Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
You are the man Terry!!!!
**** DONE: 1/48 Tornado F3 - Home Country Modern Aircraft / Spitfire Mark GB
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Vic Balshaw
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You did bl**dy marvellously there Terry old chap, having done three of the things myself I would say it's almost a MIRACLE
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Thanks chaps. Juts got to spend some time sanding now !
Looks good so far Terry!
T Bolt
Colonel
Stock up on sandpaper Terry! Looks like you have a handle on it Terry, but it does kind of remind me of that Buccaneer 
Crimea_River
Marshal
Doin' great Terry.
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Thanks very much, Hugh and Glenn. This one might be familiar to you Hugh, as it was based at Leuchars before the Squadron was disbanded as a fighter squadron and re-formed in the ECM role with Boeing Sentries.
Glenn, I'm happy to say that it's nowhere near as bad as the Buccaneer, as far as the joint goes, but I'll admit, I expected it to be worse than it turned out.
I've now got the joint fully sorted, apart from some minor polishing here and there, and it is actually better than it looks in the photos - the different coloured and textured plastics make things appear differently. A couple of hours work with the power tool, files, and wet n' dry got the joint as smooth as a baby's bum, and it's now ready to have the access panels engraved.
First though, the air intakes need to be altered and fitted, and I was right in expecting some work here. Test-fitting shows that some sanding, probably some shims, and a little filler will be needed to get the intakes aligned and seated properly, and the intakes themselves need some work, not only to correct some areas, but also to get the splitter plates to fit snugly and without gaps!
PICS 1 and 2 Show the fuselage joint now fitting snugly. The odd small scratches will be erased after the panels are engraved. The latter were very poorly defined on the top half, and shown as raised lines, not all matching, or in the correct place, on the lower half !
PIC 3. One of the air intake outer halves, showing the moulded nav lamp and the incorrectly positioned, and wrong sized, suction relief door. I've decided to pose the front doors slightly open, to detract from the otherwise plain appearance of the fuselage, so work has started to get this done, before fitting the intakes.
PIC 4. The front section of the 'lamp' has been removed, leaving the remainder as the fairing, and a transparent part will be made and fitted later. The relief door has been scribed in the correct place, and the right size, and is shown here being cut out. The door cover will be made from thin plastic card.
PIC 5. A comparison showing the 'new' door opening, next to the original part.
Once the intakes have been assembled, filled as required, and painted internally, they will be fitted to the fuselage, with copious amounts of plastic shims, filler and, no doubt, a variety of new swear words!
Thanks for your continued interest and compliments, and I hope to have more to show tomorrow.
Glenn, I'm happy to say that it's nowhere near as bad as the Buccaneer, as far as the joint goes, but I'll admit, I expected it to be worse than it turned out.
I've now got the joint fully sorted, apart from some minor polishing here and there, and it is actually better than it looks in the photos - the different coloured and textured plastics make things appear differently. A couple of hours work with the power tool, files, and wet n' dry got the joint as smooth as a baby's bum, and it's now ready to have the access panels engraved.
First though, the air intakes need to be altered and fitted, and I was right in expecting some work here. Test-fitting shows that some sanding, probably some shims, and a little filler will be needed to get the intakes aligned and seated properly, and the intakes themselves need some work, not only to correct some areas, but also to get the splitter plates to fit snugly and without gaps!
PICS 1 and 2 Show the fuselage joint now fitting snugly. The odd small scratches will be erased after the panels are engraved. The latter were very poorly defined on the top half, and shown as raised lines, not all matching, or in the correct place, on the lower half !
PIC 3. One of the air intake outer halves, showing the moulded nav lamp and the incorrectly positioned, and wrong sized, suction relief door. I've decided to pose the front doors slightly open, to detract from the otherwise plain appearance of the fuselage, so work has started to get this done, before fitting the intakes.
