mikeymize

Scorpiomikey: Great vid. It gave me an idea, maybe Ken can add a couple of scale working GE J-79's to his build. Judging by his attention to detail should be no problem!

BTW thanks to everyone who's helped me on my various and sundry MiG questions thus far; there's plenty more  to come I'm sure! The walk around book is helping too but lacks many color pics. The directions themselves have very little if any color call outs but they're pretty straightforward on the actual "putting together" part.

Also, I would be remiss in my civic duty if I didn't remind everyone to vote tomorrow.

Hi Mike M.,

10-4 on the GE J-79s!  If only I could find the blueprints!   

And roger that on voting tomorrow, I plan on getting up early tomorrow so I can get to the poles before work!

Ken

Striker8241

Ok, clarification on TISEO (not TSEO):

TISEO - Target Information System/Electro-Optical   - A telescopic TV camera used to identify targets at extreme range. And it was on the left wing, not the right ... .

Also here's the link that mentions TISEO with some interesting infomation on slatted F-4Es in Vietnam:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/624633/thread/1288266605/Slatted+F-4Es+in+Vietnam.+Yes,+there+were+some

Russ

Hi Russ,

Thank you for the information and links, I really appreciate it!    I already had the link bookmarked in my favorites in your previous post, it is a great link!

The F-4E that I am building has the serial number 69-xx260.  It did not have the slats installed at the time it served in Vietnam.  Also, the TISEO was not installed until after serial number 71-0224, so my aircraft did not have it.

It is very interesting about the TISEO.  They actually had the ability to slave its TV camera to the radar, or slave the radar to the TISEO.  But it could only work in clear weather in daylight and not through clouds.

Ken

Ok, thanks.

Striker8241

Scorpiomikey

You guys have GOT to see this.

Apparently the builder's name is Yesus Wilder and he only used three materials to build the engine. Stainless steel, aluminum, and bronze.

Utterly amazing to watch. I posted this in the scratchbuild section too.

 

Man, I can't even imagine doing the research to create something like this! This guys knows his stuff. Great video, Mikey - thanks!  BTW, is there some way to save a You Tube video?

 

Russ

If you have a youtube account you can subscribe to a users account, or you can "favourite" videos.

Awesome Ken!

And wow that's incredible ScorpyMike, thanks for posting it!

Scorpiomikey: Great vid. It gave me an idea, maybe Ken can add a couple of scale working GE J-79's to his build. Judging by his attention to detail should be no problem!

BTW thanks to everyone who's helped me on my various and sundry MiG questions thus far; there's plenty more  to come I'm sure! The walk around book is helping too but lacks many color pics. The directions themselves have very little if any color call outs but they're pretty straightforward on the actual "putting together" part.

Also, I would be remiss in my civic duty if I didn't remind everyone to vote tomorrow.

Scorpiomikey

You guys have GOT to see this.

Apparently the builder's name is Yesus Wilder and he only used three materials to build the engine. Stainless steel, aluminum, and bronze.

Utterly amazing to watch. I posted this in the scratchbuild section too.

Ok, clarification on TISEO (not TSEO):

TISEO - Target Information System/Electro-Optical   - A telescopic TV camera used to identify targets at extreme range. And it was on the left wing, not the right ... .

Also here's the link that mentions TISEO with some interesting infomation on slatted F-4Es in Vietnam:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/624633/thread/1288266605/Slatted+F-4Es+in+Vietnam.+Yes,+there+were+some

Russ

Son Of Medicine Man

Hi Everyone,

Today was another busy day.  Today's mission; prepare the avionics bay to be installed.

~

Ken

Man, that's gonna look nice!   Good job, Ken!

Bockscar

Errr....fess up;

did you guys ever put golf clubs in those bags,

or the occasional, err, item, with glass on the outside and 

golden precious liquid from Scotland or Tennessee.....

Errr....you don't have to answer that question......

Dom

Well, we didn't pack the luggage pods. The pilots brought their stuff and put it in so if there was some of that - ahh - liquid sunshine included, we couldn't get to it. Probably a good thing too .

Bockscar

Son Of Medicine Man

I should have called that post "Another installment from Ken's Chop Shop!"

Ken

Ken, Chop shop is right,

If you saved all the styrene you cut away, you could have a second build going on there!

Dom

That is for sure.  I feel like I have spent more time removing plastic than I have attaching plastic!

