spacewolf Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 Nice scratch building. Saving for future reference. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 So a VERY short update ! I'm just back from a trip east... Mum's birthday and the CAMS model show. The Domed city got a silver and I picked up some neat stuff from the vendors tables. Think this might help the cockpit a bit ? Anyhoo... Just paint and test fitting.. no time to do much before I go back to work tomorrow.. RAF interior green on this one... MM enamel brush painted. Gonna be busy for a week before I can get back into it.. but the build continues !! TorbenD, CANicoll, Leaning_Dog and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 Hi all !! I'm BAAAACK !! After a trip east, a trip north and work I'm finally able to get back to the bench and come up with .. well... I'm not sure what it is but it looks good !! When last I posted I was working on the cockpit.. so lets finish that up shall we ?... First thing was one of those Waldron items... adds to the 'busy' of the cockpit... Next up was the other sidewall... but I got sidetracked... The idea of rudder peddles ... what would they look like in a dieselpunk world ?... no rudder bar... think tubes and more tubes...a hole was drilled, thin brass tube set in and a triangle support... The second one added and paint splashed around. Now for the peddles... thin sheet cut to shape (going with He- 180 and D-113 style) and edged with stretched sprue.. Thinner tube superglued to the peddle Holes drilled and grey/ silver paint... In place... It looked very good to me ! F`s are my favs, BiggTim, Hubert Boillot and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 As a final touch copper wire was formed into a bundle, glued in and painted... The other sidewall was built.. no plan, just winging it.. Painted and a few tiny decals from a donor kit ( 1/72 Mig 21) CANicoll, Shawn M, BiggTim and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) With everything going so well I was on a roll... and I screwed up... didn't take pics till I was wayyyy too far in... so I'll try to describe what the process was... The seat and floor plan... Bits of scrap were cut into shapes.. on the right side a seat adjustment lever was made.. triangle with the top point rounded.. a rod made from stretched sprue with a round bolt cut from rod stock... Foot rails cut from ribbed sheet... control stick from thick copper wire as was the long tube on the floor... Another black box 'thing' cut from scrap... sadly this is mostly hidden now... but I know it's there !! Tamyia smoke to dirty it up and flat clear to tie things together... A gun button and brake lever added from stretched sprue, Eduard seatbelts... I had a set, why not use 'em ? Looking good to my eyes I think !... oh ya... the domed section on the floor ?... Sprue again.. a half section ... just trimmed and glued in for interest. Edited June 19, 2018 by spacewolf Leaning_Dog, Trak-Tor, Shawn M and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 With the front section done we need the area behind the seat... again, no plan... just thoughts and seeing what came.. Floor pan, rib and sections Glued in place The floor dressed up.. oxygen bottles from sprue, straps from post it note paper, fittings from scrap.. paint was a mix.. Vallejo, Tamyia, MM and Humbrol CANicoll, Leaning_Dog, BiggTim and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 For the rear wall I hunted around and found these neat clips (the green things) on a electronic panel I got somewhere.. Trimmed and with an added bit from the same panel and a Waldron radio face it looked pretty good !! BiggTim, F`s are my favs, Leaning_Dog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 Getting good shots of something this small with my phone camera was an issue... but here are some shots of the completed cockpit.. That's it for this time.. hope you like. Tune in next time to see how crazy the crazy gets ! TorbenD, Fooesboy, Leaning_Dog and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 That is superb, Vaughn! Kev spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaning_Dog Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 An absolute joy to watch this one coming together. Thanks for sharing your skills, tips and tricks - a truly inspiring build on so many levels. Cheers! John. spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Exactly what John has already mentioned above. A joy to see this come together. Thanks for sharing the build with us. Troy spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Very cool stuff, Vaughn. Great show. Sincerely, Mark Troy Molitor and spacewolf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 love it man, absolutely love it spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 BIG SMILEY FACE!!!! Lovin' it Vaugn Torben spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 On 6/19/2018 at 3:46 PM, LSP_Kevin said: That is superb, Vaughn! Kev Thanks Kev !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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