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Vic Balshaw
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Thanks mate, bl**dy fantastic, have page marked it and with my old laptop now in the hobby room.....................
**** DONE: 1/48 RF-8A Crusader VFP-62 Operation "Blue Moon" 1962
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Thanks mate, bl**dy fantastic, have page marked it and with my old laptop now in the hobby room.....................
vikingBerserker
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Wow, the resin parts are pretty dam nice!
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Vic Balshaw
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The last couple of weeks have been slow, the need to get the Tornado's out of the way took priority but some time has been spent on doing more filing, scraping and fitting of the Aries parts to the resin fuselage. Today has also been a hive of activity, with the shed cleanup out of the way it was all modelling today.
The first job was to get the resin upper wing spine to fit into the over wing slot and the cut out the centre of the kit main upper wing so it would accommodate the replacement.
The kit's upper and lower wing parts.
The new resin upper wing spine that has been recessed on the leading edge by me.
The upper wing unit showing the kit spine and the replacement resin spine.
The kit upper wing spine has been removed and the replacement dry fitted over the kit lower wing.
This next 5 pics show the two halves of the resin fuselage banded together and the Aeries parts dry fitted and checked.
While banded together the wing unit was also tested.
The kit tail fin has to be removed and attached to the resin fuselage. The tail also had to be modified by removing the ECM fairing from the trailing edge.
The first job was to get the resin upper wing spine to fit into the over wing slot and the cut out the centre of the kit main upper wing so it would accommodate the replacement.
The kit's upper and lower wing parts.
The new resin upper wing spine that has been recessed on the leading edge by me.
The upper wing unit showing the kit spine and the replacement resin spine.
The kit upper wing spine has been removed and the replacement dry fitted over the kit lower wing.
This next 5 pics show the two halves of the resin fuselage banded together and the Aeries parts dry fitted and checked.
While banded together the wing unit was also tested.
The kit tail fin has to be removed and attached to the resin fuselage. The tail also had to be modified by removing the ECM fairing from the trailing edge.
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Lucky13
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Magnificent!!
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Great job Vic !
Great progress Vic...looking good mate!
T Bolt
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Great job Vic A lot of major surgery going on there. What % of the of the original kit will be left when you're done?
A lot of major surgery going on there. What % of the of the original kit will be left when you're done?
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The box!!!
Crimea_River
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Very, very nice. Always loved resin details.
vikingBerserker
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Dam, NICE!
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Vic Balshaw
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Thanks guys, appreciated.
As Terry says, a box, plus one tailless fuselage and all the innards which when stuck together could become a good test bed for experimenting. I also have another Crusader (Revell) which could benefit from the leftovers and more fun building.
Great job Vic
As Terry says, a box, plus one tailless fuselage and all the innards which when stuck together could become a good test bed for experimenting. I also have another Crusader (Revell) which could benefit from the leftovers and more fun building.
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Ah! You could build a Hippocrusagator !
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Vic Balshaw
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Vic you flash b*****d, well done mate
B-17engineer
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Good work Vic!
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Thanks for the comments guys. Most encouraging.
Today was earmarked for a bit of spraying but sods law kicked in and it's to damp. I do my spraying out in the shed and with the damp air, there's no telling how this would affect paintwork.
With this being a photo reconnaissance aircraft, it's sort of scattered with camera windows at the forward end. In many of the pictures I've looked at they seem to all be black but on looking close one can see that this is not so they are mostly clear. This put me into a bit of a dilemma as on paintings and profiles they are shown as black so should I also represent them on the model as black or should I try to replicate the windows. I've thought long and hard on this and today have thrown caution to the wind and started cutting out the windows and making plastic in-fills. This series of shots are the result of this afternoons work.
1. The first window cut almost to size and the holes drilled through the resin fuselage. This in itself was a bit of a problem as the inside is somewhat thick and even thicker on the bendy edges.
2. First window test fitted.
3 4. Close-ups of the fitting.
5. Four down, four to go.
Today was earmarked for a bit of spraying but sods law kicked in and it's to damp. I do my spraying out in the shed and with the damp air, there's no telling how this would affect paintwork.
With this being a photo reconnaissance aircraft, it's sort of scattered with camera windows at the forward end. In many of the pictures I've looked at they seem to all be black but on looking close one can see that this is not so they are mostly clear. This put me into a bit of a dilemma as on paintings and profiles they are shown as black so should I also represent them on the model as black or should I try to replicate the windows. I've thought long and hard on this and today have thrown caution to the wind and started cutting out the windows and making plastic in-fills. This series of shots are the result of this afternoons work.
1. The first window cut almost to size and the holes drilled through the resin fuselage. This in itself was a bit of a problem as the inside is somewhat thick and even thicker on the bendy edges.
2. First window test fitted.
3 4. Close-ups of the fitting.
5. Four down, four to go.
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Good stuff Vic...that can be rather tricky work.....
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