PIC 4. The front section of the 'lamp' has been removed, leaving the remainder as the fairing, and a transparent part will be made and fitted later. The relief door has been scribed in the correct place, and the right size, and is shown here being cut out. The door cover will be made from thin plastic card.
PIC 5. A comparison showing the 'new' door opening, next to the original part.
Once the intakes have been assembled, filled as required, and painted internally, they will be fitted to the fuselage, with copious amounts of plastic shims, filler and, no doubt, a variety of new swear words!
Thanks for your continued interest and compliments, and I hope to have more to show tomorrow.
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T Bolt
Colonel
Very nice work on some difficult joints Terry.
Agreed! nice mate!
ccheese
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Nice job, Terry...Charles
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Thanks very much chaps. Still working on those awkward (and sharp!) intakes - pics when there's something positive to show.
nice work Dogsbody
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Doing a great job Terry. I bet Warton didn't have this much trouble building the real macoy!!
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
How true, how true. Well done so far!
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Thanks guys - and one is quite enough I think!
Nearly got the intakes looking something like they should, although still quite a bit of filing and tidying to do.The root of the problem lies in the wing root! The mis-match of the top and bottom halves is so bad, that nothing lines up properly, causing gaps and steps, so some radical sanding and cutting has had to be done.
PIC 1 Shows the gap in this test fit.
PIC 2. First stage of correction is to sand back the wing root area.
PIC 3. The intakes still wouldn't seat correctly, so the boundary layer separator was filed down considerably.
PIC 4.. More test fitting showed that there would still be a large gap, so plastic card shims were added to the rear of the intake, and sanded roughly to shape.
PIC 5. Whilst at it, the inner rim of the intakes were chamfered, to get them looking more like the real thing.
PIC 6. With this all done, and the suction relief doors made and fitted, the port intake was finally glued in place. Once fully set, the joint will be sanded flush, and filler added as and where required - which is virtually everywhere!
PIC 7. Fins were also added to the bleed exits on the top rear of each intake duct, using stretched sprue.
PIC 8. Both intakes in place at last, the starboard side being slightly less hassle than the port. Both intakes will need some careful sanding, after filling the small gaps in various places.
PIC 9. How the model looks so far - getting there. Next step is to fit the speed brakes and the fin, and scratch-build the reverse thrust bucket gears and actuators, not even hinted at in the kit.
More hopefully tomorrow.
Nearly got the intakes looking something like they should, although still quite a bit of filing and tidying to do.The root of the problem lies in the wing root! The mis-match of the top and bottom halves is so bad, that nothing lines up properly, causing gaps and steps, so some radical sanding and cutting has had to be done.
PIC 1 Shows the gap in this test fit.
PIC 2. First stage of correction is to sand back the wing root area.
PIC 3. The intakes still wouldn't seat correctly, so the boundary layer separator was filed down considerably.
PIC 4.. More test fitting showed that there would still be a large gap, so plastic card shims were added to the rear of the intake, and sanded roughly to shape.
PIC 5. Whilst at it, the inner rim of the intakes were chamfered, to get them looking more like the real thing.
PIC 6. With this all done, and the suction relief doors made and fitted, the port intake was finally glued in place. Once fully set, the joint will be sanded flush, and filler added as and where required - which is virtually everywhere!
PIC 7. Fins were also added to the bleed exits on the top rear of each intake duct, using stretched sprue.
PIC 8. Both intakes in place at last, the starboard side being slightly less hassle than the port. Both intakes will need some careful sanding, after filling the small gaps in various places.
PIC 9. How the model looks so far - getting there. Next step is to fit the speed brakes and the fin, and scratch-build the reverse thrust bucket gears and actuators, not even hinted at in the kit.
More hopefully tomorrow.
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Good stuff Terry taking shape now...
T Bolt
Colonel
Nice!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Doing a great job on that Terry.
ccheese
Member In Perpetuity
Lookin' real good, Terry....
Charles
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