Dukie99 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 (edited) I will join this GB with the Fisher Panther. With the fatface Skyraider conversion, this is my only Fisher kit, so I will try to do it justice. I have given the entire kit a thorough cleaning of diluted bleach and will get started soon. Box shot, instruction manual and the reference material I will use. Cheers, David Edited April 7, 2020 by Dukie99 John1, scott_t, sandokan and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landrotten Highlander Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 This was my first plane I ever built - 1/72 of course. Now getting the urge to find one myself on 1/32..... Out2gtcha, BradG, Rick Griewski and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 OK I have made a start. Dutifully following the instructions I started with the cockpit. The quality of the resin is really awesome and compared to HpH there is very little clean-up required. The IP is made of a photoetch face to be glued on the resin dash with a acetate sheet with the dial printed on it in between. There was just a little problem with that: The dials on the acetate sheet do not match the photoetch face So I got rid of the acetate sheet and used airscale early jet decals and the ginter book as reference. Decals went on the resin dash: Then I glued the photoetch face and added UV cured glue (Bondic) to simulate the glass, problem solved Cheers, David Alain Gadbois, scott_t, Starfighter and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 Made some good progress. I finished the cockpit glued it inside the fuselage and then expoxied the wings. I also glued the wingtip tanks. The fit is very good for the wingtip tanks and at the wingroot, not so much at the back and in the front nothing that a little sheet styrene and putty cannot correct. It is a fairly big model and so far this is a very enjoyable build. Cheers, David coogrfan, Iain, Trak-Tor and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Cracking progress David! Iain Dukie99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 Thank Iain. I have now a complete airframe. The moving surfaces are just dry fitted and there is still a few places where I need to putty and sand but were are close to applying some GSB. She is now under primer (alclad Grey microfiller, sanded smooth). It looks like I will be working from home for the next 6 weeks. As I will be saving two hours of commuting every day, I am hoping this will translate in more bench time. We shall see. Everyone stay safe. Cheers, David johncrow, BradG, Iain and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 At last some colors. I decided to paint the main airframe GSB and then do the masking for the silver coroguard before glueing the pylons and the movable surfaces to make it easier. There is still a few blemishes I need to correct but so far so good, it is very enjoyable resin kit. More progress soon. I have started with the ordnance, a full bomb load, 2 500lbs and 6 250lbs. Stay safe everyone. Cheers, David BradG, sandokan, Dragon and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Nice progress! Alain Dukie99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 That looks great! Coming along fast! BTW, I think those instruments are for a Cougar. It is possible those are the ones I printed for Paul. Dukie99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 very nice! i still remember my build, the main assembly is made incredibly fast. Dukie99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 You’re certainly cracking on with this build David, seems like a pretty trouble free ride so far? Dukie99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Thank you for the kind words. This is really a nice kit and not a difficult one (it is not HpH difficult). I just finished decaling the bird and the decals are very good quality, very thin with good solid color. I was concerned that the white would show the GSB underneath but it is not the case. This is the scheme as seen in the movie The Bridges at Toko Ri. If you google it you find on You Tube all the aircraft footage of the movie, which I found extremely helpful to place the decals (especially the dragon) as the instruction sheet was very very dark and it was hard to see where certain decals went. There is a full sheet of instructions on the placement of stencils but it seems that I have no stencils in my kit but it is not a biggie, I think looks good as is. I need to add a coat of future to protect the decals and then finish the cockpit and install the landing gears, the airbrakes and the ordnance. Getting there. Cheers, David themongoose, Alain Gadbois, Kagemusha and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaker Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 I received mine yesterday, I thought it would go together well, this confirms it! Nice work. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Very nice work. How to build a Fisher kit? Thank you. Petr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johncrow Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Thanks for posting this build. I've had this kit for years, with the intention of one day building Lt. Harry Brubaker's jet. That is one of my favorite movies, for a lot of reasons. (Every single time I watch I find myself hoping that Nestor, Mike, and Harry somehow pull through....they never do.) Great job, and thanks again. jp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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