chrish Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 I finally decided to pull this one out of the stash for a go. It was given to me as his parting gift from my long time friend who's passing (now as far back as 2014) left a large vacancy in my small group of friends. "Uncle" Rick Chin of Uncle Bills Models in Calgary Alberta. He had included a set of "A" tails a Blackbox cockpit and Leading Edge Models decals (in case I wanted to do something different) I used the aftermarket stuff on a previous build but may try to add Dmold intakes Rescast exhausts and Aires gear bays...I seem to have used up all my carefully hoarded resin cockpits so, I may use the kit part or, order more resin Aires cockpits for the 3 remaining kits in the stash. I may, depending on my ability to stay focused, put this build aside for a spell when an order for the F-35 arrives from Hannants... Thanks for looking scvrobeson, themongoose, Starfighter and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoobyDoo Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Make Rick proud. I just pulled out the Academy Hornet too. Time to build it! Rick is dearly missed. jgrease, Martinnfb, MARU5137 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU5137 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Chrish, Sorry for the loss of your friend. may he rest in peace. This will be nice tribute to Rick Chin. Looking forward to seeing more. Martinnfb and GreyGhost 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted April 22 Author Share Posted April 22 Thanks men puttering well under way on the bug, I've taken the initiative of filling the sink marks inherent on all these kits as a place to start. I'm thinking (after a bit of web searching etc.) to go with the kit gear bays and just add a bit of fluff here and there. added some "fittings' in the way of super glue and tape strips. and some vents added from aluminum tube bent and filed to shape The fun continues Thanks for looking IainM, Fanes, Paul in Napier and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Nice start Chris, pulling out my comfy chair GreyGhost, MARU5137 and chrish 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O.W Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Nice start. I always really enjoy building a 1/32 Academy Hornet. MARU5137 and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU5137 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Chrish, Excellent work. NOICE!! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Those vents just crave formed tubing! Those touches really up the game on this one. Nice! MARU5137 and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 I've added a few wires to the main gear to represent the mass of plumbing in the area. The last time I did one of these I made the mistake of painting first and plumbing later, super glue pulls paint off quite efficiently when trying to bend wires super glued to the paint. The good times continue Thanks for looking LSP_Kevin, themongoose, Fanes and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Nice work, Chris. And you made the correct choice in terms of the order of applying the wires. Like you, I'd much rather deal with the hassle of painting the wires once they're already installed, than ruining existing paintwork trying to glue them on later. Kev chrish, MARU5137 and GreyGhost 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Great work so far! But, if I may, do yourself a favour and get an all-metal landing gear. I know from experience that the kit landing gear does not support the weight of the model as time passses. My first Hornet was sitting on its tail after several years. ScoobyDoo, Paul in Napier, MARU5137 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU5137 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Excellent work Chrish. GreyGhost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted May 1 Author Share Posted May 1 Thanks for the encouragement some fun building and fitting some of the smaller bits to the bigger bits. A bit of paint splashed on as well. dirty brake dust: I added some decals and a bit of color to the gear bay, not that it'll ever be seen once it's sitting on it's wheels. and front 1/2 closed up Thanks for looking panzerrob, scvrobeson, Scotsman and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Excellent job Chris chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Dog Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 YES!!! Another Bug! Keep up the great work Chrish! chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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