dennismcc Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Very neat work, looks good. Cheers Dennis monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Sweet fix, Andy! monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 On 7/16/2021 at 6:15 PM, Dennis7423 said: As well you should be! It looks fantastic. Would love a little how-to as to what you did to accomplish the look. Definite improvement. - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA On 7/17/2021 at 12:57 AM, phantom said: You did a great job! What did you do exactly to get it to look so good! Mike So what I did was to tape the canopy into position and the glued the tear drop covers in to their newly desired position working from various pictures, I let this dry overnight and then marked the leading edge of the lower canopy ready for cutting. After the razor saw I cleaned up with files and a ittle wet and dry and for me it was definitely worth the extra effort. Regards. Andy Uncarina and Dennis7423 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 On 7/17/2021 at 2:35 AM, D.B. Andrus said: It looks to me that the bottom row of windows in the rear canopy are too tall. They're much more rectilinear than in the photos of the 1:1 a/c. This throws off the shape of the rear canopy a great deal. Cheers, Damian Couldn't agree more Damien but like many things on this kit nothing is at all straightforward and its a case of making the best of it in anyway you feel you wish to. Out of interest, will you be making replacement landing gear for this one? If so I would be very interested! Regards. Andy Dennis7423 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 A little more done and split the upper and lower instrument panel, added a couple of plastic card shims to represent rubber blocks and then glues the clear instrument panels in place. I will be using the superb Airscale instrument decals as usual. Regards. Andy Gazzas, LSP_Kevin, Uncarina and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 18 minutes ago, monthebiff said: Couldn't agree more Damien but like many things on this kit nothing is at all straightforward and its a case of making the best of it in anyway you feel you wish to. Out of interest, will you be making replacement landing gear for this one? If so I would be very interested! Regards. Andy Hi Andy Andy (Kagemusha) attempted to sent me a set of gear. Unfortunately, it was lost in the mail. Have had bad luck receiving items mailed to me from the UK. I don't plan on buying the kit, so it would have to be the generosity of a kind donor in order to include it in the catalog. Really like what you're doing with the SB2C. Cheers, Damian Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis7423 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 14 hours ago, D.B. Andrus said: Hi Andy Andy (Kagemusha) attempted to sent me a set of gear. Unfortunately, it was lost in the mail. Have had bad luck receiving items mailed to me from the UK. I don't plan on buying the kit, so it would have to be the generosity of a kind donor in order to include it in the catalog. Really like what you're doing with the SB2C. Cheers, Damian Damian, I'm in the US, and would be happy to send you a donor set. Shoot me a PM. - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA LSP_Kevin, Uncarina and monthebiff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Looking at the piccies you have posted of the real one vs the kit canopy, it looks to me like the glass panes in the kit canopy are too deep on the side elevation. You've done a great job rectifying the problem, so a huge 'well done' but for the OCD types amongst us re 'attention to detail', in my case those window panes are going to do my head in! Looks like an opportunity for an after market canopy there.... monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis7423 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Something to look out for, too, that I just discovered yesterday: Infinity only supplied one set of scissor linkages for the main landing gear. Whoops. - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy915 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Doing one now,ran into the same issues. Just wait till you get to the wings. This is a big problem,the leading edge is a big issue with mine. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I really love that kit. As you showed it has positive and negative aspects. I found another thing that puzzles me: the rocket launchers. Am I wrong or did they forget them in their additional sets? monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Excellent modification Andy! Keep at it! I suspect your build will be one of only a few we’ll see as you have the patience of a saint with this kit. I most likely wouldn’t have…………….just sayin’. Cheers, Wolf monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 On 7/28/2021 at 12:26 PM, simmerit said: You've done a great job rectifying the problem, so a huge 'well done' but for the OCD types amongst us re 'attention to detail', in my case those window panes are going to do my head in! Looks like an opportunity for an after market canopy there.... If you have an OCD re attention to detail then this really is not a good kit for you to build! If I'm honest it is a half baked kit that needs a lot of refining before release and will fight you every step of the way but once finished will look really good. Looking forward to you WIP and seeing how you overcome all of those issues that are playing havoc with your attention to detail OCD for us all. Regards. Andy simmerit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 On 7/29/2021 at 7:37 PM, Dennis7423 said: Something to look out for, too, that I just discovered yesterday: Infinity only supplied one set of scissor linkages for the main landing gear. Whoops. - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA Thanks for the heads up on that Dennis as I hadn't noticed. Regards. Andy Dennis7423 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 On 7/30/2021 at 12:55 AM, Pappy915 said: Doing one now,ran into the same issues. Just wait till you get to the wings. This is a big problem,the leading edge is a big issue with mine. Pleased its not just me then, was worried I was a little worried I was making a mess of things but clearly not as I have been keeping in contact with a fellow modeller who is far in front of me and the fun just keeps coming. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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