Turbineosaurus

LMAO!!!

Think he may be one of Carsanab's relatives... Can't tell since he's wearing the dark glasses...

Got the wrong civilization destroying reptile monster?????

Shissh....sorry Gamera.......life is hard...

Bockscar

Got the wrong civilization destroying reptile monster?????

Shissh....sorry Gamera.......life is hard...

Lol, well I have a shell on my back, kinda distinctive

Yeah, I must be monster illiterate, I just remembered you are also rocket powered....lol....

Hey guys, thought you might like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09DckvwFrXY&feature=related

Way too many monsters in here!! 

I'm finally getting started on the TF-102 after getting my P-51 completed for the Vet's GB.  This conversion set is really pretty crude and is going to be a "monster" challenge. (darn, there's another monster reference!)  The method in which some of these parts are delivered makes for a lot of work just to get them off the substrates.  I used a few different actions to remove them.  Razor saw, lots of sanding, and (thanks to Hawkeye) sawing with thread.  I had used thread to saw plastic before, but he suggested it also for the resin, and, by gosh, it worked.  Anyway, here's some of my progress.

Started with this:

In progress sanding with a gripper attached after rough sawing the difficult angles with thread:

And some of the results:

This took a lot of time but anyway the fiasco is underway!!

Buzz (the other Ken)

Hi Buzz (the other Ken),

Could you explain the "sawing with thread"?  Since I will be facing the same challenges as you when the time comes to build my TF-102, I would like to document all of the steps you are using.  (I hope you don't mind?)  By the way, great job on removing those pieces from the resin molded cast! 

Ken (the other Ken)

Ken - it's quite simple.  For example, on the curved canopy pieces, I cinched them down and took a piece of  cotton/poly thread and sawed by pulling the thread up and down closely along the edge of the piece.  You need to not be too aggressive with it, but still I frequently broke the thread.  Just grab another strand and continue (thread's cheap, especially when you swipe it from the wife's stash).  Then, finish the job with careful sanding.

Here is a nice reference by Hawkeye:      http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/2008/07/19/how-to-cutting-curves/

Buzz

Mike: Thanks! I couldn't watch much of the video link though, hate seeing planes crash.

Buzzken: Nice job there, I hate sanding parts off like that. I'll have to try the tread next time I'm stuck in such a situation.

Scorpiomikey

Hey guys, thought you might like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09DckvwFrXY&feature=related

man it is hard to keep track.....lol......

Yeh that morning breath is a killer... lol...

That's the new Gamera.  The old one wasn't quite a fierce looking.

Rich

Bockscar

 

Scorpiomikey:

 

Hey guys, thought you might like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09DckvwFrXY&feature=related

 

I've got a pal that looks like this:

 

man it is hard to keep track.....lol......

Yeah, the old me was kinda bland looking. That's the new spiky 'punk' me...

Scorpiomikey

Mike, is that clip from the last movie? Haven't seen it, funny looks like a real box turtle instead of the two suits used in the old and '00s films.

Gamera

 

Scorpiomikey:

 

 

 

Mike, is that clip from the last movie? Haven't seen it, funny looks like a real box turtle instead of the two suits used in the old and '00s films.

Hmmmm....looks like they went from a box turtle design to a snapping turtle design.......

Uhhhh......Gamera.....isn't that ladder a bit small for you pal?

Prawley bust it with your little toe.......shish....

Yeh, that's Gamera as an adolescent from the last movie.  Kinda dopey looking in that movie.

Gamera

 

Scorpiomikey:

 

 

 

Mike, is that clip from the last movie? Haven't seen it, funny looks like a real box turtle instead of the two suits used in the old and '00s films.

Actually its not Gamera, its Toto.

Gamera: The Brave returns Gamera to his Shōwa era roots, but with a modern twist. In the film, Gamera is first seen defending Japan back in the '70s from the Gyaos, but sacrifices himself to destroy them by self-destructing. In the modern day, the child of a man who witnessed that battle finds a turtle egg that hatchs into a baby Gamera that he names Toto. When a lizard-like monster named Zedus appears, Toto tries to fight the beast, but ends up being gravely wounded and taken by the military for study. He ends up escaping and growing to a larger size to try and fight Zedus again, this time succeeding against the monster.

Scorpiomikey

Actually its not Gamera, its Toto.

