Mistral Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Super excited about this (and the Cheetah D as well of course)... Renegade and Troy Molitor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 That is one nice looking two seater. Renegade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cch4530 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Absolutely love the look of the 2 seater mirage; any chance you're going to sell kits to do so? Troy Molitor and Renegade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 9 hours ago, cch4530 said: Absolutely love the look of the 2 seater mirage; any chance you're going to sell kits to do so? Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 Hi guys, Thanks for the kind words and support Another busy week, and a bit of progress on the IIID2Z after lots and lots of sanding, priming and scribing panel lines. All the masters are done, except for the vac-form parts, which require some refinement before I'll be making their molds. If all goes well, the molds should be ready in the next few days, and the first test casting can be done. Always a very nervous, yet exciting experience to do the test fitting of the first resin parts... Cheers, John Landrotten Highlander, Anthony in NZ, scvrobeson and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Hi just one question about the clear parts : vaccu or resin cast ? second one , can we use the kit windscreen ? Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 8 minutes ago, alain11 said: Hi just one question about the clear parts : vaccu or resin cast ? second one , can we use the kit windscreen ? Alain Alain, it will be vac-form, and the Italeri kit windscreen won't fit due to it's odd dimensions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 okay , thank you for the reply !!! well , I am not " enthusiast " about the vac clear parts , it's always tricky to cut it off the sprue , especially the windscreen which has a "tight curve" .......as well the canopy , but , that can works !!!! Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 Alain, many modelers try to cut vac-form parts to fit. I used to be scared of it too, but then I discovered to cut until almost 1mm away from the part, and then using wet&dry sandpaper to remove the rest to get a snug fit. Cutting it all the way is too risky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I have already experimented such vacu parts , for now , I 've been lucky , it has always worked fine , a bit stressful though .. that is why , I " prefer " resin cast clear parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 On 2/28/2021 at 5:50 PM, alain11 said: I have already experimented such vacu parts , for now , I 've been lucky , it has always worked fine , a bit stressful though .. that is why , I " prefer " resin cast clear parts Alain, I do not have the equipment to make resin cast canopies, and they are very time consuming to make as well as costing more to make. Therefore, I stick to making good old vac-form canopies. Anyway, most of this project is done, and just the vac-form masters for the three clear parts to be completed. The molds for the resin parts have been made, and a test cast was successful Cheers, John scvrobeson, Kagemusha, blackbetty and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 So, vac-form canopy masters update. This is definitely not my favourite part of the build... Once the overall shape was looking good and fitted nicely on the cockpit, the adding of the framework was started. Strips of thin plastic card was used. It's still rough work so far, and some Tamiya primer sprayed to see where mistakes have to be addressed, but it's starting to look the part. On 2/28/2021 at 10:47 AM, alain11 said: Hi just one question about the clear parts : vaccu or resin cast ? second one , can we use the kit windscreen ? Alain Alain, just quickly back to your post from the other day regarding using the Italeri windscreen. It doesn't fit too bad with some fiddling and adjusting, but it is slightly bigger and wider. The big issue with the windscreen is the size of the clear parts. Italeri made a blunder in making it about 4mm too short! . Not much one can do to fix that. It cannot be unseen... Cheers, John alain11, Kagemusha, scvrobeson and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 the canopy frames are well marked , good job , we often see vaccu clear parts in which we only can " guess" the frames ..can't wait for the final result Alain Renegade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 20 hours ago, Renegade said: So, vac-form canopy masters update. This is definitely not my favourite part of the build... Once the overall shape was looking good and fitted nicely on the cockpit, the adding of the framework was started. Strips of thin plastic card was used. It's still rough work so far, and some Tamiya primer sprayed to see where mistakes have to be addressed, but it's starting to look the part. Alain, just quickly back to your post from the other day regarding using the Italeri windscreen. It doesn't fit too bad with some fiddling and adjusting, but it is slightly bigger and wider. The big issue with the windscreen is the size of the clear parts. Italeri made a blunder in making it about 4mm too short! . Not much one can do to fix that. It cannot be unseen... Cheers, John John, “ Rough work “ ? You’re joking, right? Excellent result! Renegade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregair Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Amazing work as always John!!! Renegade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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