JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
That resin cowl looks rather good! Bravo on that fix! The IP looks great too... the pen work is excellent!
1/48 P-38F-15-LO – Mediterranean Theatre of Operations
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Catch22
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Looks really good so far Andy.
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Crimea_River
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Thanks guys. Terry, I suspect you're right on the hardener. Despite my efforts to measure out equal parts, it seems it was not enough and there is little hope of the casting getting any harder.
That was my thoughts Andy.I had to mold some pieces for a 1/32 Daimler some years back and parts were ready the same day.
Bit of work to do there Andy, but you will take care of it in short order...
Great work so far Andy!
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Crimea_River
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Thanks guys. Wayne, I'm not so sure that everything I need to do on this one will be done in "short order" but I continue to plug away. The previously posted areas continue to receive seemingly endless cycles of filing/sanding/filling/priming/smoothing and I'm still not there but I've never been closer....
Today I attended to another issue with this kit, namely the fact that the back end of the radiator boxes are incorrectly shaped for the E and F model. The aerodynamic fairings on the exit shown in the pic below should not be there as these showed up on later models.
The fairings were cut off, the surface on the boom was blended in with a file, then sanded, the edges of the box were thinned with an oval jeweler's file, the incorrect panel lines filled in, sanded, and then new panel lines were added.
Then it was on to the nose. More fit issues. It seems to never stop. I had glued the nose halves together a few days ago and added 25 grams of lead weights before gluing the nose to the fuselage and huge steps at the joints and a gap near the windscreen now need to be dealt with.
I did a lot of rough filing before adding some putty, which is now curing.
At the rate I'm going here guys, there's no way that I will get this build done before the GB deadline so I'll throw in the towel as I don't want to rush this. I will, however, continue it on a priority basis as the two Mustangs for GB 25 should go together reasonably quickly.
Today I attended to another issue with this kit, namely the fact that the back end of the radiator boxes are incorrectly shaped for the E and F model. The aerodynamic fairings on the exit shown in the pic below should not be there as these showed up on later models.
The fairings were cut off, the surface on the boom was blended in with a file, then sanded, the edges of the box were thinned with an oval jeweler's file, the incorrect panel lines filled in, sanded, and then new panel lines were added.
Then it was on to the nose. More fit issues. It seems to never stop. I had glued the nose halves together a few days ago and added 25 grams of lead weights before gluing the nose to the fuselage and huge steps at the joints and a gap near the windscreen now need to be dealt with.
I did a lot of rough filing before adding some putty, which is now curing.
At the rate I'm going here guys, there's no way that I will get this build done before the GB deadline so I'll throw in the towel as I don't want to rush this. I will, however, continue it on a priority basis as the two Mustangs for GB 25 should go together reasonably quickly.
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Airframes
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Got some sanding ahead of you Andy, but I'm sure you'll sort it.
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Crimea_River
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Eventually.......
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Is that a Fawlty Towers Manuel "Eevenn- tchwaal - ee" ?
CommanderBounds
Airman 1st Class
Awesome work! I would've have given up at the casting part but fortunately you didn't and it turned out pretty well!
JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
I think that's the worst thing to deal with... a joint with a step! Good luck on the sanding Andy... fit problems have a way of either inspiring work or sucking life out of a project!
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Crimea_River
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Sanded, primed, sanded again, now primed once again and drying.......
If all goes well this time, panel lines will be scribed in tomorrow, then a final prime coat. Pics then.
If all goes well this time, panel lines will be scribed in tomorrow, then a final prime coat. Pics then.
Great progress Andy.....I definitely will not be done for weeks at this point!
Lovely work so far Andy!
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Crimea_River
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Thanks again guys, Looking forward to see this one ride off into the sunset.
So, where are we at. What can I say but that there've been LOTS of putty/sand/prime/sand/scribe cycles to get to the stage below and I'm still not there. Getting closer though and I've resigned myself to accept this one as being a failed experiment with the resin. Having not hardended enough, it's not accepting any scribing and rivet punching. The lines just close up again as do the rivet holes so this one will go on the back of the shelf if I leave it as is. I can't really get my head around scrapping the resin part and starting over, though that's what really ought to be done. In addition, the scribing is being done over putty, which rarely goes well so you'll still see paint touch ups that are yet to be smoothed out in the pics below.
So, where are we at. What can I say but that there've been LOTS of putty/sand/prime/sand/scribe cycles to get to the stage below and I'm still not there. Getting closer though and I've resigned myself to accept this one as being a failed experiment with the resin. Having not hardended enough, it's not accepting any scribing and rivet punching. The lines just close up again as do the rivet holes so this one will go on the back of the shelf if I leave it as is. I can't really get my head around scrapping the resin part and starting over, though that's what really ought to be done. In addition, the scribing is being done over putty, which rarely goes well so you'll still see paint touch ups that are yet to be smoothed out in the pics below.
