Finn Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Chuck, hope all the candles on your cake didn't alert the Fire Dept. Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Happy belated Birthday Chuck. Awesome Eagles shots as well. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ascomt Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) Belated Happy Birthday Chuck. Beautiful Eagles. Awesome Pictures.....I was wondering...are you collecting references for a future F-15 build :whistle:/>/>/> ? Best wishes from Malta Alex PS. I took your advice and bought myself the Rivet Master Beading tool from UMM. It is truly a great tool for riveting and guess what....the tools even fit in my MR Hobby Riveting tool, albeit rather longer that the ones supplied with the tool itself- However if used carefully, the twist action of the Mr Hobby Tool will not be hindered in any way by the extra length of the Rivet Master tools. The great advantage is the wider range of tools available with the Rivet Master set. Thanks again for your help. Edited August 29, 2014 by ascomt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Belated Happy Birthday Chuck. Beautiful Eagles. Awesome Pictures.....I was wondering...are you collecting references for a future F-15 build Best wishes from Malta Alex PS. I took your advice and bought myself the Rivet Master Beading tool from UMM. It is truly a great tool for riveting and guess what....the tools even fit in my MR Hobby Riveting tool, albeit rather longer that the ones supplied with the tool itself- However if used carefully, the twist action of the Mr Hobby Tool will not be hindered in any way by the extra length of the Rivet Master tools. The great advantage is the wider range of tools available with the Rivet Master set. Thanks again for your help. Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. Glad I could be of help Alex. I do have a couple of 1/32 Tamiya F-15's in the stash and some super rare Isradecal decals, so yes, one day I will make a desert scheme Eagle. Should be fun. Nothing important to report, because I've done zero modelling for weeks. The only reason for this post is to confirm that I WILL finish this model and I will post all progress. Too many times I've watched with great interest some fantastic builds that are 10X better than anything I could come up with, and for some reason they fizzle and disappear. Very disappointing- and this won't be one of those. I look at this Hog almost every day and think it has the necessary attributes to be something special if I'm careful with the finishing touches. No need to rush it. Today the wind is up and there's a distinct feel of fall in the air-already!!! This hog will be finished soon enough. ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Close to Fall already...I can welcome that. It'd be better than 90+ down here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Forgot to mention how much I like your display case Chuck, this might work for displaying my 1/18th F-14B when she's finished. I might need one slightly deeper than 18" however but, I really like how simple it goes together and also NO open seams to allow dust in, thanks for sharing this. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Chuck here are some AN/ALQ-184 pics: A short one: http://media.nara.gov/stillpix/330-cfd/2005/DF-SD-05-06450.jpeg Long ones: http://www.169fw.ang.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/120106-Z-WT236-018.jpg the Kun in these are for Kunsan AFB in Korea: http://media.nara.gov/stillpix/330-cfd/2007/DF-SD-07-09243.jpeg http://media.nara.gov/stillpix/330-cfd/2007/DF-SD-07-09241.jpeg http://media.nara.gov/stillpix/330-cfd/2007/DF-SD-07-09239.jpeg Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) Chuck, I still occasionally fish the NYC reservoirs just north of the city for Large and Smallmouth Bass. And I'm still amazed at the number of Eagles, and even Bald Eagles that we see flying overhead. We have the usual assortment of Deer, Black Bears, Foxes, Coyotes, and even the dreaded Black Water snakes. Of course yesterday it hit 90 plus, but today, it's nasty and cool. I'm home and will be spending some time at the bench doing what I like doing best. Looking forward to your completion of the "The Pig", and then later the start of your P-38 build. Joel Edited September 1, 2014 by Joel_W Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peterpools Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hi Chuck With the summer technically over, it's time to hit the bench and back to work on the Hog. Looking forward to your next build update. Keep 'em coming Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I have to admit that I'm almost glad your summer is comming to an end! ( yeah I know, I feel guilty tho) I've been suffering without your updates, since I'm fallowing your build from the beginning!! glad to be sure you're finishing it, and We'll get to see how! Happy belated birthday!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) Well summer isn't quite over yet, but I did have a little time to finish the Mk 82 AIR (Air Inflatable Retarder) bombs and the LAU 131 rocket launcher. The bombs, which are excellent, are made by Harold of AMS Resin, who markets his products through Sprue Bros. His website is here: AMS Resin I chose these type of Mk 82 bombs because they seem to be the most commonly used on the A-10, since they have an actual parachute rather than just wind deflectors like the Snake Eye version, to allow them to be dropped at low altitude without fear of collateral damage of the aircraft. For more info on these bombs, there's a good pic of the parachute assembly here: Mk 82 AIR 500 lb Bomb Now the bombs. Looking at many pics of the Mk 82, I notice that sometimes the demarcation line of the front yellow band of the live bombs is sharp, but often it's a bit fuzzy, like the band was hand painted with a spray bomb. This is very evident in Jake's book on page 106. The bomb bodies themselves look a bit dull and dirty, but not as much as the inert ones, likely since they are mounted less often- and sometimes are actually used! Here's what I came up with... I used Model Master Olive Drab enamel on the body and tail and loosely masked off the yellow front band to get a bit of a fuzzy demarcation line with Insignia Yellow. This was followed by a coat of Future for a few Mk 82 decals, which I got from the stash from the Academy Hornet kit. The white writing should be yellow, but white isn't necessarily wrong either and it's all that I could find in 1/32 scale. The bombs were then dull coated with Testors flat coat lacquer and Tamiya pastels. The real deal has quite a few wires at the rear of the bomb that I painted silver and a long one all the way to the front of the fuze. Since you are unlikely to see any of this when mounted to the pylons, this may be a waste of time, so I didn't worry about the long wire either- at least for now. The front plate is just flat where you cut it off the resin