 1/32 YF-23 Black Widow II |
  Jun 14 2006, 08:33 PM
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 Grrraarr!!!  Group: Manufacturers Posts: 3787 Joined: 26-November 04 From: Preston, Idaho (home of Napoleon Dynamite!) Member No.: 3710  |
Edit: ! Price and release date 'To Be Determined"!
 The Northrop YF-23 Black Widow II Advanced Tactical Fighter.  Such a beautiful airplane that I just had to have one…In 1/32 of course!  This is a project that I began about 10 years ago and put on hold when life got in the way… About three years ago I dug it up and started working on it again with plans to start Zactomodels once it was finished. Then Trumpeter went and released one of my other favorites, the Su-27. I set the YF-23 aside planning to do a nice OOB Flanker…  (Trumpeter 1/32 Su-27 ..., How long have we wait...)The Flanker parts are done, Zactomodels exists and I just had to get back to the YF-23. Unfortunately I didn’t end up with a nice finished Flanker sitting next to my Mig-29. Maybe some day… I want to thank Bela. He not only graciously set his YF-23 aside and agreed to work on one his other projects, but also exchanged YF-23 references with me as well. Cheers my friend! I look forward to seeing your birds!  Any other references, especially the cockpit, weapons-bay and exhausts would be greatly appreciated Unfortunately I don’t have pics of the early stages of the build. I hand carved it from blocks of 12lb. sign foam that were pinned together. Spackled, primed, puttied, primed, puttied, primed, puttied, primed, puttied, primed, puttied, primed, puttied, primed, puttied and primed until I was happy with it. I then mounted the fuselage halves, boxed them and poured a mold. Next I removed the pattern from the mold and added a wall thickness using sheet wax and clay. I then poured the second half, the inner core of the molds.  Next I casted a copy which I am now detailing to use as the master pattern for the finished model. 
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Mar 20 2010, 07:37 AM
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We better not put the pressure on him rushing is never good for quality wise  Yes, but at this point if Chris sent me a bad copy of a copy of a copy of what he has right now and even jumped up and down on the pieces a few times, I would still open the box and roll around naked in the shattered pieces. |
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Apr 4 2010, 03:13 AM
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 Devoid of ANY Social Life Group: Members Posts: 5338 Joined: 24-June 03 From: Superior, Wisconsin USA Member No.: 220 |
Ok that was just weird.
and sounds painful... |
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Apr 5 2010, 02:25 AM
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 Phantoms Vipers and Superglue Oh My!!! Group: Members Posts: 1453 Joined: 7-September 03 From: Ruskin Florida USA Member No.: 1083 |
QUOTE (vegasdave901 @ Mar 20 2010, 02:37 AM)  We better not put the pressure on him rushing is never good for quality wise Yes, but at this point if Chris sent me a bad copy of a copy of a copy of what he has right now and even jumped up and down on the pieces a few times, I would still open the box and roll around naked in the shattered pieces. Well whaever happens In Vegas (Or on Him) Stays in Vegas... And back to our regularly scheduled posting... Dave I just had to pick my jaw off the floor... My wife thought I was looking at Pr0n.... Saw your YF-23 and said... Yep Model Pr0n William G |
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