Dogfight Double! Rambolt Vs. Kappa

Doc Yo · May 31, 2011, 08:23:01 PM

RamBolt

Kappa

Hail Airfix! Hail Discordia! Dogfight Double!

More data tomorrow-just wanted to get this in.

Jschmus · June 01, 2011, 07:24:40 AM

So, a P-47H with ramjets and heavy cannon, versus a Kikka with floats? I like it!

sequoiaranger · June 01, 2011, 08:53:35 AM

WOW! I like them both! I have always liked the P-47H long-nose, and here it is! A floatplane jet fighter??? Well, why not?

GTX · June 02, 2011, 12:14:57 AM

Doc Yo · June 02, 2011, 06:51:07 PM

Thanks, gents.

The Rambolt is the old MPM kit, which is a fairly simple kit-no PE, no Resin, and straightforward ( if hardly trouble-free ) construction. I should
have sealed up the gear doors before I put the wings together, as the gearr doors were more of a suggestion than an actual shape.

The Ramjets were built from fishing bobbers, with very little modifacation.

The 'Kappa'* is the old Merlin kit, and it was partially assembled ( Wings and fuselage ) years ago, and just left to sit. I started on it a little
after the P-47, then set it down again after realizing I probably should have studied the instructions. The two halves of the original kit nacelles
were not left/right symetrical-one half of each was larger than the other, so that when I had then fused together with super glue. I realized it
was going to look mighty silly if I actually put them on the wing. I dug around, and found the partially deconstructed FrankModell He 280 I
built in High School, pulled the Jumo 003 nacelles off the wing and faired them onto the wing of the Kappa with a bit of epoxy putty. I tried the
hairspray method of weathering for the first time on this, with some success, but I really need to refine the technique a bit. The floats came off
the old Hasegawa He 51, and thats about it. Kit decals were used on both. I will say this about the Merlin kit-it was a bit rough in spots, but
when I sat down and looked at it, it had some really fine surface detail.

* A mythological Japanese water Demon. The rough idea behind this is a quick conversion after a an actual invasion of Japan. ( This WHif
assumes there was no Manhatten project ) The Kappa could be used from lakes and rivers with a couple of rato bottles under the rear
fuselage.

Brian da Basher · June 03, 2011, 11:48:57 AM

That's waaay cool, Doc Yo!

Brian da Basher

Taiidantomcat · June 04, 2011, 07:40:31 AM

Very nice!

frank2056 · June 04, 2011, 11:53:07 AM

Great job on both! The Rambolt looks great and the paint job on the Kappa is fantastic!

Is that really a Merlin kit or the Pegasus kit? Most Merlin kits I've seen are just random lumps of translucent white plastic and you all but have to carve the plane bits out of them..

Pablo1965 · June 04, 2011, 02:34:06 PM

Great ideat and good scene.

Doc Yo · June 04, 2011, 04:41:49 PM

Quote from: frank2056 on June 04, 2011, 11:53:07 AM
Great job on both! The Rambolt looks great and the paint job on the Kappa is fantastic!

Is that really a Merlin kit or the Pegasus kit? Most Merlin kits I've seen are just random lumps of translucent white plastic and you all but have to carve the plane bits out of them..

Ghid as my witness, Frank-I even double-checked the box. Its kit number 37, so I guessing it was fairly late in the program. The wheel wells were
pretty feeble, but the rest of it wasn't any worse than the early MPM, and the surface detail was remarkabley fine.

Thanks for the compliment on the Kappa's finish-for a first attempt at the hair-spray technique, I'm pretty pleased.