Aigore Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 Ah, time for a little update to show I´m actually doing something 😛 The fuselage is glued.. And the top with the wing fold mechanism...rather cleverly done I must say, not the mechanincs of it but the break up of parts. Having everything fit into a separate piece really makes construction simpler...good thinking 😄 Before I glued the top on I needed to put in a distance made from a toothpick to make ends meet so to speak. And the top glued in place, the fit is about as good as I can make it, any discrepancies are my fault and they will be dealt with! Yep, I will have to putty it up... it´s my curse! I use way more putty than the average bear so I usually say (with a tone of self irony)I´m a crappy builder but a good painter 😛 To save my putty account I mask the areas to putty... On with the green stuff! Yeah yeah, I know there are other ways to putty that pprobably are smarter but this is how I do it and I darn well like it! OK? 😛 Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 You putty any damn way you want and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Try a daily affirmation. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, "I'm good, I'm handsome, and gosh darn it, I putty my models just fine!" But, seriously, looking good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 5 hours ago, Mstor said: You putty any damn way you want and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Try a daily affirmation. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, "I'm good, I'm handsome, and gosh darn it, I putty my models just fine!" But, seriously, looking good. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😄 Thanx Mstor, you're a real bro! 😄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlienFrogModeller Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Hi I'm AFM and I am a habitual putty/tape user. I use the same putty technique as well; feels good I'm not the only one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 5 hours ago, AlienFrogModeller said: Hi I'm AFM and I am a habitual putty/tape user. I use the same putty technique as well; feels good I'm not the only one. I think we should start a club, Anonymous Puttying........for us who heavily rely on putty and can't be bothered with getting parts to fit! 😄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenshb Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 What does the anhedral look like? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Aigore said: I think we should start a club, Anonymous Puttying........for us who heavily rely on putty and can't be bothered with getting parts to fit! 😄 Yes! We can meet and talk about our puttying experiences. We would strengthen the bonds (pun intended) between us as we affirm each others methods and results. We could smooth over and fill in the personality cracks that society has created by scorning the liberal use of putty (and more puns). "Hi, my name is Mark and I use a lot of putty." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 23 hours ago, Mstor said: Yes! We can meet and talk about our puttying experiences. We would strengthen the bonds (pun intended) between us as we affirm each others methods and results. We could smooth over and fill in the personality cracks that society has created by scorning the liberal use of putty (and more puns). "Hi, my name is Mark and I use a lot of putty." To think I found a brother and fellow puttier all the way in Milwaukee 😛 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Aigore said: To think I found a brother and fellow puttier all the way in Milwaukee 😛 Stop, you're going to make me cry... Hurumph!! Enough of this silliness. Back to work, all of you. We'll have no more emotion outbursts. This is no way to run an army. Chip, chip, cherrio! Where's my kippers?! Honestly, Aigore, you better post some build pics soon. I'm getting out of hand Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Mstor said: Stop, you're going to make me cry... Hurumph!! Enough of this silliness. Back to work, all of you. We'll have no more emotion outbursts. This is no way to run an army. Chip, chip, cherrio! Where's my kippers?! Honestly, Aigore, you better post some build pics soon. I'm getting out of hand Wilco....tho sanding doesn't make for sexy updates tho Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlienFrogModeller Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 14 hours ago, Aigore said: Wilco....tho sanding doesn't make for sexy updates tho lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 10:34 PM, jenshb said: What does the anhedral look like? Sorry, I missed your comment. Anhedral? Nonexistent 😛 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 A short update... I just want to show that things are happening tho slow....because boring 😛 I sanded the seams to satisfaction. That went pretty fast...but now we will come to the slow and tideous process of restoring panellines and rivets lost in the sanding. And they are quite a few. Oh yes.... Weapons of choice are a scriber, an awl and dymo tape. rescribing the lines goes in a whiffy. I use a strip of dymo tape as a guide and pull several soft strokes with the scriber rather than hard pulls. If you pull hard you may easily pull through the guide tape or make unintenional marks. Restoring the rivets is hellishly boring and tideous, I really should get me a riveter 😛 Well that´s where I´m at and it´ll take some time b ecause my head gets really tired fast from that riveting and I don´t want to mess things up. Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 On with things.. OK, done with my tideous riveting...yes I´m going to get me a tool 😛 Put together the Aires intakes. And of course during painting one of the intake strakes flew to Kingdom Come never to be seen again. So I had to scratch a new one, just tooka piece of plasticard and traced a profile from an existing strake. Sanded to shape and glued in place. There everythign primed and painted in dark ghost grey. The Aires parts fit perfectly into the plastic. Less so into the fuselage but that is probably my fault 😕 Sides fit well tho. There, that is all the fun you´re going to get from me today 😄 Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Great work on those intakes. I have been anxious to see someone install them as I have a set for mine. Looks like they fit relatively well. Do you know if the Aires ones correct any shape problems? I know the 1/32 scale kit intakes had some problems that Zactoman addressed with some instructions on correcting the problems. Not sure if the 1/48 scale intakes inherited the same problems. I know that Cold War Studio is supposed to be releasing a set of intakes too. Wonder if they will be like the Aires ones or if they will be full length intakes? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Mstor said: Great work on those intakes. I have been anxious to see someone install them as I have a set for mine. Looks like they fit relatively well. Do you know if the Aires ones correct any shape problems? I know the 1/32 scale kit intakes had some problems that Zactoman addressed with some instructions on correcting the problems. Not sure if the 1/48 scale intakes inherited the same problems. I know that Cold War Studio is supposed to be releasing a set of intakes too. Wonder if they will be like the Aires ones or if they will be full length intakes? Thanx Mstor 😄 The 1/48th scale is just scaled down from 1/32 so it has all the same shape issues as the bigger model. 😛 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 14 hours ago, Aigore said: Thanx Mstor 😄 The 1/48th scale is just scaled down from 1/32 so it has all the same shape issues as the bigger model. 😛 Thanks Aigore, you mean the kit, right? Do the Aires intakes correct the shape issues? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 18 hours ago, Mstor said: Thanks Aigore, you mean the kit, right? Do the Aires intakes correct the shape issues? Yes, precisely... I suppose they do.....I just shopped all the aftermarket I could lay my hands on 😄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Aigore said: Yes, precisely... I suppose they do.....I just shopped all the aftermarket I could lay my hands on 😄 I guess I'll have to check them against the kit ones to be sure. The reason I ask is that I am curious why CWS would be making a set if Aires already has a nice looking one out, unless the Aires one doesn't correct the shape issues. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 Hello good friends :D I´ve been a way for a bit, involontarily I might add :( I was hospitalized for two weeks due to a streptococcal infektion in my tummy. So I spent a while getting anibiotics intravenously and getting my tummy patted by sweet nurses. It was boring as heck and I finally brought some paints and warhammer figures from home to have something to do :P I´m home now but still on sick leave from work the rest of the week and I have to show up for hospital every two days to get a new dresing on my tummy :P So that´s what I´ve been doing...now for some styrene updates :D I glued on the new belly strake. Filled some nasty seams by the inlets. I don´t know really if I´ll deal with this and just hope nobody sees it :P Fitting the tail fin was a bit peculiar... ok this pat fits into a slot in the fuselage.... But this doesn´t have a slot to fit in....odd :/ Added a couple of resin inlets. One to the fin too. Next I aded a distannce to the front end to avoid a step when I fit the resin nosecone. Marked the tip on the nose cone as to remove it and drill a hole for the master pitot tube. And the pitot fit perfectly. :D Stuck the pitot to a toothpick for later painting. I trimmed the distance a bit Sanded the putty... Made a hole in the distance... Used my dremel to open it up a bit Until I had the hole the widht of the fuselage. And glued on the nose cone after I filled it with ballast. And puttied it all up :D Okie folks that´s all for today...I´m back on track! ' Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ya-gabor Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Hi Janne, Good to see you back and get well soon! You did a lot of work in a short time, must have been really hungry for some modelling! : ) : ) Best regards Gabor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 32 minutes ago, ya-gabor said: Hi Janne, Good to see you back and get well soon! You did a lot of work in a short time, must have been really hungry for some modelling! : ) : ) Best regards Gabor Thanx Gabor 😄 well I had an update ready before I went to hospital just added some to it 😄 But you're right I was really itching to get in with it 😄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Hi Janne, Sorry to hear you've been so sick. Glad you're back home now. Hospitals are no fun. Take care of yourself. Anyway, great update. The fit on those Aires intakes is a bit dismaying. I think I will wait for the CWS intakes. The vertical stab with the tab with no corresponding slot is funny. In any case, don't push yourself. Get plenty of rest. Don't need you to get sick again and make us wait for more great updates. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 6 hours ago, Mstor said: Hi Janne, Sorry to hear you've been so sick. Glad you're back home now. Hospitals are no fun. Take care of yourself. Anyway, great update. The fit on those Aires intakes is a bit dismaying. I think I will wait for the CWS intakes. The vertical stab with the tab with no corresponding slot is funny. In any case, don't push yourself. Get plenty of rest. Don't need you to get sick again and make us wait for more great updates. Mark Thanx Mark 😄 I'm on the mend and I'll be going back to work on Monday....finally 😄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Great progress my friend! Look a real putty eater,mmhhh? Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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