markiii Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 9 hours ago, colargol said: Hello, I have changed the background color 😉 Colargol Yes, and nice work also👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Nice work. I didn't knew Modelcollect B-2 needed so much work. I suppose the large bombers are mostly for the enthusiasts anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ikon Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Looks like you are completely remaking the kit! Looking good too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichB63 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Great attention to detail! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colargol Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 Thanks for your comments. This is a little update, with the right landing gear bay. It is not the symetrical version of the left one, but the element on the rear wall are the same as the ones of the left bay (right part of the picture) colargol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Wow, this is some serious work you are putting into this project. I like it a lot 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colargol Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 Hello, this is the last wall of the rigth landing gear bay: Now, I am beginning to work on the main landing gear bay. The pieces of the kit are presenting some troubles: the ones of my kit are either broken, twisted or badly modled ... I have first asked Model Collect for replacement pieces but I have discovered that the rotation axis of the landing gear (the part identified with yellow arrows) is not aligned with the vertical axis of the landing gear but a little bit behind this vertical axis. I have to reduild everything. So I send an other email to Model Collect to ask them not to send me anything (I haven't had any response by the way...) So I have decided to rebuild the landing gear system (using the kit pieces as a base). I will use a metallic rod (clear green arrow) through holes in the wall (2 mm diameter) and Evergreen tube (pink and red arrows - the holes were made a long time ago, this strategy was a long preparation). As I have noticed that the bottom of the fuselage has to be at 2.3 cm over the ground level, I have installed (temporarily) struts to maintain this position (yellow arrows - as well as the front landing gear, glued with Kristal Klear glue) I have flattened the back part of the vertical axis of the landing gear and glued triangular pieces of styren (Evergreen 6.3 mm x 2 mm). The correct position of this triangle is chosen so that the triangle is in contact with the styren tube when the landing gear is in place (the half wheels are just glued with Kristal Klear too). This is current state of the landing gear, before detailling. I have removed some part on the top of the kit pieces. Hoping you'd like it 😉 colargol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 It's a shame to hear/see all these shortcomings with this kit. If I remember correctly, it wasn't a cheap kit when it came out either. Your doing an amazing job with all the details however. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colargol Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Hello, I carry on ... I have build a part of the structure and filled it with Perfect Putty from deluxe material (red arrows). I drilled the holes in the structure (yellow arrows) - I am sorry but I have a lack in technical vocabulary in english to give more details 😉 Nevertheless, the triangular section (near the red arrows) shouldn't go that far on the main axis of the landing gear, but I will let it that way and I will begin the next step: the wiring colargol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colargol Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 Hello, I carry on with the building. I have add all the piping/wiring using electrical cables, glued with cyano. For a moment, I thought that the landing lights would have been the first pieces on the kit without any modification, but I had to fill the hole in back of the pieces (with cyano glue - yellow arrow). So, no. For the parallel piping, I first take 7 straight wires, bend them to form a "L" shape and glued them together (red arrow). When the glue is dry, I bend the upper part of each wire for it to follow the correct path. I think that the brake devices are missing some part and I have positionned them so that, for the observer, it looks like on the pictures of the real aircraft. I didn't represent the wiring of the brake devices up to the devices, because I haven't found enough pictural material do it properly. I hope you'd like it colargol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
USAFsparkchaser Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Looks good so far. I just finished my decals. Have to do the weapons bay. I did no where near the detail you did on the LG. Please check your wings Dow warpage. I can’t stress that enough it would be a shame for you to find that problem after all this detail you are putting in it. I cannot pose mine head in because of the left wing warping. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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