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1/32 YF-23 Black Widow II


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Soooo, have you come down out of the clouds and returned to modeling yet? Or are you and the better half still flying high?

I mean, romance is nice, but unless you're willing to share pictures with us... :wub:

Noooo....My head's still in the clouds :wub:

Trust me, you don't want to see pictures! B)

I've been distracted working on another Zacto-project, some Zacto-art!

I'm finishing up an Su-27 profile that I'm hoping I can sell to supplement the resin business.

Please check it out in the Aviation Art forum and tell me what you think!

Not much to show on the YF-23 of late...

I spent a lot of time refining and rescribing the upper fuselage and I've finished fitting the five most difficult screen vents.

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The screens are castings of a fine mesh coffee filter, the same that I used for the Su-27 intake FOD guards.

I thinned and heated the castings to get them to conform to the fuselage shape.

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All five screens are just blue-tacked in place for now and will get glued when all the rest of the detail on the upper fuselage is complete and fitted...

Jay Laverty of Mastercasters sent me some incredibly fine hex nuts that I am anxious to use in detailing the landing gear wells. I'm hoping to start those soon.

Thanks Jay! :thumbsup:

Thanks for all the nice comments and comic relief!

:)

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Wow, impressive. I don't think you can machine something this precisely, let alone hand made.

So far the workmanship looks far superior than my 1/32 f-16XL kit. I know this kit won't be cheap when it come's out. But I will definitely get one even if it means I'll have to pass up on buying the 1/32 A-6E, 1/32 SU-27UB to free up some cash.

Terry

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  • 3 weeks later...
OK, Chris....enough romance.....get back to work...

We're waaaaaaiiiitingggggg......

The romance is over... :P J.K.!!!

About all I can say at this point is that I've had to put the project on hold temporarily. :( I hope to get back to it soon...

On a positive note, my Su-27 art is coming along and I hope to be releasing it for sale very soon:

Zacto-art

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:rolleyes:

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Uhhhhh.....Chris...just a smaalll question....is there anything that you don't to very well......

Clif

He works to slow.... :blink:

WE WANT YF-23 NOW!!!!

Nah, just kidding, take your time. :worship:

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Chris is if nothing else an artist... gotta go with the flow... sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. We will (hopefully) patiently await the return to this project in the not too distant future. I think we all wish Chris a short sabatical and will be awaiting the return of the YF-23 build. (psssst... we storm the castle at dawn.) :worship:

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About all I can say at this point is that I've had to put the project on hold temporarily. :thumbsup: I hope to get back to it soon...
:thumbsup:

Nose gear is partially completed.

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More coming soon...

:thumbsup:

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Hi, Chris!

This is absolutely stunning! :cheers:

It's nice you managed to turn your face

to your most gorgeous project! BTW, could you, please, share: what price would be? :cheers:

I will be start saving some money from now till that historical moment I can place the order. :thumbsup:

Let your enthusiasm and creativeness will NEVER exhaust! ;)

Cheers!

Alexander.

:cheers:

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Sigh..... 1/32 is the new 48, i guess.

Any chance that this'll come out in quarter scale too, please?

Pretty please?

Pretty please with chocolate syrup and a cherry on top?

:cheers:

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Nose gear is partially completed.

...............................................................

More coming soon...

:cheers:

Ah!,.....onto the fiddly stuff now Zactoman? Looking good :thumbsup:

Umm,......what are you going to do with the rest of the F-15E? :whistle:

:thumbsup:

:cheers:

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Thanks for the nice comments again! :cheers:

Are the gears going to be made of resin or white metal?
The struts will most likely be brass (G-Factor!!!) with resin detail parts.

Little by little...

Nose_gear2.jpg

Umm,......what are you going to do with the rest of the F-15E?
I'm hoping to build it some day!

I'm still debating whether to just use this wheel or make a whole new one (re-invent the wheel?). The YF-23 did use an F-15 wheel for the nose gear and F-18 wheels for the mains...

Sigh..... 1/32 is the new 48, i guess.

Any chance that this'll come out in quarter scale too, please?

Sorry, but it's doubtful, especially since it's already been done by someone else.
BTW, could you, please, share: what price would be? :thumbsup:

I will be start saving some money from now till that historical moment I can place the order.

See this post... :lol:

:cheers:

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