DoogsATX Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Awesome job so far Matt, and super clean, i love it!!! John P.S. Your photos rock!!!! Thanks! I actually feel like the photos of the pit have been weak - it's INCREDIBLY difficult to light properly. Things should improve markedly as I move into the main construction phase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Yep, top-notch efforts with both kit and camera. Well done Matt! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Smith Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 (edited) Hi DoogsATX, Take care with the lenght of the piston to open the canopy,the acdemy is a little beat too short. i would try the Wolfapck pit on my F-16D,it's very a great piece Jean luc Edited November 21, 2013 by Mr Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted November 21, 2013 Author Share Posted November 21, 2013 I've been contemplating doing a custom piston with some metal tubing...will keep that in mind as I progress in the build. Moving on to the *other* internals I need to tackle... The intake was painted Gunze C69 Offwhite and then glued. Squadron white putty has been slathered into the seams and will be sanded off, hopefully doing the trick for further painting. There's also a NASTY seam in the exhaust channel. WTF, Academy? Instead of doing these as halves, why not as a series of rings instead? It'd to a much better job hiding things. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 Painted the intake last night. Here's how. 1) Buy white house paint. Lowes sells small sample pots that are perfect. I chose a slight off-white. 2) Make sure seams have been filled and sanded reasonably well. Use tape to block the back of the intake. 3) Pour paint into intake and fill it all the way to the top. You'll want to use a smaller container for control. 4) Up end intake and pour out paint. 5) Viola! Remove tape and place intake where it can drain. Lars Befring and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 Sweet. Dropped the intake this morning and the shock opened up a crack in the paint all down one side. Time to explore FOD options... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Ah, bummer Matt! Looks like you'd solved the intake issue quite nicely too. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 hi! very good job! cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted November 25, 2013 Author Share Posted November 25, 2013 It's been a rough weekend at the bench. After cracking the paint down one side of the intake, I went for a second run...eesh. Fortunately, tonight, I took another look and the paint had more or less smoothed out, at least up front where it will be visible. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Very nice looking intake! HÃ¥kan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 Spent most of last night with the 262, but also took a few minutes to start detailing out the Aires gear bay. Thankfully I've got some crazy-excellent reference pics to draw on, but even so, figuring out which of the rat's nest of cables and lines need to be metal, or black, or braided blue is an exercise in frustration. Ultimately it's totally going to be "accuratish". Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Got some more work done on the Polish Viper today...first I finally got around to sticking some of the kit stencils on the bangseats. It was very strange doing this while on a conference call this morning! I also put some time in painting up the gear bay and finished it off with a coat of Future ahead of weathering. Really, really wish Aires or anyone made a late-model Pratt & Whitney for this thing... Martinnfb and Lars Befring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinuheH Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Nice work Matt. I just saw this report that the Academy intake sits too high? Can you confirm this? Curious, as I'm thinking of tackling an IAF Sufa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Hello Matt! Very nice work in the cockpit and wheelbay If I may, here are some pictures of my work around the air intake: I did some cutting and bending: The result is not perfect but a bit more curved than the initial part: More pics: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=43494&hl=sufa Hope it helps Keep up the good working coming! It's gonne be an impressive model! Bye Rom Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Matt Nice come back and the intake looks really good. The Aires gun bay looks amazing and the detail painting - well done keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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