norbert Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Nice start on this one ! As it seems to be still possible, it may be better to close the additionals air intakes (top and bottom) as they usualy only open when the engine is running. spyrosjzmichos and Ironwolf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O.W Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Nice start! I really like the Hellenic paint scemes and weathering. I'm about to finnish my HAF F-104G, just waiting for a pitot tube and new wind screen. alain11, spyrosjzmichos, Kagemusha and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgos Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 3 hours ago, O.W said: Nice start! I really like the Hellenic paint scemes and weathering. I'm about to finnish my HAF F-104G, just waiting for a pitot tube and new wind screen. Any guide from the electronic can you post?and is the color reference you use? Derek B and spyrosjzmichos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/11/2022 at 4:36 PM, blackbetty said: cool, taking notes for my build! On 2/11/2022 at 8:15 PM, jenshb said: The Grand Models cockpit looks great. Following with interest. Many thanks! On 2/11/2022 at 9:09 PM, Chek said: All looking very good. I'll have to see how much is applicable to my KH 2000N, and steal where necessary. Thank you Chek! I think Grand Models plan to release a Mirage 2000N cockpit, too. You can check with them via facebook. 19 hours ago, norbert said: Nice start on this one ! As it seems to be still possible, it may be better to close the additionals air intakes (top and bottom) as they usualy only open when the engine is running. Thank you Norbert. Unfortunately, I've already glued the small air intakes in place and don't really want to mess these up. So will go as is for now. Chek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 10:46 AM, O.W said: Nice start! I really like the Hellenic paint scemes and weathering. I'm about to finnish my HAF F-104G, just waiting for a pitot tube and new wind screen. Many thanks! Your Starfighter looks amazing, especially with those LEDs! O.W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank83 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Very nice progress so far, the cockpit looks excellent! spyrosjzmichos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 2:42 PM, frank83 said: Very nice progress so far, the cockpit looks excellent! Many thanks Frank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 Hi all! I finally got my hands on KASL Hobby's resin nose replacement. Comparing to KH's plastic version, the resin part has the following extra details: Provides the two rectangular access panels on either side which are appropriate for the EGM version More accurately represents the IFF antenna ribbing that's integrated along the cone Overall shape is wider and closer to the real thing While the first two points can be easily corrected by the modeler, changing the overall shape of the cone can prove more challenging. Installing the resin part does require the removal of a small section of plastic which is simple enough. I think most modelers may choose not to use the resin replacement since these details are either minor or easily done DIY. Having said that, I will be going ahead with the replacement since I already got it. LSP_Kevin, Kagemusha, Starfighter and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) Hi everyone! Been some time since my last update but was able to make some progress in the last couple of weeks. I have more or less been completing all the sections that go into the fuselage before gluing both halves together. The cockpit and intakes were already done some time ago and only thing left were the wheel wells, gun bays and engine. I planned to have the gun bays closed and the engine just simply glued together and installed in placed. Kitty Hawk clearly designed the kit to have all open panels left...well, open... As such, I did spent considerable time sanding, test fitting and again sanding the gun bay covers till they fell in place without the need for filler. The same also applied for the airbrake covers by the way (more of that later...). As for the engine, I only painted the compressor blades and exhaust. I also made an effort to paint the distinctive stains along the exhaust using blank ink. I did spend some time detailing up the wheel wells by adding more cabling and pipes in the front nose bay as well as placards from Anyz and Airscale. All the detailing done on the undercarriage really showed up nicely after painting and weathering. The parts were further enhance with Anyz placards. The Grandmodels resin wheels were excellent pieces of casting and only needed some good painting to show off all that detail! As mentioned previously, the airbrake covers required quite a bit of sanding and test fitting to fall in place. But with these and the wheel wells done, the wing halves were glued together and all seams cleaned up. And that's all for this update! Next step is to close the fuselage halves and glue the wings in place. Edited June 20, 2022 by spyrosjzmichos Isar 30/07, Derek B, scvrobeson and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Nice work, Spyros! Kev spyrosjzmichos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Bravo Spiro!!! Trully nice work!!! John spyrosjzmichos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 8 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Nice work, Spyros! Kev Many thanks Kev! 8 hours ago, zaxos345 said: Bravo Spiro!!! Trully nice work!!! John Thank you John! zaxos345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) It looks great! Edited July 13, 2022 by Memphis spyrosjzmichos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/13/2022 at 11:45 AM, Memphis said: It looks great! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 Hi everyone! I'm now on the final step stage before the painting stage. Construction is pretty much complete but need to spend some time polishing the fuselage after all the sanding and rescribing and taking care of any possible ghost seams. Overall fit wasn't bad at all with only the wing and tailfin to fuselage join and needing a bit of filler. While all open panels such as the airbrakes and gunbay covers were clearly designed to be installed in the open position it only took a bit of sanding to glue them in place closed. I didn't bother cleaning up the fuselage half join on the underside since most of it will be covered by the central fuel tank. The leading edge slats were also designed to be installed in the extended position. Since I wanted to install them retracted, I sanded them as much as possible to sit flush with the wing and then fashioned my own activating struts from styrene. I also replaced the ventral vent louvers with thinner ones made from styrene sheet. Finally, for armament, I will installing the Super 530s, Magic 2 missiles and central fuel tank. Thanks for checking! Derek B, Hrvoje, rafju and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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