JohnB Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 I started work on this kit a while back but decided to put it aside for "later". I guess now is later. 🙂 The big reason I set it aside was I didn't want to deal with those vac formed clear parts. I pulled it off the shelf yesterday and decided to go on and try to get the clear parts trimmed down enough to give a reasonable fit. Not something I enjoy doing but I went ahead and bit the bullet. I think I have them trimmed enough now for a fairly decent fit but we will see. I like the looks of the "Grizzly" and hope to be able to finish it this time around. Too bad the air force didn't give Beechcraft the go ahead to build a bunch of them. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 I'll be curious to see what you think of the kit. Anigrand has a number of esoteric subjects that look cool, but hard to tell from the quality as there aren't too many completed Anigrand builds online. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 25 Author Share Posted November 25 44 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said: I'll be curious to see what you think of the kit. Anigrand has a number of esoteric subjects that look cool, but hard to tell from the quality as there aren't too many completed Anigrand builds online. It's not even close to the nice details we get with some of the other short run resin kits but the dimensions seem to be correct which goes a long way in making it worth the extra effort to build. I'm not sure yet as to how well everything will fit but I'll have the answer to that soon. I just wish they'd give us injection molded clear parts instead of vac formed parts. I built their XB-51 and it built up okay with few headaches. More later. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 25 Author Share Posted November 25 For the tail assembly I drilled out some small locating holes in the horizontal stabilizer and the two vertical pieces. Then I installed a couple of lengths of round plastic strip to get a little better strength when I super glue the assembly together. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 25 Author Share Posted November 25 I have attached the wings and did some test fitting of the wing/cowling attachment and it looks like there's a big problem. When the nacelles are snugged up to the underside of the wings the front ends, instead of being parallel with the fuselage , they have a distinct downward angle on both sides. Doesn't look like a easy fix. 🙄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 26 Author Share Posted November 26 I hate to do it but this one is going on the SOD. No matter how many approaches I tried to properly align the nacelle's on the wings I just wasn't able to come up with a workable "fix". Not worth the aggravation unfortunately. No wonder I've never seen one of these built. 🫤 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 Sorry to read this, John. Looking at the pics, but they give very little clue honestly, I’d venture the issue, and therefore the fix, is the wrong incidence of the wing. Not that it makes the fix any more workable, unfortunately. Hubert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 26 Author Share Posted November 26 8 hours ago, HubertB said: Sorry to read this, John. Looking at the pics, but they give very little clue honestly, I’d venture the issue, and therefore the fix, is the wrong incidence of the wing. Not that it makes the fix any more workable, unfortunately. Hubert You might be right Hubert. Fixing that would really be difficult. At any rate, I'm putting it on the SOD. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 26 Author Share Posted November 26 7 hours ago, JohnB said: You might be right Hubert. Fixing that would really be difficult. At any rate, I'm putting it on the SOD. Hubert After your post I decided to see about adjusting the wing/fuselage attachment areas. It appears that just might do the trick. I attached the nacelles to the wings after carefully aligning them to the wing to try to get the right angle. Now I'll dry fit the wing to fuselage areas and CA them in what looks like the right angle. Takes 3 hands!!! I'll post some pics if it looks like it does the job. Lots of trial and error. John 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 27 Author Share Posted November 27 I can use that one remaining locating "post" to swivel and adjust the angle. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 On 11/26/2024 at 1:42 AM, HubertB said: I’d venture the issue, and therefore the fix, is the wrong incidence of the wing. Not that it makes the fix any more workable, unfortunately. Cool John another feeble brain and a par of eyes always helps.You know I am going to keep hammering Hubert. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 27 Author Share Posted November 27 Hubert had the right answer. I removed the molded on attachment areas and CA'd the wings on at what looked "right". Now to putty in the cracks and smooth everything out. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 27 Author Share Posted November 27 Going to need a lot of cleaning up. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 John, glad my hunch provided a new input to the project. I have to say your assembly looks a lot more like the reference pic you submitted in your first post 👍 ! (Hey, Kevin, I keep trying hard to shake those few neurons I have left - without overheating them 🙄 ) Some more work to get there, but you can pull it off, John Hubert 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 27 Author Share Posted November 27 4 minutes ago, HubertB said: John, glad my hunch provided a new input to the project. I have to say your assembly looks a lot more like the reference pic you submitted in your first post 👍 ! (Hey, Kevin, I keep trying hard to shake those few neurons I have left - without overheating them 🙄 ) Some more work to get there, but you can pull it off, John Hubert Thanks Hubert. I'm glad I decided to follow your tip as it seems to have worked out okay. Now to do some seam cleanup, etc.🙂 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 28 Author Share Posted November 28 Making some progress. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 29 Author Share Posted November 29 Three coats of primer, one coat of Alclad Aluminum, and one coat of Alclad Dull Aluminum. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 30 Author Share Posted November 30 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted November 30 Share Posted November 30 Coming together John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 30 Author Share Posted November 30 6 hours ago, KevinM said: Coming together John. Yep. Getting there. I just hope the vac canopies fit okay. 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted November 30 Share Posted November 30 Great progress John ! You're not trying to replicate the Karman fairing at the rear of the wing root ? Hubert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 30 Author Share Posted November 30 6 hours ago, HubertB said: Great progress John ! You're not trying to replicate the Karman fairing at the rear of the wing root ? Hubert I'm just happy to get it as far as it is since it was such a job to get it this far. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted December 2 Author Share Posted December 2 Decaling done and most everything attached. I still have the canopies to do. I put them in place for the moment to take these photos. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted December 3 Share Posted December 3 I was a little worried with how the metallic finish would look as it shows everything, but you did a masterful job with the putty and other remedies. Great work! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted December 3 Author Share Posted December 3 12 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: I was a little worried with how the metallic finish would look as it shows everything, but you did a masterful job with the putty and other remedies. Great work! Thanks Mike! I too was concerned about the NMF but it seems to have done okay. Now I'm hoping I can get the tricky vac canopies done satisfactorily. Vac clear parts have always been a PITA for me! 🙂 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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