erik_g Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Magnus, the Bandai kits seems to be the same class as the Fine Molds. I received the X-wing and Tie Advanced yesterday and had to do a quick comparison.. Haven´t built them yet, so the fit is unknown. They do have the same crisp details and in some ways more details than the FM kits. But foremost, they are available.. I of course plan to build all my SW kits eventually.. preferably before I die.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denstore Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I must sat that i didn't like the Look of the Bandai kits very much. maybe they will be looking better built and available for a direct comparison. But even if they are as good, the ebay prices of the Fine Mould kits have rocketed in the last 6 months. Especially for the Millenium Falcon. At this moment, it would probably sell at 2 or 3 times what I paid for it. That would get me between 4 and 6 Tarangus Viggen kits. Is it worth putting the modelling knife into such a cash cow? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) I must sat that i didn't like the Look of the Bandai kits very much. maybe they will be looking better built and available for a direct comparison. But even if they are as good, the ebay prices of the Fine Mould kits have rocketed in the last 6 months. Especially for the Millenium Falcon. At this moment, it would probably sell at 2 or 3 times what I paid for it. That would get me between 4 and 6 Tarangus Viggen kits. Is it worth putting the modelling knife into such a cash cow? Depends on if you want to build a falcon or not..... I'll build mine no matter how much it costs on evil bay. Don't let greed ruin a modelling experience extraordinaire :)/> Cultman still have decent prices on fm stuff... no falcon left tho. https://www.culttvmanshop.com/Fine-Molds_bymfg_27-4-1.html PS. Guys. .youre getting a tad off topic,........just saying ;) Edited December 16, 2014 by Aigore Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erik_g Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Yeah, blame us.. it´s YOU who haven´t added anything new to this thread for a while now.. Last time I checked there were plenty of detail painting left to do on the Viggen Cockpit, so why do you hang around on the internet for? Get back to work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denstore Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Sadly enough, the Millenium Falcon will probably stay unbuilt forever. I will never have the guts to start it. Same goes for the Hasegawa Akagi..... :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 Yeah, blame us.. it´s YOU who haven´t added anything new to this thread for a while now.. Last time I checked there were plenty of detail painting left to do on the Viggen Cockpit, so why do you hang around on the internet for? Get back to work! Now now, one update a week is just a fine pace :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Now now, one update a week is just a fine pace :D/> Janne, Certainly for most of us it is, but your pace on the F-111 and F-15C builds spoiled us. Still it's nice to know that you have a life outside of modeling when not at work. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 Janne, Certainly for most of us it is, but your pace on the F-111 and F-15C builds spoiled us. Still it's nice to know that you have a life outside of modeling when not at work. Joel :P Shouldn't have spoilt you rotten with updates almost everyday... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 :P/> Shouldn't have spoilt you rotten with updates almost everyday... Spoiled rotten for sure. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Ah....time for an update :D I´ve been busy for a change and I´m hoping to get loads of modelling time coming weeks since I´m on a two week christmas leave :D Not going anywhere just going to be at home with the kids and the GF......and my hobby room to recharge my batteries :D I have so much for you it´s going to be a two parter even :D First out is a bit of washing....my usual oil wash is applied to the pit and office chair. Next I gave the inlet trunks a thought and came up with the idea of using very thing plasticard (0.10") to cover the seams...I bhet this has been done before and I´ve just rediscovered it...but it´s nice anyways and fast! I just cut a wide strip and inserted it and glued it into place.... Cut off the protruding card and smoothed things over a bit.. Glued on the fuselage extesion. (for those interested: they added another fan stage on the RM8 engine for the JA, thus making it more powerful than the AJ....however they put in a stop so you couldn´t go to full military power, so the AJ was still the fastest :P ) The nose wheel well...a bit bare but I´ll leave it as it is. Glued into the lower fuselage section. A quick dry fit of the trunking. Heh, this was smart... As previously mentioned I glued on a fuselage extentsion....and one of my first thoughts were about the spine and how it would be extended for the JA. As it is it IS extended and you will hav e to cut off a bit to make it fit a AJ! End of part 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Part 2 The IP... The bang seat, just needs the saftey bar to the headrest. The pit.... The pit glued into place. I put in the seat as well. Here´s the fan front.....painted and washed....but why bother? It doesn´t show :P you have to stick you head in mighty deep to see the fanfront....same on the real deal as well. OK, the trunking glued into the lower fuselage half. The extenstion fits snuggly to the fuselage... And the front fuselage glued together! Yep, things are moving along as they should....the fit is darn good but there´s still a a little gap to fill :) Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Janne, WTG. Excellent progress on the pit. Seat really looks good too. Interesting that you decided rather then to use the Latex paint method for the intake trumpets to go with .040 sheet plastic. The issue I have with that is that you end up with 4 smaller seams that you now have to deal with. I used the Latex method on the F-15C, and while it worked, it's extremely messy, as well as time consuming. The next time I have to deal with intake seams I'm going to try Vallejo White Acrylic putty. As long as I can get the 1st few inches to look good, I'm home free. Two weeks home, you should really make some real progress on the JA37 Viggen. