VedranJ Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 Some sand dust in front of HUD: Intake tubes after some putty in pin mark holes: After assembly and some more putty: Only Xtreme metal steel, needles are from pins: And after some brown color, black wash and some polishing: I also assembled two main parts of fuselage, fit was OK except for intakes. I had to add some stiren, putty, then sand it, again some putty, thick coat of Tamiya primer and so on... Now it looks OK, i already put some primer coat and I have to repair some smaller mistakes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VedranJ Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Front canopy in place, and sanded I simulated intake ramp panel by airbrushing thick coat of tamiya primer: Little triangles between flaps: Part above hook: Modification between intakes and front part of fuselage. There are small intakes on f-15s next to big ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marcopreto Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 This is coming out great! Cheers Marco Preto http://mpminiatures.wordpress.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fly-n-hi Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 That intake ramp panel is a nice touch! I like it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VedranJ Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Work on CFTs...All vertical panels filled with putty, other shallow panels re-scribed with needle, intakes drilled and two intakes built from scratch. I lost "seals" in few places so I replaced them with thin stirene strips. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spad Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Your work is really good !!! I'm looking with great attention all your wip, it will surely be a great guide when I will build this model! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Wow, nice work opening up everything and those scratchbuilt intakes look awesome. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
305swag Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Awesome scratch skills! Thanks for posting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Great work on this project. I love the extra rivets you are putting on it ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falconxlvi Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I love the CFT inlet scoops! great attention to detail! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VedranJ Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Intakes finished... Wheel bays.... Dryfit only... Landing gear & wheels... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny_Mike Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 fantastic details! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wgpavan Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Hello Vedran, Can you post some pictures of the intake, specially the piece that goes close to the fuselage? I am having a hard time trying to make it smooth. Cheers, Wolney Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VedranJ Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 Hello Vedran, Can you post some pictures of the intake, specially the piece that goes close to the fuselage? I am having a hard time trying to make it smooth. Cheers, Wolney Unfortunately, so did I... Intakes are, by my opinion, worst part of this model, they just won't fit as they should, at least inner part, external fit is OK. Yesterday night I closed intakes with masking tape so I can't take any more pictures from inside, but i took some photos from outside if it helps. You can find some photos from inner part of intakes in my previous posts. I used some stirene and a lot of tamiya putty to make it smooth. After one "coat" of putty I sanded it, but Tamiya "sinks" a bit so you have to repeat process, and in the end I also used tamiya primer as putty. It is not easy to get smooth intake but it can be done with some work. Yesterday night I also glued front fuselage to rear part, so ignore the glue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wgpavan Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Thank you very much!! I agree with you. Intakes are the worst part in the building. I saw the previous pictures and you can be sure they helped me a lot!!! Thanks again and keep the good work. I am following your job!! Cheers, Wolney Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VedranJ Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Right stabilizer antenna modified,panel lines either scribed or removed, some rivets are added with riveter and some from copper wire. Connection between front and rear fuselage part: LANTIRN PODs before: ...beginning... In the end: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marvin20 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 What did you use for the lights in the wing tips? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VedranJ Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 I used red and blue plastic from shampoo cap, great plastic, I think PS because it can be glued with ordinary styrene glue. http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Fa-Men-Duschgel-Attraction-Kick-Off-Xtra-Cool-Speedster-verschiedene-Sorten-/00/s/MjQwWDMyMA==/z/rQkAAMXQlgtS270h/$_35.JPG Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VedranJ Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 Some progress... Styrene rings, rocket motor holes, seeker caps, thinner wings, some rivets, panel lines, and also AMRAAM heads sanded to get "active head" shape. Bomb stations before: Top Studio rivets are for separate bomb stations and they will come in place after I finish with painting, and MFH are for long ones (and in next updates also for other pylons). This is hook...I just drilled two pits and added piece of plastic: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam1818 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Wow!! Some small parts there nice work!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Iceman8241 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Holy smokes! That's one cool build to follow. Great job so far Vedran, keep it coming Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EagleAviation Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Awesome work so far. Well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpagueur Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 very nice progress Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VedranJ Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 Some work on "under-wings-things"...photos almost 1 month old, but better to post it now or never. LAU-128 launchers are from Hasegawa f-16 kit, while ADU-552 adapters are built from scratch using 2x2 mm stiren piece from Plastruct as a beginning point. Piece at the top is Revell piece from box, which they supply enough for only one wing (2 pieces in total). All GBU parts in one place, 56 pieces to clean... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spad Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I'm looking at this topic from the start, I have never left comments not because your work is not good, but because I wanted to compliment you at the end of the model but I could not resist to also express my appreciation to this great job, you you are definitely an excellent reference for detailing the most of this model. I wait, for me, the best part ie painting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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