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  1. Hello Guys, small update on the Catalina, finished the ribs on the wing and put some paint on.... Now in the process of painting and test fitting interior details........... Just test fitting the some interior details, more to follow soon........ Frank
  2. It will be worth the effort, this engine will look fantastic when done, love the ak extreme metal range, sprays very nice with the airbrush, and looks fantastic, I also have the Tamiya corsair in my stash, one day I'll start building it, until that time i'am watching and learning from other builds , keep going, Frank
  3. Thanks Kev, It's pretty nerve wrecking to, those parts are so fragile, I did break some of them, but that is inevitable with builds like this, you just have to work around that, and you do have to scratch build some parts, but that's also the fun in it, Frank
  4. Thanks, will do my best, got some more time for the bench now because of the covid pandemic, and we have a curfew here in the netherlands after 21.00 hours, so trying to make the best of things, Frank
  5. Hello Mike, I certainly would go for the cutaway version, otherwise in the full scale version all the detail will be locked inside, and that would be a shame, (all though the full version is a real monster with a massive span) Frank
  6. Hello Carl, I bought the razor saw at artscale.eu, the saw is made by Vallejo, I guess when you google "Vallejo tools" you might find a supplier nearby, the saw comes with 4 types of blades, Frank
  7. Hi there, Done some work on the Catalina, some work on the wing, some sub assemblies an for the most part cleaning up parts, priming them and put some paint on them, have a look, This is where I left of, lined the wing up on my cutting mat, fortunately this part of the wing is straight, so it was easy enough to line up the ribs on the cutting mat, and cut them to the right length, One of the ribs stuck out a little bit, I had to cut just a little piece of the base of this rib, and then glued it back together to make it fit. After that I could glue the end piece on the frames, one frame needed a little piece of plasticard, was cut just 0,10 th of a mm short, but it wasn't to difficult. Decided to put in the nose turret, it needed some trimming to fit properly in the fuselage, and then moved on to the turret itself, Test fitted it and masked the thing inside and outside so I could get some interior green on it, after that it was time to get some interior green on the inside of the fuselage, before putting in the bulkheads, it now was easy to paint without the bulkheads in the way, the tail section was quite an exercise with all those little gaps between the ribs, see for yourself , made a temporary jig to put the fuselage in to be able to move it around. Ashot from the other side, this thing is really big.... So now I can move forward getting the bulkheads in, painted a lot of the parts needed , and cleaned them up Well, that is pretty much how far the build is right now, I am now working on the cockpit and the pilot seats, but that's for the next time, greetz, Frank
  8. Hello Peter, nice subject, looks spot on, those iaf birds really look good in their camouflage colors, I started myself a while back with a hasegawa F16, and ordered some aftermarket from isradecal, ( they made conversion sets for the Barak version) unfortunately no longer available , is still waiting for me on the shelf of doom to finish, will be following your build with interest, so far it looks stunning, Greetz, Frank
  9. As promised here are some pictures of the construction of the wing section, primed the insides that will be visible Wing halves glued together, needless to say there was a lot of fitting and sanding to be done, but this is the end result the frames painted interior green, ready to be assembled, ( it was a complete nightmare to get those of their resin casting sheets, and the to clean them up without damaging, they are so fragile) put the wing as flat as possible as to get the frames glued in the right position/alignment. I only glued the top part of the frame, the bottom part of the frame will be done when I flip the wing over, constantly aware of the alignment, if this is not done properly I will ruin this build, so moving on very carefully Not bad at all, now I have to glue the bottom part of the frames without messing up the alignment, very nerve wrecking job, when this is done I have to glue an end piece to the rear of the frames, I have to cut a piece of the frames to make it fit As you can see not all the frames have the same length, so I first have to line them up properly to make the end piece fit, that's for later on, more pictures to follow Here are some pictures how I remove resin cast pieces from their casting sheets.... for this example I used one of the bunks of the aircraft, I usually take a very fine razor saw as thin as possible and with very fine teeth, I'll start in the corner of the piece because there the resin is the thickest , the casting are very well engineered by the way, only the corners and at some points there is a lot of resin to hold the part to the sheet. Very fine razor saw The trick is to use as little force as possible and move the saw as gently as possible As you cab see, the part has very much resin in the corners, but not as much further to the middle, making it easier to saw What's left is a lot of clean up , I use a combination of sanding and scraping with a very sharp exact blade, for me this works well That's it for now, more to follow Frank
  10. Thanks for the response, it certainly will be the center of my display case, I actually have to make a case for it because of the size, just making my way through the wing section, pic' s to follow.....
