1/32 Hasegawa Fw 190D-9 "Black One"
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Excellent work so far John!
Crimea_River
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I got no Google hits on where to buy that circle cutter. I suppose that shipping to Canada will be about 300 dollars.
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JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Try shadowhobby.com
Crimea_River
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Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
Their SSL certificate is bad or expired. Would use PayPal to pay if you go there as any traffic on that connection, like credit card numbers, is going to be plain text.
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JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Too bad their website is not secure. I used Paypal to make the purchase and received it promptly.
Robert Porter
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As long as you use PayPal it should be fine. PayPal security is not affected by their lack.
Crimea_River
Marshal
I'm actually looking at digital cutters so this is just out of curiosity. Back to you John.
SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
Great work John, I loved the panel dials.
I like the RP toolz brand, very good purchase, that will be very useful.
Saludos
I like the RP toolz brand, very good purchase, that will be very useful.
Saludos
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JKim
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Thanks for the comments guys! I've been wrestling with the cockpit for a couple of days now. With the paint and weathering completed, I ready to glue the components together now. Which feels strangely like I'm going backwards as everything gets enclosed and hidden as you'll see.
The seat has been slid down onto the seat rails and I've added an oxygen tube coming from the floor per the instructions in the Eagle Editions cockpit set. The right sidewall is glued into place. I don't enjoy gluing resin pieces together as there is a nagging bit of vagueness to everything as it is hard to cut and trim these pieces with perfect edges. I've scraped the paint along the surfaces to help the glue hold.
The lower cockpit panel, control stick and the canopy crank wheel are secured into place.
The left sidewall is glued on and then the little roof holding the foot pedals are plopped onto the top. The rear deck can then be massaged into position. Impressive isn't it?
The Revi gun sight is finally finished. I had to cut the reflector glass pieces ever smaller to allow the windscreen to fit over it.
The gun sight rests on a platform under the hood so I don't have to glue it into place right now. Which is a good thing because it would just get broken when it comes time to putty and sand the hood into the fuselage.
A quick final check with the windscreen to make sure it fits without interference from the gun sight.
The upper instrument panel has been glued into the hood. I've added a piece of wiring from the bottom of the gun sight to the instrument panel.
Now that the cockpit assembly is finished, I can check the fit again. I'm close but I don't think I'm quite there yet. The front edge of the cockpit is as high as it going to go but the rear deck looks to be sitting a bit low.
Here's a preliminary view of the cockpit from the outside. I'm planning to position the canopy in the open position on this build.
Time to pause at the end of this milestone and take a look at the instructions.
In order for me to close the fuselage I need to:
1. Complete the cockpit - check
2. Complete the rear engine assembly - have not started
3. Install the exhaust pipe mounts - easy
4. Install the canopy crank and throttle - already included in the cockpit
I thought I had to do the tail wheel but the tail is a separate component. My next big task is to work on that engine assembly.
The seat has been slid down onto the seat rails and I've added an oxygen tube coming from the floor per the instructions in the Eagle Editions cockpit set. The right sidewall is glued into place. I don't enjoy gluing resin pieces together as there is a nagging bit of vagueness to everything as it is hard to cut and trim these pieces with perfect edges. I've scraped the paint along the surfaces to help the glue hold.
The lower cockpit panel, control stick and the canopy crank wheel are secured into place.
The left sidewall is glued on and then the little roof holding the foot pedals are plopped onto the top. The rear deck can then be massaged into position. Impressive isn't it?
The Revi gun sight is finally finished. I had to cut the reflector glass pieces ever smaller to allow the windscreen to fit over it.
The gun sight rests on a platform under the hood so I don't have to glue it into place right now. Which is a good thing because it would just get broken when it comes time to putty and sand the hood into the fuselage.
A quick final check with the windscreen to make sure it fits without interference from the gun sight.
The upper instrument panel has been glued into the hood. I've added a piece of wiring from the bottom of the gun sight to the instrument panel.
Now that the cockpit assembly is finished, I can check the fit again. I'm close but I don't think I'm quite there yet. The front edge of the cockpit is as high as it going to go but the rear deck looks to be sitting a bit low.
Here's a preliminary view of the cockpit from the outside. I'm planning to position the canopy in the open position on this build.
Time to pause at the end of this milestone and take a look at the instructions.
In order for me to close the fuselage I need to:
1. Complete the cockpit - check
2. Complete the rear engine assembly - have not started
3. Install the exhaust pipe mounts - easy
4. Install the canopy crank and throttle - already included in the cockpit
I thought I had to do the tail wheel but the tail is a separate component. My next big task is to work on that engine assembly.
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Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
She is really coming along. Not sure I follow you on the rear of the cockpit sitting low, are the lips on that cockpit section the rails for the canopy? If so I could see it.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Nice work John, it looks the biz.
Looks great so far Jeff!
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JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Robert, those rails are actually for the continuation of the rear decking piece. As pictured, the cockpit is sitting low but I think I'll be able to make it work once the cockpit tub gets installed into the glued fuselage halves.
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
Ah, now I understand! Still looking great. I have a similar kit so am following this build with anticipation!
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JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Thanks guys! Just a short update today. My back got stiff this morning and I thought it best not to be stooped over my modeling desk today so I cut my session short. The throttle from the Eagle Editions set wasn't to my liking so I grafted the kit part onto the lever stem of the resin piece.
The painted throttle was carefully glued into place on the right cockpit console.
The shoulder harnesses have been cut to length and I've attached them to the panel behind the seat. I have not glued the belts down yet and they are simply resting on the seat right now.
A view of my table top as I left it. You can see that I'm looking at several different sub-components including the separate tail section where I've been playing with the Eagle Editions resin tail wheel assembly versus the kit tail wheel and also the rear engine assembly. I'm starting to look at adding some junk to the engine to better replicate the virtual maze of tubing and wiring on the real aircraft.
Hopefully, my back will feel better tomorrow so I can get some more work done on the Dora.
The painted throttle was carefully glued into place on the right cockpit console.
The shoulder harnesses have been cut to length and I've attached them to the panel behind the seat. I have not glued the belts down yet and they are simply resting on the seat right now.
A view of my table top as I left it. You can see that I'm looking at several different sub-components including the separate tail section where I've been playing with the Eagle Editions resin tail wheel assembly versus the kit tail wheel and also the rear engine assembly. I'm starting to look at adding some junk to the engine to better replicate the virtual maze of tubing and wiring on the real aircraft.
Hopefully, my back will feel better tomorrow so I can get some more work done on the Dora.
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