Aigore Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, Brian P: Fightertown Decals said: Looking great and coming down to the end. Loving the progress. A quick word on the painting- these jets took a. Massive weathering beating on cruise. White paint on a carrier deck I wartime. You could go nuts and still be underweathered. Make want to check the mirrors. I believe they go on the Cabot, not the windscreen. But if you're closing the canopy, it won't make much difference. Congrats. Can't wait to see the final! brian Thanx for the save on the mirrors, that is what you get for following the instruction sheet...darn Kinetic and their instructions! Looks like there should be handhelds on the wind screen and the mirrors go on the cabot. Great thanx , Brian :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Had 3 models sent off to Stockholm for the 08-Open; VF-1 wolfpack Tomcat got a honorary mention, Uzbek MiG-29 got a Special honorary mention and my VA-37 Bulls Corsair II got a honorary mention :) So 3 out of 3 got a prize...yay! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 8 hours ago, Aigore said: Had 3 models sent off to Stockholm for the 08-Open; VF-1 wolfpack Tomcat got a honorary mention, Uzbek MiG-29 got a Special honorary mention and my VA-37 Bulls Corsair II got a honorary mention :) So 3 out of 3 got a prize...yay! Janne, WTG buddy. Going to the Noreastcon at the end of the month. I'm not expecting to come home with anything but memories from a good time with some friends I haven't seen in years. Juts looking to be competitive, and I'll consider that a success. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Joel_W said: Janne, WTG buddy. Going to the Noreastcon at the end of the month. I'm not expecting to come home with anything but memories from a good time with some friends I haven't seen in years. Juts looking to be competitive, and I'll consider that a success. Joel Thanx :D Enjoy and have fun :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 Moving along.... Painted the tail position light. Moved the mirrors from the windscreen to the canopy frame (Thanx again Brian) Glued the pitot tube in place....now the tail is done. Added some handholds from lead wire into the windscreen frame. Finished the wireing in the MLG bay doors.. Found out that I had lost one MLG bay door actuator....cleared the hobby room and could not find..so ..I stole one from my Prowler kit. The doors painted, washed and flat coated. And then I glued the doors into place. My Photo set up... Only the laddders are missing now...well and the ordonance :D Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 LOVE IT !! Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, A-10 LOADER said: LOVE IT !! Steve Thanx Steve :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Beautiful work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, B.Sin said: Beautiful work! Thanx B.Sin :D very kind of you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 4 hours ago, GW8345 said: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) Janne, You've taken a true "dog" of a kit, and turned it into a pure Pedigree. She's not looking good, she's looking G R E A T !! Really looking forward to your next update with the loads on. BTW, how do you plan on replacing that missing actuator that you stole from the Prowler kit? Not so sure that Kinetic will replace it. Joel Edited April 16, 2018 by Joel_W Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Joel_W said: Janne, You've taken a true "dog" of a kit, and turned it into pure Pedigree. She's not looking good, she's looking G R E A T !! Really looking forward to your next update with the loads on. BTW, how do you plan on replacing that missing actuator that you stole from the Prowler kit? Not so sure that Kinetic will replace it. Joel Thanx mate :D No ordonance in the next update....I'm in the middle of dremeling the boarding ladders smooth and scratch them up to snuff :P Well I guess if and when I start on the Prosper I will scratch both actuators to make them symmtric :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 All aboard.. The boarding ladders in the kit were far to simplistic compared to the level of detail I´ve brought to the kit..sooo I´ll have to enhance them. First off some hard core Dremeling with The Dremel! took off all details and left only the thin outer ladder door. Then I dremeled grooves at the edges for fitting the ladder frames. Like so... Then I use the edge of the ladder door as a template and drew the ladder frames onto plasticard. Cut out.. Dremeled them symetric... And discarded them...the curvature are different on the forward edge than the rear edge so I had to make 2 forward frames and two rear frames :P Oh and I´m swimming in snakes, MERs,Rockeyes and Mavericks :P...wohoo! A little special on getting things the same length....I need piano wire pieces that are 4.5mm long and I need 6 of them! So I cut the end of a toothpick...drilled a 4.5mm long hole in it. Stuck some wire into the hole. And cut...the piano wire cutter can´t cut along the edge of the toothpick so it is a bit too long. No worries, I use the toothpick as a handle and a cutting disc on my Dremel and simply sand it down. And there I have 6 pieces of piano wire that are the same lentght to the tenth of a milimeter. I drilled holes the ladder frames and stuck the wire through... Next I needed to do some lightening holes....but drilling wasn´t the answer, I need a punch `n dye set...since I don´t have one I will have to borrow one :P Anyways, I´m not getting any further today :P cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 That ladder man! Wow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 12 minutes ago, janman said: That ladder man! Wow! Will take some time.... :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Janne, Detailing to the nth degree. Of all things not to own for a detailer: a good Punch and die set. UMM has two really good sets. I've had mine for years. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Joel_W said: Janne, Detailing to the nth degree. Of all things not to own for a detailer: a good Punch and die set. UMM has two really good sets. I've had mine for years. Joel Always gotten by anyway, you know :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crushkill Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Wow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 4 hours ago, crushkill said: Wow. Thanx :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crackerjazz Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Looking forward to your progress on the boarding ladder. Hopefully you can find really small punches. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 23 minutes ago, crackerjazz said: Looking forward to your progress on the boarding ladder. Hopefully you can find really small punches. Thanx :D I've sniffed up a set already....just need to get it to my hobby room :P I should really buy me a set but they are costly ... I might get on with the ordonance for now :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Aigore said: Thanx :D I've sniffed up a set already....just need to get it to my hobby room :P I should really buy me a set but they are costly ... I might get on with the ordonance for now :) Janne, I should talk. My Dremmel died a few years ago, and I still haven't replaced it. Even thought about a Generic brand, but I've become a world class champ at procrastination. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainObvious Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Seeing all those bombs makes my head hurt. Your endurance is amazing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 6 hours ago, CaptainObvious said: Seeing all those bombs makes my head hurt. Your endurance is amazing. Lol, not all are going to this build..though 22 snakes are a few anyway :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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