Nighthawk Calling 1 Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 2 hours ago, MARU5137 said: That looks very IMPRESSIVE. Thanks Maru5137 have started to gloss coat today so I can start decals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafju Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 On 5/10/2021 at 7:55 AM, MikeMaben said: I did modify the front of the cowling as I thot it looked off somehow. Have fun, it'll look nice in the end. Here's Steve's pic from above ... Hello Mike yes thar's what I noticed first as I didn't recognize the Trumpy front ring cowl. Did you modify the existing one? or redo a complete new one? I'm a bit surprise as it doesn't exist a corrected one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 2 hours ago, rafju said: Hello Mike yes thar's what I noticed first as I didn't recognize the Trumpy front ring cowl. Did you modify the existing one? or redo a complete new one? I'm a bit surprise as it doesn't exist a corrected one? Hi Rafju, I modified the kit part. The part that looked off was the top center front. I built up some Apoxie Sculpt to the inside in case I went thru but it ended up I didn't. Then I just sanded away, first the profile elevation, then blended the sides in after. I used a decent profile like the one below... ...this is the area I removed material ... I added a strip of styrene around the lip as I thot the kit lip was too sharp. Then I radiused it smooth. Here's a decent profile elevation ... HTH, not tryin' to hijack nighthawk's thread Greg W, rafju, Rockie Yarwood and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk Calling 1 Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 (edited) 12 hours ago, MikeMaben said: Hi Rafju, I modified the kit part. The part that looked off was the top center front. I built up some Apoxie Sculpt to the inside in case I went thru but it ended up I didn't. Then I just sanded away, first the profile elevation, then blended the sides in after. I used a decent profile like the one below... ...this is the area I removed material ... I added a strip of styrene around the lip as I thot the kit lip was too sharp. Then I radiused it smooth. Here's a decent profile elevation ... HTH, not tryin' to hijack nighthawk's thread It's Ok, interesting to see Mike's modification to the cowl ring. I can live with it as is. On another note the carpet monster seams to have stollen the tail wheel little so and so!!!!! Edited May 15 by Nighthawk Calling 1 MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk Calling 1 Posted Sunday at 08:53 AM Author Share Posted Sunday at 08:53 AM Yesterday the air-frame was glossed along with everything else, so today decals, edging ever closer to the finishing line, have a good Sunday KiwiZac, Greg W, MikeMaben and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted Sunday at 09:41 AM Share Posted Sunday at 09:41 AM Looking good, I'm late to the party as usual, I have one of these kits in the stash, I must have fancied the pugnacious looks as I usually only build WW2 subjects, so will be taking notes as I have not seen another build of this kit. Cheers Dennis Nighthawk Calling 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk Calling 1 Posted Sunday at 10:27 AM Author Share Posted Sunday at 10:27 AM 44 minutes ago, dennismcc said: Looking good, I'm late to the party as usual, I have one of these kits in the stash, I must have fancied the pugnacious looks as I usually only build WW2 subjects, so will be taking notes as I have not seen another build of this kit. Cheers Dennis Welcome along Dennis although it may be short from her. Stuart dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekon Posted Sunday at 10:14 PM Share Posted Sunday at 10:14 PM Looking really good! Nighthawk Calling 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk Calling 1 Posted 21 hours ago Author Share Posted 21 hours ago On 5/22/2022 at 11:14 PM, Dekon said: Looking really good! Looks great from 10 foot away lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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