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Hi,

 

Thank you!

Thanks a lot for following this long WIP.

 

Sorry for late reply, but I'm just back from US and need to leave soon again to Tampa.

 

 

Ridiculous update (and ridiculous poor pics... :raincloud: )

Alu added to hide the ejection pins and the junction between the elevator plate and the inside of the gear bay.

Some reinforcing plates with their rivets added.

 

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Sorry once again for the very poor quality pics; I will try to do better ones later.

 

Pascal  :piliot:

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Hi,

 

Thank you!

 

Poor, very poor progressblush.png ...

 

First of all 2 better pics of the rear wheel well.

 

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I've also started to work on the seat:

 

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... and the belts:

 

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More soon!

 

Pascal  :piliot:


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Hi,

 

 

Few progress done on the cockpit.

Some (rare) PE parts and placards from Barracuda.

I took the pics too late and with the flash... details of the paints are not like ...they really are .

Time for pics.

O2 bottle and it's new bracket:

 

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Black over masked cockpit green:

 

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Pics of the test fit:

 

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Oils are still wet... and shiny!  

 

Pascal  :ph34r:
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Hi,

 

 

Small progress on the cockpit side walls masked and painted in "cockpit green":

 

 
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Parts & Alu foil added on the wing box:
 
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Gear bay parts and wing spar will soon be added on the wing box.
Hope you still like it...
 
Pascal :stirthepot:
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Hi,

 

Thank you very much for your comments mates!

 

I did not like that much more the safety beltLe and the color wasn't the right one...

So:

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Just need to put/conform it on the seat and "bring it alive".

 

Pascal  :piliot:

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Hi,

 

 

 

Tiny progress...

 

Original throttle quadrant has been modified.

engine control levers have also been modified or rebuild from PE sprue and ... Maskol.

Metallic rivets are installed into the 0.3mm holes previoulsly drilled.

 

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A new PE part replace the plastic throttle quadrant from Tamiya.

The Flap control panel need to be relocate.

I know I've painted the throttle quadrant support plate Zinc Chromate green... Maintenance operation from my twisted mind!  :rolleyes:

 

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It will look better when added to the complete cockpit.

Hope you still like it...

 

Pascal  :piliot:
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Hi,

 

Thanks ;)

 

 

Small update.
Sidewalls done and weathered:
 
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Rear wheel well detailed on both sides and painted "Salmon"
 
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As always comments and questions are welcome.
More soon.
 
Pascal

 

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Hi,

 

 

Small progress once again.

Rear compartment done and weathered and ready to be closed.

 

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Not a lot that can still be seen...

 

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Perfect fit for the cockpit! No glue needed!

 

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More soon.

 

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Hi,

 

Sorry for poor... very poor progress , but I spent and still spend a lot of time with ... Miss Clémentine  :wub:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Small progress done on Gear, cockpit, rear wheel.... Very soon...Today!!

 

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Bonsoir,

 

 

So, small progress on the rear wheel: New bolts, castle nuts from resin and brass.

Plastic card is also used to add details on the beautiful Tamiya parts

 

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Same for the gear legs with parts scribed and sculpted as the scissors and the leg actuator

 

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Paint and wash inside the beautiful wheels from Barracuda

 

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Then First washes on the parts using oil and acrylic

 

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Soon the dry brushes to tone down the first "aging" work.

 

Voilà, voilà!

 

Pascal :piliot:
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Hi,

 

Me again

 

Oils out once again, but for dry brushing now.

 

Rear wheel:

 

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Main gear leg:

 

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Frisket to mask the inside of the wheels, and H77 Tyre Black:

 

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... Then another coat of toned down black (with grey) on the top and upper sides to start the weathering process.

Great to enhance the wonderful engraved surface of the Barracuda wheels: Thanks a lot Roy!!

 

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Sorry for the pics with the Flash, but it's not easy to show the shades (or nuance?...) but that's the aim:

 

That can be seen on the tire on the background

 

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Test fit of the complete tail wheel mechanism.

 

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That's all.

 

Pascal
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Hi,

 

 

The installation continues slowly.

Final details and additions before closing the fuselage are underway.

This is also the time to check the various adjustments.

 

Here are the last changes in the cockpit:

 

The oxygen bottle is connected

 

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  Propeller and engine control rods are added on the Dashboard

 

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...Then connected to the throttle quadrant

 

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Lights were quickly turned, drilled, painted in black with the front face simulated using Kristal Klear and finally equipped with their power cords before being put in place on each side of the cockpit.

 

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Few addition in the tailwheel bay too, but more as "trompe l'œil" (fooler?...) to give the impression of a busy bay.

