Cobrahistorian Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Skii, VERY nice, she's really coming along well. The instrument panels are beyond outstanding! Jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skii Posted April 29, 2011 Author Share Posted April 29, 2011 Thanks guys, glad you approve :) Just a quick update - starboard EFAB opened up and the 30mm ammo feed + 10 rounds, plus other details added - the boxes that look uncannily like dice will have lots of cabling added where the holes are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 We're not worthy... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn M Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 now yer just showin off! :) Looks fantastic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skii Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 Work progressing...slowly... A quick dusting of primer on certain areas to check things are nice and smooth - the rivets are .5mm holes drilled and lead wire inserted, glued and gently filed down to the desired height Rear fuselage, all of the HIDAS mounts done, more rivets, not sure about the flare launchers, might need to shorten them... Tail section, fabricated a hinge to enable the rear wing to be clipped into position, circular chaff mount made from some spare kit parts :) Finally the radome,my good mate Mike vac-formed the two halves from the milliput mold and filled them with resin to strengthen the skin, ready for gluing together after a little sanding and adjustment :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liberator24 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 It is coming along nicely. Good luck!! Dont go insane as of yet, we are out here ON THE EDGE!!! Thanks for the awesome IN -Progress!!!! -Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Watching your work is like watching magician. Difference is that your stuff is real. You see he does his tricks, but you can't wrap your mind around how he does it. We are not worthy should be copyrighted to Skii's threads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skii Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 far too kind mate, thanks for the encouragement ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skii Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 on with a further update. My good buddy Mr Williams was kind enough to vacform the 2 halves of my radome master which I made from milliput - he then poured in some resin to the two halves and hollowed them out to give them some strength - I'm very glad he did as this allowed me to be pretty harsh with the sanding block and after much sanding and scribing, I've arrived at what I feel is a fairly convincing replica of the fire control radar. So with this assembled and primed it needs a column to sit on - this took a while but with a couple of diameters of evergreen tubing and some more dead reckoning this should do the job Just a check to see if it 'sits' right - possibly could do with being a millimetre higher.. So here's some shots of the overall progress - still got to tackle those damn gearboxes and engine pods, but its beginning to take form :) That's all for now :) edit - just noticed I'd popped the radome column on upside-down for the photo shoot .... doh !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mareku Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Realy good loocking model Love your work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Wow! I'm stunned! Great work so far! It's gonna be a real stunner! BTW, have you cast any of your upgrades? Cheers and happy modeling! Alexander Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skii Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Thanks guys, glad you like it. I was considering casting these bits but it proved too much work on top of the already slow build progress which I'm hoping to get mostly done before our son is born in November. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony in NZ Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Hi John, once again you blow me away with this spectacular work! What did you use or how did you make that hinge on the radome? Cheers Anthony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skii Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 Hi John, once again you blow me away with this spectacular work! What did you use or how did you make that hinge on the radome? Cheers Anthony Thanks Anthony :) The hinge is very simple - just a length of .5mm styrene rod (you could use lead wire or stretched sprue) and make several cuts along it with a sharp blade, lay a thin strip of styrene card along side it for the bracket :) John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Moore Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) This is some phenomenal work so far, Skii. You may be the only builder who will have a 1/32 WAH-64D build up in existence. Cheers, Alby Edited September 13, 2011 by Albert Moore Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skii Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 Cheers Alby, it'll certainly be cool to have a 1/32 scale Longbow, I think Cobrahistorian built one a while ago too. Some more work on the gearboxes - the thin shim of plastic card around the perimeter is to give the two halves a natural panel line. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam_Kijak Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Hello This build, absolutely fantastic. I had a chance to see 1:35 scale finished WAH-64D about month ago in one of the shows in Uk and it made huge impression on me. It wasn't that well detailed as yours, but surely the size of it was just fantastic. I think i want one too now, idea slowly grows in my head. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Cracking work John. You've certainly captured that menacing stance and the additional details are exemplary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.linus Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 wow really awesome! really exceptionally awesome. i can't wait to see this finished Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn M Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 you're doing a bang up job here, nice work. Kinda makes me want to do another one and detail it out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmel Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Holy smokes! That's just incredible........... Jake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skii Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 (edited) Thanks guys meanwhile after the birth of my son time has been a bit short, so this only update I can show you so far - I've given the model the Archer rivet decal treatment and a light primer / base coat of Modelmaster acrylic Helo drab (lovely paint by the way, better than all of the enamels I've tried so far ) The engine pods are yet to be painted - you can see the archer rivets clearly on them. On the downside I've managed to lose the PNVS turret so I'm still working out how to replace that Edited November 26, 2011 by Skii Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn M Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 excellent! I was hoping you were still cracking on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Congrats with the newborn! Got him into modelling yet? ;) The rivets on the engine pods looks excellent. Hope you will find that missing part. Btw, did you ever finish that excellent Su-27UB? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skii Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Thanks Shawn, yep still sticking with it. Congrats with the newborn! Got him into modelling yet? ;) The rivets on the engine pods looks excellent. Hope you will find that missing part. Btw, did you ever finish that excellent Su-27UB? Cheers mate, I can't wait for that first build together, might be a little while yet though...! The Su-27, well I might finish that one day. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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