nimrod77 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 (edited) Hi guys, After failing to finish this build during the group build I decided to put a post up here showing what I have done so far. I started with constructing the weapons bay. The tunnel covers are milli-put to simulate the cloth covers, with copper wire for the laces. The rest is scratch built from plasticard. I have rebuilt the nose wheel well and modified/rebuilt the nose gear to accurately show what the F-111 nose gear looks like. Edited February 25, 2010 by nimrod77 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 I have gone to town on the MWW but I have said "when" and "finished" it :)I did discover that the reason that the main gear struts on the kit don't fit in very well. The rear part of the wheel well is the wrong shape. It should be a straight edge, so I removed the offending pieces. And here it is finished... I'm working on the main gear too as it's a little on the anaemic side. I have bulked it up with some plastic card. I added the middle brace from plastic tube. I am going to redo the main struts as well. That's for another post though. Here it is so far... Before and after shot... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 (edited) The Black box cockpit has been modified to "C" model AUP standards (pretty much any way). I added the MFD's and moved a few gauges on the instrument panel. The rest of the cockpit was painted and a few additions were made. The Alt landing gear down handle was added from stretched sprue, (shot taken before the additions shown below) the flap covering the switches on the rear centre console was made from coke can aluminium, and the water bottles at the back were made with Milliput and some more coke can. Here's the seats all painted up with simulated black lambs wool seat covers. More to come, I promise!! Edited March 26, 2009 by nimrod77 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherC Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I remember this build! Glad to see you're working on it again. That's some terrific work adding all those details. Hope you finish it this time . Have you decided on a scheme yet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack-Swiss Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I remember it too....it's nice to see you back at this again! Now stick to it and finish it up ;) Really looking forward to this... great job so far! Cheers B) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XPhantomTweet Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 I have a couple of 1/72 kits in the stash and seeing all these "ant bears" is getting me motivated to do an F-111B. Any thoughts on the best parts of the AMT & Revell kits for bashing a Navy bird together will be appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 I have a couple of 1/72 kits in the stash and seeing all these "ant bears" is getting me motivated to do an F-111B. Any thoughts on the best parts of the AMT & Revell kits for bashing a Navy bird together will be appreciated. I can't really comment on the kits as I don't own them, but I have some F-111B pics that I can post up in the research forum if you like. Update coming today (Hopefully) Thanks for the comments guys! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 UPDATE... UPDATE...UPDATE The cockpit is in and the fuselage sides are closed. I am slowly gluing the FWD and AFT fuselage together to get the fit as right as I can. Here's the current status of the Main gear with parts beefed up and some details added. I have reworked the spike vents too to more accurately depict them, not 100% but good enough. I nearly lost my cool doing this!! More to come! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Henk Koppelaar Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Hi Nimrod, This is really nice scale modelling, especially because you do a lot of strachbuilding. Ik like those vents and i can imagine you've almost lost your cool while you wher making these vents. But they ar really cool Regards Henk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
longmc Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Great work so far! I can't wait to see more progress on this one! Looks like we're both fighting the same battle as I try to finish up my F-111F. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dax Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Great to see your work ressurrected from the GB. I just restarted mine as well- I'm glad to not be the only one slacking on the GB! ;) Your work is excellent- I have to ask how you managed to do the vents though- I was about ready to lose it entirely out of frustration on mine and they don't look nearly as good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Hi guys, Here's what I have been doing over the last few nights. Weapons bay is fitted and I am pretty happy with it... I have pretty much finished the main gear now except for the drag link (thing in the foreground) and piping. Should have more substantial stuff for you over the next week or so once I fire up the airbrush so I can close her up. Cheers guys! Nimrod Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted April 11, 2009 Author Share Posted April 11, 2009 Your work is excellent- I have to ask how you managed to do the vents though- I was about ready to lose it entirely out of frustration on mine and they don't look nearly as good! Hey thanks Dax, The vents were done with small strip styrene, and lots of swearing :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack-Swiss Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Great job on the gear struts and wheels!!! Keep it up Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 Here's the main gear finished. The real deal... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dax Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 As excellent as usual. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Quick update, I have attached the wings and the upper fuselage. I glued in the rotating glove blanks into the glove and sanded the kit plastic back to align with it.... I rescribed the panel lines lost and missing from the intakes... I cut out and replaced the fuselage and wing nav lights with clear sprue, then sanded them to profile.... I have cut out the canopies and dipped them in future in preparation for the black box bits to be attached.... and now I am wrestling with the seam where the front and rear fuselage come together.... Horrible seam to remove and will result in a lot of re-scribing..... I have also attached the glare shield, and finished the re-scribing of the side of the fuselage. So, here is an overall shot of what she looks like now Thanks for looking! Back to the grind stone for me! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
98daytona Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 wow nice work. I like the "rice chexs" vents Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sea-monkey Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Great stuff! I've recently got back into my EF-111A - another group build casualty. At a similar stage to you, though you're further ahead. I'm dreading detailing the well bays and landing gear but you've shown what can be achieved. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedHeadKevin Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Would these mods apply to an FB-111 too? Or did the -C have unique landing gear, weapons bay, etc.? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Would these mods apply to an FB-111 too? Or did the -C have unique landing gear, weapons bay, etc.? Yep all the mods apply to the FB-111 apart from the different intakes and some small differences in the wheel wells. Well, there is more than that but for the main part that's it. Don't want to bombard you with too much info. Let me just say, if you don't know, then no one else will probably know either :blink: so don't sweat the small stuff!! If you have any questions or need references for either early model (A or C), or late model (E-G & FB) F-111's let me know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dax Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Looking great Nimrod! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deon Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Excellent work, landing gear looks ace1 Cant wait to see the finished model Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 (edited) Another little update. Things are going slow but I have managed to do some. The stabs rotating points have been replaced with brass rod to add some strength. The corresponding points on the fuselage has been replaced with some plastic tube. I have added the ALE-47 chaff & flare buckets from plastic card scribed with boxes to represent them. I have added some detail on the dump mast and figure of 8 panel to make it look more like the real thing. The kit parts are a bit plane jane... and here's what the real thing looks like... Hope you all like it.. Cheers Edited June 10, 2009 by nimrod77 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jester292 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Very nice. Don't let it fizzle out! Can't wait to see the paint! Aaron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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