Re-starting a fresh blog, I'll start it off with past builds from my deleted blog. Backstories will be added when/if I get around to doing them.
Buffalo reduced scale replica/sport plane 1/48 (from 1/72)
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Elecrajet mixed power electric and jet factory or homebuilt sport plane 1/48 (unfinished)
Started life as a Heller P-39Q, V-tail is Grumman Panther tailplane halves, canopy also from a Panther I think. Concept being that it would use both forms of power together for take off (and climbing or maneuvering), then for cruise it would use only the electric motor with the turbine at idle running a generator to supply a on the go trickle charge for the batteries to extend their run time, when the charge of the batteries gets too low the electric motor would be shut off and the prop feathered and the turbine would provide all propulsion for flight while also recharging the batteries, when the batteries are charged enough the electric motor would be restarted again. The red lines around the cockpit area and down the fuselage sides are the breakaway points for a parachute fitted escape capsule (similar to what a F-111 uses) for if there is a inflight emergency so that the pilot can safely get away from all the flammable stuff (lithium batteries, jet fuel, turbine etc...).
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Boomerang II 1/72
Parts used are 90% Airfix P-38 F/H, basis of the fin was the fin from a Vultee Vengeance, tailpipe and most of the underside from a Matchbox Grumman Panther, intakes were made from Blackburn Skua elevator halves, everything else is automotive body filler IIRC.
Construction
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Completed
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Attempted modification to two seat re-engined version
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Twin Spitfire floatplane idea 1/72 (started but stalled)
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Radio Controlled I-16 and I-153 (prototypes for a piloted replica aircraft) 1/48 (unfinished)
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Fockan 1/72 (unfinished)
Airfix Fw 190D & AT-6G mix with Ju-87 landing gear.
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Tophe inspired Delta BD-5 1/72 (unfinished)
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I went through my entire imgur account resizing every picture but apparently that didn't work. Can somebody please remind me how to resize pictures on the forum?
Woweee Flyer, lots of VERY innovative stuff there. :thumbsup:
If you want your images to be, say, 800 pixels wide you put
img=800 in the place where it usually says img in the string that appears when you hit the 'Image' icon up there. ^
Thank you Kit :mellow:
I tried to do that and it didn't work... :-\
Oh dear, not sure why it didn't work, and it's very difficult to type the actual code on here as it'll try and do it with my text. :banghead:
No problem. Tried re-copying and pasting the codes for the Buffalo pic's and that worked. Turns out resizing on imgur changes the picture code and I had all of them copied before I resized them so I just need to go through and change each one to their new code. Sigh, don't have time to do that right now but I'll get around to it...
All images resized :mellow: :thumbsup:
Putting them up has had the desired effect of inspiring me to at least start thinking about future projects. That's a start. :lol:
Don't know how you got it to work but the "In Post" method is to put (space)width=xxx after the img in the first set of square brackets; [img width=800]
Width can be as wide as you want it but between 750 & 1250 is the practical viewing range.
Well there's the problem, I wasn't using a space between :banghead:
Would have been much easier, I edited the sizes individually in Imgur and then copied the codes and replaced them all individually on here... It was a PITA, especially while trying to do all that I had our toddler who loves my laptop pressing random keys, scrolling all over the place and opening files and tabs etc... :rolleyes:
Kids! :rolleyes:
Ya love 'em :wub: ... But sometimes! :banghead:
Oops, sorry. :banghead:
I forgot the 'space width' bit too.
I once actually typed "space" rather than leaving one : obviously my brain was on holiday that day :banghead: :rolleyes:
Some neat stuff there sir :thumbsup: Although some of those Lego holding devices wouldn't look out of place in a medieval torture chamber ;)
Going into hard lockdown here in South Australia at midnight, may try to build an idea or two that I've had rattling around lately during this lockdown, if all actually goes to plan for once... :-\
Just seen on the local community Facebook page that a new hobby shop has just opened in town, with plastic kits, r/c, slot car's etc... The picture shown it doesn't look like they have a large range but finally there is a local hobby store! And it's not just a single shelf of kits inside an electronics store! Yay! :party: :drink:
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You still in the Mount, mate? :unsure:
If so, I'm beyond flabbergasted! There wasn't a "proper" model shop there even in the 70's, when I was a kid in Millicent! :o
Quote from: Old Wombat on December 17, 2020, 02:00:48 AM
You still in the Mount, mate? :unsure:
If so, I'm beyond flabbergasted! There wasn't a "proper" model shop there even in the 70's, when I was a kid in Millicent! :o
Yep, and it surprised me too! And hows this for a coincidence then, they had their store originally in Millicent and moved it to here. ;D
I found myself close by with a spare 10 minutes today so dropped in for a look, very small store that they are still in the process of stocking but they have a decent variety of hobby goods so far from wargaming to large r/c aircraft and cars but no paints or glues etc yet, but I was assured they will be in stock soon. I walked out with a HobbyBoss He-162. :thumbsup:
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
What is going on??? Has there been a
dimension transition or something? There is now a second hobby shop opened in the Mount! :o
I think by the look of the photos on Facebook it mainly stocks trading cards and movie figurines though and be a "hobby" shop in name only (the shops name is 'Hardcore Hobbies and Collectables'), but the write up I seen includes model's in their list of stocked item's, but some people's opinion as to what a model is to them varies greatly so I won't know for sure until I go have a look... :-\
We've obviously slipped into some alternate space-time continuumumum! :o
Got a voucher from a model shop via email, that was a pleasant surprise, trying to decide what to use it on, KP L-13 Blanik glider, Airfix DH Heron or Airfix Jetstream. I would go into detail about why I'm choosing out of those three but it's been one of those days weeks months years decades lives that has left me wondering if I should bother with any of it, so F it...
