RookieLSP Posted March 20, 2010 Author Share Posted March 20, 2010 The office is now officially complete! Or at least, as complete as I can get it. For my first all-resin cockpit I feel pretty good about it. I did add a wash but I went with subtle. I also got the HUD mostly completed. My goal here is to actually stuff all this resin into the fuselage and close it up tomorrow. Or possibly throw it into a wall depending on how that all goes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VADM Fangschleister Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Wall throwing not authorized. You have come too far to give up now. You're in it and you're in it deep. Not finishing this is cowardice. Excellent work. The painting on the cockpit is top notch and convincing. Looking forward to seeing more. Nice kit, especially with all the goodies. (Good luck, we're all counting on you) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jankowski Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Good job, I’m assembly a similar model. http://www.plastimodelismo.org/bbs/viewtop...f=20&t=3449 continue the work of art, good luck. By... P.s I could not enter the box code. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Awesome work! No walling of kits please With some TLC all the resin will find it´s place I´m sure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anders_Isaksson Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Very nice work! Would like to try one of those myself... Cheers, Anders Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IrishGreek Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Great looking cockpit and love the equipment bays! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JP Vieira Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 A-7 Corsair are allways one of my favourite aircraft: keep it coming Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RookieLSP Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 Wow, where have two months gone? Not much to show for it, either. I do have all the resin secured in one half of the fuselage now... Seems it will close up with relative ease. The front end of this model is heavy!! Lotta resin in there.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RookieLSP Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 Whooo-Hooo!!! The fuselage is closed!! I almost did a very dumb thing. I almost closed this up without the gun installed. Got that done really quick. The cover will be on so no real detailing of the gun. I then started from the inside out, using CA to secure all the internal points of contact. After that it was all a matter of working my way around the fuselage. I started on top right behind the cockpit and went around from there. The top went very easily and will require very little cleanup. The bottom wasn't quite as easy. There is some work here to do to get everything clean but I'm happy with it. Shouldn't be too bad to wrap-up. Hopefully things will move much more quickly from here! Thanks for peeking. Critique or comments always welcomed... Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RookieLSP Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 Guess it's just me around here.... Today was all about the air-brake. I've seen in some other builds that this is an ill-fitting area on this kit. I probably didn't help the situation any with some of the shoe-horning I did closing the fuselage! It took quite a few hours today to get to this stage. You can see where I've started filling sizable gaps with styrene strips. I'm not too worried about it though, it should all look fine after the sanding stages. More than anything I'm stoked by the fact that I spent 10 or so hours in the workshop over the last two days!! That's more time than I've spent in here in the last three months. Feels pretty good to actually be getting something done, ya know? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RookieLSP Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 I've been puttering around today starting to clean up seams and whatnot. I also installed the Zacto resin nose cone. This nose is the same for the D or E kits so some material has to be removed in order to fare in the IFR probe on the Navy version. It was a pretty straightforward installation after that. I suspect the fit would've been better if I'd had a clamp that would actually hold the plastic better. Can't get any grip on those round surfaces. Some Milliput and some sanding should see everything right. The underside had some issues, too. Those may have more to do with my crude, ham-fisted "techniques" while closing the fuselage. More soon! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 This is a good looking build so far, even if you had a year off. I particularly like seeing the pic of the intake trunking. Hope you will keep at it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RookieLSP Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 (edited) Today I got a bit farther along. The upper and lower wing sections go together quite nicely with no surprises. A quick dry-fit looks like little filler will be needed: Then there are the flaps. For such a simple part you'd not expect such a strange method of molding these things! The engineering has this strange overlapping bit rather than a simple clamshell assembly and it leaves a horrible gap no matter what I tried. It's on the underside but still. Not a very elegant way for these to go together. Styrene strips to the rescue again! The gap was filled with styrene then I sanded the edges to make them a bit more rounded and blend-in the strips. Looks much better after that treatment... Flaps secured to the wing assembly: The wing was then installed. I'll be posing the wingtips folded so they wont get installed for a while. The fit was very good! Only the two seams across the spine of the aircraft will need any work to clean everything up. Alas, all the news is not good. Somewhere along the line with all the squeezing, clamping and handling; the one avionics bay broke loose on one end. With everything closed I don't think there's anything I can do to try to reattach it that won't just make it worse. You can see the gap where it's pulled away here: Anyone got an idea??? I'm afraid it might just have to stay this way.... Edited June 9, 2010 by RookieLSP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HWR MKII Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Drill a hole in the part and glue a piece of wire into the hole. Then use the wire to pull the part outward. Flow some thin CA glue into the seam and set it. Once its all cured and secure nip the bit of wire off flush and touch up the area by brush. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Looking good RookieLSP :) She's really taking shape now. Sorry to see your avionics bay issue. Anyone got an idea??? I'm afraid it might just have to stay this way.... I would go along with what HWR MKII suggests but perhaps drill the hole in the plastic panel adjacent to the resin bay which might be easier to touch up when you are through re-glueing the resin? Good luck with the fix, I hope it all works out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel111 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Your Sluff is looking strong! Nice work... and don't you find yourself looking forward so much more to a Tamiya kit when building a Trumpeter kit Marcel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 RookieLSP.. The cockpit and the seat looks great. The Corsair looking very neat..Good job ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RookieLSP Posted June 11, 2010 Author Share Posted June 11, 2010 Drill a hole in the part and glue a piece of wire into the hole. Then use the wire to pull the part outward. Flow some thin CA glue into the seam and set it. Once its all cured and secure nip the bit of wire off flush and touch up the area by brush. Interesting idea... There might be a place I could poke a wire in there. I'll have to look at it with that in mind. Thanks! Looking good RookieLSP She's really taking shape now. Sorry to see your avionics bay issue. I would go along with what HWR MKII suggests but perhaps drill the hole in the plastic panel adjacent to the resin bay which might be easier to touch up when you are through re-glueing the resin? Good luck with the fix, I hope it all works out. I like this idea a little better, but that fuselage is pretty will crammed full of resin. I'm not sure I could find a place to push all the way through. More food for thought... Your Sluff is looking strong! Nice work... and don't you find yourself looking forward so much more to a Tamiya kit when building a Trumpeter kit ;) Marcel You aren't kidding!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RookieLSP Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 My goodness, time just marches right along. Not much for me to show for it either! The lip to the intake has been installed: a few little areas will need to be puttied and cleaned up as you can see: As I've pursued other projects in an attempt to avoid things like sanding and vac canopies ( ) I've also started to build some weapons: Since I still don't know what markings I'm using I'm just slowly building all of 'em. They can always live in the spares drawer if not used. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Corsair is looking good there and nice close up pics too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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