JeroenPeters

In other news: the brassin prop hub and blades are all badly deformed and dont react well to hot water...

Since I used the F8 kit to build this A8.... I need to reinstall the outer MG151 cannons. This means bulges on top of the wings. Easy. They're included in the kit. And Bulges on the underwing acces panels. Harder. These bulges are quite intricate. Especially the ammo chutes. I tried to draw them up in 3D. Luckily Revell did not get the shape right. They actually used the Mk108 bulges and ammo chutes. So in the end this is an upgrade. Just ordered my 3D efforts. We'll see. Also removed the inspection panels in the large panel.

Definitely the right place to post this. Wow... One of the most realistic bike models I've seen in a while! Is this by any chance a model that you drive yourself? Here's mine:

I ordered them from Ali Expres!

Gunbays ready!

Instrument panel done.

Getting ready to close the fuse. The tailwheel strut connects perfectly to the Aires parts.

Cool. Never seen one of these built before. Following with interest.

Added some placards and seatbelts.

1/8? Wow. How big is this thing?

Bit further

Thnx guy. A bit more paint in the pit. I removed a lot of resin from the seat cushion on advise from Tony Argudo. The cushion is otherwise oversized. The Eduard instrument decals were a bit off register, but they’ll do...

While my iwata is in the repair shop, i went back to my Tamiya trigger airbrush. Not as fine as the Iwata tr1, but it will do.

Thnx guys. More polishing done. The panel fits superb.

Aaaand... blendid in!

Bakelite pulleys. Wire added.

First paint on. These are the places i need to paint first, before closing the hull and wings. I love the detail on the Aires tail inspection set. Look at the rivets in every dimple as they are supposed to be.

And here’s a shot of the Aires instructions. Only need to add the retraction cable from EZ Line.

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Woke up thinking: i’m going about this in the wrong way, so i removed the PE panel frame. I think I need to glue this part to the interior resin. But to do so, i need to paint the resin first. That’s why i’m scanning my reference books for detail and colours.

Slowly sanding the tail inspection hatch into submission...

Really digging this build!

Some more work on the power egg

Finally made one side fit.

Ok. So. I needed to remove the gun bays and sand more. Almost a perfect fit now.