parche Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 Dave, the resin exhausts are looking really good. Have you got the other one on yet? Looking forward to the rest of this build. It looks absolutely awe-inspiring. Thanks, I actually just got the second one on today for a test fit... need to trim the ends on the internal petals so they are even, but it is moving along, albeit slowly. Ten more years in the Navy and I can do this all the time instead of wasting so much life at work. I also worked on a significant gap between the port vertical tail and the fuselage...fun. Hopefully I can drop a primer coat on the whole thing by the weekend. Cheers, Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dawestsides Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 No update? This thread is quite instructive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Uncool Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Very well done, dawestsides bloke, going all the way down to rescue this thread! We've all been wondering aloud whut was of Dave's project, just as much as the Japanese at Hakodate wondered whut was of Viktor Belenko after he landed his MiG-25P... Dave...? Dave...??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parche Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 Sorry, spent the last six months underwater doing the country's business...just got home a few days ago and I have been reconnecting with the family and cleaning from some minor flooding in the basement about a week before I returned. Nothing too bad, but my two main Foxbat references got nailed... both of Gordon's books... oh, well, got to find replacements. A few kits had some minor wetting, but a pile of minor references got worked over pretty good. I'll be back to work in a few days on the Mig and the others. Cheers, Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackcollar Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Welcome back to the real world... -Al Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sharkey Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 I love the look of the Foxbat. It's literally all muscle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Welcome back Dave! been missing you around here, mate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LanceR21 Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 This is GREAT!!!!! Yesterday I started working on the Condor MiG-25PD, I hope to be at least 5% of what you did on this model! I just need to watch and learn... :) Cheers, Nenad, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Uncool Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Sorry, spent the last six months underwater doing the country's business...just got home a few days ago and I have been reconnecting with the family and cleaning from some minor flooding in the basement about a week before I returned. Nothing too bad, but my two main Foxbat references got nailed... both of Gordon's books... oh, well, got to find replacements. A few kits had some minor wetting, but a pile of minor references got worked over pretty good. I'll be back to work in a few days on the Mig and the others. Hi there, Dave! Welcome back, mate! Damn, sorta a weird irony to be back in the surface to then find there's a flood in yer cellar, huh...? Didn't it make ya think this world is indeed upside down? Hope ya can go on with this awesome build in no time; y'know I almost hyperventilated after seein' yer thread back on first page like twenty days ago. False alarm. :) So, how's the family doin,' Dave? Nice to see ya back, mate! Cheers Unc² Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dawestsides Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Welcome back Dave! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parche Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 Managed to get a little bit of work done. I have been cleaning up the exhausts so that I can finally mount them. There are three little air bubble holes that don't want to fill. I have also fixed a problem with the starboard vertical stab...the tip was too short where it attached to the fuselage so I chopped the tip some more and added a piece of sprue to it from my F4U build and sanded to shape. I have also been working the MLG some to finally get them done. Sorry no pics...I have no photo editing software on any of the computers at the moment... wife tried to upgrade while I was on deployment and CS4 doesn't want to load cleanly anywhere. I'll get it figured out. Cheers, Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kasatka Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Welcome back, Dave =) Let me know if you need the reference materials on Foxbot. Sergey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel111 Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Welcome back! And good to see progress on your Foxbat, it's coming along now. Cheers, Mracel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Welcome back... :D More to see again from you....woo hoo This ia going great... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parche Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 (edited) Ok, huge step...the exhausts went on today...had to push one down slightly and the other up slightly to correct a slight misalignment in the aft fuselage insert. A little sanding will make it all disappear...now I can concentrate almost completely on the landing gear. I'm taking pics as I go, but I still don't have editing software. Kasatka, thanks for the offer. I have gotten the redstar book replaced and the older one is on its way. I also have a ton of pics on an external harddrive. It was just hardcopy stuff that I need to reprint that was a pain in the loss. Cheers, Dave Edited May 6, 2010 by parche Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parche Posted May 6, 2010 Author Share Posted May 6, 2010 (edited) More sanding and tweaking. Corrected a small error in the port ventral fin and I have been cleaning up different spots here and there in preps for some primer sometime soon. I have wandered through a couple different plans for the MLG and haven't been happy with anything yet. I may not correct the horrible for due to weight concerns and I may just work them up some with detail to make them look better. I'm not quite sure. I don't want to short the build by not fixing the MLG but my patience is a little thin and time is limited before yet another move. Cheers, Dave Edited May 6, 2010 by parche Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcat Fan Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Your work on Mig 25 is very inspiring... I have revell Mig 25 in stash and I will follow your work or at least I will try to follow your great work.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I see you have been busy and sounds like you did some real hard work there..cannot wait to see the pics .. Keep going... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Here ya have a photo editor for free! Now I wanna see pics http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parche Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 Wow...pushy pushy I'll try to post some tonight or tomorrow... Cheers, Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D Bellis Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Good to see you're back home safely, Dave. Bummer about the basement, though. Seems like almost everyone up there had some serious issues with that. Looking forward to the latest pics! D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richter111 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Good to see you back! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parche Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 Ok, some pics... The tip of the vertical stab that had to be fixed with a sanded piece of sprue... attached the sprue first and then sanded to shape..you can see I also forced a piece of rod into a "trench" in the leading edge and sanded it to shape too... The exhausts in place...still plenty to do back here, but it is a big step forward... On deployment... Bluenose Memorial on the Suez Canal Mubarak Peace Bridge - Suez Canal Library of Celcus, Ephesus, Turkey Cheers, Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 LOL Looks like the blue guy`s seen Braveheart one too many times ( I always get a need dor whiskey when I watch it) Awesome progress tho with the rear end of the MiG Btw.. Looks like a very peace inspired memorial by the Suez Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parche Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 I'm tempted to through primer on her and get a look at the surface. I think I am wasting a bunch of time on spots that may not need it anymore... I just want to move forward some. The mohawk was my own doing, the beard was around 70 days old...the blue was dyed cake frosting...it was a good time. Travelling the Suez was quite a trip. I was topside as the supervisor (hence the 9mm) for each pilot transfer and I convinced the CO each time to let us stay up for a bit to look around... Cheers, Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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