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I am with Jmel, above!!!!!!! Great work John!!!!!!!!!!!!!! John
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I like it!!!! John
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John
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Great work John!!!!!! John
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Same...good...old... John!!! John (the other one! )
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Good to see you back John....great work as always!!! John
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You are crazy Jo!!!! Amazing job!!! John
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Simply amazing Jo!!! John
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1/32 Trumpeter A-7E converted to Hellenic A-7H
zaxos345 replied to zaxos345's topic in In-Progress Pics
Αντρέα, Thanks!!! John -
1/32 Trumpeter A-7E converted to Hellenic A-7H
zaxos345 replied to zaxos345's topic in In-Progress Pics
Thanks crackerjazz!!!! John -
1/32 Trumpeter A-7E converted to Hellenic A-7H
zaxos345 replied to zaxos345's topic in In-Progress Pics
And the real thing, just to get an idea..... Thats all for now guys, hope you like it!!! John -
1/32 Trumpeter A-7E converted to Hellenic A-7H
zaxos345 replied to zaxos345's topic in In-Progress Pics
And finally i performed a dry fit in order to be sure that everything is in the right place and also to mark the places i have to glue them later. In the most inner detail you can see that i glued a disk where the engine with the exhaust pipe will sit. Another item i had to be sure that i would sit right and straight. .... -
1/32 Trumpeter A-7E converted to Hellenic A-7H
zaxos345 replied to zaxos345's topic in In-Progress Pics
.... Then i tried to scratch build the conical exhaust. For this i used this site which proved to be very helpful http://www.blocklaye...e-patterns.aspx So i printed the shape with the dimentions i wanted, made a pattern and i used the empty can of a beer to build it. ...... -
1/32 Trumpeter A-7E converted to Hellenic A-7H
zaxos345 replied to zaxos345's topic in In-Progress Pics
.... Next it was the engine. The one that the kit offers is....... i did not like it so i started detailing it, first i cut of the conical shape in front and and shaved all the details leaving only the turbine blades. After that i started building my details.... -
1/32 Trumpeter A-7E converted to Hellenic A-7H
zaxos345 replied to zaxos345's topic in In-Progress Pics
... Next i started dealing with the internal structure in front of the turbine. I had to make 3 of those profiles the most inner one where the kits turbine is going to sit and the two others in front of it. ..... -
1/32 Trumpeter A-7E converted to Hellenic A-7H
zaxos345 replied to zaxos345's topic in In-Progress Pics
Good evening guys, better late than never so here i am with another update, this time dealing with the back end of the model, turbine and exhaust area. But before going to this, i made the seat belts from tamiya tape. I did not want to use the photoedge ones as they were wrong. I only used the metallic buckles. I used tamiya tape because i wanted replicate the fabric effect on them. Hope i finally managed it. Then i started dealing with the back end and especially with the part of the fuselage surrounding the exhaust pipe. At the beginning i tried to correct the wrong oval shape of the -
Jennings look here at post #18 http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=34601&hl=plagis&page=2 Hope that helps a little! (kudos to our loving friend Edgar) John
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1/32 Trumpeter P-38L Lightning- "Kicked Up A Notch"
zaxos345 replied to chuck540z3's topic in In-Progress Pics
Awesome build, as always Chuck!!! John -
EA-6B FRANKEN PROWLER ( first kinetic model ever and last)
zaxos345 replied to oppenheimerj's topic in In-Progress Pics
Amazing build, overall, but the painting...!!!!!!! My compliments! John -
1/32 Trumpeter A-7E converted to Hellenic A-7H
zaxos345 replied to zaxos345's topic in In-Progress Pics
Thanks for the comments guys!!! Αντρέα, yes i have the zacto set, you can't build a decent A-7 without it!! I also have to find a way to correct the exhaust section!! Chuck, thanks for dropping by pal! Gianni, thanks mate!! John -
1/32 Trumpeter A-7E converted to Hellenic A-7H
zaxos345 replied to zaxos345's topic in In-Progress Pics
... I added some Archer rivet (one by one with future!) Next with the dashboard... ...and i tried to give a third dimension on the I.P. And finally...the oxygen regulator So far so good lads, hope you like it :salute:/>/> :salute:/>/> John -
1/32 Trumpeter A-7E converted to Hellenic A-7H
zaxos345 replied to zaxos345's topic in In-Progress Pics
... ...Some interior missing details or improvements... ... -
1/32 Trumpeter A-7E converted to Hellenic A-7H
zaxos345 replied to zaxos345's topic in In-Progress Pics
... And i though i had come to the end...until i saw the ''office''. A lot off mistakes, even for a -E model! I had to remove and add some things in order to correct it for -H model! So before... And i started to remove and build... [ .... -
1/32 Trumpeter A-7E converted to Hellenic A-7H
zaxos345 replied to zaxos345's topic in In-Progress Pics
.... Next step the cushion of the survival kit. After 2 unfortunate attempts i finally came with something like that.. At the same time i tried to correct the parachute with milliput... and i added some major details that Aires did not provide... ...