Basically it is representative of what is actually contained in the real one, but without really trying to represent exactly.

 

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Finally, the rudder pedals are equipped with their adjustment knob and the footrest "ramps"  detailed with photo-etched reinforcements.

 

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Voilà, voilà!

Not much, but things that I want to be here.

 

Pascal  :piliot:

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Hi,

 

 

 

Started to detail the wheel wells...

 

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... Still have a lot to do.

Flaps are also on the bench and will be detailed with PE.

Wings oil coolers will also be detailed with PE, but not the one provided in the kit.

 

Voilà.

 

Pascal :piliot:

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Good evening,

 

Firstly a big thank you to you to follow the WIP of the small marvel from TAMIYA.

And of course a big thank you for all your kind comments!

 

Wheel wells are superbly handled by Tamiya and their installation is precise and cleverly designed : a joy to build!

I find that some details can still be added very simply. It will give a little more reality to this space that is a bit empty.

 

The  hydraulic distributor  is prepared, lightly modified, drilled and finally equipped with its piping.

It was finally set up against the front wall of the bay.

Other pipes depart from the distributor  through the aperture provided for this purpose.

Others from the wall, walk behind the retraction actuator to reach the small forward compartment.

 

Various pipes installed on the root partition side are formatted to run on the bottom of the compartment and back on the opposite to finally get lost in the passage toward to the folding part of the wing.

 

Well, after all this Blah Blah as preamble, pictures.

They are taken with and without flash in order (achieved or not? ..) More clearly show the details.

 

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That's all.

Not much for today, but it's pretty long and time consuming.

 

More soon,

 

Pascal :stirthepot:

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Hi,

 

Thanks a lot Mates ;)

 

Little progress in appearance, but it's an important step that is preparing to be crossed. 

Wheel wells are now detailed and will allow me to soon spary the interior color on that part of the plane. 

Oil coolers assemblies are also ready to be painted  "Salmon" then "Light Gray".

La baie de droite:

 

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The hydraulic distributor of the compartment:

 

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Installed:

 

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I lost one and ...still does not explain to me the relentless calm that I showed face the ordeal.

This one comes from one of the other boxes; but I'll have to order a sprue to replace the part...

 

One of the wings oil coolers:

 

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I replaced the original photo-etched by the one proposed by Radu Brinzan, and masked it before primer and camouflage. 

The parts are much finer and detailed than the kit ... already pretty!

 

Everything is connected:

 

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One of the wing root extrados:

 

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Voilà, voilà.

More soon.

 

Pascal :stirthepot:

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Hi,

 

 

To continue on the wing and the central portion particularly, I started to work on the flaps.

These "Belles Bêtes" so special and identifiable amongst all!

The Tamiya assembly is of impressive quality and rendering without external addition is already terrific.

 

However, I decided to replace some kit parts by few photo-etched from Eduard.

This also causes a bit of rework on some kit parts ... that will need some adaptation .

The result, however pleases me, so it's worth a little extra work.

 

 

First, inside flap:

 

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Central flap:

 

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You have to think to open the perforations of the original parts to give a little more meaning to these details.

 

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Outer wing flap:

 

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Tamiya PE parts to detail the internal sides of the flaps:

 

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Wheel well doors: STUNNING

You just have to slide the doors on the installed actuators to finalize this step!

 

 

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Perfect angle for both right and left doors:

 

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Voilà.

 

 

Pascal :ph34r:

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Hi,

 

Some progress on the Corsair. 

 

Work continues in the central section. 

I sprayed a coat of  "Salmon" protection in the wheel well:

 

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 Light Gray (Gunze):

 

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Zinc Chromate on the doors:

 

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Rims; lovely details on those proposed by Barracuda compared to those (already very thin) from Tamiya:

 

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Oil coolers are completed:

 

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then installed:

 

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They can be distinguished through the cooling flap whose lip was refined:

 

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The leading  and trailing edges of the fowler are completed and all awaiting paint:

 

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Test fit:

 

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For assembly that suits me, I placed strips of plastic card at the "break" of the lower wing part.

This enables perfect alignment of the radiators intakes and prevents putty after assembly.

Just leave a slight backwardation(?):

 

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Gluing of the extrados:

 

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I finally started working on the canopy. 

Internal frames are never shown or proposed in photo-etched ... it does not suit me. 

I (tried) to systematically achieve this detail which seems to me rather important in a cockpit, the more so when it is on the 32nd. 

 

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Further details will round, I hope the start of detailing.

 

Voilà.

Questions and comments are welcome.

 

Pascal  :piliot:

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