sprue, so I added some photo-etch circular plates with rivets for interest to the front, then attached the fuse... I couldn't find any LAU 131 rocket launchers in 1/32 scale, but the LAU 68 ones from CMK are fairly close. I think Harold may be releasing LAU 131's soon. Unfortunately, the front and back of these launchers are not flush, with depressions around each rocket hole.... So I filled the depressions with CA glue, added some small holes for rivet detail and then drilled out the front and back of the launchers to make them look more realistic. I was going to insert some rockets into the holes, but at this small scale, the dark holes may look more effective left as they are. I can still insert something later if I change my mind. The only decals I placed on it are a serial number on either side, although they often have a fairly large white label at the rear on both sides and on the top. In Jake's book, there's a launcher without these labels, so I went with "less is more" since I don't have the correct decals anyway. The rear of these launchers have some interesting little rods at the rear. I'm not sure what they are for, but in one reference it indicated that they were for "umbilical cords". Maybe our A-10 experts can fill us in..... At this tiny scale, finding something that would fit was a struggle, so I wound up using bits of #80 drill bits, the smallest I could find. I left them a little bit too long to compensate for the thickness of each rod. From a bit of a distance, they look better than this close-up pic, which is upside down compared to the pics above. That's it for now boys. I still have a few trips planned in the next month or two, so thanks for your patience. Chuck Edited September 4, 2014 by chuck540z3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicholassagan Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Solid Chuck. Solid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn M Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 The rods at the aft end are the ignitors for the rockets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Chuck here are some AN/ALQ-184 pics: A short one: http://media.nara.gov/stillpix/330-cfd/2005/DF-SD-05-06450.jpeg Jari Thanks Jari! The AN/ALQ-184 (Short) pod is next. These pics will help a lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Chuck, Nice to see you back at the bench even if it's only for a brief time. Those MR82's and LAU68s really look great. Your constant attention to detail is just amazing. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Great work on the bombs and pods Chuck, the bomb bodies were normally stored out in the open while the tail sections were kept out of the elements so you can weather them more if you like, or leave as is. Here is a look at the back end of a Mk-82 AIR: http://www.osan.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/120505-F-AK519-004.jpg Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel111 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Chuck, those bombs look da bomb! Something you may do in future is paint the bomb bodies and tail assemblies a very slightly different shade, sinve these will not have been painted in the same shop. Marcel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neoh74 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Chuck, I had to join and say what a fantastic job your doing with this A-10. I am a previous 462 (weapons load crew member for those that don't know) on the 0A-10A at Osan Airbase South Korea 1993-1994. This is my all time favorite plane. I prefer the old style as I worked on them. I have the Trumpeter A-10 model also, slowly (over the past 10 years) I have been laying out the electrical for my build. I am placing electric motors in the engine cells and working lights on it. Thank god for LED's! I also say I have a couple scars on my fingers from those pins on the back of those rocket pods. They snap back when loading and you push them forward when your done loading the rockets. The wrap around fin rockets were the worst. They would spring open when you were trying to load them. Sometimes they would slice your hand open with a pretty nasty cut. Dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 Chuck, I had to join and say what a fantastic job your doing with this A-10. I am a previous 462 (weapons load crew member for those that don't know) on the 0A-10A at Osan Airbase South Korea 1993-1994. This is my all time favorite plane. I prefer the old style as I worked on them. I have the Trumpeter A-10 model also, slowly (over the past 10 years) I have been laying out the electrical for my build. I am placing electric motors in the engine cells and working lights on it. Thank god for LED's! I also say I have a couple scars on my fingers from those pins on the back of those rocket pods. They snap back when loading and you push them forward when your done loading the rockets. The wrap around fin rockets were the worst. They would spring open when you were trying to load them. Sometimes they would slice your hand open with a pretty nasty cut. Dan Thanks Dan. What the heck are those pins for exactly? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Chuck here are couple of LAU-131 rocket pods pics: http://www.defense.gov/dodcmsshare/photoessay/2014-03/hires_140303-Z-YH452-099a.jpg http://www.defense.gov/dodcmsshare/photoessay/2014-03/hires_140303-Z-YH452-111a.jpg Those are M-257 illumination rockets being loaded. I'm not familiar with the LAU-131 pod but the rockets are fired electrically, various pods had different types of rocket fingers we called them which made contact with the rocket and when the pilot went to fire them, a small electrical impulse fired the rocket. The rocket fingers we had we had were shaped like a J. Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blue73 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Excellent work Chuck! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 Posted September 9, 2014 Author Share Posted September 9, 2014 (edited) Edit Edited November 11, 2014 by chuck540z3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMan Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Hey Chuck been a long time since I last posted on your Hog, but forget the Hog, show us some more of that down right purty country.....hehehehe! Ur doing an awesome job on this beast, really love your Mk.82 bombs, very clean and crisp. Damn I wish I had an 1/1,000,000th your modeling ability. Cant wait to see more! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicholassagan Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Chuck you've convinced me where to go for our next vacation....Maui is nice and all but I have woodland in my heart... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bravosierra001 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Beautiful pics and scenery! Brandon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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