Violator1991 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Excellent job on the windshield! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Violator1991 said: Excellent job on the windshield! Thanks mate it was a nerve wrecking experience but I survived Violator1991 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerculesPA_2 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Hello friend, congratulations on working with this wonderful Viggen. I would like to know how you produced this canopy. I need to make a canopy for an AMX two-seater that I'm producing in 3D and I thought about vacum form but I would like to know about your technique for producing this canopy. Thanks Hercules de Araujo Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 hour ago, HerculesPA_2 said: Hello friend, congratulations on working with this wonderful Viggen. I would like to know how you produced this canopy. I need to make a canopy for an AMX two-seater that I'm producing in 3D and I thought about vacum form but I would like to know about your technique for producing this canopy. Thanks Hercules de Araujo Im pretty sure he is using the resin canopy that comes OOB with the JetMads Viggen kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Gutsy move using the Dremel on the canopy! Really like how this is coming together. Marcel Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 8 hours ago, HerculesPA_2 said: Hello friend, congratulations on working with this wonderful Viggen. I would like to know how you produced this canopy. I need to make a canopy for an AMX two-seater that I'm producing in 3D and I thought about vacum form but I would like to know about your technique for producing this canopy. Thanks Hercules de Araujo Thanks Hercules I used the resin canopy that came with the kit, I only polished it a bit. 6 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Im pretty sure he is using the resin canopy that comes OOB with the JetMads Viggen kit. Exactly so 1 hour ago, Marcel111 said: Gutsy move using the Dremel on the canopy! Really like how this is coming together. Marcel Thanks Marcel That was nothing.....however snapping off the flash with plyers was nerve wrecking 50 minutes ago, MARU5137 said: I agree... it has come out very fine. I cannot see the small damage you mentioned Aigore. Thanks Maru it's on the other side and really tiny. HerculesPA_2, Derek B and Marcel111 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Quote however snapping off the flash with plyers was nerve wrecking No kidding! There are lot of cracker canopies in my past to feel happy about doing this - but thank goodness it wasn't brittle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 8 hours ago, Scotsman said: No kidding! There are lot of cracker canopies in my past to feel happy about doing this - but thank goodness it wasn't brittle It's really important to make grooves with a hobby knife on both sides of the desired fail poin to make it work. Derek B and Scotsman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 brilliant work as usual Aigore. This will be a stunner when finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Phartycr0c said: brilliant work as usual Aigore. This will be a stunner when finished. Thanks mate I hope so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Hi Aigore, Very interesting sequence of events as you removed the windscreen from the casting block and flash. Just looking at the first pics were terrifying, but you managed to get a 95% job in the end and I bet most of us would have had the same success or a lot worse. With the front lip painted against the black background of the glare shield, I bet you can hardly see it when finished- and only if you look for it. Great job! Cheers, Chuck Aigore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 31 minutes ago, chuck540z3 said: Hi Aigore, Very interesting sequence of events as you removed the windscreen from the casting block and flash. Just looking at the first pics were terrifying, but you managed to get a 95% job in the end and I bet most of us would have had the same success or a lot worse. With the front lip painted against the black background of the glare shield, I bet you can hardly see it when finished- and only if you look for it. Great job! Cheers, Chuck Thanks for dropping by Chuck indeed, the damage will hardly be seen when painted, it's a very small and fine crack ! chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 I´m a scriber man and I´m ok.... Oh my, almost forgot it's friday and time for an update! Yet another necessary step is to restore all that was lost during the sanding.... This is another chore that I loathe, perhaps because I´m not really that good at it. These ar the weapons of choice: Tamiya scriber, an awl, a scratch tool, knife, Tamiya bendy tape and Dymo tape Put the bendy tape along the upper edge of the wing fillet. And made a gazillion soft soft pulls with the Tammy scriber, that seems to be a bit dull :/ Next I did the panellines in the fillet and restored rivets too. And restored lost fuselage and wing details Now I have a few blemishes to take care of.... I decided to start with the tail....felt easiest I masked up for putty and then I added green stuff generously and removed the masks. End of part 1 frank83, geedubelyer, sandokan and 9 others 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 Part 2 Now I was quite fed up with putty and scribing...I need to glue something! That something ended up to be the wing pylons. I simply broke them off the castingblock, the were attached really thinnly, like flash. Cleaned up the parts... Found a tiny airbubble in one of the pylons, fixed it real fast with green stuff. And the pylons ready to go on. They fit quite well....whew And all four are on... now I´ll let the kit rest until tomorrow....when I start sanding again Cheers! blackbetty, LSP_Kevin, themongoose and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 hour ago, MARU5137 said: Nice work. Great job Aigore. Thanks Maru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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