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wedfactory

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  1. I like this! I admire people who use some elbow grease instead of just buying the "latest and greatest" release. I look forward to seeing all of the tricks you use to bring it up to date!

     

    GIL :smiley16:

     

     

    I also have the Kitty Hawk model sitting in my stash, but want to finish this one first.

  2. This will be a quick build I told myself. This will be a OOB build I told myself.

    So why am I rescribing it? Why am I thinking about working on the (cough) cockpit?

    Let's consider the average kit quality...

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    Now let's look at the completed (cough) cockpit...

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    and now the rescribing in progress...

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    Just shoot me now. Or is there a rehab of modelers who have lost their mind?

  3. I have a brick house. That means that the exterior walls are thicker than most homes without brick. This leaves the windows set quite a way back from the wall. I placed the work area in front of the window and had 4" of space between the bench edge and window. So I built a vent box out of foam core that would fit in that space.

     

    In the section below you can see what I did. The vent box is build from foamcore taped with blue painters tape.

     

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    The two small fans are taped to the face of the vent that faces the window and blows the air out through the window (when I remember to open it :huh: )

     

    The total coat was about $40. I have also attached a surge protector to the underside of the bench and plugged in the fans, light and compressor to it. So when I want to paint I just hit the on/off switch on the surge protector and the whole bench powers up.

     

    Here are some close up photos of the vent box..

     

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    I purposely built the open about 2 inches higher than the bench top to prevent anything rolling into the vent. the tassels are there from when I first built it to test the suction power. It gets rid of most of the fumes when I am working.

  4. I am doing a major remodel of my modeling room. (much to the chagrin of my wife) When done I will have over 50% more display shelving. I now have moved the work area out of the closet and moved my stash into it.

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  5. I couldn't shim the fuselage as it would affect contact points for the wing connection to the fuselage. I decided to go with brute force. I found out if I pressed in on each side I can make the canopy just about fit. So I hit the edges of the canopy and fuselage with superglue and pressed the pieces together. Here is the result.

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    Now it it just a matter of some putty and sanding to smooth things out. And before you post that I have fogged my canopy with the superglue, I have discovered that once you have dipped your clear parts in future you can use any glue you want to attach them. The future protects the clear parts from the fogging effect of the glues.

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