Woody_ Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 If you ask me,this is the most badass airplane ever built. It's time to build this beauty. Unfortunatly,this is a dog of a kit,so I will have my hands full trying to correct lots of mistakes,and make it accurate as I can. In short, full rescribe,custom exhaust,detailing wheel well, correcting the (notoriously wrong) nose,etc. Not a lot of parts,but work needed to be done,enormous :) Aftermarket parts,only Rocketeer decals and Eduard set. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woody_ Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) First thing,rescribing. Lots of wrong panels on the kit,so I start to correct this. All the panels are raised,so I can use some of it as templet to scrabing. First stage,general lines. Of course,I will make the lines better,without mistakes in second stage. Goal is to make 'new tooled look' to it :)/> , with all the rivets,etc. Well that's the plan anyway :)/> Edited January 1, 2016 by Woody_ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caudleryan Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Always love seeing these being built! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMan Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Great start! Cant wait for next update Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woody_ Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 First picture - you can see how pure fit this kit have (marked with blue circle) , piece that needs to be replaced with PE (yellow circle) , and 2 pieces that don't exist on real airplane,so needs to be removed (red circle). Second picture - after Third picture - starting to play with riveting. Oh boy,this will be a pain of a job. I will do it all one by one,with help of that metal piece you can see on the picture above. I think it will look ok in the end,but my mind could go south in the process :) Tried with riveting tools,but I didn't like it. Maybe for some other areas... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woody_ Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 Progress... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 nice work! I got the 1/48th version for Christmas :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Nicely done Woody. I'm right there with you on adding details and rescribing. I've added a ton of this to my 1/18th scale Tomcat. It's VERY time consuming and requires alot of patience. I like your metal rivet guide, where did you get it from ? This would have been nice to use on my Cat. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woody_ Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Thank you ! It is a VERY time consuming,do it rivet by rivet,sanding,correcting... but this bird deserve all that :) 1/18 Tomcat ... you are even crazier than me :) Metal guide,it's part of Dreammodel template set,you can easy find it on ebay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woody_ Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Start to work on the underside,added few details,riveting,it's just the beggining. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woody_ Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Still adding rivets,details,panel lines,correcting things... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Hi I really like you riveting/scribing work. well done sir! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikkod Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Nice work ! Riveting and scribing brings this a live. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woody_ Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) Just to get a little rest from scribing and riveting, I start to play with terribly wrong shape nose. First,remove plastic (you can see original on the left side,marked red) Now you can see deliberately made gap,to make room for styrene. Something like this,but long piece correctly shaped All that ,God help me :) ,to achieve something like this shape (you can see how wrongly is the shape of kit front ,not just Italeri,but I will say all Blackbird kits on the market) Unfortunately,I can't do much about it at the moment,because before I start to seriously work on this,I need to finnish many other things (cockpit,front wheel well). Many things needs to be done before I can close both halfs together. This is just a plan presented,so you can comment if you wish, make sugestions,correct me if I'm wrong in something. Edited January 13, 2016 by Woody_ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 very interesting job! All that ,God help me :)/> ,to achieve something like this shape (you can see how wrongly is the shape of kit front,not just Italeri,but I will say all Blackbird kits on the market) Wow! So it is the same for the 1/48 version?? Do you recommend an accurate scale drawing? Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erik_g Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 The nose looks like it could be correct for an A-12 "Oxcart". Maybe that is what Italeri did, made their research of some A-12 at some museum, and then added a second cockpit? I built their YF-12 once upon a time, and I would not be surprised if a lot of plastic is the same. Nice work with the panel lines. I have the utmost respect for someone who is prepared to put that much effort into their model. I am sure this one is going to look great when finished! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woody_ Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 @rom Yes,1/48 also have wrong shape. I'm not aware of any official SR-71 bluprint,but people manage to make pretty accurate drawings. When you look at this drawings and reference photos,you can make very close shape. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woody_ Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) @erik Italeri (and others) made some kind of mix between A-12 and SR-71. Shape of the front end is A-12,but too long. Notice also,it's not just the nose,as many modellers mentioned,but also area under cockpit. If you correct just the nose,shape will still be wrong. You need to correct it all the way,as I show on the picture. This is most prominent,but overall shape of the plane is also wrong. Not critical tho, but area between engines is too compressed. But in the end,with a little corrections you can make pretty descent SR-71. I hope it will look ok in the end,so much work to do yet :)/> Edited January 13, 2016 by Woody_ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Thank you Woody!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woody_ Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) Working on front underside. Just a little scribing and riveting on the front,much more to do. Few corrections,first I remove ridiculously shallow front wheel well,then work on cameras. You can see here wrongly positioned windows,and new placement for it. Also,subtle,but you can see differently shaped windows (TEOC and OOC),as I correct it. Work in progress You can see here how I fill wrong windows and make 2 new ones. I will go with only TEOC,as this is usuall configuration in mission flights. OCC will be just closed plates, as they always remove glass when not used. Edited January 13, 2016 by Woody_ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dragan_mig31 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Great work so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woody_ Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Working a little on vertical stabilizers... On the right,you can see original kit part,no details,wrong,so I correct it,as you can see on the left. It's not perfect,but for 1/72 it will pass :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Check Six Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 If you ask me,this is the most badass airplane ever built. It's time to build this beauty. Unfortunatly,this is a dog of a kit,so I will have my hands full trying to correct lots of mistakes,and make it accurate as I can. In short, full rescribe,custom exhaust,detailing wheel well, correcting the (notoriously wrong) nose,etc. Not a lot of parts,but work needed to be done,enormous You have exquisite taste there, young man ! I'll definitely be following this build. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Nicely done, what a difference it looks 10x better. Keep up the great work Woody. Here's a suggestion if you don't mind. When it comes time for painting her, save yourself a step and shoot her gloss black. Then you can decal, weather and flat coat. That's how I did my 1/48th scale F-117A. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMan Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 WOW, what great attention to detail! I may very well be interested in trying to build this one again someday and with this how to tutorial, it may very well look as it should. Cant wait for the next update and how to!!!!!! Keep it up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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