Ken

Son Of Medicine Man

I should have called that post "Another installment from Ken's Chop Shop!"

Ken

If you saved all the styrene you cut away, you could have a second build going on there!

Dom

Scorpiomikey

You guys have GOT to see this.

Apparently the builder's name is Yesus Wilder and he only used three materials to build the engine. Stainless steel, aluminum, and bronze.

Utterly amazing to watch. I posted this in the scratchbuild section too.

There's the Mozart of Micro engines.....I wonder how powerful is is.

I wish I could have seem him cut out that engine block, and tha tappits.....fantadtic work.

Dom

You guys have GOT to see this.

Apparently the builder's name is Yesus Wilder and he only used three materials to build the engine. Stainless steel, aluminum, and bronze.

Utterly amazing to watch. I posted this in the scratchbuild section too.

I should have called that post "Another installment from Ken's Chop Shop!"

Ken

I had to edit my previous post because for some reason one of my pictures was deleted.  So you will not see it in your email.  You will have to see it on the website.

Ken

Hi Everyone,

Today was another busy day.  Today's mission; prepare the avionics bay to be installed.

 The first thing to note is that the photo etch of the panel frames is smaller than the resin piece:

 So the area to be cut out of the fuselage will need to match the photo etch, not the resin piece.  Here is a picture showing the placement for the photo etch on the fuselage:

 I used the photo etch as a template to trace out a line for the hole I needed to cut out of the fuselage:

 Next I used my Dremel with a cutting bit and carefully cut out the hole staying well within the lines:

 Then I finished the hole with a flat file.  The next thing I had to take care of was on the inside of the fuselage toward the nose was a raised area that I had to remove with the same flat file:

 Here is a picture with the resin avionics bay inserted into place.  Take note of the upper right corner.  Because of the shape of the fuselage, that corner of the avionics bay sticks up above the fuselage.  More about this in a second.

Here is a picture of it from behind:

In this next picture you can see where I modified the resin piece where it was "under" the panel so that it would fit flush.  This way when I place the photo etch piece on top, the thickness of the fuselage is not holding the resin piece too deep making it out of scale for the depth:

Okay, now back to that corner that is sticking out too far.  I came up with the idea that I could run hot water over the resin piece to soften it up and thereby be able to bend that corner down so it wasn't sticking up too high.  Here is the result:

I had a feeling that it was a bad idea, but live and learn.  So instead I filed down that corner then super glued the two halves back together.  Fortunately the way that it broke you will never be able to see it after it is glued back together.  So now I will have to wait for the glue to dry before I proceed.

Ken

Striker8241

Looking good, Ken!   I think the only ECM box we had in that compartment in those days was our RHAW (radar homing and warning) receiver. Any jamming or deception repeater capability was provided by pods.

BTW, one of the joys of being in the ECM shop was pulling weekend duty and getting called out to download our pods with the jammer and upload luggage pods so pilots could make "test flights" to places like Florida and Arizona. Amazing that there always seemed to be a golf bag in those luggage pods .

Russ

did you guys ever put golf clubs in those bags,

or the occasional, err, item, with glass on the outside and 

golden precious liquid from Scotland or Tennessee.....

Errr....you don't have to answer that question......

Dom

Mizer:

That Fresco you have on hand has the enhanced radar unit so it has that tab on its nose and the bulb in the intake. Is the subject of Stapfer's book pretty much the same other than the radar-mods on the nose?

My Trumpi kit has three options for the intake including both of those. I'll take notes as you blast through this build.

Dom

MikeM: looks like a nice kit to me! Yeah, you don't have to apply anything under Metalizer. Big thing to watch for is the surface must be perfect, even the slightest blemesh or rough area will show up. I don't really like the stuff since even the slight pebbly finish you get from liquid cement will show up. And the other big thing with Metalizer is it's very hard to mask, if you even look at it cross-eyed it will peel up.never tried Tamiya primer under it, you might give that a try.

  Hi everyone, here's some pics of box art, reference book and the sprues. It looks like a very well made kit virtually no imperfections to be seen.This is the first HobbyBoss kit I've built but so far I'm impressed. I've washed and rinsed plastic and clear parts had a quick dip in the "future pool". I've decided to use some rattle cans of MM buffing metalizer so am I correct in assuming no gloss black needed. If I understood correctly, that was only necessary if using Alclad? I have both fine primer and MM gloss black so if someone knows (and I know someone does) feel free to clue me in. Also, once I do spray the metalizer how careful must I be with smudges? Any and all help/comments are welcome and encouraged!

