denders Posted March 27, 2020 Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) I've been a long time lurker (years). Now that I'm retired and things have settled and I have a modeling area again, so, I thought I would join in. I'm not going to get too carried away but there's a set of Aries Seats coming too. This thing is big! I've wanted to build one of these since Trumpeter released it, so now was the time. Edited April 12, 2022 by denders Dragon, Lothar, daveculp and 16 others 19
Out2gtcha Posted March 27, 2020 Posted March 27, 2020 Welcome to LSP! Yes, the ol Thud is pretty amazingly big in 1/32nd. Looking forward to progress! Good news you got a hold of some of Ernie's gear too
blackbetty Posted March 27, 2020 Posted March 27, 2020 that was my first full build after a twenty year hiatus too! you might want to look into the GT resin corrections. i used an older resin set thats long OOP.
ade rowlands Posted March 27, 2020 Posted March 27, 2020 Will follow. I'm tempted by the Thud myself. Cant decide between D or G though.
themongoose Posted March 27, 2020 Posted March 27, 2020 I've got one coming up with a B conversion planned. Will follow along with great interest as you go through this!
BradG Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 I do like a good thud. Shame I never got to see one fly, they were retired before I was born!
mozart Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 Welcome Denders to the GB and LSP, both great places to be! I’ll look forward to seeing your model build over the long weeks ahead.
kaia Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 Hi ! Welcome here ! I really like this plane hope you enjoy the built ! mozart 1
denders Posted March 30, 2020 Author Posted March 30, 2020 Thanks folks! I've been looking for a review or something that describes what the GTR resin fin, rudder, etc. parts correct. Or more like what is wrong with the Trumpeter plastic. My google foo has not been successful. Dave
themongoose Posted March 30, 2020 Posted March 30, 2020 I can take some pics for you later and post. chrish 1
blackbetty Posted March 31, 2020 Posted March 31, 2020 the nose is too pointy and the fin is wrong in chord in the kit. i have seen kits oob, but with the corrections it looks way more like a Thud
denders Posted April 1, 2020 Author Posted April 1, 2020 Okay, I found comments by Thierry Laurent and I've ordered the GTR resin set. And I found Squadron had a great price for the Avionix Wheel set. And the Aries Ejection Seat set has arrived. Now to get to work. Lothar, blackbetty, AlbertD and 3 others 6
themongoose Posted April 2, 2020 Posted April 2, 2020 Running a little behind...took these yesterday morning so figured I’d post so you get another idea of the change. This is what came in the B conversion... Anthony in NZ, Daniel Leduc, daveculp and 4 others 7
Dragon Posted April 3, 2020 Posted April 3, 2020 A heads upon the AM resin nose replacement. I've disappointedly discovered the resin nose profile (at least the one I have) doesn't match the profile of the forward fuselage. Joining the two results in an odd transitional profile. There is/was a pic of this issue on a LSP build, but I can't seem to find it now. I'm dealing with this issue currently on my 105F build. If I could have a do over, I'd use the kit nose. For my 105D build, the only resin I'll being using is on it are a seat and the ventral fin. Anything else not worth the hassle IMHO.
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