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philo426 Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 Lots of work thus far to get the fuselage halves joined up!...Compared to the 1/48 version it is pretty big! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 That's going to be an epic job! Working with vac-forms is nearly a lost art these days, so I'm looking forward to seeing your progress. You made me go check the old 1/35 scale vac-forms in my stash. Most have been released as regular plastic kits, like a Humvee ambulance conversion. But there are a couple of oddballs, like the Air Press M*A*N bus conversion (for the Italeri Opel Blitz truck). And my favorite, a Hobby-Modellbau-Schmidt vac-form of an Italian WWII "Desert Patrol" truck. It has a Breda 20-mm cannon and other parts made of white metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) Sounds like a great kit! luckily I had a spare nose wheel wheel well from a Revell 262 kit.Cut a slot on the underside of the fuselage and made it fit. Edited September 30, 2020 by philo426 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 Wing and engine nacelle assembly in progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 Atrached the wings to the fuselage with brass tubing I flattened slightly in my bench vise.I used JB weld to secure them.I will add putty to smooth out the joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 Horizontal stabs and rudder installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 Cut the openings for the wheel wells abd made them by wrapping a sheet of aluminum around a 12mm socket.I made flanges to allow them to be installed.Took awhile to figure out how to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 5, 2020 Author Share Posted October 5, 2020 Landing gear arrived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 Mocked up the landing gear and was surprised to see she sit properly.I guess the vac form.plastic is thinner and lighter than normal.styrene.The true test will be when the engines are installed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Coming along nicely! You should scratch-up one of those little e381 suicide scooters to sling underneath! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 9 hours ago, bisc63 said: Coming along nicely! You should scratch-up one of those little e381 suicide scooters to sling underneath! Inspiration...if he's crazy enough to do that. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 That is so cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 Mounted up the engines with brass tubing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 On 10/1/2020 at 3:01 PM, philo426 said: Wing and engine nacelle assembly in progress. These photos are proof that you can't have too many clamps:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 Yep a little excessive but the clamps did do their job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Love these early jets! Any thoughts on a color scheme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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philo426 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 Made the airlerons out of 1/16" Aluminum..took a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 Added some interior detail.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 Airbrushed the primer coat on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 Have to trim.and install the canopy sections Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 Made the gear doors from sheet brass pounded over a socket.Actuatirs were from the parts stash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 A 1/25 Drag Chute will work for the rato rocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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