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Janne, WTG. Excellent progress on the pit. Seat really looks good too. Interesting that you decided rather then to use the Latex paint method for the intake trumpets to go with .040 sheet plastic. The issue I have with that is that you end up with 4 smaller seams that you now have to deal with. I used the Latex method on the F-15C, and while it worked, it's extremely messy, as well as time consuming. The next time I have to deal with intake seams I'm going to try Vallejo White Acrylic putty. As long as I can get the 1st few inches to look good, I'm home free. Two weeks home, you should really make some real progress on the JA37 Viggen. Joel Thanx Joel :D Well one reason to not go all out on the intakes is that very little will show and the intakes are pretty small. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Loooooookeeeeeeng very good Janne, are ya done yet? :D , Ok I'll get me hat and coat.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Loooooookeeeeeeng very good Janne, are ya done yet? :whistle:/> :D/> , Ok I'll get me hat and coat.... :scared0016:/> LoL, thanx Clif :D Still a few things to do.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Santa´s been here and left...the kiddies have been wading through gifts and are now finallly put to bed. (Yup, here in scandinavia we give gifts during the the X-mas eve and not on X-mas day) I`m digesting all the culinaries of the X-mas dinner and feeling pretty content :D A bit of time to myself finally and I have something to show. I have puttied up the front fuselage. Shifting focus to the rear.... and there´s much to do! Here´s the reverse thrust paddles....Nice detail on the out side but nasty ejection marks on the inside...needs some putty there. These details are on both sides of the rear cone and they are wrong, there are no dimple on the crear cone and the hatch doesn´t protrude like that...so putty and sanding here too Here another thing to improve... The turkey feathers are separate from the outer ring...and the details looks fuzzy :/ BTW, just to show what kind of beast the RM8 engine is... The RM8 and the TF-30 are both derivates of the civilian Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 engine but they are not the same engine! Here you see the size difference between the TF-30 open exhaust and the RM8.... It´s a massive engine! OK, now I´ve gone potty in the head......I made a template and used it to mark pretty little triangles on a strip of plasti card. Then I cut them out.....all 24 of them....but there´s more.... Much more! I´ll build the turkey feathers of the RM8 exhaust, they are internal pretty much like the TF-30 in F-111. First I glued in the hinges.... End of part 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Part 2 Then the first layer of the feathers... and finished! Looks pretty darn good compared to what was there from the beginning :D Next the small thingies on the outside of the exhaust that shows through the reversal slits in the sides of the airframe. A little test fit with the base of the reversal paddles.... here you see the slits. A quick visit to the front end... filled the nose cone with clay as ballast...don´t want a tailsitter. Now, the tail cone needed a bit of attention.....I puttied up and sanded the dimples...added plasticard strips to the base of the tailfin. It´s really a separate part that´s just attached to the rear exhaust cylinder. The tape marks where additional cooling airintakes will be added for the exhaust. There...marked and drilled. They were added to cool the rear exhaust......in full military power in zone 3 the rear cone would actually melt, guess they cooling vents delayed that for a while :P And the fron fuselage sanded and rescribed :D On with the nose cone.... And lastly the rear parts got primed in Alcald grey primer and then coated with honey primer to give a gloss canvas for the metal coats. :D Merry X-mas folks :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
coneheadff Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Great progress!!! Merry Christmas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Great progress!!! Merry Christmas Thanx coneheadff :D Dito :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Wow those turkey feathers look amazing! Great job Aigore! Merry Christmas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 Wow those turkey feathers look amazing! Great job Aigore! Merry Christmas Thanx Nimrod :D I'm rather pleased with them myself....really improved the overall look of yhe exhaust :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Super work!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 Super work!!! Thanx rom :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 massive improvment in the exhaust area! Great work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Janne, Absolutely a fantastic effort of scratch building. The added details of the turkey feathers and rear cone will really stand out on the finished model. I personally enjoy detailing whenever possible to just substituting AM resin. Well done, and Happy Holidays to you and your family. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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