Aigore Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Time for my next project! I´ll be staying on the topic of US Navy bombtrucks :D The Intruder!! My choice is the much fuzzed about Kinetic kit. It contains sprues.....lots of sprues, infact I was never really able to but the sprues back into the box in a way that they fit again after I had open ed the lid and had a look :P The sprues are hard and thick... bit of old Airfix feel to them and the plastic in the fuselage halves are really thick. But it comes with loads of weapons....snakes and rock. weapon sprues 2x I have a bit of aftermarket for it as well... Seamless suckers from DMold, bang seats from Wolfpack and a Quickboost IFR probe And a choice of decals from Furball :D More aftermarket stuff are on their way...perhaps a resin cockpit as well :D That´s all for now Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crackerjazz Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Wow, Aigore, now I want to build an Intruder, too! What's happening here? You cast a mean magic spell. Everything you build I hanker for. Looking forward to your sweet updates. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 3 hours ago, crackerjazz said: Wow, Aigore, now I want to build an Intruder, too! What's happening here? You cast a mean magic spell. Everything you build I hanker for. Looking forward to your sweet updates. LoL Enticing isn't it :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 I'm looking forward to this! Especially this build, as it will be amazing! I'm hoping HB eventually add Prowlers to their outstanding Intruders. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 3 hours ago, dnl42 said: I'm looking forward to this! Especially this build, as it will be amazing! I'm hoping HB eventually add Prowlers to their outstanding Intruders. High hopes? :P I heard the HB intruder was good....I'm making do with the kinetics one, it will take some work, I can tell you that :/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 9 minutes ago, Aigore said: High hopes? :P I heard the HB intruder was good....I'm making do with the kinetics one, it will take some work, I can tell you that :/ I built my first, last, and only Kinetics kit, an F-16D Block 52+ in Polish markings. Other people do great things with Kinetic kits--so I'm sure you'll do fine. I used Caracal's wonderful Polish Tiger Meet decals for all but the refueling door and wing walkway lines. Far better than the Kinetic decals... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
my favs are F`s Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Awesome plane! Awesome choice! Happy modelling! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Great choice! I'll be following for sure!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 5 hours ago, dnl42 said: I built my first, last, and only Kinetics kit, an F-16D Block 52+ in Polish markings. Other people do great things with Kinetic kits--so I'm sure you'll do fine. I used Caracal's wonderful Polish Tiger Meet decals for all but the refueling door and wing walkway lines. Far better than the Kinetic decals... Early kinetics kits are a bit tricky but their newer kits are quite alright. It's their quality control that is most annoying at times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 4 hours ago, my favs are F`s said: Awesome plane! Awesome choice! Happy modelling! :) Thanx :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 13 minutes ago, kike said: Great choice! I'll be following for sure!! You're very welcome to :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 25 minutes ago, Aigore said: Early kinetics kits are a bit tricky but their newer kits are quite alright. It's their quality control that is most annoying at times. Hm, the ones I'm interested in are the Prowler, Hawkeye, and Tracker... I think those all qualify as early. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 40 minutes ago, dnl42 said: Hm, the ones I'm interested in are the Prowler, Hawkeye, and Tracker... I think those all qualify as early. ROFLMAO I got the Prowler......might even build it someday.....far far in the future! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 Well then, let´s get this build rollin´! I sort of begun this build at the other end because I´m waiting for stuff to arrive, so I started with the landing gears! First I cleaned the parts and compared them to refs, I´m kind if I say that the struts are rudimentary..to make theese pop I need to do dress them up a bit. I drilled out lightening holes in the scissor links...not sure of exactly how they look but they usually goes like this with two holes. Adedd some thin tape strips to give some depth. Filled a sinkmark in the nose gear strut. A couple of pushing rods where missing from the main gears so I scratched them from evergreen rods of 1mm and 0.6mm Added a draining holw in each main gear support. Then some hydralics... Now for the main struts, first some thin copper wire... Then some 0.5mm lead wire for the hydralics. For the nose gear strut I needed to scratch some details that were missing, think this is the wheel turning mechanism....very rudimentary gears. Then somne wireing and tubing... Ready for primer. Added some wireing to the lights in the nose gear door. First black primer. Then white primer (it covers so well that I don´t need to use so much gloss white when I paint) Next I´ll paint the oleos with alclads, mask and then paint gloss white and details. cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Great start so far. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 4 hours ago, A-10 LOADER said: Great start so far. Steve Thanx Steve :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 No rest for the wicked, ey? Are you going for TPS or earlier white/gull grey scheme? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Sebastijan said: No rest for the wicked, ey? Are you going for TPS or earlier white/gull grey scheme? I feel in da zone! :D Nah, going with gull grey over white....but weathered, not near as clean as the Tomcat I did earlier this year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Petrov27 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Looking good so far - nice added details to the gear! You decide on what scheme yet? lotsa good ones on that Furball set Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 52 minutes ago, Petrov27 said: Looking good so far - nice added details to the gear! You decide on what scheme yet? lotsa good ones on that Furball set Thanx bro :D Nope, not yet....so many choices....well I have time to ponder on it :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Really nice job! do you use something to fix those tape strips? or you just rely on its glue? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.Happy Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 This gonna be awesome 🤗👍 Mr.Happy(In name only) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 2 hours ago, kike said: Really nice job! do you use something to fix those tape strips? or you just rely on its glue? Thanx :D I think paint and varnish should be enough to make them part of the surface. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 9 minutes ago, Mr.Happy said: This gonna be awesome 🤗👍 Mr.Happy(In name only) Thanx Mr.Happy :D No preassure, eh? :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.Happy Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Fight threw it lad 💪 and pace yourself, your going to build another great looking Naval attack jet . Cheers and and best of luck 👍 Mr.Happy (In name only) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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