geedubelyer Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 WOW! :( It's really coming together quickly upupandaway Good work on the cockpit, I'm eagerly anticipating the paint work next. :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wasserfall Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Your cockpit looks perfect And yes, your build is going fast :lol: (did you already figure out wat Wasserfall means) :o Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 Hi, yeah I think so: Wasn´t that some kind of air defense missile during WWII? I don´t know anything about it though... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AnthonyWan Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 I'll look around for a link for Speicher. Anthony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 Hello there! Not too much progress lately: ;) In this place, thanks for the pictures and the support @ Wasserfall & Kasatka! :P I have filled the void between nose and fuselage and sanded it down a little, so there´s no more gap now. On the pictures you will see, some rivets and panel lines have to be rescribed and a little putty is still required. On the rest of the fuselage the filling and sanding is practically done and I´ll post some more pics, I think, when the girl is ready to have her underwear put on... :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 Oh well... Finally, we´re all back here again. B) I was already starting to get nervous about what to do with my freetime. - I´ve done some reworking on the nose in the meantime, - I´ve started rescribing panel lines on the fuselage because they looked really poor in some spots (I´d like to give it an oerall improvement by doing so), - and I will also re-rivet the entire fuselage except fot the intakes with a beading tool because some of the rivets along the radome have disappeared due to the adaptions made in that area. If I rescribe them like this I think I´ll have to do the rest as well. Also, as I´ve seen it on other people´s models it can look absolutely awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 There´s also been some progress on the right side air intake. I mixed up an interior color (which looks a little too dark and brownish-greenish on this pic due to the lighting) and I used some color for the exterior, that I had ordered at MisterKit.com (MKFR07 - Light Blue). Detail painting still remains to be done as well as several other features. But there´s a problem I´m facing: On this acrylic color on the exterior no Tamiya acrylic colors would work. I´ve tried to paint the RWR-reciever on the side white but they just don´t "stick" to the ground. :) Does anybody know why this is so and what you could do in order to make it work? That´s it from the outside: B) Sorry, posting images doesn´t work - it says I´m not permitted to upload files with *.jpg extension?! HELP?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 Ok, i see why... Anybody know a good site for uploading images??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 (edited) It´s really a pity that you can´t post images in here anymore... Anyway, pictures of the present state of the intake can be found in my new gallery @ mediaHUMP.com: http://www.mediahump.com/?gid=290 The FOD has been painted with Alclad "Dark Aluminium" and the front edge of the intake with Tamiya "Chrome Silver". There is also a pic of the Aires Exhausts that I´ve prepared with Tamiya X-1 for the application of Alclad and one of the bad panel lines on the fuselage below the airbrake that led me to my decision that I´ll re-scribe the fuselage with a special tool... So long... :( Edited May 23, 2006 by upupandaway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Mate, try to use www.photobucket.com upload your images... after that, there are three options to use below each image u upload on it: Url Tag Img Copy and paste the Img address as seen on the pic and that's all. I can't wait to see those pics! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 Ok, thxalot! :( This is the panel lines (before I worked on them): This is the Aires Exhausts: The inside of the intake (still far from done): ...and the outside: Anyway, the question from my previous post remains: How can it be, that one acrylic color wont really work on another? Be glad if anybody knew an answer... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 (edited) Sorry i don't use acrylic paints (have u cleaned the surfaces to be painted?), but your in progress pics look great...keep us updated. Did u fill all previous rivets on fuselage? Regards. edit: spelling Edited May 23, 2006 by fulcrum Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 (edited) Yes, I did wash them before painting and the first layer of paint worked perfectly on them. I only believe that the acrylic colors I bought from MisterKit were "handmade" and I wonder if it could be that they were mixed up with another thinner, binder or so which doesn´t work with other paints like Tamiya´s for example...? :P But I have absolutely no idea of how those paints work. I did not fill the previous rivets. Should I have? Because they only need some "reinforcement" in some places where they are not deep and clear enough. After all, I found it quite satisfactory to simply rescribe them like this. But what´s your idea? edit: Sorry, I mistook rivets with panel lines :P . Ahem,... yes I DID fill the previous rivets and I`m now sanding off the excess putty. In-progress pics will be posted soon. Edited May 26, 2006 by upupandaway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 Hello again, here´s a picture of the right wing where I´ve already filled the rivets and started to sand the putty off again with 1200-sanding paper. All panel lines on the upper fuselage have, if necessary, been rescribed and I´m currently working on the bottom side. My "schribing tool" is of quite poor quality (I didn´t find any better one), so it happened quite frequently, that the needle jumped and left some small scratches (the black dots :D ) on the surface but I´m also filling and sanding these... :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 A comparison to the first picture out of post #111 - the rescribed panel lines around the airbrake: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 edit: Sorry, I mistook rivets with panel lines . Ahem,... yes I DID fill the previous rivets and I`m now sanding off the excess putty. In-progress pics will be posted soon. That explains all... hard work on the Flanker, thanks for sharing your project, i'm attempt on it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swimmer25k Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 What color did you paint your intakes? How about the fit of the Aires coming under the Zacotcanopy? I'm going to be starting mine in the next few weeks and your (as well as other) thread(s) have bee very helpful. Thanks. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted May 27, 2006 Author Share Posted May 27, 2006 Hello swimmer, the color of the intakes is MisterKit MKFR07 - Light Blue. You can get it in the web-shop but the order usually takes two or three weeks to arrive (you should order at least two... :D ). He has also got lots of other nice tones which you can use for the camouflage sheme. Interior color was mixed together with Tamiya Acrylics. The fit of the Aires parts under the new canopy is generally good, depending on how you cut it out - only on the HUD a little bit has to be removed, but I have posted pictures of that before. I´ve now filed off most of the putty on the right wing and I´ve reworked the main rivet lines with my beading tool. For these I used size 1 (0,25 or 0,30 mm I think). I´m thinking that it would also make sense to add those "thinner" and "weaker" rivet lines in between with a smaller tool and lesser pressure , but first I´ll have to check all my photos in order to find some good reference pics. No. 1: Here you can´t see it too well due to the strong contrast (my camera sucks - again) No. 2: I do really like the new look of this and it´s even quite easy to deal with after all. To be continued... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skuki Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 Nice work !! I will do rivets also, to match Zatcoman intakes. Where did you get plan whit position of rivets, or it is just taken from pictures. I couldn't find any so I'll have to make them from pictures, but that won't be a problem now when I hve Kasatkas DVD. :blink: :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 ....... How about the fit of the Aires coming under the Zacotcanopy?Chris Hi swimmer25k, May I add something upupandaway? The Aires gun camera is too tall to fit beneath the Zactomodels windshield without modification and the Aires etched HUD will leave no room for canopy framing inside the windshield if it is used without modification. I sawed the gun camera off and the saw cut was all that was required to give clearance. I re-attached the gun camera and it fits fine. I only found out about the HUD issues after I had assembled and fixed mine in place. I've opted to leave the windshield framing out. Hopefully it won't be too noticable :) HTH Nice job on the rivets. It seems like alot of hard work........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted May 28, 2006 Author Share Posted May 28, 2006 I only found out about the HUD issues after I had assembled and fixed mine in place. [...] It seems like alot of hard work........ Sure you may... Same damn thing happened to me... :D I´ll try to modify it later because I´d really like to have the frame there but it looks quite fiddly. Maybe some custom work would do... The riveting is actually a quite relaxing - much easier than I initially had thought. I´m using pictures and the Trumpeter´s original rivets as orientation but I´m not trying to make it look absolutely perfect, so there may be a few flaws in there . The most important thing to me is that the rivets get an overaell more realistic look. Cheers :blink: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Wow! hard work on the re-riveting but indeed needed, i think it's overdone on the original Trump kit. What did u used to fill off the previous rivets? Excellent progress! Regards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted May 30, 2006 Author Share Posted May 30, 2006 (edited) I´ve always been using Revell Putty for such small fillings because I´m still quite satisfied with the results. It´s cheap and easy to get around here. I´ve only recently ordered some Miliput Putty to have a comparison and try out something new. I have a question: Does anybody have any good photos or blueprints that show the smaller rivet lines on the wings and upper fuselage? :) On the Flanker-DVD I can´t find too many good pictures of that area... ( skuki) Right wing is done now - pics of further progress wil be posted soon... Edited May 30, 2006 by upupandaway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swimmer25k Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Thanks for you help. Would thin strip of styrene fit between the HUD and the canopy? It would be nice to have a little definition under the canopy. What are the best tools out there available for doing the rivets? Thanks, Chris Hi swimmer25k, May I add something upupandaway? The Aires gun camera is too tall to fit beneath the Zactomodels windshield without modification and the Aires etched HUD will leave no room for canopy framing inside the windshield if it is used without modification. I sawed the gun camera off and the saw cut was all that was required to give clearance. I re-attached the gun camera and it fits fine. I only found out about the HUD issues after I had assembled and fixed mine in place. I've opted to leave the windshield framing out. Hopefully it won't be too noticable :unsure: HTH Nice job on the rivets. It seems like alot of hard work........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted May 30, 2006 Author Share Posted May 30, 2006 Hi swimmer, the tool I used is called "beading tool", I think, but I´m not sure if it´s the correct English term. How about "Korneisen" instead? They look like this, but instead of a point there´s a small circle at the end of each, that produces the rivets: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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