nimrod77 Posted January 3, 2012 Author Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) After my discussion with those in the know about Sleds, I have decided to move the camera bay positions on the belly. The "Q-bay" and "P-Bay" windows for the for the TEOC camera's were incorrectly positioned on the kit, so a little plasticard filler and some stitch drilling and my Sled has two new TEOC windows :)/>. More to come! Edited October 3, 2014 by nimrod77 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 Ok Guys, I know it's not quite up to crunch time yet for a decision but..... What do you all think...... ASARS Nose... Or OBC/SLR nose?? With the ASARS nose on I'll do the DATA Link "Boyle" as well.... Opinions?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Piker38 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Do you want to finish her in hi-viz or lo-viz markings ? Regards Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 I'm thinking this jet ...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Wow, that nose looks nice. Very nice scratch building going on here. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Piker38 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Surely the more recent, ASARS nose then ? The under-side data-link bulge and ECM fairings would make the jet even more convincing :-) Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Hi all, I am still working on this project... SLOWLY... as I am in the middle of selling my house so no having modelling stuff around to mess things up!! I have still managed to get this guy mostly done. Just a few more bits of detail to be added. Sorry about the quality of the pictures... Big thanks to K2Pete for his help with the Astronauts to use as a basis. I will endevour to create a seated Pilot/RSO to go with this guy, then off to the casting lab!! Comments and constructive criticism is always welcome. Thanks for looking in! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rdrunner Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) Hi Nate, Is that the same Blackbird kit ? Man, How did I miss this thread ? You are doing an awesome job scratch building this kit Keep up the good work Mate Ken Edited February 22, 2012 by Rdrunner Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Yep, same kit :) I have a long way to go before I will be happy, but it's getting there! Thanks for looking in! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rdrunner Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) I will watching this build closely, and eagerly waiting for your next update Edited February 22, 2012 by Rdrunner Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JesniF-16 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Wow smashing work Nimrod That is gonna be a huge Blackbird :o Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flight 666 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Cool work Nimrod. Where you found this Pilots?? The SR is also in my stash and so kind of pilots will be very cool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Thanks flight 666 The pilots are Scrarch built/converted by me. Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 This thread is officially resurrected :) I have sold my house, moved and have finally got some modeling work done! Not as much as I would like but I am making progress. First things first, I painted the insides of my CE Burner cans. The base colour is Radome tan lightened with a few drops of white. Then the scorched areas were painted using a combination of Aircraft interior black and Tamiya smoke. The "Bluing" that is common on jet engines was done using Russian interior blue/green. Then the whole thing was washed in Paynes grey water colour paints. The Flame holders at the back were covered in Citadel "Babab black" wash. Then once it was 80% dry I wiped off the wash over the flame holder. The edge where the fan duct should be was painted with Aircraft interior black too. I am pretty happy with the whole look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 I have been putting in many hours into the engine nacelles/Outer wings. The HORROR...THE HORROR... They have been totaly rescribed, and all the sink marks (and there were ALOT) were filled with cyano and sanded smooth. The massive gaps around the edges were filled with Evergreen and cyano, then the whole lot sanded. The panel lines have been....enhanced. I won't say corrected as I can't find good references for the panel lines for the black bird. I do think that they are a lot better now however. The CE Exhausts needed a lot of convincing to get them to fit... Still not finished with these yet. I'll make sure the transition is between the kit parts and the CE parts are as good as possible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 And finally this time, I decided that the IFR receptical on the kit was pure fiction. I used this pic for inspiration and guesstimating the size and shape of the real deal. Here is the version that I scratched from Evergreen. Here it is temp fitted to make sure everything will fit before I commit to gluing it in permanently. More pics to come once it's all sorted :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JesniF-16 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Awesome scratchin' going on here mate!!! The amount of filling and sanding must be mind numbing. I can see this is not a project for the feeble minded, keep up the good work /Jesse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Nice to see you back in the grove of things. I like how your exhausts are turning out. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AnthonyWan Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Any progress on this?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 (edited) Any progress on this?? :woot.gif:/>/> Actually Anthony, yes there has been a little progress. I have not been posting as alot of it isn't very interesting. I have however, started building new main wheel wells. I cut out the old and scratched up some new ones from 1mm card stock. You can see the remnants of the original wheel wells with the new parts here. The roof is 1mm thick, 1mm pitch corrugated evergreen to emulate the ribs on the roof of the real thing. I did end up removing every second raised rib on the inboard parts to try and match the real thing too. Edited October 12, 2013 by nimrod77 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 I've started to drop the flight controls too so as to give this big bird some look of life. I have discovered that the two IB flaperons are not symmetrical unfortunately.... which has resulted in alot of extra work to bring them back to some semblance of symmetry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Major Walt Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Another masterpiece in progress. Loving watching the build. Very,very inspiring! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 This is a stunning little build you have going Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMan Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 fantastic job, cant wait to see more! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel111 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Wow, very interesting subject and some masterful scratchbuilding skills! Marcel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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