Aigore Posted November 19, 2021 Author Share Posted November 19, 2021 Eugh.... but it has to be done! Wohooo, Friday and updatey-time! The worst part of modelling in my mind is taking care of seams and body work. We hatesss it!....Hssssssssss! Well onto the work... I needed tho scrape off about a milimeter to make the rear fuselage and the tailcone even. I must say I love this tool though, instead of sanding like forever I quickliy dispatch with offending plastic or resin. Then some filling with Tamiya putty. After sanding with 120 grit, 320 grit and assorted sanding pads I got it to this... Checked with primer... well a little more to do. Again on with Tamiya putty but this time I scrape it on with an old X-acto blade as to just fill the pits. As the putty cured I puttied up around the wheel well in the fuselage. And glued on a couple of hot air outlets. I won´t glue the other pair until I put the fuselage together. And there the putty was sandable. I used 320 grit very very carefully and then used my pads all the way to 2000grit After checking with primer I was pleased. Then I glued the droptank real quick....not the best of fit here 😕 Oh well putty and sanding to do later on then Well time to restore lost details, rivets and panellines. There is a panelline right in the seam between the tailcone and the rear fuselage.. a tricky are to scribe... The trick is to make really soft pulls with the scriber as not to break through the putty! To do that hold the scriber at the end like this. Then do many dosens of light light pulls over the seam. And you get this straight and evenly depthed panelline in the putty of the seam. With the panellines done it was time to put in the lost rivets..... I marked where with a pencil. And premier for my riveter! I´ve always done rivets with an awl before but finally I got one of these 😛 yeah I know basic modelling equipent....just took a while for me to get around to getting one 😛 And with that I´m done for today 😄 Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share Posted November 21, 2021 Work that body! Going to be lots of fitting and sanding today....oh joy! First sanded by the wheel wells. Then I primed the whole rear fuselage. Sure enough, I had to do a wee bit of bettering there. Put down a big slap of putty around the seam in the drop tank....the work will continue on that in a few days 😛 Then I cut out the canard flaps, of course I managed to break one of them...like I don´t have enough to do. No worries, I just CA-glued a piece of plasticard to it. Cut it to shape and sanded it smooth. next it was time to add some 3D printed stuff to the fuselage but before that I mixed Tamyia white putty with thinner to get a liquid filler. First victim is this rear fillet of the KCA gun....you see the printing layers. I used a wide flat brush and put down 2 layers on the fillet and the belly strake. Shitty picture I know 😕 but anyway, I polished the parts and shot primer ontop, polished a bit more and glued them in. There is a gap where the strake meets the fuselage but that is a minor thing I´ll get to it in time. I went on to the wing parts and did the same to them Looks rather nice with primer on, had to rescribe and redo all the rivets...of course 😛 I only hav e one wing to work on yet so I dry fitted the part....and well it needs tweaking. To remove the step I had to sand the bottom of the part and hoping I wouldn´t destroy anything. After a long while of sanding and fitting I got the step removed...but there are other issues..it doesn´t line up correctly. I scraped one edge until I got alignment And glued it in place...will have to do the same process on the other wing when I get it. Now it was alrigt to lightly sand around the wheel wells in the fuselage. The fit between the wing and fuselage isn´t stellar.... The top side even worse. Well after a while of scraping, sanding and fitting I got this far...still some work to do but that´s for another day 😄 Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phartycr0c Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Great work as ever Aigore, Keep it up. It will be a stunner when finished! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 On 11/22/2021 at 1:36 PM, Phartycr0c said: Great work as ever Aigore, Keep it up. It will be a stunner when finished! Thanks Phartycr0c 😄 it's going slow right now...lots of sanding and filling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) Winging it... Ah, Friday again...ready for a little update? As I mentioned earlier I finally got my replacement wing. It was seriously wrapped in plastic foam....... I think they could have played football with it without anything happening to the wing Edited November 28, 2021 by Aigore Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) Armed with both wings I set out to make them fit! The fit isn´t fantastic, you have some joyous hours of work with sanding, dremelling, scraping and filing to make them mate decently to the fuselage. It pays to be thorough here is my thought. Edited November 28, 2021 by Aigore Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 The fit is worst on the upper side where that thin fillet meet the fuselage. When I felt it was close enough I fitted in the part for the wheel well...a bit of sanding and scarping to make it fit flush. Then I glued the wing in place..... I got a decent fit but I will have to work with some filler. There is a slight step on the underside towards the rear tail cone. Both wings glued in place, tomorrow I´ll start blending them in. Dryfitted the front fuselage....it´s fast becoming large and unwieldy With that todays labor was done! