Vigilante

[Dandiego]

28 minutes ago, themongoose said:

Cool idea with the nails!

 

 

Nailed it!

 

Ok I'm leaving now.

 

Dan

[Dandiego]

Here are the main gear doors. The grey portion is 3d printed and the white is 15 thou sheet plastic.

 

 

Also....after working on this everyday for 7 months only today did I realize that the wheel bays were too small. Here you can see the expanded wheel bay. Used my Dremal to cut out a larger opening.

 

 

Later, Dan

[Dandiego]

Nose gear. I have printed the leg with a hole in the middle to accommodate a steel wire. 

 

 

And here it is assembled, and dry fit into the wheel well.

 

 

 

This is the last of the basic components. Now on to full production.

 

Dan

 

 

[Dandiego]

Alright, after 8 months designing and printing parts its time to build a model!

 

So after lots of sanding and priming I have moved on to scribing panel lines.

 

Tail

 

Pylons

 

And rear fuselage.

 

 

After all panel lines are scribed I will sand everything one last time before applying the rivets.

 

Dan

Edited May 30, 2022 by Dandiego

[geedubelyer]

Wow Dan! 

Given the raw finish of some of the printed components you're doing a tremendous job turning out such polished parts.

Great job. 

[LSP_Kevin]

Nice work, Dan. Great to see you persevering with this one.

 

Kev

[Troy Molitor]

Some serious trouble shooting on this one.  Loving it Dan.

[Oldbaldguy]

Just remember, once these things were painted, the rivets pretty much disappeared.

[Dandiego]

After 8 months we have....................................some paint.

 

 

Front of the fuselage has also been scribed.

 

 

Dan

[Oldbaldguy]

Uh oh.  IFR doors on the left side of the nose?  They were one of the few things that were pretty noticeable on any Viggie’s skin?

[Dandiego]

4 hours ago, Oldbaldguy said:

Uh oh.  IFR doors on the left side of the nose?  They were one of the few things that were pretty noticeable on any Viggie’s skin?

 

Yes it is missing.  Not 100% done yet. All sorts of access panels and the bottom of the wing still to be done.

 

Dan

 

[Dandiego]

Here are the crude intake ramps, and ready to be glued into the intake tunnel. They have been skinned with 15 thou plastic sheet.

 

 

And glued in place.

 

 

And some door hinges made out of sheet plastic.

 

 

Thanks, Dan

[Dandiego]

I have been working on getting the cockpits squared away. I installed some thin sheet raised consoles, painted them black and then glossed them. Because this is just a prototype build I decided to use decals for the instruments. I have purchased a set of F-4 Phantom 3d decals but will wait to use them on my second build.

 

 

 

 

Still lots to do, but you can see how it is shaping up. Ejection seats are still pretty basic, I will be working on them next.

 

Dan

Edited June 8, 2022 by Dandiego

[LSP_Kevin]

Nice work, Dan! So much to admire here.

 

Kev

[themongoose]

Wow lots of effort going into the prototype build! Can’t image how good the production one is going to be then!