Decided on and ordered the L-13 Blanik, it will go well with my Piper Pawnee as it's tug. :mellow:
A KP Blanik, a nice kit, and a nice aeroplane in 1:1 scale too. ;D
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 29, 2021, 04:38:50 AM
A KP Blanik, a nice kit
Good to know, I did zero research before purchasing. :thumbsup:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 29, 2021, 04:38:50 AMand a nice aeroplane in 1:1 scale too. ;D
I know, it provided me with three firsts, first fixed wing other than airliner I rode in, first aircraft I got to control and first glider. :mellow:
But as per usual things start to go well so I do one thing positive for myself and the universe steps in and turn's life to crap leaving me not caring about models yet again and questioning why I keep trying to even think about having a hobby :banghead:
Yeah, life has a habit of doing that. But sometimes you catch a break.
Quote from: Flyer on January 30, 2021, 05:56:50 PM
I know, it provided me with three firsts, first fixed wing other than airliner I rode in, first aircraft I got to control and first glider. :mellow:
Magic stuff! :thumbsup:
Did your instructor tell you 'If it doesn't CLANG when you land it, you're not putting it down firmly enough.' ? ;D
It was 30 years ago, I'm not great at recalling what was said to me 30 minutes ago!
But it's possible he said something to that effect with the Blanik being the only metal glider in their small fleet... ;D
In the late 1970's I got quite a few hours up in a Blanik at the Millicent Gliding Club.
Unlogged, unfortunately, as there was some kind of issue with sourcing pilot's log books at the time (over a period of almost 12 months). By the time they got their log book order I had left school & joined the RAN.
Cool :thumbsup:
I've been meaning to visit the Millicent gliding club on a day they are operating ever since moving to the SE, so for about 12 years now... :rolleyes:
Closest I have got so far is when I was filling and fueling Ag planes when they were using their strip, of course there was nobody from the club there on those days... :banghead:
Blanik kit has arrived, as badly as I want to open it up and look in the box though just like the Pawnee and other recent kit's I'm leaving it in the plastic wrap so it has some resale value if it comes to that...
Last night I saw on eBay a KP XFY-1 Pogo listed as complete, as the Pogo is one of my all time favorite aircraft I brought it, I went through the listing pic's again afterwards and I cannot see the canopy anywhere :banghead:
Hopefully it was just left out of the pic's or is hidden behind something, otherwise... :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Hope it is complete when you get it
Quote from: NARSES2 on April 02, 2021, 05:55:11 AM
Hope it is complete when you get it
Especially as a factory sealed kit became available a few hours after purchasing it! :angry:
I've put an offer in on the factory sealed kit also. :rolleyes:
You can never have too many Pogos, they're perfect Whiff fodder. :thumbsup: ;) ;D
All relevant appendages crossed for you mate.
Quote from: zenrat on April 03, 2021, 04:16:21 AM
All relevant appendages crossed for you mate.
Seems to have worked ;)
Offer was accepted on the sealed kit so I will have at least one with a canopy turning up, I'll figure something out for the first one if it is indeed missing. :thumbsup:
UAV! Simples! :thumbsup:
Yep that's definitely an appealing option. :thumbsup:
No need for UAV option, both Pogo kits arrived today and the non-sealed one has the canopy pieces, seller must have just not put the clear sprue in the pic. :mellow:
The decals are definitely not usable though but that's not an issue as neither of them will be built as Convair's prototype.
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Good to hear. I'll uncross my fingers.
