USMC Herc Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 (edited) Well I have finished 3 of the builds I had left over from last year, time to finish the last one. I started this build over in the FSM 262 GB. I have build up pics to show where I am at this point. Pics of the home detailed tub. Added detail to the walls of the landing gear bay. Detail pics of the Pit. I added wiring, O2 mask hose from wrapped wire, Throttles are pieces of PE fret with styrene added I even was able to shape foil into the protective gaurds . C & C are most welcome. this has all been closed up a long time ago. I will get more pics up soon. Cheers & Semper Fi-Jason Edited February 25, 2010 by USMC Herc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Mikester Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Really nice work there, Jason. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
USMC Herc Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Mikester Thank you very much, I thought I did a good job on the pit and am glad that you agree..TY. I noticed looking at reference pics that Tamiya and most model manufacturers do not place all the control rods in the wheel wells. So I scratched them from some styrene rod and added some more plumping to the bottom of the tub. I painted the side walls & used pastels to weather the sides. Still have no Idea how KILROY made it here :D :). Nose Landing gear, added plumbing, the nose gear bay is a single piece of lead to balance the aircraft. I added so much detail to the main bays thatI had to do something here. Using a brass shim I cut the access panels and doors and glued them to the lead(Next time I will use thin styrene, easier to work with) Comments & Criticium(did i spell this correctly?? :)) is most welcome & appreciated. Pics of the gun bay are next. ;) Cheers & Semper Fi-Jason Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcasilimas Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 It's an amazing job...Good scrath building :blink: Javier Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stratox Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Looks great. May I ask what are you using for the wire? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
USMC Herc Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 Stratox thanks for stopping by and looking. The fine wire I used for the IP I stripped from a wire out of a now defunct clock/radio. the other wire is copper that i picked up from the local Do It Yourself store. I think I found it in .5mm - .8mm, and I have different sizes of soder from the same place. I am always looking at every store I go to for more wire. Hope this Helps. Cheers & Semper Fi-Jason Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stratox Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Thanks. Same here. It seams us modelers are always looking outside the box for stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
USMC Herc Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 and as promised pics of the Gun deck. I think I have something around 40 added wires just in the bay. Each of the cannons has its electronic triggers ran, the cannon cocking mechanism, and cannon clearing line. I my wife says I have OCD when it comes to adding detail :D ! Pic of the Aircraft before paint. C & C are most welcome. Cheers & Semper Fi-Jason Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackcollar Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I had to go back and have another look... Kilroy? In a German aircraft? Nice touch, was in on loan to the Luftwaffe? Brilliant work that is! -Al Quote Link to post Share on other sites
USMC Herc Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 I primered her up and added a coat of GSI Creos Mr. Metal Color Alminume. it went on nice and easy straight from the jar . I then lightly buffed it with a paper towel. One thing I noticed while buffing and later handling is the paint seems to be real powderey(is that even a word?) It will buff up to a real high shine, after I got done buffing it looked like a fresh metal aircraft straight from the plant. Question: How do you guys seal your buffable metal colors?? When I attempted to mask some areas after spraying on Mr.Color Laquers, the tamiya tape lifted the paint easily. I also taped a panel off that I forgot to paint, I had sprayed the base colors and a gloss coat of future over the top, but when removing the tape it pulled paint all the way down to the Aluminium. i sprayed the bottom RLM76 Light Blue & the Top RLM83 Dark Green. after I sprayed the base colors I remembered the Gunbay covers. I thought I had made these to where I could remove them and show off all the great detail I had added. Well i was wrong :'(. I had to fight the right side gun cover into place. after many hours of frustration and multiple passes with CA & Tamiya extra thin I finally won the battle :D. Would have been much easier if I would have remembered before adding paint. I have since gloss coated her and started adding decals. Thanks for looking. Comments and suggestions are always welcome. Cheers & Semper Fi-Jason Quote Link to post Share on other sites
USMC Herc Posted February 25, 2010 Author Share Posted February 25, 2010 Paint job fixed. Decals have been added. Did not relize that there where so many decals & placards on this jet. I did not place the large Blue/White checker board correctly on the first side, I decaled half the aircraft and went to work. I then decaled the other side, matched placement and saw the mismatch on the bottom of the aircraft. That will stay as I have no idea of how to lift decals & reapply. But anyway...decals are applied & so is the panel wash. Question should I spray another layer of clear on before post shading to protect the oil wash????? Comments, complaints, I am a dumb s for missing something stupid, suggestions are always welcome. Cheers & Semper Fi-Jason Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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