MikeMaben Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Sweet ! Vince Blackburn , Martinnfb and MARU5137 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Great work, will follow with interest Cheers Martin MARU5137 and Vince Blackburn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Blackburn Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 Happy weekend folks It's been a busy week back at work and today was the first time back on the bench First of all the the basic shape of the exhaust scallops were marked out with a pencil and the blisters highlighted to be sanded off later. New panel lines were added and a small square access hatch scribed. The basic shape was cut out backed with plasti card, angled tiny triangle wedges also added. Time for a smooth and a blend. Still more blending required but I can definitely see some progress here, the fuselage half on the left requiring more so the the right scvrobeson, denders, Starfighter and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Excellent work, Vince! Were the exhaust scoops on the fuselage really different sizes port and starboard? If so, I never knew that! Kev Vince Blackburn and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Blackburn Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 9 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: Excellent work, Vince! Were the exhaust scoops on the fuselage really different sizes port and starboard? If so, I never knew that! Kev Hi Kev Thanks very much, Yes the scallops were different each side the port side had two exhausts and Starboard had three. Scotsman, MARU5137, D.B. Andrus and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Just now, Vince Blackburn said: Hi Kev Thanks very much, Yes the scallops were different each side the port side had two exhausts and Starboard had three. Well, I completely missed that in my conversion of the 1/48 scale Monogram kit! Kev MARU5137 and Vince Blackburn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Blackburn Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 Well what's better than a lazy Sunday afternoon? One where you have been in the shed modelling Todays efforts included the scratch building of five exhausts three on the starboard side and two on the port side as well as the finishing of the exhaust scallops There has even been time for work on the wheel well and undercarriage HB252, themongoose, MARU5137 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Blackburn Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 Time to get the fuselage together this was pre prepared by sanding an angle on the mating surface of both halves effectively creating a V shape once joined with Tamiya green glue this was then filled with VMS black super glue, this should give a nice smooth seam that will not ghost in a couple of weeks The rudder had quite a bit of work done to it extending the trim tab as it is bigger on the FM-2 as well as moving the top hinge point up and filling the old one Lastly the a new piece of ribbing was added using strip plasti card, the right hand side has worked well but the left side need sanding back just a little to match the existing ribbing LSP_Kevin, Trak-Tor, Scotsman and 13 others 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Love the work you're doing here, Vince - am following avidly! Kev Vince Blackburn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Blackburn Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 14 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Love the work you're doing here, Vince - am following avidly! Kev Hi Kev, thanks very much really enjoying it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Blackburn Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 Todays tasks were to get the wings on and the Gun sight completed Also made myself a couple of super glue applicators MARU5137, themongoose, LSP_Kevin and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrov27 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Thats really coming together nice - well done! MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Blackburn Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 11 minutes ago, petrov27 said: Thats really coming together nice - well done! Thanks Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Blackburn Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 Evening all What with work Valentines Day and other things not much time for modelling recently, however today got back from work early enough to get some bit completed ,the Eduard mask had arrived and was soon fitted to the glazing in no time at all, this makes life so much easier. Canopy and sliding hood attached using Micro crystal clear and the airframe completed it's time to start laying down some whitish paint initial using Hataka insignia white (Lacquer) Annoyingly a couple of small seams required filling and this was achieved using Tamiya primer just love that stuff it even has its own little brush for application Hartmann52, nmayhew, MikeMaben and 13 others 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulpk Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Nice to see conversions like this. Vince Blackburn and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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