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12 hours ago, GazzaS said:

Great looking gear!  I have to admit...  getting those brake lines to stick in place...  drives me mad.

Thank you Gaz! 
Me sometimes too. Took 4 hours to apply them. The legs are not that big:

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4 hours ago, Peterpools said:

Kai

An awesome pair of legs. Terrific work on the details

Keep ‘em comin

Peter

Thank you for your feedback Peter!

I‘m really looking forward to the painting stage now. That’s the work I like most...

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Tonight I took care about the HUD, improved the fit of the windshield, reworked the fit of the pylon to the tanks and finally corrected and detailed the NLG-retraction-cylinder.

The HUD fitted well within the brackets for it:5AA4DEF6-4A3B-41AC-ADC0-CF837AAE4E69.thumb.jpeg.3015f8618bfd1ba349844979283da11d.jpeg

Then I reworked the windshield for a correct fit:

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The connection of the tanks to the pylons had also to be sanded for a better fit:93A265BC-6F9E-4EA3-98E4-05685FBFBD76.thumb.jpeg.6bad43053c7f7a9966f62a94f6ff6084.jpeg

The last thing I reworked and detailed was the NLG-hydraulic-retraction-cylinder. I shortened it about 1mm to get the correct angle of the leg in relation to the fuselage:

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Then I added wiring and hydraulic lines:

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That’s all for this time. See you soon! 

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9 hours ago, GazzaS said:

Coming together nicely, Kai!  The cockpit and ejector sat look spectacular.

Thanks Gaz!

Like all cockpits of that time very colorful IPs and I like ejection-seats with the yellow-black handles on top. 

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8 hours ago, Trigger said:

Wow Kai, like Gazza said, your cockpit looks fantastic now, and the undercarriage really comes to life now!, Looking forward to the next stage,

Cheers,

Frank

 

Thanks Frank,

The seat is only plugged with Bluetech. Would be more complicated to mask for painting. 

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6 hours ago, Jackster said:

Excellent work Kai, the attention to detail on the hydraulic lines is superb and well worth the effort!

Cheers

Kev

Thank Kev!


Even if not much of it is visible when she’s on her legs I know it is there or display her upside down...;):lol:

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This evening I finished the detailing of the kit parts. 
First part was the exhaust nozzle from Isracast. The prominent levers for opening and closing the nozzle are missing. I added 18 rods made of stretched sprue and 6mm length to each nozzle part:

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Next were the hydraulic cylinders for the retraction of the main gear. I added all necessary hydraulic lines:

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The last hydraulic cylinder to be detailed was the one retracting the nosegear-door:

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Plastic rod replaced by metal one.

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And here all detailed landing gear parts are together:

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Now I can go on with the painting and weathering of them and then I can start with the preparation for the painting process. 

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19 hours ago, harv said:

WOW seriously good work going on here. She will be a stunner....harv :popcorn:

Thank you Harv and I hope so...

14 hours ago, GazzaS said:

Those LG look damn nice, Kai!

Thanks Gaz! Today they will get their paint.

10 hours ago, DocRob said:

Exactly like the others said, you are on the way to produce a gem with all the added detail and scratchwork.

Cheers Rob

Thank you Rob! These were the last gems. Now it comes to the nice part of the build: painting! 
 

10 hours ago, GusMac said:

Stunning work Kai. :thumbsup2:

Thank you for your nice feedback Gus!

I‘m closely following your Cheetah E build. Will also become an awesome bird! Due to the conversion you even have more problems to solve than me! 

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Tonight I weathered the nose gear leg and painted the main gear legs and all actuators.

The weathering was done with thinned oil-colors on Pledge-covered leg:

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The main landing gear legs and all hydraulic actuators were painted  and received a cote of Pledge to prepare them for the weathering:

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The hydraulic cylinders:

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And here altogether:

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Tomorrow all the remaining  parts will receive weathering and then I‘ll move to the painting of the aircraft.

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