Crimea_River
Marshal
Not worth rushing to finish by Saturday Dave. The prize money kinda sucks anyway....
1/32 Ki-61-I Hien
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Well, I didn't make the dead line for this one.
Wojtek, Can you please flip this to a start to finish build and make it a sticky?
Thanks,
Wojtek, Can you please flip this to a start to finish build and make it a sticky?
Thanks,
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Tech Sergeant
Here's where I go to.
As stated before.If the mods can flip this to a Start to finish build and make it a sticky I would appreciate it.
As stated before.If the mods can flip this to a Start to finish build and make it a sticky I would appreciate it.
Catch22
Major
Nice job, unfortunate that you didn't get it done in time, but it's happened to all of us!
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
It is a beautiful job!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
A really nice build up to this point David and certainly not worth rushing. Just keep plodding on mate, would love to see it finished.
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Thanks Wojtek.
So, I started work on the landing gear and added some scratch built details. You will notice that the brake lines run down the aft portion of the landing gear strut. A number of Hien photos often show them running down the front of the strut. However, using my excellent Hien fighter book as a reference I saw that the brake lines were positioned both ways. As there are no landing gear references for the particular Hien I am doing (3295) I decided to have them run aft.
The brake lines are .6mm lead wire. the break line strapping is lead foil.
Drilled out the holes in the upper and lower torque links using a few different sizes of drills with my pin vise.
The tow lugs are taken from a 1/35 scale German armour U-clamp.
The brake line fittings are again taken from a 1/35 german panther and are the from the drivers hatch locking mechanism. These were often brass fittings but I might just paint them the same silver colour as the landing gear. Not sure at this point.
Landing gear covers have been primed.
Cheers,
So, I started work on the landing gear and added some scratch built details. You will notice that the brake lines run down the aft portion of the landing gear strut. A number of Hien photos often show them running down the front of the strut. However, using my excellent Hien fighter book as a reference I saw that the brake lines were positioned both ways. As there are no landing gear references for the particular Hien I am doing (3295) I decided to have them run aft.
The brake lines are .6mm lead wire. the break line strapping is lead foil.
Drilled out the holes in the upper and lower torque links using a few different sizes of drills with my pin vise.
The tow lugs are taken from a 1/35 scale German armour U-clamp.
The brake line fittings are again taken from a 1/35 german panther and are the from the drivers hatch locking mechanism. These were often brass fittings but I might just paint them the same silver colour as the landing gear. Not sure at this point.
Landing gear covers have been primed.
Cheers,
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Very nice!
Real nice man...
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Thanks Wayne.
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More progress pics on the landing gear.
I got the gear now more or less done. For the main struts I noticed in some of my references that they were not a silver or dull silver only. The upper struts were a darker metallic colour. I decided to model this using Humbrol dark silver metalizer. I originally bought this and the black metalizer colours to do the barrels on my German 4 barrel Flakvierling. As you may know they dry with a flat look then you buff it to a shine. I must say I like the look.
Here are some pics to give you an idea.
I got the gear now more or less done. For the main struts I noticed in some of my references that they were not a silver or dull silver only. The upper struts were a darker metallic colour. I decided to model this using Humbrol dark silver metalizer. I originally bought this and the black metalizer colours to do the barrels on my German 4 barrel Flakvierling. As you may know they dry with a flat look then you buff it to a shine. I must say I like the look.
Here are some pics to give you an idea.
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fubar57
General
Very nice looking gear.
Geo
Geo
Scrubbed up real well...
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Thanks Gents.
Now to turn my attention to the gunsight.
Now to turn my attention to the gunsight.
Looks good so far!
