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Hey guys I need some help pretty bad. Progressing along nicely on my Revell 1/72 F22. Bought quite a bit of AM goodies bit I've hit a snag on one of them. It's the exhaust nozzle kit by Aires pn# 7248. My snag is the four sidewalls(?) (for lack of a better term to describe them). Am I supposed to cut the original walls off the kit and replace them with the resin ones or what? Can't find anything on the interwebs to help me out. Anyone here done this on this kit? I'm a little hesitant to start slicing and dicing such a great kit, less I absolutely fubar it. I can't load up the pic of the instructions for a visual, but if you check google for Aires 7248, plenty of pictures with the instructions pop up. I appreciate everyone's help!
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Reaper420 Hey guys I need some help pretty bad. Progressing along nicely on my Revell 1/72 F22. Bought quite a bit of AM goodies bit I've hit a snag on one of them. It's the exhaust nozzle kit by Aires pn# 7248. My snag is the four sidewalls(?) (for lack of a better term to describe them). Am I supposed to cut the original walls off the kit and replace them with the resin ones or what? Can't find anything on the interwebs to help me out. Anyone here done this on this kit? I'm a little hesitant to start slicing and dicing such a great kit, less I absolutely fubar it. I can't load up the pic of the instructions for a visual, but if you check google for Aires 7248, plenty of pictures with the instructions pop up. I appreciate everyone's help!
Hi, I hope this helps....
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Rev4/3301-3400/rev3315-Aires-7248/00.shtm
Look at the instructions. Everywhere where you see a section of the part is darkened or shaded, that means you remove that part. For example, on photo #8, you see drawings of all the parts in the kit. Notice the shaded areas? Those are what you remove from the actual parts that will go onto the aircraft model. So, go to the next photo. See on the "kit part", the 4 shaded sections? I would say that you remove those, and replace them with the "sidewalls" in the resin kit.
Yep, F-8 is right, remove the kit parts and replace. Unfortunatly, unlike Eduard PE sets, Aires resin ones don't give you a guide, you just have to work it out.
I have that set for my F-22, what do you think of it.
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Whenever you work with resin parts, be prepared to do a lot of cutting, grinding, sanding and dry fitting to get parts to fit. Some of the "drop in" sets often times don't drop in at all requiring lots of fitting, grinding and putty.
Sometimes you do get lucky and parts drop in after removing the kit parts. Remember to wash the parts in Dawn and water to get all the oils and mold release agent off for proper paint adhesion.
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Bish Yep, F-8 is right, remove the kit parts and replace. Unfortunatly, unlike Eduard PE sets, Aires resin ones don't give you a guide, you just have to work it out. I have that set for my F-22, what do you think of it.
Thanks for the clarification guys. I know I sounded like a straight noob. As far as the upgrade goes, IMHO, it's really not worth it. The amount of detail it adds is almost negligible. And the amount of work involved surely negates the benefits of adding it. You have to sand and test fit, then sand and test fit, then sand and test fit some more. Then guess what you do after you have sanded and test fitted it? You sand and test fit it even more! Then you have to fill and blend then possibly a little rescribing. Too Mich of a headache for an "upgrade" that is barely even that.
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