Raptor01 Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 ResKit F-111E Cockpit Set, modified D-Mold TP II intakes with Black Dog Nose & Main Wheel Wells, & weapons bay. Intakes have been cut & new tubes scratched from thin sheet styrene to flex around main wheel well. Not 100% correct but the tubes on the intake are easier to fudge than fix the side walls of the main wheel well. The seam will be invisible after paint and the small step is deep enough and not noticeable. That's my fix so far. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ORANGF15Guy Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Raptor01 said: ResKit F-111E Cockpit Set, modified D-Mold TP II intakes with Black Dog Nose & Main Wheel Wells, & weapons bay. Intakes have been cut & new tubes scratched from thin sheet styrene to flex around main wheel well. Not 100% correct but the tubes on the intake are easier to fudge than fix the side walls of the main wheel well. The seam will be invisible after paint and the small step is deep enough and not noticeable. That's my fix so far. John Great project! Will be watching your progress! Brad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airmechaja Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Me too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thegoodsgt Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 This will be epic! Following.... It looks like the ResKit cockpit fits perfectly. That just might prompt me to buy one now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 I've been following your progress on the 1/48th scale plastic model airplanes page, on Facebook. I'll be going down this road later this year building a Lankenheath F-111F from "Desert Storm." Keep up the great work. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Nice work on the intakes! Thin plastic sheet rules! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor01 Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 Intakes fitted, gaps bridged with Milliput, curing then some MS 500 work to blend in and fine sanding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor01 Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 ResKit Cockpit set is by far the best available, but I chose to use Zactomodels seats as the molded details are better than the PE provided. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Very nice progress so far. Since RES/KIT's announcement last week I guess I'll be pushing back my F-111F build. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cruiz Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 You are doing a great job on this kit, Raptor; I'll follow with interest; thanks for sharing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Sweeeet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrvark Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Too bad BLACKDOG didn't do correct weapon bay doors. Be sure to fix the horrid kit ones! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor01 Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 47 minutes ago, mrvark said: Too bad BLACKDOG didn't do correct weapon bay doors. Be sure to fix the horrid kit ones! Will do Jim, HB screwed up too many things, but I will have the resin to fix the most blatant. I think the weapons bay doors can be split and the inners not used because a second set of inner bay doors are on the frame. I will figure it out went I get to that point. Do you have a good pic of a travel pod? One of the old Hasegawa F-16 kits had the old napalm container style. I can't remember what we had on the Varks. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrvark Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, Raptor01 said: Do you have a good pic of a travel pod? One of the old Hasegawa F-16 kits had the old napalm container style. There were two large Napalm containers: The BLU-1 and BLU-27. The Hasegawa kit is of the BLU-1, which was what was in the inventory at the beginning of the Vietnam war. It had ogive shaped front and rear fairings, but was more expensive to produce than the more angular BLU-27. While both were converted later to MXU-648/A travel pods, the BLU-27 ones were by far the more common of the two. The AMS ones are available from Sprue Brothers. KASL also does them, but I'm not sure if they're available from a US source. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor01 Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 Thanks Jim, I will get one of Zacto’s on order. Nothing like a bunch of goodies from a TDY!😂 John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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