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 Ok tis was weird... I couldn´t post the update as one post, got loads of error messages and when I edited it I got other error messages.... I have no clue to why. Well I´ll post the sunday update later....hopefully. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 Puttying it forward.. It´s sunday and updatey time! This update is a bit picture intensive so I have to divide it into 3 parts. Ah...sweet gaps! The wing fillets are incredebly thin and that´s why it looks like a rat has munched on it. I will have to putty it royally! Looks a little better on the other side but it will need putty none the less. Same for the underside... And some repairing here and there. I begun with masking and puttying... End of part one more in part 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 Part two Leaving the wings aside for at least 24 hours I started looking at the canards. The fiting of the canards flaps are really smart. It´s a printed part that fits into a groove in the flaps and... And the other side fits perfectly into a groove in the canard, a strong bond is possible. Now the canards themself are a bit fragile and care needs to be taken when removing them from the casting blocks! First you need to remove the block it self, it´s easy enough just run a x-acto blade along the straight edge on both sides. Then a pair of pliers with long thin prongs are really practical. You just grab as far as you can and start wiggeling until the resin gives way along the line you just drew with the knife. This is what engineers call a calculated fail point or predicted fail point, by design you can break something clean off without loss of material. Perfect for brittle materials like resin. Now it gets tricky, to remove the goods from the part wihtout breaking the fine details or the really thin fillets you got to be really careful. I pulled a knifeblade along the seam and then I used my nippers at the thin end and carefully just made a cut. This gives you a small strip that you can bend with your finger until the failpoints give. you will probalbly not make a clean break all the way tough. Again I use my thin pliers and grip it across instead of along and bend to snap off pieces along the part. Lost a little piece at the root and a bit of the thin fillet ...oh well it is survivable. Next I brought fourth THE DREMEL! and cleaned the edges. Until I got a good fit to the fuselage. Added the vortex generators to the canards... JA has two on each canard and AJ, SH, SF and SK has one on each canard. With that the canards are put to rest for now. End of part two, more in part 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 Part Three The wheel well doors really needs some TLC too, the layers shows through something fierce....on both sides. A bit worried about the small bulges on the doors...will probably ruin them I made liquid putty from green stuff and sloshed on. The repaired flaps got some too. Sanded... And finished off with primer. That´s all for today. Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 Ugh,involuntary build paus....we're getting new floors, so everything will be a mess for a while 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Aigore, Extremely methodical wirk from you. Outstanding workmanship. I think your build will be flagship for others to follow. Keep up the EXCELLENT work on it. and hope the flooring goes smoothly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 5 hours ago, HOLMES said: Aigore, Extremely methodical wirk from you. Outstanding workmanship. I think your build will be flagship for others to follow. Keep up the EXCELLENT work on it. and hope the flooring goes smoothly! Thanks Holmes 😄 yeah I Hope to rub off some Viggenology onto my viewers and followers along the way 😛 Floors are fantastic.... by monday I have to empty my hobby room😬 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 Sanding.....filling.....yeah! Finally Friday, and I have TWO updates for you today. It´s because my hobbyroom has to be empty by Sunday so the floorer can do his flooring on monday. OK... It´s moving forwards at least.... This is where I left off and now it has cured a for a few days and it´s time to sand... First round of sanding with 120 Grit and 320 grit, I know details will be lost but that the next fun stage of restoring lost details after the wing joints are blended in to my satisfaction. Then some primer again to give me the honest truth.... Not so bad actually of course it´ll need another round of filling... it doesn´t seem as an inhumanly impossible task at least. This time round I try some acryllic putty, I tried using a cotton swab