Yeah Ken;

Everyone has had overall good experiences with them.....

I was all set to buy one of those big B-17's....

Now I can live without it.

I know they must  be a good outfit but....

i don't know why she eats thorns, not good for business.....

The least she could have offered was to refund the difference, but heck,

I didn't have the time to pursue it, the postage return was aabout $8, so about 16 buck$ out-of-pocket on

a what, $35 buck or so part? And pay for postage back to  me?

I just went elsewhere. I get downright phobic about dealing with people like that.

I also got some great intakes elsewhere, the loss is hers, not mine.

Sorry my typing is so bad lately...

Dom

Hi Everyone,

Tonight I was only able to spend a few minutes at the workbench.  I test fitted the Aires exhaust and it appears that it is going to fit without any need to modify anything.  So if I don't have any interruptions tomorrow the next thing will be to start cutting to fit the Resin Auxiliary Air Intakes.

Ken

You should have insisted on talking with the owner.  They were the ones that screwed up.

Ken

Great progress Ken,

I hope this weekend to get those floor sections of the intake ducts finished.

Then I'll have a 'kit.'

I'll still have to resculpt the shrunken bottom forward fuselage.

Yeah, I figured what happened is the order-picker just pulled the part out of the bin

beside the one I wanted, the part numbers so close.

I should have tried something else, but then I realized I could use the F-8 engine for the Trumpi in my stash, so i threw it in with that and went shopping.

Thanks for the kind words Ken,

Dom

Just went through the new place to sus everything out. Managed to pick up 3 packs of those clip together fake floor boards for $20 so those will be going down in the office with some plastic sheeting underneath so if i spill anything its ok. Looked at the layout and i can get a fair bit of benching and 2 computers in there as well as my modelling gear. A bookcase for my stash. Way more room, so i wont be so cluttered anymore. So stoked.

And ive just realized ive got nowhere to spray. Ill have to set up a table in the garage.

Scorpiomikey

Just went through the new place to sus everything out. Managed to pick up 3 packs of those clip together fake floor boards for $20 so those will be going down in the office with some plastic sheeting underneath so if i spill anything its ok. Looked at the layout and i can get a fair bit of benching and 2 computers in there as well as my modelling gear. A bookcase for my stash. Way more room, so i wont be so cluttered anymore. So stoked.

Hi Mike,

Sounds like you have a nice place for your workbench!  Having more space is great, it will be that much more enjoyable.  That is a bummer about having to spray in the garage, is it heated?

Ken

Hey All,

For a change of pace, I've started on the main wings. The trailing edges of the real wings on the B-52 are very thin compared to the overall wing dimensions and the kit's edges are pretty thick, so it requires a lot of sanding to get them even close. One note: if you've ever been around a buff with the flaps fully extended, the corners of the flaps are about at eye level and very sharp and pointed. Definitely a safety hazard but oddly enough, I never saw any safety cushions for them. You just had to be careful walking around them.

Since I plan to have bomb loading in progress, the flaps have to be in full up position for ground equipment clearance. That requires a lot of work to get the trailing edges of the flaps to match up with the wings - the kit flaps were obviously not intended to be fully retracted in the model. Sadly, the model's flap assemblies don't look anything like the real flaps. I had to fill notches in the back edges that do not exist on the real flaps.

Also, I wanted to show the ailerons cocked as they often were. To do that, I had to cut them out - a very frustrating task since the top edges don't exactly match up with the bottom edges. The picture below shows progress on the left wing.

Cheers,

Russ

Wow Dom I've never gotten customer service or should I say disservice like that. Last problem I had was Squadron leaving out a sheet of decals from an order. One email they and sent me the sheet paying s&h and everything.

Yeh Ken.  Those exhaust cans are great.  I used a set of them on Berny's Tow-Sick-Oh bird.  I just wish I could find a good set of cans for my FGR.2 since it uses the Spey engines which are kind of plain looking OOB.  I saw one kit once, but it was more than the kit. lol

I usually leave the exhaust off until after I spray the fuselage.  Same for missile pylons, probes pitot tubes etc.  I just use a dab or two of Ambroid liquid mask to keep paint off where I don't want it.