Gamera: The Brave returns Gamera to his Shōwa era roots, but with a modern twist. In the film, Gamera is first seen defending Japan back in the '70s from the Gyaos, but sacrifices himself to destroy them by self-destructing. In the modern day, the child of a man who witnessed that battle finds a turtle egg that hatchs into a baby Gamera that he names Toto. When a lizard-like monster named Zedus appears, Toto tries to fight the beast, but ends up being gravely wounded and taken by the military for study. He ends up escaping and growing to a larger size to try and fight Zedus again, this time succeeding against the monster.

Big Guy could lay eggs.......but heck, it's monster movies!

I hope dad left Toto instructions on how to operate the genetic

rocket motors just beside Toto's butt.....lol....."do you smell something?".......

Wouldn't want to be in a Monster Bar and accidentally ignite one of those!

Yeah, that's gotta hurt.....

BC: I don't need ladders when I'm jet-propelled!

Mike& SH: Thanks, haven't seen that movie.

BTW: Here's Big-Z's high school photo, don't tell him I posted this or he'll be sore.

Yeh he was sure cuter than that atrocious Minya from the 70s...  My Daughter is the biggest Godzilla fan on the planet.  He's about the only action figure from the movies that she doesn't have... lol

Gamera

BC: I don't need ladders when I'm jet-propelled!

Mike& SH: Thanks, haven't seen that movie.

BTW: Here's Big-Z's high school photo, don't tell him I posted this or he'll be sore.

Yeah at least little-G looks like his dad, Minya doesn't look like Godzilla at all. I wonder if Big-G adapted him.

Gamera

BC: I don't need ladders when I'm jet-propelled!

Mike& SH: Thanks, haven't seen that movie.

BTW: Here's Big-Z's high school photo, don't tell him I posted this or he'll be sore.

and where do these ultimate civilization destroyers get such 'precious' little noses?????

Something WRONG there for sure..........lol....

The good news is, the styrene junkies haven't got to him yet......

So cute, then they grow up to stomp on cities.......lol...

OK, monster men, time to get back to Berny's aircraft.

Here's some of the stuff I'm starting with:

The aft molding on the cockpit tub wasn't all there.

The instrument panel was a bit crude, so I sanded it off smooth and added some PE parts.

The PE came from 2 Eduard sets for the F-102.  I modified and added parts of it to the instr panel.  I know this isn't quite accurate for the TF, but I think it looks better than what came with the conversion kit.  (Hopefully, Berny wouldn't mind a little artistic deviation.) 

That's it so far.  Now on to the hard parts.

Buzz

Hi Buzz (the other Ken),

All I can say is   Great work!!  I am impressed!

Ken (the other Ken)

Thank you, Ken.  That took me quite awhile, but then I'm kinda slow.  Mating the TF resin with the F-102 fuselage is going to be the hard part.  I've previously built the F-102, so after that it should be relatively easy.

Buzz

kbuzz01

Thank you, Ken.  That took me quite awhile, but then I'm kinda slow.  Mating the TF resin with the F-102 fuselage is going to be the hard part.  I've previously built the F-102, so after that it should be relatively easy.

Buzz

Well your definition of slow and mine are obviously different!  Compared to you I am moving at a snail's pace.  But again, great job!

Ken

Greetings everyone,

Here is my progress so far.  I did get some touch up paint on and put the lower seat belts on.  I now wish I had chosen a different shade of green for the lower seat cushion to better show off the belts.  They are way to close to the same color:

By the way, I noticed that Roden finally released their T-28B kit.  From the reviews I have read, it looks like it is a decent kit.  I will be ordering mine next week.  I wonder how long it will take before there will be after-market accessories available for it.

Ken

Son Of Medicine Man

Greetings everyone,

Here is my progress so far.  I did get some touch up paint on and put the lower seat belts on.  I now wish I had chosen a different shade of green for the lower seat cushion to better show off the belts.  They are way to close to the same color:

 

By the way, I noticed that Roden finally released their T-28B kit.  From the reviews I have read, it looks like it is a decent kit.  I will be ordering mine next week.  I wonder how long it will take before there will be after-market accessories available for it.

Ken

Ken & Ken, great work going on there!----So much detail......

Franklin's looking better every time I see him......lol...

So, monsters aside for a minute,

I simply glued the lumber I cut last weekend into the feathers.....:

This is the construct to date:

I have to put in the transition rings, that will be next weekend......

Berny's laughin'......nothin' like a resignator project to lighten up one's day.....lol......