Martinnfb Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 Sterling silver in action Needless to say that the hub detail is molded off-centre , so that's why. There will be more work coming into the openings, but first I need to find some decent pics. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Nice soldering job, that's the new way of puttying. Cheers Rob 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 6, 2019 Administrators Share Posted March 6, 2019 It looks like someone landed with the parking brake on. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 6 hours ago, Martinnfb said: Sterling silver in action Needless to say that the hub detail is molded off-centre , so that's why. There will be more work coming into the openings, but first I need to find some decent pics. Are you shitting me??? I know far too little. Speechless! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 7, 2019 Administrators Share Posted March 7, 2019 Gaz, the moment Martin break out the silver soldering equipment, mine eyes glaze over. He just lost me. I’m on my way to stomp on my Models and burn my stash. I’m obviously unworthy. :/ I think he moulds his own tires and raises the cattle for the leather for his Mustang as well. He also singlehandedly plows snow from every street in Calgary at exactly the same time henplugs holes in Hoover Dam and rescues cats from trees, and accomplishes all at exactly the same time using nothing more than chewed bubble gum, a shoelace, and a broken flip phone. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Yep....... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 It's not me it was my wonderful wife, she had it soldered in seconds, I did the easy part....quality control LOL ...was thinning the prop blades and scribing the spinners, cutting the back plates, more tomorrow 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 7, 2019 Administrators Share Posted March 7, 2019 Martin I just fell in love with your wife. nice job! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dog Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Sorry, not meaning to derail the thread but I'm curious about that fairing in front of the observers canopy, does it perhaps house a defroster for the canopy ? It appears to be hollow and I don't see any other purpose for it. Great work so far Martin, keep em coming ! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Martin Agree with the Guys, yikes ... incredible Keep 'em comin Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 On 3/7/2019 at 6:45 AM, Old Dog said: Sorry, not meaning to derail the thread but I'm curious about that fairing in front of the observers canopy, does it perhaps house a defroster for the canopy ? It appears to be hollow and I don't see any other purpose for it. Great work so far Martin, keep em coming ! No need to be sorry at all, thank you for stopping by . Honestly I spend fair amount of time browsing over schematics, electrical system, radar etc. and wasn't able to figure this one out. It is definitely hollow piece and hides something inside, antenna would be my first guess, but that doesn't go together with the schematic of electrical installation. 2 hours ago, Peterpools said: Martin Agree with the Guys, yikes ... incredible Keep 'em comin Peter Thank you Peter, you are way too kind. I finished the backplates on the propellers, then thinned the tips some more. Adjusted the tips of the spinners that were too pointy and coated the whole thing in NATO black, which is actually very dark grey. Because as we all know there is no pure black in the real world. Rivets and placards might follow, not sure yet. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Here is NG-R also missing the main antenna mast nice detail of the nose cone 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 You make it look so easy Martin. Carl 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 :), thank you Carl, just wait for the swearing part,,,,, undercarriage , wing roots etc. things can still get pretty dark Tonight I spend 2 .5 hours studying drawings ( mostly garbage), photographs and 20 minutes over the plastic. Brutal ratio . For some reason every one of my builds is like this and I don't get guys who are able to say, hey this kit took exactly 25 hours from start to end. Am I weird or what?............ ( rhetorical question / no need to answer ) some preliminary scratches 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolboxx Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Really fascinating to watch, great detailing Martin. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kais Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 You ARE weird Martin. You're our kind of weird though. Power on mate. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Martin Exactly and of course there isn’t anything as pure white either - nothing like the scale effect with colors Keep ‘em comin Peter 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chek Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Nice work so far Martin. Be aware though that the cannon are mounted asymmetrically - due to the breeches not being handed. It's subtle and not by much, but is there. This is the best photo I can find without having access to a real Beau. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 damn I didn't noticed that, Thank you so much for the input Chek. Much appreciate that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 unreal , this is what happened when reference books are written by semi-competent people . in this case SAM publication. Do not buy it ! unless you like hardcore sci-fi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 OK, I am cooling down now...a little.. I will deal with that book tomorrow. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 There was only one way how to place guns in proper position. Well, close to the proper position. I am not going to worry about the wrong fuselage depth and profile as long as it looks like ..hm.. reasonably digestible ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Like totally Tubular! Inspiring work, dude. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Tubeway Army? I like the way you want to represent the cannon tubes. I did it the easy way and drilled them out and capping the inside with tubing slit horizontally to avoid the see through look. Great work. Cees 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chek Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 11 hours ago, Martinnfb said: There was only one way how to place guns in proper position. Well, close to the proper position. I am not going to worry about the wrong fuselage depth and profile as long as it looks like ..hm.. reasonably digestible ? Having done similar with a Hunter, one small tip I can offer is to ensure the nose contours remain well defined. I used auminiumi tubing on mine, and was pleased at getting not only perfectly shaped gun troughs, but a nice flange effect from the tube's thickness itself. Unfortunately, while the troughs looked great, I'd abraded and polished away too much nose which gave the poor old normally pugnacious looking Hunter's nose a decidedly skinny, receeding chinned look. For the next one, I scribed lines at the trough edges, and superglued in some phone wire with the chrome burned off and drawn through a pad of wire wool, so it was flush where the surface needed to be. Once you're sanding and the bright copper makes an appearance through the filler, you know to hang back on further heavy sanding and keep the nose shape true. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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