Russ:

What did you use to saw that flap out?...and what did you fill it with? -Thanks

Mike:

Strange how life works, sounds like a great space.  Now maybe a space-heater, pardon the pun,

Or a spray booth and duct outside from your office?

Cliff:

Hey, in another six months maybe I'll go back and look again...lol

Rich:

Yeah, I think I saw the same set. Must be pushing over $40 for those if you can find them.

Ken:

I was searching through a half-dozen half-started kits and found the discs you burned in Dayton.

I'll be downloading that in a day or two.....YAY! I still don't know how it ended up in a vintage Aurora B-58 kit. It's a beauty, it was partially started so I got it fairly inexpensively, and I decided to lengthen the

back of the cabin to more realistic proportions and give it a Lindberg pod. Looks a lot better than the

watermelon supplied in the kit. I'm going to use Rich's technique to make the glass portals. It should be finished sometime in 2017

If I have the guts I might cut those duct floors on Saturday. It would be nice to get that fuselage assembly completed. It should be finished sometime in 2019

Dom

Bockscar

Russ:

What did you use to saw that flap out?...and what did you fill it with? -Thanks

Dom

Striker8241

Hey All,

For a change of pace, I've started on the main wings. The trailing edges of the real wings on the B-52 are very thin compared to the overall wing dimensions and the kit's edges are pretty thick, so it requires a lot of sanding to get them even close. One note: if you've ever been around a buff with the flaps fully extended, the corners of the flaps are about at eye level and very sharp and pointed. Definitely a safety hazard but oddly enough, I never saw any safety cushions for them. You just had to be careful walking around them.

Since I plan to have bomb loading in progress, the flaps have to be in full up position for ground clearance. That requires a lot of work to get the trailing edges of the flaps to match up with the wings - the kit flaps were obviously not intended to be fully retracted in the model. Sadly, the model's flap assemblies don't look anything like the real flaps. I had to fill notches in the back edges that do not exist on the real flaps.

Also, I wanted to show the ailerons cocked as they often were. To do that, I had to cut them out - a very frustrating task since the top edges don't exactly match up with the bottom edges. The picture below shows progress on the left wing.

Cheers,

Russ

 

Hi Russ,

Once again you have done an outstanding job!  That looks real nice!     

Ken

Thanks, Ken! I appreciate the good words.

Russ

Bockscar

Russ:

What did you use to saw that flap out?...and what did you fill it with? -Thanks

Mike:

Strange how life works, sounds like a great space.  Now maybe a space-heater, pardon the pun,

Or a spray booth and duct outside from your office?

Cliff:

Hey, in another six months maybe I'll go back and look again...lol

Rich:

Yeah, I think I saw the same set. Must be pushing over $40 for those if you can find them.

Ken:

I was searching through a half-dozen half-started kits and found the discs you burned in Dayton.

I'll be downloading that in a day or two.....YAY! I still don't know how it ended up in a vintage Aurora B-58 kit. It's a beauty, it was partially started so I got it fairly inexpensively, and I decided to lengthen the

back of the cabin to more realistic proportions and give it a Lindberg pod. Looks a lot better than the

watermelon supplied in the kit. I'm going to use Rich's technique to make the glass portals. It should be finished sometime in 2017

If I have the guts I might cut those duct floors on Saturday. It would be nice to get that fuselage assembly completed. It should be finished sometime in 2019

Dom

Hi Dom,

I vaguely remember you mentioning that Aurora B-58 kit some time ago.  Good thing you happened to be going through your kits like that!  Who knows how long it would have been before you found it if you hadn't!  (2019?)   

