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Can I ask how you did the striping on the ejection seat pulls? It's very neat and precise

Thanks

EDIT: I draw them on by hand! Not as hard as it looks with the right pen.

I use a Millennium 08 or 005 black Pen. It is sort of like a high-end marker for artists who do line art, you get them at art stores. I think I've heard them referred to as Technical Pens also.

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EDIT: I draw them on by hand! Not as hard as it looks with the right pen.

I use a Millennium 08 or 005 black Pen. It is sort of like a high-end marker for artists who do line art, you get them at art stores. I think I've heard them referred to as Technical Pens also.

Great tip. I have a bunch of those in my desk. Thanks.

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EDIT: I draw them on by hand! Not as hard as it looks with the right pen.

I use a Millennium 08 or 005 black Pen. It is sort of like a high-end marker for artists who do line art, you get them at art stores. I think I've heard them referred to as Technical Pens also.

And Ironically soon after posting this, I dropped one of my ejection seats to the floor and the Ejection Pull ring flow off into darkness!

I must make a sacrafice to the modeling gods... :moai:

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Count them up!

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I used pins to secure the MER's to the pylons for a solid mount. For each sway brace, I used a file to flatten the parallel surfaces that make contact with the cylindrical bomb surface. This created 4 good points of contact with Superglue. They all went on pretty well. I tried to align them as best I could but there's really no way to make that perfect.

The bombs are resin and at least DOUBLE the weight of the model. Probably much like the real thing :coolio:

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Started taking my gallery pics and noticed something bugging me: The burner can interiors. Although the kit provides some nice ducting and engine outlet inside, they leave the actual outlet nozzles naked. I had replaced the kit nozzles with Brass Tube- a definite improvement but these still looked naked. I have put exhaust covers on previous Revel A-6's I built but the client had wanted these open to look at. Here's some "naked" exhaust pics:

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I decided I couldn't leave these alone and decided to add some of the interior ring detail. I read a good suggestions a while back on using the 2 exhausts from the Hasegawa A-4 Skyhawk (the kit comes with 2) and I actually have this kit in the stash. But upon inspection this would be a lot of risk for little reward. Instead I decided to scratch build them!

I found the appropriate sized brass tube from some 30-06 casings. Bonus, these are already weathered :whistle:/>/>/>/> Than I added spacers with styrene strip. These little things could be a bugger to get on with superglue, but I used one of my tricks- Blue Tak on a toothpick. Stick styrene to Blue Tack stick, dip in Superglue, stick to tube. Magic. Just had to so a little trimming and than literally press-fit these into the brass exhausts.

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Very happy with the result!

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Sweet, don't you hate those niggling little things you find right at the finish line? Awesome looking intruder. Can't wait to see all the finals.

Cheers,

Dave

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Turns out the Verlinden Resin ones are a PITA to cut off the casting bock and superglue on the fins.

What's your final verdict on the verlinden bombs? I'm thinking of getting a set for the snake eyes. I'm going to need a bunch for my Marine Phantom builds. The hasegawa weapon set only gives you 6, and the only other option I'm aware of is the revell A-6E.

cheers,

Mike

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What's your final verdict on the verlinden bombs? I'm thinking of getting a set for the snake eyes. I'm going to need a bunch for my Marine Phantom builds. The hasegawa weapon set only gives you 6, and the only other option I'm aware of is the revell A-6E.

cheers,

Mike

For all the moaning I did, the Verlinden bombs were actually very good. They were just a lot of work when you do 28 of them.

Their snakeye bombs are actually a little easier than the standard 82s to put together and look great. MUCH better than the snakeyes that come with the Revel kit, which are a bit small.

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For all the moaning I did, the Verlinden bombs were actually very good. They were just a lot of work when you do 28 of them.

Their snakeye bombs are actually a little easier than the standard 82s to put together and look great. MUCH better than the snakeyes that come with the Revel kit, which are a bit small.

Cool! Thanks for the quick reply. I'm going to order a set then.

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