  11. Hello Mark, I wanted to buy the full kit at first, but I thought it would be a waste to close up all the detail when you put the fuselage sides together, I have seen one build on Large scale planes of someone who built the entire kit and opened up the Portside of the fuselage on a number of places to show the details, that must have been a real challenge, thanks for the response, Frank
  12. I started on the engine a sa sort of sub build and to be doing something else than placing ribs in the fuselage, after a while your eyes won't cooperate any more, si it's good to be doing something else. the engine itself is a fantastic piece of kit with awesome details, have a look for yourself..... used some brass and glued the cilinder heads in place Put some paint on Done some weathering with panel liner from Tamiya, makes the cooling ribs from the cilinders stand out a bit placed the guid plates where the ignition wires will run through Just to show the size of the engine, it's quite a fiddly job One ingnitio wire in place, bought those from Anyz, they produce braided wires that really makes the engine wires look real That is it for now, I am now placing the ignition ring and wires in place, so more pics to follow soon, Greetz Frank
  13. It certainly is complex, you have to think two steps ahead before assembling parts, you kind of have to make your own way of the sequence in constructing the various parts
  14. I did see it on the internet and have used it a number of times to get good references for my build, the hph manual doesn't cover all the details so you need to do a lot of research to get thing right, thanks for the pics
  15. it is almost 61 cm long so it is a real handful to move around, constantly worrying not to knock of any detail while handling
  16. Thanks Hubert, it indeed is a daunting subject with lot's of interior detail, I hope I can persist to the end, I trie to be as careful as possible, because the parts are very fragile, and just by touching some of the finer parts you can ruin the details
  17. I finally started on my cutaway Catalina from hph, it will be a real challenge, but I think this is a fantastic kit, and the Catalina is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever build. I won't bother by showing the parts in the kit because there are a number of reviews on this subject, so I will go on with the build, The manual of this kit is on cd, so I printed it, and I downloaded it on my I-pad, (very handy when you want to enlarge some build stages to see how the parts have to be placed) First started to put numbers on the resin sheets that hold the parts so they correspond with the numbers in the manual. I soon found out that there are a lot of numbers that just don't exist or have the wrong number, and a lot of parts just don't have a number. So you regularly are searching for parts that you need, and there are lot's of parts! I first started on the bulkheads ...... You really have to look and dry fit the parts a number of times before you actually glue them together, the bulkhead that you see now must line up with the landing gear housing, and it's really tricky to get that right. I painted the parts in interior green before placing them in the fuselage, because later on it will be very difficult Started by placing the ribs in place, and dry fit the forward bulkhead The center section and the ribs in pace on the center pylon, dry fit of the bulkhead Dry fitting the ribs in the rear section, and the rear bulkhead line up of the various bulkheads, (endless fitting, sanding, fitting, sanding etc) Placed all the ribs in the tail section Tail section almost complete The detail in this kit is insane That's it for now, I will soon have more pictures, sometimes I am working another part of this kit, I am now working on the wing and the engine, Greetz, Frank
  18. Hello Kev, I was just ahead of you, because I already uploaded some images to their site, and they are visible now on the Airfix website, but thanks for the advice, Frank
  19. Hello Jeff, Thanks for the tip, but I already found a copper tube that I could use to run the wire through, so i'am adapting it now so the wire will be invisible, and thanks for the nice comment, Frank
  20. I haven't been able to do a lot, but I have installed the rockets under the wings and I have made a stand under the aircraft, I wanted to put the electric wire through the pipe that supports the airplane, but that wasn't possible, so I had to place it on the outside, I will try to get another tube so I can rub the wire through, but that's all for later, here are some pics,...... I was going to mount the bellytank as well, but that wasn't possible, then the model would top over, the place of the stand is now so balanced that it doesn't tip over. Just about the same angle as on the box.... That's it for now, now I can start weathering the plane, (not to much), but some oil streaks and exhaust streaks, more to follow Frank
  21. Thanks Ron, The spinning propellor gives it a bit of an extra dimension, and indeed I can almost imagine the roar of that engine. Here's a bit of motivation for your upcoming Typhoon build, this is a picture from my build a few years ago, and I have enjoyed every minute of it, but Ron, R.T.F.M, ( read the f**cking manual), the fitting of the parts needs to be very precise, one mistake and further in the build it will come back to haunt you, so dry fit everything! I will be using the same display stand for the Hellcat, thanks for the comment, Frank
  22. I have also built the Typhoon, that came with a pilot in the kit, that's the only thing missing right now. And I am not ready yet, the rockets must be installed, the aerial and wire, some clear parts as the navigation lights etc, but I am getting there, thanks for the comment, Frank
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