chuck540z3 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) I would guess, "Yes", mostly due to these photos I found of a CF-18B (188916) taken in 1994. You can barely see it, but the stiffener is there.... http://www.airliners.net/photo/Canada---Ai...37c13f6bc5a6533 Also in 1994, CF-18A, 188762... http://www.airliners.net/photo/Canada---Ai...37c13f6bc5a6533 Good start to the build, BTW. Cheers, Chuck Edited January 14, 2011 by chuck540z3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spit1A Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Thanks for the info guys! And Alf, thanks for looking through your photos for them. After a little bit more looking I've found a few photos of aircraft in Balkan Rats markings with the stiffener plates. I may just glue them on my model with white glue or something. That way if later I find out 795 didn't have them I can just peel them off. edit: Thanks for the photos chuck540z3! Sorry, I didn't see your post before I posted. Really enjoying following your CF-18B topic btw. Edited January 14, 2011 by Spit1A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 edit: Thanks for the photos chuck540z3! Sorry, I didn't see your post before I posted. Really enjoying following your CF-18B topic btw. No problem. If it wasn't for feedback from Scooby, Finn, ALF18 and many others, my build would have all sorts of errors, so I'm more than happy to pay back in a small way. FYI, the 1/32 Academy front windscreen barely clears the HUD as well- and I really wish in hindsight that I'd done what you have with the HUD glass. Excellent! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Nice work, Spit. I like your remedy for the HUD. I built a Hasegawa CF-18 a few years ago and I think I just lopped off part of the clear piece of the HUD to make the windscreen fit. Your solution is much more realistic. I'll remember that for the next one I build.Look forward to more progress. Mike Edited January 14, 2011 by AX 365 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spit1A Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Thanks for all the nice comments guys! I've made a little more progress now. Landing gear bays are all painted. Landing gear painted. Has anyone had problems with the alignment of the main gear on this kit? I had to do a bit of bending and shimming to get the airplane to sit close to level. Landing gear doors. Stiffening plates on the vertical stabilizers Preshaded and awaiting paint! Thanks for looking! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Superb job on the gear and wheel wells. I'm not as much of a perfectionist as you are, but I seem to recall the gear being a bit tough to get just right... ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Middleton Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 nice work on the gear and doors! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spit1A Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 Thanks for the replies everyone! This build has really slowed down for me, but here is a little bit of progress. The upper and lower greys are on now. Thanks for looking! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SrkiRad Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Looking really god right now - you've done great recovery of windshield, and actually I especially like HUD as it is now - more thin than it was! Gun muzzle also looks fine painted... Can't wait to see finished model, photographed in dark with nose light on! :) Cheers, Srdjan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RiderFan Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 [snip]Landing gear painted. Has anyone had problems with the alignment of the main gear on this kit? I had to do a bit of bending and shimming to get the airplane to sit close to level. [snip] Thanks for looking! Hey there. Just noticed that you have the correct Canadian style shocks on there. Are those the kit parts that you modified or is someone finally making after market landing gear with the proper style of shocks? I used the G-Factor brass shocks on my 1:32 hornet and had a heck of a time removing and replacing the brass to correct them. thanks David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Emvar Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Hey there.Just noticed that you have the correct Canadian style shocks on there. Are those the kit parts that you modified or is someone finally making after market landing gear with the proper style of shocks? I used the G-Factor brass shocks on my 1:32 hornet and had a heck of a time removing and replacing the brass to correct them. thanks David David, This is the nice thing of the 1/48th Hasegawa kit.... it does come with the Canadian shocks. :D Emil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spit1A Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 Hey there.Just noticed that you have the correct Canadian style shocks on there. Are those the kit parts that you modified or is someone finally making after market landing gear with the proper style of shocks? I used the G-Factor brass shocks on my 1:32 hornet and had a heck of a time removing and replacing the brass to correct them. thanks David Hi David, Yep, as Emil has said, luckily the 1/48 Hasegawa kit comes with the correct shocks. I don't know if there are any 1/32 after market LG with the Canadian shocks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RiderFan Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Hi David,Yep, as Emil has said, luckily the 1/48 Hasegawa kit comes with the correct shocks. I don't know if there are any 1/32 after market LG with the Canadian shocks. There are none that I'm aware of. Probably a nice little niche market for a new product Hmmmmm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spit1A Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 Gloss coat and decals are on now. Would someone be able to explain the 'probe kill' markings? How do the refueling probes get damaged? Next up is weathering and a dull coat! Thanks for looking! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Middleton Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 looks nice! well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Cheetah Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Looks really nice, great paint job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 (edited) Would someone be able to explain the 'probe kill' markings? How do the refueling probes get damaged? Thanks for looking! Sure - although I can't speak from personal experience (having never damaged a probe)... :) The refuelling basket bobs and weaves in turbulence. Even in smooth air, it's hard to connect cleanly. When the probe is not exactly centred on the basket as it hits the basket, it will push the side of the basket and the whole hose and basket assembly 'tips off' - sometimes swinging wildly back and forth or up and down. If the Hornet is closing relatively rapidly, or bobbing up and down itself, the basket can smack into the aircraft nose, probe, or even canopy. The type of tanker aircraft can made a difference as well - because of the characteristics of the basket itself (hard or soft) and the length of hose and the way it waves in the breeze behind the tanker. The worst tanker for probe and drogue systems is the KC-135, because it has a hard basket (300 lbs of solid metal), and a short hose that must be pushed into a semi-rigid wave by the Hornet to receive fuel. Here's what that looks like from the tanker aircraft: Here is an American Hornet that argued and lost with a tanker: Here's what it looks like when a CF-18 is in contact with a 707 tanker (hard basket, but long hose and easier to avoid damage). DND Photo above The probe door is not terribly solid. A 300-lb basket that bounces and smacks into it can easily damage it or rip it right off. I've also seen the little actuator that holds the probe open get damaged, and the probe hangs partly-extended, unable to be retracted. I've seen some very scary tip-offs, some from inside the tanker, some from the observation position (flying beside the wing of the tanker). In one case, a CF-5 came home with the 707's basket and part of the hose wrapped around under the probe and around the canopy. During the Balkans conflict (and the first Gulf War among other operations), CF-18s refuelled a lot from the KC-135 tanker. That's why damage to the probe was relatively frequent. Air refuelling is very challenging with a probe and drogue system. On my first Atlantic crossing (Gander to Lahr Germany), I was number 4 in the formation. By the time my lead (3) and I got on the hoses, it was dark, and very turbulent. Number 3 took forever to connect, and had some spectacular tip-offs that I saw in the gloom from my position 10 feet astern of my hose on the right wingtip of the 707. He finally connected, just as my BINGO warning went off - I had just barely enough fuel to divert to Greenland if I missed the tanker. In other words, it had better work in the next 2 minutes, or I had to leave the formation and fly to Thule. I looked at the basket as it moved in a large circle, about 10 feet in diameter. I approached it slowly, and saw that when I got just behind it, the basket was going to smack into the side of the probe if I went any further (i.e. at a 2 to 3 knot closure rate). So I backed off a few feet, and stabilized where my probe was aimed at a spot on the left side of the circle that the basket was making (it took about 10 to 15 seconds for it to move around that circle). Taking a deep breath, I slammed the throttles forward to full military power at what I thought was the right moment, and my aircraft surged forward. My probe arrived at the spot where the basket was by some pure magic/luck/judgement?... and I was connected. Talk about racing heart rate! ALF Edited February 25, 2011 by ALF18 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 That is coming along great, very nice paint! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spit1A Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 Thanks for the nice comments everyone! Alf, thanks a lot for the explanation and the pictures! I didn't know about the different hose/basket combinations and that the basket can weigh up to 300lbs! I can see how that could do a lot of damage! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spit1A Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 Hello everyone! It's finally done! I learned a lot during this build and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Thanks to everyone who commented and answered my questions! I really appreciate it! And finally to show off the gimmick for this build, the spotlight! I sacrificed this figures eyesight so he would cast a shadow... Thanks for looking! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Middleton Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 beautiful! very well done - I really like it what's this green landscaping in the background! Not fair this time of year! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GRAIL007 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Great job, the spotlight looks great, and its nice to see another Balkan Rat. The shade of the vegetation in the background is too green though, photoshop? cheers Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spit1A Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 Thanks guys! what's this green landscaping in the background! Not fair this time of year! I guess I should stop complaining about it being a little bit chilly in the mornings... My Dad and brother played a round of golf this morning. The shade of the vegetation in the background is too green though, photoshop? I did use the 'vivid' colour setting on my camera, so I guess the green looks a little greener than reality... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Very nicely done! The weathering looks great, and the spotlight is kinda cool... I resent you for showing how advanced spring is there... we just got another 30 cm dump of snow on Saturday and it will be at least another month or more before we see pavement, let alone grass! Having said that though, my grandparents lived in Nanaimo and Vancouver for many years. Grandmother always said the grass was greener at Christmas than it was in July when I would visit them each summer. So I can certify that you haven't exaggerated anything in your backyard pics - you've only made some of us jealous! ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Very, very well done! I really like your painting and weathering. Spot on! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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