A-10LOADER Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 You've got a lot of irons in the fire buddy. I don't know how you do it, I have enough trouble with one build at a time. Another masterpiece for the display cabinet for sure. Steve BTW, I'm still working on getting your ES-3A decal sheets scanned, hopefully soon. Starfighter, scvrobeson and Anthony in NZ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Awesome project Ben, I really dig the two-seater A-7... what are the odds of this coming to the EME next year? Cheers, Marcel Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 Steve, it's actually more fiddling around with stuff I like rather than real modelling - it's just super difficult to get some bench time with a little daughter and a baby girl in the house... Marcel, I will certainly bring it to EME, butI doubt it'll be finished by then. The ERA-3B is priority #1, but I am planning to play around with the TA-7C at the same time. Once the basic cockpit structure is finished, I can starttweaking the outer shape. The thing is - I need bench time to do that. Hopefully soon... Marcel111, A-10LOADER, Out2gtcha and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 Hey there! It's been a while again... beside playing around with useless stuff I'm not going to finish anyway, I managed to make some progress on the Twosair. I have decided to close the forward fuselage before attacking the cockpit as it'll remain easily accessible with the fuselage closed. So out came the automotive body filler and the scribing tools for a first sanding and scribing session. I will have to further modify the foward fuselage as the radome and the are a just behind it are not circular enough in section. Note the "excellent" fit of the Aires avoinics and wheel bays. All of them are between 2 and 2,5mm short; funny enough, the height is OK. Another view at the Aires parts. The corrected intake looks rather good but in this view, the slightly misshapen radome and front fuselage section are obvious. This will be adressed next. Michael931080, Madmax, HerculesPA_2 and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Awesome conversion work, Ben! Kev Starfighter and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Wow. I’d missed somehow and I’m glad I stopped by. I love watching a master at work - this is already shaping up really well, Ben! All the best, Tom Starfighter and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Looks like the skeleton is really taking shape Ben. Hopefully you get a bit more time with the kid not being quite as newborn. Any chance that the A-3 makes it back to the bench? Matt Martinnfb and Starfighter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 I love it ! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 Cheers everyone! I need to finalise leaning and re-arranging my room before I can really restart, but I hope to get that done soon. Matt, the Skywarrior will definintely make it back onto the bench. I'd love to finish it for a show next March, so I have to get going again very soon... Rainer Hoffmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Jeez, Ben, another project, that I need to follow. What is it that I find so attractive in twoseaters (well, most, not all ... )? If I should ever build a Starfighter, it would be a TF-104G. Apropos Starfighter: Isn't that a strange screen name for someone who does only Navy stuff? Just saying ... Cheers Rainer thierry laurent and Starfighter 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 I often prefer twoseaters as well... the TA-7 definitely looks better than the single seater in as it is longer and its shape looks more refined in my opinion. Well, when it comes to nicknames, this one was chosen a very, very long time ago - back in 2002 when I registered for the German forums FlugzeugForum and my preferred name was already taken. As I liked the 104 as well (it still is my preferred non US Navy aircraft), it seemed like an obvious second choice back then. To keep it coherent, I used the same nickname in all modelling related forums I have ever registered for. Nowadays, I'd certainly choose a different one... but sometimes it's nice to feel like it's 2002 again! stusbke, Rainer Hoffmann, thierry laurent and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Love what you're doing here Ben! Craig Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 I have slapped a bit of automotive body filler onto the nose in order to add some much needed volume. Looks super rough, but a lot of sanding will be required anyway. After some initial sanding, the nose section looks much better already. A bit more refining before I'll add a coat of primer to check the result. MikeMaben, LSP_Kevin, johncrow and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbgtv8steve Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Brilliant work! I'm loving watching the progress. Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Looking good Ben! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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