DocRob Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 The Tomcat is coming together nice and quick Bill, your solution for the pitot tube is simple and effective, love it. I have also successfully used Future on non sticking decals, but have bought a bottle of Tamiya's decal adhesive softener, which I haven't tried yet. No decals on wooden sailing boats . Cheers Rob 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 Back after my camping trip... some minor masking. Nearly done with the missiles. Lots of decals. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Bill Some mighty nice work on the masking and decals - missiles are looking so good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Nice progress Bill….. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Bri;liant missiles! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 One of the last seams to be filled. I think. I had one area that I should have sanded prior to installing the intakes. I had to fashion a sanding tool out of Evergreen strip. There are a few small panel lines that I missed while scribing. Once I take care of those, I'll need to do some final surface prep and off to the spray booth. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Luvvin the progress, Bill 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Bill Looking good and maybe using Mr Surfacer for that hard to reach seam/gap might have been a bit easier in cleaning it up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Coming along nicely Bill. Going to be a beauty for sure! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 Those screw holes on the bottom of the fuselage bother me. I cut some sheet plastic, and chucked it into a dremel bit. I don't have a lathe, so I use what I have. Glued in place, with some 0.060' (1.5 mm) rod to fill the hole. A little sanding, and I've got this. Thankfully, I only had to do three of them - it was pretty time consuming. And some white... 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Great work Mark 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Great work and interesting surgery technique! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Bill Nice bit of open field running and looks mighty good. Tamiya should have thought of it on their own. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 In the past, I've occasionally run out of steam once the airframe is complete. I spent some time on the gear doors. Most of the ejector pin marks were raised and only required sanding. A coat of Insignia white. I'll add a flat coat once they've received a wash. Tail planes are done. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted August 3 Author Share Posted August 3 A good wipe down, and she'll be ready for primer... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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