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They look great Fly-n-hi, you've just shown me what to do on my next airliner model. Thanks !
Cheers
Tony
I'm just taking it one GB at a time.
roger_wilco My F-86F is coming along.I did get some painting done this morning and will post some pictures tomorrow.Everyone's projects are looking great!
My F-86F is coming along.I did get some painting done this morning and will post some pictures tomorrow.Everyone's projects are looking great!
taxtp They look great Fly-n-hi, you've just shown me what to do on my next airliner model. Thanks ! Cheers Tony
Funny you should mention airliners. I'm working on a 1/200 Hasegawa 767-200 simultaneously and I did the same thing with those engines. I haven't taken any progress pics of that one, though.
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Here's my current progress on my F-86F of the FAA.
"Build what YOU want, the way YOU want, and above all have fun!" - RIP Modeler Al.
Thanks Mickey!
Fly-n-hi It will be really impressive when you put some wiring behind the panel
It will be really impressive when you put some wiring behind the panel
Fly-n-hi, do you mean behind the control column? I think I have thin enough copper wire for that.
As I said there was something weird with the wings. Also horizontal stabilizer was in wrong shape and vertical stabilizer was placed to starboard side of the centerline. Engine housings are too long and in wrong place. Overal shape of the wing was mostly right. Landing flaps were wrong shaped. Fitting of horizontal stabilizer wasn´t horizontal. It was about 30 degrees tilted Quite high class kit...
Fixed the wing shape and I decided not to relocate the engine housings, just correct the shape. Port side starts to take shape, starboard just cut in lenght.
"Space may be the final frontier, but it´s made in Hollywood basement." RHCP, Californication
More progress on the C-17A...
Here's the fully assembled engine nacelle including the vortex generators:
The insides of the engines are fully painted. I used Alclad II Steel for the compressor blades, flat black for the spinners, aircraft grey for the interior surface of the intake and Alclad II Aluminum for the heated part of the intake lip. The inner part wasn't quite as seamless as I had hoped for but its very difficult to get in there with any kind of sanding medium. It certainly looks better than it did with no filling/sanding: Now I just have to mask off the intake lips and the exhaust hot sections and attach them to the wings. I may add a black wash to the fan blades to make them stand out a little bit.
The insides of the engines are fully painted. I used Alclad II Steel for the compressor blades, flat black for the spinners, aircraft grey for the interior surface of the intake and Alclad II Aluminum for the heated part of the intake lip. The inner part wasn't quite as seamless as I had hoped for but its very difficult to get in there with any kind of sanding medium. It certainly looks better than it did with no filling/sanding:
Now I just have to mask off the intake lips and the exhaust hot sections and attach them to the wings. I may add a black wash to the fan blades to make them stand out a little bit.
I've also assembled the fuselage. The trickiest part was the aft cargo door.The door part and the opening in the fuselage did't quite match up. So I cut out the alignment tabs on the door part and added a piece of styrene card to the fuselage part.
Here's the tabs that were cut off:
Here's the styrene card added to the fuselage: I ended up attaching the lower part (that had the doors molded onto it) to the fuselage part and filled it all in to make it seamless. Then I went back over the seams with my scriber. I also removed some of the raised seam lines in the process so I scribed out those lines as well: Here's the finished product. I also attached the ventral fins: This part was also a bit tricky in the front. This seam forms 4 right angles that you might be able to see in the pics. This part also has a few raised seams that are very difficult to sand around. I almost had it but I screwed up one of the lines just a little bit so I rescribed all of them: I had to rescribe many of the lines on the landing gear fairings: The top of the fuselage was relatively easy to make seamless:
Here's the styrene card added to the fuselage:
I ended up attaching the lower part (that had the doors molded onto it) to the fuselage part and filled it all in to make it seamless. Then I went back over the seams with my scriber. I also removed some of the raised seam lines in the process so I scribed out those lines as well: Here's the finished product. I also attached the ventral fins: This part was also a bit tricky in the front. This seam forms 4 right angles that you might be able to see in the pics. This part also has a few raised seams that are very difficult to sand around. I almost had it but I screwed up one of the lines just a little bit so I rescribed all of them: I had to rescribe many of the lines on the landing gear fairings: The top of the fuselage was relatively easy to make seamless:
I ended up attaching the lower part (that had the doors molded onto it) to the fuselage part and filled it all in to make it seamless. Then I went back over the seams with my scriber. I also removed some of the raised seam lines in the process so I scribed out those lines as well:
