Andy Gudbergsson Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Hi there phellow Phantom phanatics Well have been doing some work on my Three projects. The cockpit on the Kai is just about done, hopefully will put it in today. Here are some pics of the seats and the cockpit. The instruments in the cockpit consist of decals which I'm not very concerned about as the canopy will be closed. Hopefully it will be ready for painting in the next few days. I won't have a lot of modelling time in the next Five days as I'm working the next Two and then off to Las vegas over the weekend, be back Sunday. More pics soon Cheers Andy G First pic, the very sparse cockpit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Gudbergsson Posted August 2, 2005 Author Share Posted August 2, 2005 Pic 2. the seats Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Gudbergsson Posted August 2, 2005 Author Share Posted August 2, 2005 pic 3 seats. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Gudbergsson Posted August 2, 2005 Author Share Posted August 2, 2005 pic 4 seat, other side Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hatchet Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 those seats look real good Andy Let's see more of it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Wenman Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Andy hi You sure thats not 1/48 ? Looking good Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Gudbergsson Posted August 2, 2005 Author Share Posted August 2, 2005 Thanks for your kind words and comments Martin and Pete. Here are a couple more pics of the seats taken with flash to bring out some of the details. Cheers Andy G Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Gudbergsson Posted August 2, 2005 Author Share Posted August 2, 2005 pic 2. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D_IcarUS_ Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Andy, Those ejections seats are really nice. Well done so far!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Gudbergsson Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 Thanks Jose my friend. I appreciate it. Cheers Andy G Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Hey Andy, are you pulling out your tongue when you aim at shooting photos? You should not, it makes a nasty shadow on the pics.. :P Well done on those seats :D I hardly can believe they are only 1/72, because everything I added to my 1/32 seat is there on yours :blink: Take care, Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 beautiful work, Andy! You did an excellent job of capturing depth and detail on those seats in a small scale! LOL, I may have to contract you to build ALL my future F-4 "offices" :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Gudbergsson Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 Hey Andy, are you pulling out your tongue when you aim at shooting photos? You should not, it makes a nasty shadow on the pics.. Take care, Pierre Thanks Pierre and Skull leader, I appreciate your kind words. Pierre: I have no idea what that shadow is, it only appears when I shoot very close with the macro setting. The only thing I can figure out is that it could be the lens of the camera thats in the way Cheers Andy G Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Gudbergsson Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 LOL, I may have to contract you to build ALL my future F-4 "offices" Hey skull leader, I don't work for cheap pal :blink: and plus the beer Cheers Andy G Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 LOL, Kstater is already tapping me for MORE beer at Oceana... my wallet's gonna be crying! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StevenJ Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 (edited) You did say 1/72, right? Who makes those seats and also, who sells those seats? I'm interested in a pair or two. They look better than the Verlinden 1/72nds. [edit] Found them! They appear to be the True Details. Edited August 5, 2005 by StevenJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mmaker Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 That seats look great! Are they from Aires range? I have some sets and the PE belts looks like yours... As for the shadow,thats from your camera lens.If you came closer and you have flash on the top of your camera,after flashing you'll get the lens shadow. To solve this you'll have to use an external flash or to use a pure light below your camera! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GretarBill Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Hey bro. Nice seats. <_< Now I have see how my scrachbuild 1/144 compare to them :P I´ll be sending some pic's soon I got your e-mail. Yep, mmaker is right regarding the shadow. It's the lens and the camera to close to the subject. Done that, been there etc. :lol: You have to use two lights on each side. See: http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/subm...tter-images.htm Just remember to set the white ballance to the "light bulb" to get the right colour ballance. Grétar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Gudbergsson Posted August 11, 2005 Author Share Posted August 11, 2005 Thanks guys. Yeah I know those shadows are a little annoying, but thats the only way to show the detail and depth of the seats. I saw Steves B article on the lights a while back. I've tried different settings on the camera and different light scenarios except what Steve suggested, that's because I haven't gone out and bought those little lamps,..again. I used to have two of those and found them to be,...well not very good because the switch mechanism failed after a relatively short time, but I was using them quite a lot then. I will get a couple more use them for photo ops only and see how they work out. Cheers Andy G Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Gudbergsson Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 (edited) Ok guys, just to prove I've been doing some modeling today, finally, I present some pics. The main fuselage is together minus the wings, those will come next week. I decided, a couple of weeks ago, after the wings were glued together to seperate the ailerons, and I did this a couple of weeks ago, and it turned out to be a pretty mess, if I would have known I would not have done it, but I think I may have saved them, I did the cleaning and the sanding of the parts today, but they still don't look quite right, but I don't think anyone will notice once the model is done. Cheers Andy G Pic 1 wings after the aileron removal. Edited September 4, 2005 by Andy Gudbergsson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Gudbergsson Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 Pic 2. after the cleaning Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Gudbergsson Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 Pic 3. Fuselage together, wings will be attached Monday as I am working this weekend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DErickson Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Good work as usual, Andy! Those 1/72 seats look even better in person, even when compared to the 1/48 units you made for another project. Here's to your 1/72 scale jet collection! ;) Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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