Ken

Striker8241

Bockscar

Russ:

What did you use to saw that flap out?...and what did you fill it with? -Thanks

Dom

 

Hi, Dom,

 

I assume you mean the aileron since I didn't do any cutting on the flaps. I used a sharp #11 blade and a flexible straight edge and just kept cutting until I was through. Check the alignment of the edges of the aileron top and bottom with the flap openings - mine was off a bit on the bottom of the left wing and I had to cut at a slight angle. The pieces are so thick that I didn't need to use any fill.

 

Russ

 

After what you mentioned about flap assemblies not being very accurately detailed, I wasn't sure what I was looking at there, I haven't been around enough BUFFS to know. That sounds like a good cutting strategy, I'm guessing it kept the cut gap to a minimum tolerance.

Err, I do know what those spoilers look like though....that one would be hard for Monogram to mess up....Tx again

Flaps down, yeh, pretty close to the ground:

So Russ, is that gap in the flaps for the engine blast, is that where the aileron you've cut is positioned?

Dom

Hi Everyone,

Well here is tonight's project.  The Aires Auxiliary Air Intakes:

 You will notice in the instructions shown in the next picture that they show cutting off the original doors molded into the wings and mounting the interior behind the wing.  What they don't show is that the fuselage is behind the wing, which needs to also be cut to mount the interior "box":

Okay, I am pissed again.  For what ever reason, my last post lost half of the pictures and edits.

Ken:

very cool, beats scratching those details....

Rich:

Aires:

Link was:

http://www.aires.cz/exhaust-nozzle/fg-1-british-phantom-exhaust-nozzles/

SHHIIISSHHHH sorry that's 1/72...lol....

Here is the 1/48:

Dom

Here is what got cut out (from memory)

In this next picture you can see the wing with the auxiliary air intakes loosely attached to the loosely fitted fuselage halves:

In the next picture you can see the fuselage without the wing where the plastic I need to cut for the interior "boxes" need to be cut out and mounted:

Here is a picture of the actual resin pieces.  Once again, very high detail typical of most Aires products:

Ken 

Now I get it,

I couldn't make out you were putting in those boxes,

I'm guessing drill n' saw?

Here's a question for anyone who might know:

The Trumpi 1/32 F-100, it looks huge compared to

the 1/32 F-4's...what gives?

Bockscar

Now I get it,

I couldn't make out you were putting in those boxes,

I'm guessing drill n' saw?

Hi Dom,

I will probably use the Dremel on the fuselage to cut the hole since the "box" will be mounted directly to the wing and you won't see the hole in the fuselage.  I will have to use some finesse though when I cut the molded on doors off, so I will probably use a #11 blade with a straight edge and finish with a file.

Ken

Bockscar

Here's a question for anyone who might know:

The Trumpi 1/32 F-100, it looks huge compared to

the 1/32 F-4's...what gives?

Are you talking about the boxes that the kits are in?

Ken

Hey Ken:

I pulled out the fuselage sprues for the Trumpi F-100,

and the dang thing looks huge.

I don't remember seeing the F-4 as looking smaller.

Dom

Son Of Medicine Man

Hi Everyone,

Well here is tonight's project.  The Aires Auxiliary Air Intakes:

Looks great, Ken! Can't wait to see everyting in place.

Russ

PS: Sorry, my comment ended up out of place. Replies function seems to be glitching lately.

Bockscar

Hey Ken:

I pulled out the fuselage sprues for the Trumpi F-100,

and the dang thing looks huge.

I don't remember seeing the F-4 as looking smaller.

Dom

Hi Dom,

The F-100D is 50 ft. (15.2 m) long.  The F-4E is 63 ft (19.2 m) long.  So the only thing I can say without looking at the kits (mine are put away) is that the F-4 probably looks shorter without the nose on it.

Ken

Bockscar

Flaps down, yeh, pretty close to the ground:

That bird is riding pretty high, Dom. It's not been fully refueled. With a full load, the wings will be much closer to the ground.

Bockscar

So Russ, is that gap in the flaps for the engine blast, is that where the aileron you've cut is positioned?

Yes, Dom, up through the D-models. The D's were the last to use ailerons.

Russ