Derek B Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) Sorry to hear about your windscreen problems Jochim - it makes me wonder if the Hasegawa windscreen would fit as a potential replacement to allow you to continue? I hope that you manage to overcome this issue and carry on with this wonderful build. Regards Derek Edited March 21, 2021 by Derek B Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share Posted February 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Derek B said: Sorry to hear about your windscreen problems Fanes - it makes me wonder if the Hasegawa windscreen would fit as a potential replacement to allow you to continue? I hope that you manage to overcome this issue and carry on with this wonderful build. Regards Derek Thanks for the idea Derek! I have to investigate if there are any differences between the tow kits and their windscreens. The good news so far: Italeri can supply an replacement sprue with the clear parts. The bad news: it's right now out of stock at the importer and backordering takes between 4 and 8 weeks. Luckily I'm patient and other projects waiting for me (looking at you Spitfire FR IX conversion).. Cheers Joachim Derek B, Rainer Hoffmann and Paul in Napier 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 Small bits and stuff The Zipper sits on a shelf but it's not the SoD. So I tackled some small stuff to keep the momentum going. The wheels were painted, weathered and assembled. I shamelessly copied Thunnus' technique from his Me 262 - tyre black followed by beige and brown for the dust and wear and a black wash to show the clean tread pattern. To add another colourful spot the ladders were painted yellow and recieved a heavy weathering: Scrolling through the DACO book I noticed that the Zipper's overall finish is quite shiny or more precisely everything but dead flat. Altough there's one exception: the faded dayglo has no sheen at all. Tried to replicate the effect with a coat of ultra matte from AK And the last one for today: the elcectronics bay is finally assembled and ready for its acces door (will be added at last) The dreaded macro shot - I can now celarly see the edge of the decals in the upper right corner of the picture Daniel460, Scotsman, Marcel111 and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 Rescued from the SoD After a long wait and quite a lot of money for a small sprue, the replacement clear parts from Italeri have arrived. I was playing with the idea to redo the canopies as well since they have some mishaps on the frame but the replacement parts were horribly distorted. Luckily the windshield was okay so out with the Tamiya tape And quickly afterwards Alclad's black primer The rivet detail on this part is really odd. They are really inconsistent and even disappear completely on the lower frame. Wth? I just checked my butchered up kit part and there the rivets are fine. Not an easy task since Italeri's rivets are huge and deep my rivet wheel won't make the cut - especially not on a brittle clear part. Paul in Napier, scvrobeson, Rainer Hoffmann and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Sounds like that whole sprue was really a mess. Looks fine under primer tho. Probably for anything except the dreaded macro shot it won’t be noticeable. The build is looking great! Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 The rivets do indeed look odd. Could you use a 0.2 mm or 0.3mm drill bit to recreate the missing rivets? That should work even on brittle plastic. Rainer scvrobeson, Derek B, Fanes and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcour Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Lovely build of the more beautiful version of my all-time favourite aircraft, a two seater Starfighter!! Your build is absolutely beauriful, so great a work!! IvanVasili and Fanes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 18 hours ago, Rainer Hoffmann said: The rivets do indeed look odd. Could you use a 0.2 mm or 0.3mm drill bit to recreate the missing rivets? That should work even on brittle plastic. Rainer Fantastic idea Rainer! I'll try that after filling the odd rivets with CA. Rainer Hoffmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanVasili Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Such a lovely Starfighter! Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 4 hours ago, Fanes said: Fantastic idea Rainer! I'll try that after filling the odd rivets with CA. If you add some talcum powder (any type) with the CA, it will be much easier to sand - Good luck with your wonderful build Jochim; nearly there now! Cheers Derek Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 20 hours ago, Derek B said: If you add some talcum powder (any type) with the CA, it will be much easier to sand - Good luck with your wonderful build Jochim; nearly there now! Cheers Derek Little too late Derek. I saw your response about 10mins after applying the CA. Sanding after around one hour was okayish and drilling the rivets with a 0.35 mm bit worked a charm. Not perfect but much better now. Next up: repainting the inside dark gull grey and the outside with RAL 7012! R Palimaka, scvrobeson, Rainer Hoffmann and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 New windscreen in place! Well it's there now. Fit isn't perfect but at this point it was way too risky to wrestle it into a perfectly smooth fit. Afterwards I started adding all the small stuff and big stuff like the drop tanks. Here's a quick shot from the bench. I really need to look for a photo backdrop for this big beauty Wackyracer, Jeff T, Out2gtcha and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Looking good Joachim Derek Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Great work, Joachim. And the Zipper is in my all-time favourite config: 4 tanks ;-) Rainer Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Great work so far, and good save! Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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