Out2gtcha Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Looks great bub! Smooth as the proverbial baby's butt. The underside fuse to wing joint forward of the gear is super clean looking. Well done! BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Coming together nicely for you. Looking forward to the painting. BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Beautiful work Tim! I agree about the cleanliness... you've got that Grey Matter resin fuselage perfectly integrated with the rest of the kit! I love this view since it shows very cowling bulge so clearly. Alain Gadbois, Uncarina, Gazzas and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Thunnus said: Beautiful work Tim! I agree about the cleanliness... you've got that Grey Matter resin fuselage perfectly integrated with the rest of the kit! I love this view since it shows very cowling bulge so clearly. Thanks, it takes a bit of work to get them mated up flush. I was extremely careful not to mess up that characteristic lower bulge when sanding, too. Jerry Rutman did a faithful job of mastering this conversion, and I did not want to lose any of the subtle detail he put so much effort into. A couple of other tricky spots to make note of: 1. The upper cowling piece that is molded into the D-13 upper nose piece from GMF was a bit warped downward on mine. It did not mate up with the top curve of the kit cowl very well, so I had to break it slightly at the panel line and bend it upward, holding it in alignment while gluing. Watch out for that on yours. I've circled it below: 2. The GMF fuse halves wound up a tad narrower than the kit tail assembly, and I did not notice it until I had glued the tail on. Make sure you check that before gluing the fuse halves together. It may require a bit of shimming between the halves to get them flush with the sides of the kit tail. I had to do a bunch of filling and sanding to fix mine, so void that if you can. See below: Tim Out2gtcha, Gazzas, daHeld and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Thanks Tim! I appreciate the tips... so helpful. I've got the Grey Matter D-13 conversion in hand and also the Real Model D-13 conversion. My plan is to use as little of the resin as possible. I'm going to try and sculpt the bulge onto the kit fuselage parts using the Grey Matter fuselage and my reference materials as a guide. But your work with the Grey Matter conversion is so seamless... it's giving me second thoughts! Out2gtcha, BiggTim and Troy Molitor 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 Thunnus, I would not hesitate to recommend the GMF conversion so far. Not perfect, of course, but resin never is. I would be hard pressed to convert the kit parts like you were considering and do it as well as Jerry did. You are an exceptional modeler, so I'm sure you could do it, but I think you'd be spending a lot of time you could better use on something else. Tim Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 22 hours ago, BiggTim said: Thunnus, I would not hesitate to recommend the GMF conversion so far. Not perfect, of course, but resin never is. I would be hard pressed to convert the kit parts like you were considering and do it as well as Jerry did. You are an exceptional modeler, so I'm sure you could do it, but I think you'd be spending a lot of time you could better use on something else. Tim Point taken, Tim! And please call me John! I don't feel comfortable working with large resin pieces, so there's that. And there's also some warpage on my copy of the GM D-13 set. Thirdly, from what I can tell, the modifications from D-9 to D-13 are relatively simple. I've already done some sculpting work on the Hasegawa D-9 gun cowling to give me some confidence. It shouldn't be too difficult and if I mess up, I'll have a brand new GM conversion to use! I still haven't made up my mind and will think about it prior to starting the project, which won't be for a couple of months at least. But thanks for your suggestions and for posting this build. It's turning out fantastic! I can't wait to see the painting... that's another aspect that I've not figured out yet! Troy Molitor and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Thunnus said: I can't wait to see the painting... that's another aspect that I've not figured out yet! Neither have I!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 Small update here: I received a set of new landing gear legs from Damian last week, and I just completed them, and the barracuda wheels. These things are very nicely done, and are very stout, and that metal oleo is awesome!! Can't wait to get them mounted on the bird, but I have a lot to do yet!! Tim williamj, Gazzas, Out2gtcha and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) Great start on this Tim...can't wait to see some colors. Those gear legs are sweet. Edited March 9, 2020 by williamj BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 doing very fine work here! BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Those legs look nice! BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 Setback!!! I screwed up the front windscreen!!! Anyone have a spare they could part with? MikeMaben and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 13 minutes ago, BiggTim said: Setback!!! I screwed up the front windscreen!!! Anyone have a spare they could part with? Ah crap! Dont have one but hopefully someone will be along with one BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Got any other 190s ? Might fit BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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