but I removed too much putty so I´ll let it cure in place and use some wet´n dry to sand later. Well enough for today.... Sorry I couldn´t give you a more exciting update today Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 YES....continious sanding and filling! The sanding continue... This is the state after todays sanding session... After sanding another coat of primer.... looks better but there are still small holes and defects. Oh yeah and that corner of the right wing root that have snapped at some point. Well that leaves me with another round of filling.... out with the tammy putty again! OK, I have to do something else than sanding and filling or I´ll nuts! End of part one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 Part two Hmmm...the canopy and windscreen looks pretty alright....but they can still improve! Out with the Tammy fine compound! The windshield is polished...you can see the difference between the canopy and the windshield. After both were polished I washed them in fingerwarm water and detergent to remove dust, oils and leftovers of compound. Then I took a shot! Nah, it´s a mixture of future/klear with a 1/5th windex. The windex makes the future flow evenly. And I dipped the clear parts until I was happy 😄 And this is how crystal clear the got 😄 I always dip my clear parts, not only because the get so clear but for it´s protective properties as well....and it doesn´t fog up by CA-glue. That´s all I got for you today! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I'm SO glad you are posting here too. Over at Britmodeller, that forum has a very irritating way of loading pics. I'd rather see your build thread here on ARC. So much more faster loading of photos. Awesome work! Esp the canopies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 1 hour ago, JackMan said: I'm SO glad you are posting here too. Over at Britmodeller, that forum has a very irritating way of loading pics. I'd rather see your build thread here on ARC. So much more faster loading of photos. Awesome work! Esp the canopies. Thanks JackMan 😄 yeah I spread my updates on 5 forums and Patreon 😄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 12 hours ago, Aigore said: Hmmm...the canopy and windscreen looks pretty alright....but they can still improve! And they did, wow, the 'canopy doctors' at that clinic have certainly got what it takes! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 9 hours ago, southwestforests said: And they did, wow, the 'canopy doctors' at that clinic have certainly got what it takes! Hehehe. Thanks 😄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Griffin Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 A bit late on the party.... that's not for the faint of heart.....lots of modeling skills required, something you have plenty, obviously. Those clear parts looks superb, well done ! ( having a soft stop for the Viggen, made the same mistake of ordering one....that's a huge beast.....but, many parts damaged or massively warped........ somewhat "normal" with resin casting, it seems ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crackerjazz Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Admire your resilience, Janne. You're making this work despite the kit's shortcomings. And you're making putty-work look easy. Beautiful job on the canopy and windshield : ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 11 hours ago, Griffin said: A bit late on the party.... that's not for the faint of heart.....lots of modeling skills required, something you have plenty, obviously. Those clear parts looks superb, well done ! ( having a soft stop for the Viggen, made the same mistake of ordering one....that's a huge beast.....but, many parts damaged or massively warped........ somewhat "normal" with resin casting, it seems ) Thanks Griffin 😄 sounds like a bad kit you got.... sure I have had fit issues but not one part has been warped. Only damaged part I had was one of the wings and I got it replaced. 11 hours ago, crackerjazz said: Admire your resilience, Janne. You're making this work despite the kit's shortcomings. And you're making putty-work look easy. Beautiful job on the canopy and windshield : ) Thanks mate 😄 it is a fun build and that outweighs all the fit issues....that really aren´t that bad....I´ve had plastic kits you literally had to carve to shape so I guess I´m used to it 😛 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Always look at the bright side of life... Yes, the sanding continues... You don´t get away with anything in this scale! And after I hav a nice blend to the fuselage I will have to redraw lost details before I can get to fixing the fit at the rear to the tail cone 😛 The result after todays sanding, only using 300 grit and finer now. And checking with primer, looks better but there are still things to fix. The tip of the wing roots still needs fixing, thinking of going with CA glue when I´ve blended the wings. Time to fill the bad spots... After all the necessary evil I wanted to glue stuff together! end of part 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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