That 'pit sure looks nice and busy! Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

Was wondering what you were up to.  Seemed like every week you were finishing another build a little while back.  Glad to see you back!

That pit is busy, and looks very good.

Have fun,

D

Didn't know Mono had done one of these. Nice start.

Bish

Didn't know Mono had done one of these. Nice start.

 

Toshi

Hey Keyda, the F-111 is a unique bird that never seems to get the attention it deserves. I hope you can share more. And it is good to have you back!

Thanks everyone!  I picked up the kit at the modeling convention a few months back, along with a few other older ones. 

Haven't been around much lately due to summer activities, camping, and an airshow.  Plus I've been what seems like constantly working on my daily driver, an old 91 Cavalier RS convertible.  Picked it up last year, and it's turned into a project, lol. 

Sounds a lot like my 92 Geo. Been working on it for almost 13 years. Runs good, but leaks oil through the pan so fast I dont need to change the oil lol! One of those things I still need to fix.

Slow progress is a sure sign of summer, so no worries. :)

That sounds like the 2000 Stratus I drove for a little while.  My cousin drove it over the winter with a bunch of oil coming out of the pan, it was rusted through, lol.  No fluid leaks in the old Cavalier, just a lot of little things that were wrong with it.  Someone took care of the car early on in it's life, probably the only reason it's still around.  I have a soft spot for it, my first car was a Cavalier coupe. 

The first one: 1990

The current one:1991

Nice busy cockpit, love to see more!

Toshi

Yeah, really nice work on the cockpit there!

Thanks Toshi and Gamera!

Little bit more progress today.  Not a whole lot going on yet, I opted to paint the landing gear bays and such after it's together.  I'm thinking it might be easier if the plane is painted first, then I just mask around the bays and then paint them.  We'll see how it works out.

Yes, I'm extremely interested on how this works out in that you paint first (Especially in black) and then you glue after.  You're a brave soul!  LOL!  I would probably mess the paint job up with glue.

Although, from what I can see, everything looks great!

Toshi

Bit more progress today since we had crappy weather. 

Fuselage halves glued together.

Nose glued on.  This has to be the strangest looking plane I've worked on so far, lol

Tail feathers, lol.

Masked off the canopy and set it in place.

Done for today.  I'm finding I can only work on this one for a little bit at a time.  Glue some stuff, and then wait.  If tomorrow is crappy I'll start with sanding and what not.

Nice work so far, its coming together well. Didn't realise this thing was that big.

You think thats odd looking, you should try some of the German Luft 46 subjects.

It's turning out really nice.  And taking shape, I like the way it looks.  You did a good Job on it!

Toshi

Looking good.  Waiting to see how the wheel wells turn out.  Please leave your opinion and comments as to how well it works out.

Bish, Thanks, it is a decent size, about the same as say an F-15, F-14.  Oh boy, thos german ones do take the cake for odd looking!  Lol.

Thanks Toshi!  I've been checking in on your kingfisher build, but thanks to PB can't see the pics.  I'm sure it's coming along beautifully though.

roony, I hate trying to mask off landing hear bays after I've painted them, drives me crazy.  On top of that they need to be painted white when it's black plastic!  So I'll try a different approach to this one and see what happens!  I plan to have it primed tomorrow, so hopefully that will help the white cover better.

A small amount of progress today.  Some putty applied.  I love the perfect plastic putty.  It works out very well for me.  I tend to make a huge mess, no big deal with this stuff even after it dries.

Sanded.  Going to tack cloth it tomorrow and get a coat of primer on her, and go from there.

looks like another great build, Keyda. I have been meaning to try PPP but nobody in my area carries it....Hello, Amazon.

Looks good Keyda, I love what you did to this build.  As for my Kingfisher build, go to page 8, I have Flicker links to my builds.  Please stop on by!

Toshi

DasBeav

looks like another great build, Keyda. I have been meaning to try PPP but nobody in my area carries it....Hello, Amazon.

 

Seems no one here carries it either, I ordered it online.  It makes my life so much easier.  I tried a few different puttys.  The Testor's one, Squadrons, and Tamiya's, but I really like the water clean up of the PPP, along with it's easily sanded.  I don't worry about making a mess knowing I can clean it up very easily.

Primed the top, then had to wait an hour.  I hate the waiting.  That is how I usually end up messing up my paint job, not waiting long enough, lol.

Can't really tell in the pic, but there are some gaps that need more putty, and some more sanding needs to be done.  I love/hate how primer shows all the flaws.

Underside looks good.  No seam work here, since those seams are on the real plane.

Now to wait another hour before I can touch it.

Thanks for the info on the size. I have a 72nd kit but didn't kow it was as big as that.

I am a fan of the Luft 46 aircraft and thats probably why the 117 apeals.

Yours is coming on really well. You have got to grips with that filling.

Thanks Bish!

Round 2 of putty and sanding.

As I said, I'm not concerned with how much of a mess I make when using PPP, lol.

After some cleaning up.

Round 2 of primer.

I'm pretty happy with the results.  Might be a few small spots that still need some attention, but not many.  I'll then sand the whole plane and get it as smooth as I can.  I'm going with a gloss black paint, no point in painting it flat, then glossing it to do decals, then spraying flat again. 

Once I do get the gloss black on it I'm going to give it at least a day to cure, maybe 2-3 days even.  Just so I can be sure no paint is going to lift when I mask off around the landing gear bays to paint them.  Hopefully this method works out. 

Got the topside and landing gear doors painted.  Waiting a few hours for it to dry before I paint the underside.  Then I'm going to give it a few days to cure before painting the landing gear bays. 

Nice finish on the gloss black. That is my worst nemessis.  What brand of gloss black did you use if I may ask ?

It was Testor's, in the little rattle can. 

Nice job on the gloss black.  Looks like glass!

Toshi

Thanks Toshi!  It's not as smooth looking as it in the pictures, I think I'm going to leave it along though.  I get to a point where I'm trying to make it look better, and land up screwing it up and making it worse, lol.

Took the thunderstorms rolling through as an oppurtunity to paint the landing gear and bays.

I finished painting the underside later on the same day I did the top.

All the white bits, landing gear, doors, wheels, and the bays.

Moment of truth later, we'll see how it turns out!  Fingers crossed!