post pics later. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 I started my D-13 conversion with the Rutman resin wing and D-13 conversion and a first generation Hasegawa Dora 9 fuselage! Yikes. I had it on a shelf of doom as Tim would say then it was relegated to a box of boredom over the past few years while I was circumventing the planet with work. I haven’t looked at this bucket of fun for several years. I’d likely need to perform a restoration before even think about looking at it again. I like the sparks of interest Tim. Looking forward to seeing more work on your D-13. BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Lookin good bud! Glad it got over to the WIP section BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share Posted February 11, 2020 Flaps are done! I used the kit flaps, thinned them down a bit and cut a bit off each end, then glued thin sheet styrene to both sides, overlapping the ends to the original length. Sanded the trailing edge almost to a knife edge, then primed, RLM 65 overall w/ wood (Testors 1735)on the top surface, and then some transparent woodgrain decals from HGW. This was my first attempt with the decals, and I found them VERY soft and hard to use without ripping them, even doing each piece individually so the grain doesn't align across the joints. I wound up having to spray a thin clearcoat over them while still on the paper to give them some strength. That worked fine for decals going on a flat surface, but I'm not sure what I would do for a curved one! I overlapped the edge of the decals at the joints slightly to form the dark glue lines, then accentuated them a little with a burnt sienna pencil after the matte clear was dry. Here are the real flaps: Tim Alain Gadbois, tomv87, Anthony in NZ and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 The wood flaps came out beautifully! Nice point of contrast with the normal metal flaps. Out2gtcha and BiggTim 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Man brother, those came out saaaaaweet! The addition of the grain running in different directions per the panel lines really amps up the scale realism IMHO. Well done man! BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Looks great Tim ! BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 A bit more work this past weekend, this time on the cowl radiator flaps. The kit part is quite thick, and the D-13 had ALL of the flaps operable, including the one left closed on the kit part (a detail often missed on many of the builds I've seen online). I considered using the kit part with them closed, but in every photo I can find of the plane parked, they are open. Apparently they were mostly closed when the plane was airborne. With that idea shot down (pun intended), I cut all of the flaps off and made new ones out of brass sheet. I installed the actuator arms from the Eduard exterior detail set, which don't look too bad, despite being incredibly thin and fiddly, and will bend if you breath on them. More later, after I get it installed. Tim Alain Gadbois, D.B. Andrus, TAG and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Excellent work, Tim! Kev BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Great work on the cowl flaps! I'm following with great interest and am taking notes! BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 Managed to get the cowl installed and primed last evening, so here she is all assembled and primed. Still some sanding to do and scribing to fix, then on to the canopy!! I like the the way the thin profile of the cowl flaps looks. So much happier with it than the kit part. I couldn't get the lighting right to show the actuator rods well. I'll try again this weekend. Lothar, Landrotten Highlander, Troy Molitor and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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