geedubelyer Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 7:17 PM, MARU5137 said: How goes it Marcel? All good... need to get her over the finish line, doing the gear and wheels have slowed me down. Low-point for me in general and on this kit there are a gazillion parts to clean and figure out. On the up side, the MLG is super sturdy. A-10LOADER, Anthony in NZ and Starfighter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroen_R90S Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 (edited) Had missed a few updates, but that looks stunning, and you're way ahead now! I'm slowly picking up my VA-65 A-6A again, carefully sanding the lower belly inserts... I really disliked the landing gear, they are sturdy, but a real pain to clean up and fill the ejector pin holes... (I'm assuming they are casts of injection molding parts -wish they had cleaned the pinmarks up before recasting...) I tend to start with the things I dislike the most, like landing gear and ordnance... Those MERs and Rockeyes look a lot better than my modified Trumpeter-parts... Look forward to the next installment! Edited October 6, 2021 by jeroen_R90S Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 (edited) Finally an update on my Intruder. Lots of work to get here but nothing special to highlight. Although one thing I can point out is that the shape of the main gear doors (the front ones) are incorrect, I have increased the angle from the kit's 90 degrees to about 120 degrees. Super easy fix and impacts the look of the model imo. I'll detail this in a separate post. O the below shot, note what looks like a crack in the windscreen is actually an electrical wire running across the instrument coaming. Cheers, Marcel Edited October 22, 2021 by Marcel111 MikeMaben, A-10LOADER, Martinnfb and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Very nice progress Marcel Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Exceptional work, as always! Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Coming along nicely…looks great! Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Good catch on the NLG doors…it certainly does make a difference. How did the landing gear go together? Any fit issues with all the plastic and metal parts? Rich Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-10LOADER Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 She looks awesome !! Steve Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 10/23/2021 at 5:20 PM, allthumbs said: Good catch on the NLG doors…it certainly does make a difference. How did the landing gear go together? Any fit issues with all the plastic and metal parts? Rich Thanks Rick! The landing gear went together well and is nicely designed by Trumpeter. There are just so many parts it's quite daunting initially but you just have to take it one step at a time. The main legs are solid metal and it takes some time to clean them up. I took them to a long weekend in the mountains and did that kinda while doing other stuff, makes it a little less boring. However, the sit of the airplane on the legs is excellent, wings are perfectly level and I think she is sitting with the correct attitude also. Cheers, Marcel Anthony in NZ and allthumbs 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 Weapons are on! Boy did this loadout take a lot of work... and also planning to get the MER's on with a strong bond without breaking off the CBU's. For once I got the sway braces to locate on the MERs and bombs precisely. The sway braces were scratch-built from tiny scale hardware bolts and plastic card. The small remove before flight tags are from HGW, part no 272006. The steamers on the Mk.20's are small so these 1/72 scale items fit the bill. They are incredible thin and printed both sides. Plus unlike paper they have no structure at all, which makes it very unlikely that I will accidentally break them off. Note the beautiful refuelling probe from Master. Also added a slew of antennas etc to the bottom, all scratch built to make them a more realistic thickness and contour. Next step is the belly tank and then the huge challenge of mounting the folded wings without breaking anything off. Cheers, Marcel alain11, A-10LOADER, easixpedro and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squizzy 78 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Just an awesome build Marcel. I really like the paint job, deployment touch ups make any carrier based aircraft look great in my opinion, and I think you’ve nailed the look! chrish and Marcel111 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Very, very nice Marcel! Your attention to small details always make your models special, along with your great modeling skills. I've seen one of these birds close up in person and your weathering is, as we modelers often say, "spot on"! Cheers, Chuck Marcel111 and chrish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I just read thru the whole thread again. Very nice indeed. I especially like the sway braces! Cheers Rainer Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroen_R90S Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Stunning! Really cool to watch it grow a bit every time and a great inspiration to get back at mine Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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