egg2012 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 (edited) Hello everyone ! It's my very first GB,and I hope it could be a good step for me to return this hobby after years half-abandoned with it. The kit is a hasegawa in 1/48.I will post the photo of the kit along with AMs in a few days after some AM is in my hands. Bellow is the real thing my buildinig will represent(The photo quoted form Airliners.com). http://s1293.photobucket.com/user/eveself/media/2006-CAG_zpsf2883e5d.jpg.html Edited July 4, 2014 by Neo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg2012 Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 Here is the photo which again has reminded me about the thought that do not mess up the stuffs for the sake of the money. My buliding process won't in a rapid pace .I'll do it,how to say ,nice and slow.I can "being slow " for sure and for the other So any advice and suggestion will be greatly appreciated! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Guys a small reminder. Please do not post pics from airliners.net you may place a link to the image but not embed the immage Thanks Neo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg2012 Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 Thank you very much,Neo.I'll keep it in mind. Feng Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg2012 Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 Here is a little bit progress.Mostly about trying to manage to fit the Aires resin cockpit in place. I spent around 2 hours to repeat sanding and fitting.Thank heaven there was a handy electric tool accompanied with me. This was the pit finally fitted with the kit part.Did I overdo a little? Enveloped by the fuselage kit parts.I don't think It's too bad.There some gaps needing to filling and sanding,but they are OK to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg2012 Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 I ask for some advice and instruction for resolving one problem.Thanks in advance. Along with treating Aires resin parts,I found situation when I sawed some brand seamless air intake off the base. Let the photo itself explain and another one(before sawed off) So what can I do to avoid messing up those partly delicate and translucent resin parts when I set them in the fuselage? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 <...> So what can I do to avoid messing up those partly delicate and translucent resin parts when I set them in the fuselage? Maybe wrap and glue some plastic sheet strips around them? To give it some stability. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg2012 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Maybe wrap and glue some plastic sheet strips around them? To give it some stability. :dontknow:/> thank you ChernayaAkula. Sooner or later I'll face them,anyway,the original parts are still intact. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Good work on fitting the resin cockpit in place. That is the hardest part with resin; getting it to fit, and not destroying the detail when you shave off the extra resin. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bravosierra001 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Looking good! I have a lot of the same aftermarket that you have so I will be paying attention to how you do yours. Brandon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg2012 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 Good work on fitting the resin cockpit in place. That is the hardest part with resin; getting it to fit, and not destroying the detail when you shave off the extra resin. ALF Thank you ALF18. Yes sir,the fitting wasn't easy and was a dity work.I had to clean nearly everything around the bench when finished the sanding. BTW,I'll reply your post with some photos after I get them.We could share something. Feng Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg2012 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 Looking good! I have a lot of the same aftermarket that you have so I will be paying attention to how you do yours. Brandon Thank you Brandon. I think GB is a good activity.With a specific and same theme,we can share info in an easy and effective way. Feng Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg2012 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 Looking good! I have a lot of the same aftermarket that you have so I will be paying attention to how you do yours. Brandon Thank you Brandon. I think GB is a good activity.With a specific and same theme,we can share info in an easy and effective way. Feng Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Hey nice progress :) About those intakes - Maybe You don't need to do anything to them? Hell they might be this thin for a reason! I'm betting You tried dryfitting them to the fuselage - those aft parts where the intake touches the engine fans shouldn't move too much. If not, I'd go with what ChernayaAkula said! ;) Will You be folding wings? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg2012 Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 Hey nice progress :)/> About those intakes - Maybe You don't need to do anything to them? Hell they might be this thin for a reason! I'm betting You tried dryfitting them to the fuselage - those aft parts where the intake touches the engine fans shouldn't move too much. If not, I'd go with what ChernayaAkula said! ;)/> Will You be folding wings? Thank you for your advice. As for folding wings,not this time.I have to keep the building within my power and under my control.I hope I could make some obvious progress this month. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg2012 Posted September 16, 2014 Author Share Posted September 16, 2014 been busy on my job for a while,and got a little lazy. uploaded some updates,very limited,just wanna say I have no plan to quit the GB at least presently. some IPand the pit photos,I haven't made the seat painted. and some photo etched parts around the cockpit,sorry no paint yet. I've put my hands on the resin seamless intake.I've realized after tried to dry-fit the resin part to the fuselage that the seamless intake were meant to be made like what I see ,I mean the very thin area at one side of the pipe end ,which I thought it's about quality problem at first.sorry for my innocence. The working about the area wouldn't be easy to me.I should brace myself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Emvar Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Looking very good!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Beautiful cockpit. Good luck with the resin. Looks like a lot of work. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Colin K Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 That cockpit is really well done! Great looking project so far! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Netz Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Let the photo itself explain Nope, that's called "Mold Shift" and may cause you problems when fitting the part, you will have only one option to "fit" the part and that will be to remove plastic, not to balance between removing a bit of plastic and some resin. I recommend if you have this problem again, instead of reinforcing with plastic, you can add paper strips the soak it with C/A glue, it should conform easier than plastic sheet. I've put my hands on the resin seamless intake.I've realized after tried to dry-fit the resin part to the fuselage that the seamless intake were meant to be made like what I see ,I mean the very thin area at one side of the pipe end ,which I thought it's about quality problem at first.sorry for my innocence. Yea, it's a quality problem... If your test fitting the parts with out gluing the side panels on, I think you might have more chance of misalignment, too risky. Your instrument panel is gorgeous. Curt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Man that cockpit is mind blowing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bravosierra001 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Beautiful job on the cockpit!! I had a set of the same intakes, and ended up throwing them away. I did not like the fit, they were thin like yours, and I did not like that the fan blades were like an inch and a half from the front of the intake. Brandon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg2012 Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) Thank you guys! for your encouragement and instructions! Personally,the resin intake set might be one product to be compromised a little bit when designed. There are several main works around there I will face 1.the strengthening Thank you Netz for your instruction ,I will have a go. 2.the fitting Repetitious test fitting can be expected.I'll sand plastic part very carefully ,especially on the back side of the MLG well. The thin area of resin pipe isn't as fragile as I thought before.It's a little flexible which might be good for fitting but probably bad for painting. 3.the painting I'm gonna use latex paint.I have no experience about using the paint except for brushed wall with it several times. But there are many helpful posts in ARC forum I can reference Thank you again for your replies. The original plastic parts are still kept carefully :rolleyes:/> . Edited September 18, 2014 by egg2012 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg2012 Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 not more than one month left Finally ,the seamless intakes haven't haunted in my mind any more.Below are pics of the process in which show what I had done.Overall the result is not very good,but the area dosen't look too bad if not to have a close look. At first are pics of painting intakes.I supposed using latex to them but I gave up the plan when I found that a small amount of latex was out of my reach and I hadn't any incentive to rebrush my walls.So after tried some so-called experiment,I found the new water based Acrysion matched my need because the paint coat seemed has a little resilience when it dried.That could be very helpful to the thin area of resin intakes. I found the long cap from make-up stuffs out of my wife's favour.Actually I have no idea where the line between the white color and the grey gets started inside intakes.I just let the length of the cap make the decision. used two days to do the dipping,the result was not too bad. glued them to the splitted plates parts,sanding and checking Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg2012 Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 glued them to the fuselage with the help of CA,UHU and extra thin cement and used polyester putty to deal with the big gaps between the intakes and underside of front fuselage.Then sanding and rescribing. the gaps done with sanding and scribing. The result is not too bad. Two became one in some torturous way ,finally. Thanks for looking.Oh Oh deadline. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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