"Century series Jets" GB 2014-2015 * CLOSED *

Nice! Did you get the correct instructions?

I'm liking this kit so far, I hope you will also.

I'm BAAACK!! Finally got into the LHS in Toronto today. Picked up this beauty:

Theuns, please update the front page? I also got this for some 'bling':

Gonna get to work on this bad-boy right away. WAAAAY better than that horrible Hasegawa mess of a 106. Anyway, more to follow!!

I do my scribing with an exacto blade. I find that if used carefully it does not "wonder" like a pin sometimes do. You can also "roll" it to create a line of the rounded parts without having to draw it for a line.

Theuns

Thanks a lot guys, looks like I'll have to go out and find some dymo tape, and if I start doing it a lot, get the UMM tool.

Some great progress going here!!  I am trying to decide if I want to rescribe or not.  Probably will, one I finish up my P-40 for that group build.

When I rescribe I use a needle in a pin vise and dymo tape as a guide as well as some scribing templates for different shapes.

Steve

Just a little bit of progress..

Yep, that UMM tool is a winner!

I use dymo tape if I rescribe with a xacto blade. I do the majority of my re-scribbing with the UMM scribing tool.

You can also use Dymo tape as a guide. It's the plastic tape used for making labels which works great and can be reused 2 or 3 times till it looses the sticky side.

I use pieces of plastic strip that conform to the fuselage as a ruler to scribe long straight lines.

Theuns

B-1 your 106 is looking fantastic! Hope mine turns out so well....

Question to all you rescribers....how do you get straight lines? i have a little rescribing knife but every time I try on just small things it goes every which way.

The 104 has always been in my top 5 best looking planes ever built. The lines just scream out for pollished allu.

The kit is really VERY nicely detailed, just a pitty that some of it is in areas where sanding is needed, but I will just scribe it back later.

I will with out a doubt put the tip tanks on and the canopy closed...... it just looks wrong any other way LOL

Theuns

B1

Nice job on the 106. I built that kit when it first came out and don't recall any fit issues. If it's a re issue it could be wear on the molds? I did encounter some fit problems with the 101 I'm building but I was able to even out the warps and waves at the join lines.

Theuns

You are correct about no margins of error when using polished alum. Alclad but if done right it will look like a million bucks! How do you like that 104 kit so far?  

Sure do, it's under the aircraft section somewhere. I will update the thread this week sometime.

Wow, thats going to be one heck of a conversion.

Do you have a build thread somewhere on it? I would

like to follow that build too.

Thanks mach, yeah its a nice kit but there are a few fit issues. The project in the background is a 1/32 yf-22 I am converting into a production f-22A. Its a putty monster !

Nice work!

I built that kit 22 years ago for a guy I worked with who flew them in the Guard.

I have fond memories of the detail, but not the fit.

Whatcha building in the background?

So far I got the big seams sealed on the 106. I laid a coat of primer down and found I have some small areas to tidy up. Then will come the re-scribe of all the lost details from sanding.

You make it sound so easy!

I did some brush painting on the -102 today, I'll get the photos up later. I had forgotten how small

1/72 scale is, but it sure feels good to be building a jet again.

Neither had I untill I found out just how simple Alclad really is, you just need a good smooth surface.....that is it!

Theuns

Theuns,

Looking good so far. I'm following this build closely. I've never had the skill/guts to try an alclad finish.

Here is the 104 sofar. I am a little worried about the amount of detail I am loosing with all the filling and sanding, I will just have to scribe it back.

Problem is that with this plane being pollished allu alclad, there is no room for error.

Dang guys you are moving! I feel left out lol.

With the IPMS nationals done and dusted aswell as the PA-22 I rebuilt now flying I can hopefully get some model time aswell :-)

Theuns

Wow, everyone's builds are looking fantastic.

Here's a small update of mine...

and I took a page from PJ's book and decided to try the stretched sprue/ tenax method.

I'm just about done the cockpit.

Alan...spectacular pit!! Great PE work!

Alan and Mach71, those cockpits look great! I have to agree with stick, it's a shame any of the beautiful detail will not be seen!

Keep up the great work!

Yup, I just spent 15 min painting the molded in emergency O2 bottles and piping on the side of the

ejection seat. I test fit the seat, and they are impossible to see. I also used PE for the rudder pedals and I'm guessing they will never be seen once I seal the fuselage.

Oh well, I know the detail is there.  

mach and Alan

Great job on both pits and gez unfortunately most will be kind of hard to see once the pit is buried in the fuselage.

Alan, That's nice looking job on cockpit. The PE looks great.