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14 minutes ago, Peterpools said:

Mark

Looking forward to you starting a build thread and will be along every step of the way. I built my Tamiya Viper many years ago and it was a gem then and is still now the Queen of the large scale Vipers. :popcorn:

 

No build report on this on im sorry.

I still have 60 days left to get it done before the contest.

Will be my first contest in  20 years.

But final pics will be here.

Mark

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Back to my VF-1 Tomcat. Got the internal supports for the stand done. 

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Runs through one of the Sparrow fin slots. 

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Test fit on the stand with the wings and tailplanes placed on it so hopefully I got the location right for it to balance. 

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Ignore that slight step in the fuselage...

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On 10/8/2023 at 12:13 AM, BlrwestSiR said:

Back to my VF-1 Tomcat. Got the internal supports for the stand done. 

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Runs through one of the Sparrow fin slots. 

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Test fit on the stand with the wings and tailplanes placed on it so hopefully I got the location right for it to balance. 

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Ignore that slight step in the fuselage...

Aackk!!  Another Tomcat!    :omg:

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This one was on my “bench” last Friday.  It’s one of those outdoor projects that requires perfect weather, no wind and no one around to pester me into going somewhere, doing something else or a distraction of any kind. 
 

My old F-250 once had a camper shell on it. The seal on the door had worn through the paint.  Rust was taking over quickly.  Grabbed the old Bosch DA, some 80 and 220 grit and cleaned it up.  Squirted on some Rustoleum primer I had and then got the interruption phone call.  
 

Retired guys lunch date was still on.  Cool. Primer needs to dry hood anyway.  Went to get in the Mustang and the cover was still on it. Easier to pull the paper off the truck.  LOL!  
 

Got home and re-papered, sanded and primed once again.  Scuffed with 400 and broke out the rattle cans of matching white and clear.  
 

Done! 
 

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Oh yea, and new headlights last Wednesday too. 
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Old Marge the garbage barge is getting younger by the day.  Next up is a new stereo with Bluetooth because every time I get in commercials are playing from my house all the way to the dump and back.  I might hear one song in route.  

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8 minutes ago, ScottsGT said:

I’d be pissed if my cat jumped up on my bench and trashed it lake that. 

Actually, it's the part of the bench my sons use. How Sunny managed to find a clear spot and lay down I have no idea. But he did it without knocking over any of that stuff. It already looks that way. 

Meanwhile the cat bed is not 5 ft from the bench but why sleep there?

Now if our dog Jimmy tried that, I'd have no bench left or anything else for that matter. 

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On 10/7/2023 at 9:13 PM, BlrwestSiR said:

Back to my VF-1 Tomcat. Got the internal supports for the stand done. 

PXL_20231005_164153590.thumb.jpg.599954b0ae7a98411344bfeb6b9d5e39.jpg

Runs through one of the Sparrow fin slots. 

PXL_20231005_164203536.thumb.jpg.84f7bf2b979ece67041aac92e06a8f5a.jpg

Test fit on the stand with the wings and tailplanes placed on it so hopefully I got the location right for it to balance. 

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Ignore that slight step in the fuselage...

Which VF-1 bird are you doing? Light gull over white A?

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42 minutes ago, smitty44 said:

Which VF-1 bird are you doing? Light gull over white A?

Yes, the hi vis markings. Which I originally wasn't fond of in the Revell kit but have come around to liking. 

The last one in the stash will be Miss Molly VF-111. 

Unless @ScottsGT decides he wants it after all. :D

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54 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Yes, the hi vis markings. Which I originally wasn't fond of in the Revell kit but have come around to liking. 

The last one in the stash will be Miss Molly VF-111. 

Unless @ScottsGT decides he wants it after all. :D

Planning on doing that bird as well, and a Grim Reapers D. Ive got the bug ever since I laid my eyes on those Reskit landing gear.

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2 hours ago, smitty44 said:

Planning on doing that bird as well, and a Grim Reapers D. Ive got the bug ever since I laid my eyes on those Reskit landing gear.

I've got a pair of the Tamiya D's in 1/48. One will be a Grim Reaper with the shark mouth. 

Have you seen the Detail and Wonder gear legs? I've got a set of those for the D kit. Will probably get the Reskit ones for the  second kit to throw some support their way. 

 

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21 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Yes, the hi vis markings. Which I originally wasn't fond of in the Revell kit but have come around to liking. 

The last one in the stash will be Miss Molly VF-111. 

Unless @ScottsGT decides he wants it after all. :D

My cats response to this…

https://youtube.com/shorts/I_GOz6_FgDk?si=zCWFlhh22H9_3TkP

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