Yes, do so! I don't want to be responsible for any cramping or worse of your best modelling tools! ;D
Nothing at all to do with plastic or scale models even but today SWMBO came home from her rounds of the local op-shops with a absolute bargain! What appears to be a nearly complete or maybe fully complete kit of a Aeroflyte Hawker Hurricane control line model from the 1980's, I say nearly complete or maybe fully complete as the only things that are not in it are wheels and tube of dope, but just like it's fuel tank the wheels may have been a purchase separately item, and all other Aeroflyte kits I've built have came with a tube of dope but I'm thinking that this kit predates that inclusion... She paid a grand total of $3! :o :mellow: :thumbsup:
I stated at the top of this post that it has nothing to do with scale models yet it's a model Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb as written on the box, and that's because to get a finished model from this kit to even slightly resemble a Hurricane would require heavy intoxication, the model to be placed a good 25-30 feet away, closing one eye, squinting with the other while swaying to and fro and using a good dose of imagination, if that's still possible due to the heavy intoxication. ;D
Quote from: Flyer on September 29, 2021, 03:07:27 AM
Nothing at all to do with plastic or scale models even but today SWMBO came home from her rounds of the local op-shops with a absolute bargain! What appears to be a nearly complete or maybe fully complete kit of a Aeroflyte Hawker Hurricane control line model from the 1980's, I say nearly complete or maybe fully complete as the only things that are not in it are wheels and tube of dope, but just like it's fuel tank the wheels may have been a purchase separately item, and all other Aeroflyte kits I've built have came with a tube of dope but I'm thinking that this kit predates that inclusion... She paid a grand total of $3! :o :mellow: :thumbsup:
I stated at the top of this post that it has nothing to do with scale models yet it's a model Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb as written on the box, and that's because to get a finished model from this kit to even slightly resemble a Hurricane would require heavy intoxication, the model to be placed a good 25-30 feet away, closing one eye, squinting with the other while swaying to and fro and using a good dose of imagination, if that's still possible due to the heavy intoxication. ;D
Is that what the dopes for? ;D ;)
:angel:
Was just looking at a forum from 2017 where people were talking about the prices of Aeroflyte models from the 80's and 90's, built Hurricane's were going for between $350-$500 and unbuilt kits were going for 2-3 times as much! Nice to know but I won't be selling it anytime soon as it's going into my small but growing collection of older kits, among those I have stashed away the oldest is a kit for a rubber powered free flight model from 1936, I have no idea what that could be worth then, and there is not much I can compare it to... :unsure:
I'm a little baffled by the way that the Ukraine is simply watching the large convoy of war machines heading in to do battle right now without attacking it. I have read a few reports also stating that the Russian air defences are not adequate to defend their ground forces either. Would it not make sense then to have a go at it before they reach their objective while they are all out in the open all neatly lined up? :unsure: anyhow not being a tactical annylist who am I to question such things, but it has spurred an idea for a whiff, what if instead of always threatening to retire the A-10 the U.S. donates a couple dozen of them to the Ukraine as part of a lethal aid package, then the A-10 could do what it was designed to do and destroy some Russian armour. I have a couple A-10 kit's laying about so may just start putting one together and then source some decals. This may just be enough motivation to start building again. :mellow:
I've had very similar thoughts, a convoy 40 miles long could well be termed a 'target rich environment' for a squadron of A-10s, and may might require flight refuelling of that big 30 mm cannon! :o
Russia claim air superiority. But then they would.
I heard (radio) news reports that Poland had gifted Ukraine 28 fighters of a type the Ukranian pilots were qualified on so no training was required. They didn't say what they were but I presume MiG 29s. The same report stated that before this gift the strength of the Ukraine air force was 90 of these aircraft.
Other than that I have heard nothing about Ukranian air power. All the reports focus on how no man between 18 and 60 will be allowed to leave and all will be armed to resist the invader.
Yep, MiG-29's were what I've heard Poland were handing over.
It's a fair bet that most of Ukraine's air force was destroyed on the ground in the first few hours, which is why the Russians don't seem to be being impacted by them.
A squadron or two of A-10's, with MiG-29's flying top cover could do some real damage! :wacko:
Interestingly, though, the Russian air force, given its size, doesn't seem to be doing that much, either. :unsure:
Quote from: Old Wombat on March 02, 2022, 06:41:44 AM
A squadron or two of A-10's, with MiG-29's flying top cover could do some real damage! :wacko:
Indeed!
I got a A-10 kit out of storage (luckily it was a kit near the top of the pile) and managed to inspect the parts to be sure that they are all there before the usual toddler induced chaos ensued but that's as far as I got, didn't even get a chance to locate tools or glue. Oh well hopefully tomorrow...
Went to my LHS today and picked out a Hobby boss Zlin Z-42M kit and three Vellejo paint's to try as a birthday present for my daughter to wrap up for me.
Not used those paint's before, looking forward to trying them out.
Your daughters got good taste ;D and happy birthday :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
It's nice when your children buy what you want, not what your wife thinks you should want, for your birthday/Christmas/Fathers' Day. ;) :P
Quote from: Old Wombat on June 16, 2022, 06:40:57 AM
It's nice when your children buy what you want, not what your wife thinks you should want, for your birthday/Christmas/Fathers' Day. ;) :P
Indeed ;D
Quote from: NARSES2 on June 16, 2022, 01:22:11 AM
Your daughters got good taste ;D and happy birthday :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Thank you :cheers:
Happy Birthday mate.