Here's the finished product. I also attached the ventral fins: This part was also a bit tricky in the front. This seam forms 4 right angles that you might be able to see in the pics. This part also has a few raised seams that are very difficult to sand around. I almost had it but I screwed up one of the lines just a little bit so I rescribed all of them: I had to rescribe many of the lines on the landing gear fairings: The top of the fuselage was relatively easy to make seamless:
Here's the finished product. I also attached the ventral fins:
This part was also a bit tricky in the front. This seam forms 4 right angles that you might be able to see in the pics. This part also has a few raised seams that are very difficult to sand around. I almost had it but I screwed up one of the lines just a little bit so I rescribed all of them: I had to rescribe many of the lines on the landing gear fairings: The top of the fuselage was relatively easy to make seamless:
This part was also a bit tricky in the front. This seam forms 4 right angles that you might be able to see in the pics. This part also has a few raised seams that are very difficult to sand around. I almost had it but I screwed up one of the lines just a little bit so I rescribed all of them:
I had to rescribe many of the lines on the landing gear fairings: The top of the fuselage was relatively easy to make seamless:
I had to rescribe many of the lines on the landing gear fairings:
The top of the fuselage was relatively easy to make seamless:
Looking good!I've saw the C-17 at an airshow in 2005.For a large aircraft she sure is maneuverable.Which squadron markings are you going to put it in?
roger_wilco Looking good!I've saw the C-17 at an airshow in 2005.For a large aircraft she sure is maneuverable.Which squadron markings are you going to put it in?
Not sure about the markings yet. I'm leaning towards March but I fly in and out of Honolulu alot and I always see the Hickam planes out on the ramp (I see the F-22s out there, too!). So I might be more inspired to use those markings.
Here's my completed entry,finished this morning.Fun project overall but the air brake assembly almost made me lose my religion! I have several of these F-86 kits in the stash and will build more in the future.
Nice work on the Saber!
Can I join? I have a 1/144 German Rail gun from dragon. Let me know and I will start it right away. Thanks Scott
Chazzer
Very nice work, RW!
1/32 Revell Duo Discus 1/32 Revell ASK-21 1/48 Ardpol SZD-51 Junior 1/48 Czech Models Grumman Goose 1/144 FineMolds Millennium Falcon
Nice work there Roger_Wilco. Your work has been added to completed works list. And yes Chazzer, you can join. I'll add you now.
In progress:
CAD:
1/35 SINCGARS ICOM/ASIP; 1/35 Flat screen TVs; 1/35 tactical light that I shall reveal later
Models:
1/35 DML M4A1 DV; AFV Club M18 Hellcat; DML StuG IV; DML Armored Jeep w/ .50 cal; Panda Cougar 4x4 MRAP; Academy M3A1 Stuart; 1/700 Midship Models USS Miami; 1/700 Skywave Rudderow Destroyer Escort
Thanks everyone for the kind words.I'm about to start another 1/144 scale kit,but this is for the Latin American Build started by stikpusher.It will be the Academy / Minicraft P-51 in El Salvador AF Markings.I really enjoyed this build and hope it becomes an annual event here at FSM....Douglas
Getting more done on the C-17. I masked off the windshield:
Here it is dry fitted to the fuselage: The clear part doesn't fit onto the fuselage very well. Its a bit too wide at the corners so you have to sort of pinch it or squeeze it together just a little. Also, there is a small gap under the to forward windshields and the nose of the plane. So I thought no problem. I'll just lay a little bit of Mr Surfacer 500 in the gap and sand it out. Well, the grey Mr Surfacer 500 flowed onto the glareshield in the cockpit just ever so slightly and there's nothing I can do about it. This is too bad because I really polished out the windscreen and its crystal clear. But one of my decal sheets includes window decals so I might just use that instead. I should have painted some black in there first. What was I thinking? Oh well, I'm not really losing any sleep over it. You can see the grey pain in this pic:
Here it is dry fitted to the fuselage:
The clear part doesn't fit onto the fuselage very well. Its a bit too wide at the corners so you have to sort of pinch it or squeeze it together just a little. Also, there is a small gap under the to forward windshields and the nose of the plane. So I thought no problem. I'll just lay a little bit of Mr Surfacer 500 in the gap and sand it out. Well, the grey Mr Surfacer 500 flowed onto the glareshield in the cockpit just ever so slightly and there's nothing I can do about it. This is too bad because I really polished out the windscreen and its crystal clear. But one of my decal sheets includes window decals so I might just use that instead. I should have painted some black in there first. What was I thinking? Oh well, I'm not really losing any sleep over it. You can see the grey pain in this pic:
The clear part doesn't fit onto the fuselage very well. Its a bit too wide at the corners so you have to sort of pinch it or squeeze it together just a little. Also, there is a small gap under the to forward windshields and the nose of the plane. So I thought no problem. I'll just lay a little bit of Mr Surfacer 500 in the gap and sand it out. Well, the grey Mr Surfacer 500 flowed onto the glareshield in the cockpit just ever so slightly and there's nothing I can do about it. This is too bad because I really polished out the windscreen and its crystal clear. But one of my decal sheets includes window decals so I might just use that instead.