Striker8241

Looking good, Ken!   I think the only ECM box we had in that compartment in those days was our RHAW (radar homing and warning) receiver. Any jamming or deception repeater capability was provided by pods.

BTW, one of the joys of being in the ECM shop was pulling weekend duty and getting called out to download our pods with the jammer and upload luggage pods so pilots could make "test flights" to places like Florida and Arizona. Amazing that there always seemed to be a golf bag in those luggage pods .

Russ

Thank you for the compliment Russ!

Hmm..., "test flight" to Florida and Arizona.  Now that is what I call a real job "perk"!   

Ken

Looking good, Ken!   I think the only ECM box we had in that compartment in those days was our RHAW (radar homing and warning) receiver. Any jamming or deception repeater capability was provided by pods.

BTW, one of the joys of being in the ECM shop was pulling weekend duty and getting called out to download our pods with the jammer and upload luggage pods so pilots could make "test flights" to places like Florida and Arizona. Amazing that there always seemed to be a golf bag in those luggage pods .

Russ

Bockscar

Striker8241

Bockscar

That was the last time I ever used super-glue, I got so sick we thought I had contracted asthma.

Dom

 

Dom, what do you use in place of super glue?

 

Russ

Russ;

There is no replacement that comes close, but I have used various acrylic polymers for different situations.

Future Floor finish works pretty good, as the basic polymer in super glue is an acrylic base. I have tried this thick stuff, Gator's Grip, but it is thick like Elmer's White glue.

I can't really do resin work or anything that requires a strong bond and is able to fill gaps through capillary action.

Of course, over the years I have found any bond made with super glue to be very fickle, it is easy to snap, and then you can't use regular glue to fix it until you remove all of the cyanoacrylate first.

My ultimate glue is MEK for styrene, followed by lacquer thinners(toluene) and anything from industrial acrylic sealer to epoxy for the rest. There are glues that use acetone as a solvent, and they are good for non-gap situations, they sometimes come filled with iron or aluminum or copper.

I didn't realize that even a small whiff of cyano, and I have lung disease for half a year.

Dom

Thanks, Dom! Good info! So far, I haven't had any noticible problems but I would like to minimize my exposure as much as possible. I 'll try some of your suggestions.

Thanks again,

Russ

Gamera

Bad news though, the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Pooler, Ga only has a handful of aircraft.  

Not a problem, Cliff. Thanks for taking the time to photograph those that were there.  BTW, there's a B52D over in Orlando on display so I'll make a trip over there next week and post some pictures.

Hope you and your family enjoyed your vacation.

Russ

Gamera

Dom: I DID get plenty of photos of the a/c that are there, just need to get 'em uploaded to photobucket

It's easy to take too many photos, and miss the scenery....

Yes, awaiting boto**ucket photos, and if you do not mind, a few treasured downloads for

my collection.

Dom

Dom: I DID get plenty of photos of the a/c that are there, just need to get 'em uploaded to photobucket.

MikeM: Looks really good to me!

Bockscar

Now Ken;

We all know that research has shown, by a million scientists, that birds flap their wings and that offsets damaging global weather effects.

We also know, that research has shown, by 10 million scientists, that bird poop is critical to enriching the nutrient soil infrastructure of urban, city, and country areas, and that millions of farm animals would starve every year because the nutrient replenishment within critical high turn over soil matrix complexes is severely compromised by recreational and industrial activities that impose toxic intrusions into an otherwise healthy and sustainable bio-environment.

errrr.....we do believe in recylcing, so i featherd a few of those squab an' we rosted 'em and washed 'em down with beer and the company of sleezy female folk.

Thanks for the windfall Ken!

Dom

You are more than welcome!!  Glad to contribute to your bounty!!   

Ken

mikeymize

Hey Ken,  I was just getting some final stuff done on my other model (VNAF A-1) and saw your request for a full view of the tank. Glad to oblige. Hope this one will work!

Hi Mike M

That is a great shot!  I just updated page 1.  Looks nice!!

Ken

Shiiiish Mizer!

Put that in a show,! Great work, i like the weathering on the paint, tools, and rusty details,

errr......looks like the troops just hosed her down after combat, she's so clean....

Dom