Well the AJ-1 Savage still hasn't made into the spraybooth as yet , everything is ready to go, however I pressed to hard on the underside of the rear fuselage a couple of times while masking and cracked open the join . So I had to keep re-glueing the join , which was a bit frustrating .
I also made a start on the 1/72 Mach 2 RB-45C Tornado ,
The cockpit does have a bit of detail to it ,
I glued the cockpit to the left fuselage half as it has a small lug for the tub to sit against and there are no loctating lugs for the tub on the other fuselage half , I also pre painted the wheel well insert before glueing into position in the wing sections .
I then glued the fuselage halves together along with the wings and stabilizers , engine pods , wheels etc ,
I then found out that the cockpit tub is a little narrow in width and doesn't quite span to the other fuselage side and with nothing there for the tub to sit on anyway I had to leave as is which is just slightly off being centered in the cockpit opening .
The wings and stabilizers weren't a bad fit into the fuselage , the engine pods on the other hand required a bit of work to fit properly ,
Looking front on the front cockpit section sits on a bit of an angle , I guess it's just the way the two fuselage halves line up when glued together , there's not much I could do about it and with a solid nose piece fitting over the front it won't be seen anyway ,
After quite a bit of sanding and puttying [repeatedly] I manged to get her together .
There are some nice looking engine inlet and exhaust pieces for the engine pods but they are by far the worst fitting parts of the build . I really cursed myself for not fitting them on before glueing the engine pods to the underside of the wings ; there was lot's of sanding and puttying more sanding and puttying to get them to blend in with the engine pods and this was made more difficult by having to hold the completed aircraft in one hand while trying to file and sand with the other ;
Next I test fitted the landing gear struts and wheels and the fit was pretty good ,
Lastly the large wing tip tanks fit okay into position on each wing , however there are three seperate fins to fit on each tank and I'm not 100% sure as to their actual position ,
Using a small piece of blue-tac I sat my fins in position according to the scribe lines that are marked on the wing tip fuel tank , the front one is quite a bit of center , the rear top fin is a little closer to sitting in the center and the larger fin on the rear outside of the tank sits below the middle centerline , is this correct ???
Other than that the RB-45C Tornado is almost ready for the spraybooth as well .
On a sad note my dad has become unwell again , just when we all thought he had turned the corner and was starting to feel better , a couple of lumps have come up on the side of his neck .
Dad was treated for a lymphomia about three years ago but it looks like it has come back a second time .
He see's the cancer specialist tomorrow , so hopefully he can start the treatment staright away . We are all trying to stay positive but is quite concerning none the less.
Anyway I may get around to starting some airbrushing this week , hopefully ;
I'm really impressed with all the armor builds , I really like cliff's tank dio , I realized you put a lot of work into the tank cliff but I really like the road base , that really looks awesome , great stuff all round from everyone .
John .