Alex Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 And the pilot's seat. Tomorrow hopefully I'll finish detailing the cockpit sidewalls. Alain Gadbois, Lothar, Rocat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 I should get in the habit of taking these photos from farther away and just trusting that the iPhone has enough pixels to capture the detail. The 1 cm depth-of-field (above) isn't helping when everything but the joystick is slightly out of focus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 There, that's better. Alain Gadbois, MikeMaben, Rocat and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 6 hours ago, Alex said: The lead wire is a little *too* soft for this application - it's hard to get a smooth curve without kinks. What have people used for this purpose with good success? I've used copper wire before for ignition wire leads with good success - holds its shape a little better. Pit's looking nice Alex! Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Yep, nice pit Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 That's looking great, nice detailing Cheers Dennis Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 6 hours ago, turbo said: I've used copper wire before for ignition wire leads with good success - holds its shape a little better. Pit's looking nice Alex! Do you do anything special to it to get it to hold paint? The brass rod I used for my pushrod tubes barely held on the polyurethane primer - in retrospect I should have tried to sand it or maybe acid etch it to give the surface some tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Very nice work. Looking forward to seeing your progress. Out2gtcha and Alex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 15 hours ago, Alex said: Do you do anything special to it to get it to hold paint? The brass rod I used for my pushrod tubes barely held on the polyurethane primer - in retrospect I should have tried to sand it or maybe acid etch it to give the surface some tooth. I've had no problem spraying regular primer and paint onto copper wire, but if you need to hand paint an acid etch helps and there are acid etch metal primers you can get from auto and paint shops but I haven't tried those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsairlada Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) A beautiful cockpit from which nothing will be seen in the end. Will you make a new middle part canopy? And I recommend making transparent windows in the fuselage to check the ammunition boxes .... I forgot about it myself Edited May 21, 2020 by corsairlada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 3 hours ago, corsairlada said: A beautiful cockpit from which nothing will be seen in the end. Will you make a new middle part canopy? And I recommend making transparent windows in the fuselage to check the ammunition boxes .... I forgot about it myself I am planning to just leave the middle part of the canopy loose so it can be taken off to look inside. Agree it is still going to be difficult to see much, but what can you do? Can you recommend it photo reference that shows where the windows to check the ammo boxes are located? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsairlada Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) The middle part of the canopy has to be sanded a lot from the inside or made new, unfortunately the one in the kit is too thick. Here is a picture of a small window Edited May 21, 2020 by corsairlada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, corsairlada said: Here is a picture of a small window I also forgot that window, I always meant to use a small piece of black decal to represent it Cheers Dennis Alex and corsairlada 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 38 minutes ago, corsairlada said: The middle part of the canopy has to be sanded a lot from the inside or made new, unfortunately the one in the kit is too thick. Here is a picture of a small window Thanks - I'm going to see what I can do about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Just catching up with your amazing build so far Alex. I really like the lines of the Ki-27. Great looking cockpit too. Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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