TimW Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) Just throwing my hat in the ring... Stand by for pictures/discussion, etc. Tim W Edited July 15, 2021 by TimW Typo Kagemusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Here are some early shots. I have the Tru Details cockpit, some resin wheels and a metal pitot tube, plus some nice decals from the interwebs. Instrument dials are RAF jet instrument dials from AirScale. Still working on the bang seat and painting in additional button and switch detail for the front office. Haven't settled on ordinance, but discovered that Shapeways has some nice potential options. https://www.shapeways.com/product/554XSXSEE/rhodesian-450-kg-golf-bomb More to come, as they say! chrish, Landrotten Highlander, Tony T and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Nice start! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepp Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Ooh, another Hunter - excellent! Following, for sure. Great start Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) Love these aircraft. Don’t see enough builds for sure. Looking forward to seeing you pull this together! Edited July 16, 2021 by themongoose Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 More progress. Still doing some touch ups and decals for the bang seat. Question for viewers at large: did Rhodesian AF Hunters have all the stencils on them? Or were they just painted over when the camo job was added? Hard to tell from the pics I've seen, but it looks like they were mostly painted out. Alain Gadbois, MikeMaben, Sepp and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 Forward fuselage assembly next. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Fantastic choice of subject and great start. I will follow with interest. Cheers Martin https://www.facebook.com/TheLionAndTuskMuseum/videos/492905017992302/?t=92 TimW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 Funnily enough, once you get done with the cockpit the main assembly goes pretty quickly. I should be ready to start painting soon. Fit a bit problematic in places (or maybe that's just me, so gave kit a gray colored primer to identify seams and other goof ups on my part. Again, pics to come. Thought about putting bombs on this, only I'm not sure what the bomb rack would look like for bombs--perhaps I could snitch the ones from my Roden Lynx kit (a failure, I'll have to get a new kit at some point). Otherwise it's fuel tanks and rocket pods... Anyone have any thoughts? Cheers, Tim W MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Sounds good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 So, the Golf bombs available from Shapeways look very nice--and I'm pinching the bomb racks from my moribund Lynx kit (will be getting a replacement to restart that one at some point). Painting has started. Once the main camo is done, I'll start with the fading, weathering, etc. themongoose, Out2gtcha, Martinnfb and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 Let the painting begin! Fading and weathering next. KiwiZac, BradG, denders and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Coming together nicely, Tim! Kev Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 What colours did you use? Looks almost like standing RAF day fighter camouflage. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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