tucohoward Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Couldn't decide what LSP I wanted to do next so I decided to do a quick build on my second ZM G-14. This one will be closed up other than cockpit so engine was kept to the minimum I thought I needed to keep everything where it should be. I will rivet it of course. Finished one wing at work today and hope to knock out the other one tomorrow. I always rivet the fuselage after it's together. Earlier version of the cockpit this time with 20mm cannon. No instructions for that but after 50 or so 109s I think I got it right. Also realized I had both EagleCals G-14 sheets. Yellow 10 that I did on my first one is on there I noticed. I painted the markings anyhow so no big deal. Also white 21 which I did years ago with a Hasegawa kit, and actually still have, is on there. It will be one of the tall tails this time for sure. Jay HB252, Kagemusha, alain11 and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampenfest Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Looking great! Martinnfb and tucohoward 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywifehatesmodels Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 (edited) If I were doing a G-14, that Yellow 4 from JG 5 would be hard to resist. John Edited March 14, 2023 by mywifehatesmodels Martinnfb and tucohoward 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Wow !!! tucohoward and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 MikeMaben, tucohoward and KiwiZac 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 9 hours ago, mywifehatesmodels said: If I were doing a G-14, that Yellow 4 from JG 5 would be hard to resist. John Thanks, guys! John, Yellow 4 is actually the one I am leaning towards for sure. Jay Martinnfb and mywifehatesmodels 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Very nice Jay, should be a breeze after your first one and nice choice of airframe, I'm doing Yellow 18 once I get back to it! Regards. Andy Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 Thanks, Andy. Definitely like yellow 18 as well. Looking forward to seeing your progress on it:) Jay Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampenfest Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Looking good! tucohoward 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss FL Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Following. Got one of these in the stash. Looks great so far. tucohoward 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amurray Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 On 3/14/2023 at 5:35 AM, Martinnfb said: Child porn! Child porn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 I actually have been working on this thing but managed to turn it into a total Charlie Foxtrot. While I breezed through the first one I got some things wrong here that went unnoticed right up until they couldn't be ignored. The first mistake showed up when the piece that forms the top of the cockpit didn't fit correctly between the seatback and the front fuselage piece, with the battery storage box. It took a lot of looking at everything before I figured out that I didn't get the rear of the cockpit glued exactly right with the floor. I managed to salvage the situation by sawing apart the pieces and installing some shims to get the length correct, fortunately without totally destroying the completed cockpit. Thought I was good to go and went ahead and closed the fuselage, riveted everything, installed the gear legs, and the engine. I noticed that it was a little difficult to get the engine mounts to line up with the notches in the firewall but ignored it and moved on. At this point with it standing on it's legs, I noticed the tailplanes were not level. I found that the mount for the left leg was not in the same position as the right. Still not sure why. I managed to snap the left leg off fairly cleanly along it's verticle edge and with much fussing with it, was able to reglue it in pretty good alignment, and used CA to reinforce the joint. But wait, there's more. Next I tried fitting the various cowling pieces and they didn't seem to fit very well. I didn't recall any issues with the first one, but I did have the upper engine cowlings open. Now I noticed, after staring at it a hundred times while trying to get the gear leg aligned, that the engine was twisted. remember when I ignored the difficulty getting the mounts to line up? Now I found that I had missed a mounting point for the left engine mount to the engine. This can be clearly seen in an earlier picture of the unpainted engine. At this point I was about ready to toss it in the trash, which I have no problem doing. Not sure what stopped me but I decided to put a little more time into it. I ended up cutting the engine off, moving the engine mount and gluing the assembly to the lower cowling. I knew, or at least thought, that I should the be able to glue the lower cowling to the fuselage panel behind it and have everything in the right spot. This seems to have worked thankfully. I reglued the upper mounts for a little more stability since it was just a butt joint on the bottom. I then went ahead and installed the exhaust stubs and shields. The wings seem to fit after testing but at this point I'm not sure about anything haha. It's probably still 50/50 whether this thing ends up in the trash but for now I'll press on. Jay rafju, Antonio Argudo, Fanes and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Jay, Wow, what a story of progress! It's funny... every build log I've seen of this kit, there seems to be a different way to stuff it up. If you remember my build, I had to cut the engine mounts clean off, and fill the space between firewall and engine with a glob of blutack... then I added the engine panels to get the length right. Cockpit looks great! tucohoward and Paul in Napier 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Don't stop Jay , it's character building right ? tucohoward and Shoggz 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Good saves..! I keep thinking I'm going to buy this kit, but then I see a build and wonder if it's worth it... It's a great kit 'on paper' but it seems pretty unforgiving with multiple steps at which a slight error gets compounded and bites back... But I do like the look of it... Hope you manage to keep it steered away from the trash can... Matt HB252 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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