Crimea_River
Marshal
Very nice Glenn!
**** DONE: 1/48 F7F-2N Tigercat – Night War of WWII
Like it a lot Glenn.
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T Bolt
Colonel
Thanks guys
I finished cleaning up the landing gear and put on the Aluminum base coat. The main gear is pretty flimsy and I thought about getting the metal SAC replacements but the cheapest I saw it was $20 with shipping which is about what I paid for the kt so I'm going to give the kit parts a try and maybe add and extra strut to beef it up. The extra strut will be completely in the nacelle and I hope not too visible.
I also picked up some resin wheels from CMK. I usually use True Details wheels but I think the CMK ones look more like the real thing the tires on the True Details not looking fat enough.
I finished cleaning up the landing gear and put on the Aluminum base coat. The main gear is pretty flimsy and I thought about getting the metal SAC replacements but the cheapest I saw it was $20 with shipping which is about what I paid for the kt so I'm going to give the kit parts a try and maybe add and extra strut to beef it up. The extra strut will be completely in the nacelle and I hope not too visible.
I also picked up some resin wheels from CMK. I usually use True Details wheels but I think the CMK ones look more like the real thing the tires on the True Details not looking fat enough.
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fubar57
General
Hope that works. Those SAC are always very expensive from what I've seen.
Geo
Geo
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T Bolt
Colonel
Yes they are. I used them once for a Heller RF-84F a few years back when I found the kit gear to be terrible. They were very nicely detailed and made a huge improvement but cost has prevented me from using them since. If they could find a way to cut the cost in half I'd use them whenever available.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
The kit ones do look nice though.
They have scrubbed up well...
JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
I'm very impressed with not only your work but the molding on this kit. That landing gear is convincingly complicated looking!
Great work so far Glenn!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Good stuff Glenn, and I agree about the SAC products. I've wanted to use them on a few models where weight was involved, but think they are somewhat over-priced. One example in 1/48th scale, consists of two, very simple struts per side, and costs over £10 !!!
Maybe at 75% of that price, and certainly half the price, they'd be worth it, but a costly investment otherwise.
Maybe at 75% of that price, and certainly half the price, they'd be worth it, but a costly investment otherwise.
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T Bolt
Colonel
I got quite a bit done this weekend
Put on the dull coat, did some exhaust staining with pastels, removed the masking from the clear parts, and put the engines on. I know the real thing has gloss paint but I feel that gloss on a model makes it look like toy so I decided to put on the dull coat.
The engine cowls on
I managed to put together one of the main gear assemblies after quite a bit of struggling and creative clamping with masking tape the structure seemed pretty sturdy so I may not need that extra strut I mentioned earlier.
Put on the dull coat, did some exhaust staining with pastels, removed the masking from the clear parts, and put the engines on. I know the real thing has gloss paint but I feel that gloss on a model makes it look like toy so I decided to put on the dull coat.
The engine cowls on
I managed to put together one of the main gear assemblies after quite a bit of struggling and creative clamping with masking tape the structure seemed pretty sturdy so I may not need that extra strut I mentioned earlier.
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le_steph40
Chief Master Sergeant
great work Glenn 
JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Looks great! I've heard some not-so-good things about the SAC gear... metal is very soft?
very nice Glenn
Looks great so far Glenn!
I like the dull look Glenn!
