BIG Intruder GROUPIE GROUPBUILD...

Manstein's revenge

Do you know how hard it is to manage a group-build? Or three?

YES!!! 

Anyway, I did start decaling last night. Started with the long wing-walk stripes. They seemed almost, well, powdery, and I had 2 break up. Not disasterous, I was able to place them fine & they look like they are snuggling down with a coat of Microsol. Then started with some of the other smaller decals, which seem to have a little more adhesive to get cleaned up, but are going down fine. If Photobucket was cooperating this morning, I'd have a couple pics for you.

~EDIT!~ Photobucket is back online.

Nice work Vance

Surprising amount of decals still to go down!

Don't stop now!

Back at it tonight!

After my "family shuttle service" wrapped up for the evening I had a chance to sit down & get some more decaling done. Snapped a few quick pics on the way out this morning...

Those decals look faded out to me...

Manstein's revenge

Those decals look faded out to me...

Yeah, not so worried about the faded look - it is supposed to be low-viz right. I'm kinda confused though that some are faded, but some are full-on black. Ahh well, this is definitely an oob build, I'll have to trust Italeri has gotten it right.

You can reply anywhere in the thread and it will kick it to the end...

Damn near circle filed my Intruder this afternoon.  The TRAM pod fits so horribly.  It wasn't moulded to fit the nose at all.  Going to need more putty and styrene to solve this. Re scribing  the Revell kit and shelling out $$ for the cockpit seems more appealing now........

Manstein's revenge

You can reply anywhere in the thread and it will kick it to the end...

Yep, that's what I did, just couldn't be bothered loading-loading-loading to get to the end to see others' most recent posts. Did a little weathering last night, some streaking on the wings, but couldn't get my sludge wash to settle into the panel lines for some reason. Need to hit that again with a new mix.

I was using the last few drops of a bottle of ModelMaster RLM 81, thinking it was just beyond it's useful age.

Git 'er done...

Wow, lost weekend or what? Got some weathering done & close to finishing up the payload...


Outer wing topsides...


Outer wing undersides...


Fuselage underside...


Fuselage topside...


Fuselage topside with outer wings extended...

Looking good---you going for folded or extended wings???

Got off my duff and fixed the gaping holes on the TRAM pod.  Also refilled some seams.  I'll post pics when I get home, but I could be close to slapping primer on......Kinda just want to skip forward just to be done.  Most of the subassemblies are ready and waiting.  Outer wings, fuel tanks and pylons are ready for paint, canopy is futured and masked.  Running out of excuses.

DiscoStu

  Running out of excuses.

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DiscoStu

  Running out of excuses.

You ran out of excuses a month ago---get to work...

Not true.  According to my wife I'm never at a loss for excuses!

Anyhow, here's a couple of pics of the TRAM pod.  All the green putty is covering the gaping holes in the kit's design.  Now I ask you, friends and neighbors:  Is this what we should expect from a newly-tooled kit in the $50+ range?

Oh, definitely going to fold them up, just want ti see what she looks like with "extensions"

No posts since Sept 7?!?!? We're lucky there haven't been "agents" deployed to our various locations.

Did a little work on the ordnance last night, HARMs look good & are ready to mount, but I'm still not convinced I want to add the sub-munition pods. Not even sure how they attach to that rack to be honest. (The lower attachment points look nothing like the side-hanging attachment points. Trying to decide if I should just leave them off & go for a cleaner look, maybe just the empty racks??

Well I'm out!   Agents be damned.  House is officially on the market and the Realtor thought none too highly of my workshop, despite my arguments that a hobby room INCREASES home value and that the smell of paint thinner and glue fumes are no different than making the house smell like cookies.......so for the 2nd time in 6-months all my stuff is boxed and in storage.  Reality (And realty) suck......

Boo-freakin'- Hoo---you and Vance cry more than my great, great, great, great, great grand-daughter...

How is Burnadina?  Haven't seen her in some time.

DiscoStu

Well I'm out!   Agents be damned.  House is officially on the market and the Realtor thought none too highly of my workshop, despite my arguments that a hobby room INCREASES home value and that the smell of paint thinner and glue fumes are no different than making the house smell like cookies.......so for the 2nd time in 6-months all my stuff is boxed and in storage.  Reality (And realty) suck......

Marriage, a death in the family, and moving have been proven to be the three most stressful life events. And none of them seem to help the modeling hobby either. It may explain why all the dwarves live in the North Pole... 

I'm not crying, yet. I'm just "confused about ordnance". Tonight is a write-off but I'll have proper bench time this weekend!!!!

I've heard very bad things in this thread about the Kinetic kit...I think someone DX'd theirs after awhile...

www.navalaviationmuseum.org/.../virtualtour

Thought this might be useful to some of you guys. Few instruments missing, but otherwise good reference.

Save yourself the trouble and just get the Italeri 72nd version---comes w/ wing-fold option...even Vance can build it...

professordeath

Any of you big intruder groupies happen to have the skinny on the '48 Kinetic kit?

Can't recommend it.  Up until recently I was muddling through it poor fit and just frustrating in all.  For the same price you can get the Monogram and the Black Box cockpit.  All your missing out on are folding wings and recessed panel lines.

professordeath

Manstein's revenge

Save yourself the trouble and just get the Italeri 72nd version---comes w/ wing-fold option...even Vance can build it...

You should take it easy on Vance a couple of days. You did cost him some coin with your swordfish thread.