DocRob Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Very nice and what a relief, that you don't seem to have fallen into the usual Italeri blues. The Tornado must be a better kit than these other patience testers. Cheers Rob 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 Thank you for your feedback Harv, Gary and DocRob. The quality of the kit and the detailing is much better than that of the Mirage. So up to now it’s no patience tester at all. I hope that this will go on during the rest of the build…😉 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Kai Your Rio bangseat and instrument panel assembly look spot on and so good. Weathering is light, so very realistic and so good.. Your style of weathering compliments my thoughts and preference: light and delicate to bring out the details and textures. Anything more would require the model to be shown on a vignette style base, letting the viewer understand: time, place and the reason for the chosen weathering. Keep 'em comin Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 Thank you for your feedback Peter. I like smooth weathering too only to bring out the details. I managed to nearly complete the cockpit within the last days. Only the oxygen hoses of the crew are missing and I have to add the first light to the HUD. I have to scratch the hoses with wire because the ones from PJ Productions included are unusable. Here are some pics of the actual status: Next update to follow soon. 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I really like how you took care placing their hands to proper and naturally looking positions. cheers Martin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 Thank you for your feedback Martin! It‘s always extra work to change the posures on figures but it brings more life to them. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Kai Awesome front office and the figures look so good. The eyes do it for me. Keep ‘em comin Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 Thank you for your feedback Peter. The eyes of the figures aren’t easy to paint and I use a pinpoint 0,03 mm pen for the pupils. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Thanks Kai They do like great! I'll need to try the pinpoint .03 pen as I'm going to attempt some figures Keep 'em comin Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 That Tornado pit looks really lifelike. The extra details and the believable positions of the crew render a perfect busy workplace. Cheers Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/10/2022 at 2:16 PM, Martinnfb said: I really like how you took care placing their hands to proper and naturally looking positions. cheers Martin Agreed ! Everything looks great!..harv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 Thank you all for your feedback. Today I managed to add all missing hoses: The oxygen hoses of the crews‘ oxygen masks and the hoses to the ejection seats. For the masks of the crew I found a perfect reference foto in the internet: And for the hoses to the ejection seats: All hoses were scratched from wire. This is how they came out: Pilot and front ejection seat: WSO and back ejection seat: Final step will be adding the light to the HUD. This will be the topic for the next post. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Great texturing on those hoses, Kai! The lighting on the HUD will be awesome! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Kai The oxygen hoses, front office and the crew look spot on. Looking so good. Keep ‘em comin Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 21 hours ago, GazzaS said: Great texturing on those hoses, Kai! The lighting on the HUD will be awesome! Thank you for your feedback Gary! I try to do the lighting on the HUD this weekend and post some pictures here then. 17 hours ago, Peterpools said: Kai The oxygen hoses, front office and the crew look spot on. Looking so good. Keep ‘em comin Peter Thank you for your feedback Peter! Much appreciated! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 Today I managed to install the light for the HUD. It‘s one of the lights out the set from Magic Scale Modeling which I will use for the Model. The set consists of a motherboard and LEDs which have to be painted with transparent colors because they are very bright. They are glued in place with UV-glue which comes with the set. This one I bought extra for my Dambuster Lancaster because there were many more things to attach. Bondic UV-glue set: Test-run with painted light: Mother board and power supply: Light running: And switched off: Cabling alongside the cockpit tub: Everything stored for further assembly. The „3“ belongs to the pin on the motherboard to which the plug has to be connected in the end. It‘s really plug-n-play. You only have to think about where to place the motherboard in the model and how to do the cabling within the model. Now the cockpit is complete and I can start with the undercarriage. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Kai Just incredible - looking so good. Keep 'em comin Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Love it, Kai!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 Thank you for your feedback Peter and Gary. Much appreciated! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 Last weekend I painted the fuselage front halves from the inside and test-fitted the cockpit. The test showed that some rework was necessary in the region of the HUD. I had to grind the surfaces at the inside thinner to make the glas-part fit perfectly. With this rework the fit of the cockpit is ok. What is noticeable too is that much of the details of the side-consoles is hidden deep inside the fuselage. Here are some pics showing the test-fit: Next step is the assembly of the front gearwheel bay and the nose gear with the next light of the Magic Scale Modeling Set used for the nose-wheel landing light. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folkwulfe Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Man!......truly awesome work on the cockpit. Can't wait to see the updates as you make them. I'm grabbing the popcorn and sliding the chair up close and front row! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 All I can say Kai is that the whole cockpit looks wonderful. Just enough of those details deep around the pilots are visible to make it interesting. And what really stands out is the excellent weathering at the top, in the bang seats and electronics, and pilots. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Kai, amazing work so far ! Loving it.....harv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 Thank you both for your feedback! Much appreciated! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 1/25/2022 at 11:08 PM, Folkwulfe said: Man!......truly awesome work on the cockpit. Can't wait to see the updates as you make them. I'm grabbing the popcorn and sliding the chair up close and front row! Thank you for your feedback and that you will accompany my build. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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