Thunnus Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Thanks for checking in! Finally have an update to post. The cockpit has been glued together... And the cockpit has been glued into the fuselage. The rear cockpit sill is a photoetch part from the Brengun set. Playing around with the engine placed on the fuselage. I've glued the cowl flaps onto the engine cowling and have painted the interior of the cowling black. Finally worked up the nerve to tackle the wing bottom rivet job. The Shiden Kai has a LOT of rivets so just drawing the rivet guide lines takes time. As with the fuselage, the amount of drawn lines caused smudging so I decided to do the center of the fuselage in a separate step. After the rivets were applied, the entire wing bottom was sanded to remove the excess plastic around the rivet holes. A brown pastel wash was placed over the wing bottom to check the work. After any necessary corrections, I'll clean off the wash as much as possible to prepare for the painting stage. CZPetrP, Brett M, dennismcc and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 That looks terrific John - definitely worth the effort Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Stunning work, John! That cockpit looks great. Kev Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 ...mmHmm Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Stunning x 2! Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Always excellent work. All of that effort has definitely paid off with the rivet job. Matt Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 This is precision work. A joy to watch. Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine_marty Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Brilliant..! Nice clean work, very inspirational Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Lovely work John, the riveting really brings it to life! Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiii Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 I'm late to the show, but a trick I learned in art class to prevent lead from smudging is to use aerosol hair spray. Don't know how it would work on plastic, but it works great on paper. Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Engine looks fantastic mounted up. Hope my Zero turns out half that good.... Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 Thanks guys! The riveting work is almost done. Just the upper wings left to do. I've been using the drawings in the Aero Detail book as my riveting guide and luckily, they are scaled at 1/48. So it was a pretty easy thing to scan and print them to 1/32 scale. Which makes copying the rivet lines onto the model a little bit easier. After the lines have been drawn in pencil... After the rivets have been applied and the pencil lines cleaned off... And finally the wings after they've been sanded and a given a brown pastel wash. Another round of dry-fitting to check the overall appearance of the rivet job. By now, I've scrubbed the pastel wash off of the fuselage so those rivets aren't going to show up well in photos until the end. I've chosen to depict the combat flaps in the down position although they were only engaged in flight. Let's assume that they could be lowered on the ground for maintenance. Also note that the rivets aren't visible at this distance. Which is indicative of the subtlety that I like about the rivets that you can get with a riveting wheel. I added some wiring to the wheel wells. The other metal bits you see are from the Brengun PE set. Taking a page from my Corsair build, I figured out that I could glue the wheel wells to the wing spar without gluing these into the wing. This made the wiring work a little easier. zaxos345, Shiba, Doctorgaz and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Exceptional work John! Looking fantastic! Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Sweet Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 So much to admire. Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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