Guest PetrolGator Posted January 21, 2015 Report Posted January 21, 2015 See, this is why I don't build planes...
wedfactory Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Posted January 21, 2015 See, this is why I don't build planes... Say the man who rigs ships with streached sprue well enough to make spiders jealous. :D
ghodges Posted January 22, 2015 Report Posted January 22, 2015 PotAto-potahto.....we each pick our poisons! Me, I HATE painting road wheels, so it's doubtful I'll ever built a Tiger tank! GIL
wedfactory Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Posted January 22, 2015 One of the reason I don't do tanks very often myself.. :lol:
wedfactory Posted January 28, 2015 Author Report Posted January 28, 2015 ok, build stumbling block, main canopy is to wide.look on the left side of the model to see how off.humm... gotta figure how to fix...
Guest PetrolGator Posted January 28, 2015 Report Posted January 28, 2015 Remove the canopy, make a cut to side it correctly, then vaccuform a replacement from the old canopy, now of the correct shape?
WildBill50 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Posted January 28, 2015 Hi Warren, I'd try opening the top seam of the fuselage back to that slot and shim it to the correct width. re fill the seam and sand smooth again. My dos pesos worth. Bill
ghodges Posted January 28, 2015 Report Posted January 28, 2015 Bill's suggestion is probably the least amount of work, IF you can split that top seam. Even if you can't fully widen it to match the canopy you can get it a lot closer. Outside of that, simply centering the canopy and filling behind it on both sides will work, albeit involve a lot of sanding and blending. Vacking a new canopy wouldn't work unless you actually cut and sectioned the kit one to make it less wide before making the new, slightly larger copy over it. GIL
wedfactory Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Posted January 29, 2015 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.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.
Guest PetrolGator Posted January 29, 2015 Report Posted January 29, 2015 // 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.//ORLY? Excellent tip bro!
wedfactory Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Posted February 9, 2015 Ready for paint... Finally!!Hopefully should start throwing paint Tuesday.
ghodges Posted February 9, 2015 Report Posted February 9, 2015 Only a modeler would have 2 jars of sludge on the bench within arms reach at all times! GIL
wedfactory Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Posted February 9, 2015 Popped open another kit. Going to do this as a "what it"
wedfactory Posted February 12, 2015 Author Report Posted February 12, 2015 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...Now let's look at the completed (cough) cockpit...and now the rescribing in progress...Just shoot me now. Or is there a rehab of modelers who have lost their mind?
wedfactory Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Posted February 14, 2015 Also hit the cockpit for a 48 scale blackbird!
wedfactory Posted February 15, 2015 Author Report Posted February 15, 2015 Got the first color of upper camo on..
ghodges Posted February 16, 2015 Report Posted February 16, 2015 That camo is looking sharp, and it's not even done yet! GIL
wedfactory Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Posted February 17, 2015 Main painting done.Got a little overzealous removing the tape. 1
wedfactory Posted February 22, 2015 Author Report Posted February 22, 2015 finished rescribing the F-111. Also ripped out the cockpit to detail it.Before:After:The lack of detail was driving me nuts.
wedfactory Posted February 22, 2015 Author Report Posted February 22, 2015 Got the Wings glued on the fuselage and gloss coated. Now ready for decals.
wedfactory Posted February 23, 2015 Author Report Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) Went deep into my unfinished stash and pulled this one out to work on for a while. It is the Revell 1/48 scale MIG-25.Have my work cut out for me. Edited February 23, 2015 by wedfactory
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