I should have painted some black in there first. What was I thinking? Oh well, I'm not really losing any sleep over it. You can see the grey pain in this pic:
I know I have not been able to be an active participant but I have been lurking. All the work has been impressive.
Dunno if you guys saw this. Those have got to be near microscopic. Gotta me some of that!
http://hyperscale.com/2013/reviews/kits/valom14402reviewpp_1.htm
Marc
Yep. I once built a Sopwith Camel in 1/72-- and that was even tiny.
It's good to see that everyone's still making progress on this GB.
The hardest part of flying isn't flying...it's landing.
Heh... Not everyone is making progress :/
Although I will be able to go back to work on the Falcon after Christmas, I don't think I'm going to make it before the Jan 6 deadline. But I will submit as a late entry when Im done.
C17 is looking sharp!
Hey Wingnut, if it's not too much trouble, could you send me / post photos of your old 1/144 Dora crash site diorama. I took tons of inspiration from that piece, but I never saved the photos for later viewing. Cheers.
Wow...I can't believe you even remember that much less take inspiration from it. I had some stairs collapse under me today so a bit difficult to move around but I will get to it.
Thanks IL2!
I've attached the engines to the wings. I started with the inboard engines first so that I could fill and sand the pylons easier..without the outboard engines getting in the way. Also, I figured I'd prime and pre-shade the engines since it would be more difficult to do once the wings are attached to the fuselage.
Here it is with the wings and horizontal stab attached. Starting to look like a C-17 now! That tool next to it is a UMM scriber. Its a great little scribing tool. Just a little bit of cleanup and she should be ready for some paint!
Here it is with the wings and horizontal stab attached. Starting to look like a C-17 now! That tool next to it is a UMM scriber. Its a great little scribing tool.
Just a little bit of cleanup and she should be ready for some paint!
She's looking good sir! Have you decided upon the markings yet?
Awesome C17 - I'm getting excited to see it finished,. Now that Christmas chaos is behind me and my gift builds are done, I'm getting more optimistic about the Millennium Falcon. You guys will see me posting updates pretty soon.
Thanks guys!
Roger_wilco, Im still undecided but the only thing that really changes between squadrons are the stripes on the tail and some lettering near the door so its a decision that I can literally make at the end of the building process. But it will be either Hickam or March.
Plus, I'm gonna paint it up as if its weathered and action weary. This is a little fictional since the USAF tends to keep these things pretty clean.
Here's a link to another 1/144 build of mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU20I9H79Gw&feature=youtu.be
It's for the Latin American Aircraft Group Build sponsored by Stikpusher.
FNH-That look real nice so far
R W- the link didn;t work.
I don't usually work on 2 things at once but hey, it's a new year let's see how it goes. I've started getting the PE cockpit in place for the 109. This stuff is, "Are you FREAKIN" kidding me?" small. And hard to take pics of. The quality is amazing though. The buckles on the belts a very defined for example. I cut the flaps to have them droop and will do the same to the small sections behind the oil coolers.
Wing Nut,
I fixed the link,see if it works for you now.It's for a You Tube video I made for the model I competed for the Latin American Aircraft Group Build.
RW
Yup, working now. Nice.
Wow, that IS small! Looking great though.
Hey Wingnut, I found those pictures I wanted on your website (D-9 down). Great stuff. Sorry to hear about the health problems and I hope you get better soon.
Yeah I know, it's like feast or famine with me. Ages without an update or 2 in 1 day.
The spinner is too bulbous so I mounted it on some brass tube and chucked in the Dremel to file it down. I used a JLC saw to scribe the new panel line.
Flaps cut of and redeposited to sag.
A view of the cockpit. The fuel line is .006" wire.
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