Cheers :cheers:
Quote from: Flyer on November 09, 2020, 02:21:33 PM
Elecrajet mixed power electric and jet factory or homebuilt sport plane 1/48 (unfinished)
Started life as a Heller P-39Q, V-tail is Grumman Panther tailplane halves, canopy also from a Panther I think. Concept being that it would use both forms of power together for take off (and climbing or maneuvering), then for cruise it would use only the electric motor with the turbine at idle running a generator to supply a on the go trickle charge for the batteries to extend their run time, when the charge of the batteries gets too low the electric motor would be shut off and the prop feathered and the turbine would provide all propulsion for flight while also recharging the batteries, when the batteries are charged enough the electric motor would be restarted again. The red lines around the cockpit area and down the fuselage sides are the breakaway points for a parachute fitted escape capsule (similar to what a F-111 uses) for if there is a inflight emergency so that the pilot can safely get away from all the flammable stuff (lithium batteries, jet fuel, turbine etc...).
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Seems like I am onto something with this, not exactly the same as what I have in mind for my concept but similar being developed by Rolls Royce:
https://interestingengineering.com/rolls-royce-turbogenerator-engine
Great minds ;) :thumbsup:
You have a good eye for proportion BradF. This looks "right".
Thank you :thumbsup:
Personally I think it looks a bit long in the nose area, but it would need to be as the turbine and generator would be behind the cockpit area so the electric motor and some of the battery cells would need to be quite far forward to balance it out. There would be more battery cells in the wing's near the root and possibly around the main mono-wheel. Fuel tanks for the turbine would be just outboard of the wing battery cells.
A trip to a local second hand shop where I've found kit's failed to provide any more kit's but got these three books that may provide some tips that I don't already know, and if not at least I have some fresh material to read. The shop is closing down so everything is half price, these were $1.50 each. :thumbsup:
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If nothing else they will provide inspiration. Good score. :thumbsup:
I posted the magazine yesterday BTW.
Thanks Fred :thumbsup: :cheers:
I've still got that Airfix Magazine Guide ;D
All three of those books were written by masters of the art in their time. :thumbsup:
I'd venture to suggest that the word 'airbrush' doesn't occur in any of them ;D
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 11, 2023, 08:53:26 AMAll three of those books were written by masters of the art in their time. :thumbsup:
I'd venture to suggest that the word 'airbrush' doesn't occur in any of them ;D
Probably not the words photo etch either. :thumbsup:
1 step forward 10 step's back... :banghead:
Had recently sold on some kit's I wasn't likely to ever build and in doing so got to go through the stash of kit's that I have here and got some inspiration up and some enthusiasm to actually build something so I also started finding where most of my tools had been stashed, didn't find them all but I've found enough to make a start.
Well today started out good, I had made a few non model sales and had them all boxed up and on my way too the post office to send them, very bright sunny day so out come the shade's, dropped them, look down for a second to see where they went but sensed something wrong and looked back up to see a stationary taxi filling the windscreen, jumped on the brakes and dives to the left but just too late and smash!
There was no f'ing reason the taxi was just sitting there, there was no oncoming traffic etc... But I can't be too pissed about it because I wasn't looking so it was my fault, my partner and daughter were in the car and we all are unhurt, and lastly the car is still operational, it just looks horrible.
Not insured other than the compulsory third party and have no idea how much the taxi will cost to repair, so it looks like I'll need to be selling a lot more of my kit's than I wanted. And any potential modelling time will need to be spent learning about DIY panel beating instead. :banghead:
That's a "B" mate, but glad your families ok :thumbsup:
Well, that sucks! :-\
Good to know you and your's are all OK.
Thanks all :thumbsup:
Bit concerned about trauma with the little one, going to be keeping a close watch on her for a while.
Good idea. Metal can be fixed, take care of your family first. We'll be here when "normal" returns.
Bugger.
:-\
Having gotten access to my old Photobucket account even though I cannot link directly from it I've taken some screenshots of old projects for other reasons, I shall put them all in here also if for no other reason than so I can have copies of them myself again. I will add more as I go when I get the time to do so.
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That twinspitthingy will surely rock Tophes boat.. :D
I myself love the Lightningwing and the Buffspit. Grand stuff!! :wub:
The Buffspit was dubbed Gruffalo by Jaybee, the lightningwing I had named the C.A.C Boomerang II and is almost what my whole wiffworld is based on. Unfortunately I long ago deleted it's thread while in a period of deep depression, but one day hopefully I'll piece the story together enough to tell it. At least I hope so, considering about 3/4 of my future planned builds are based on it. :thumbsup:
Wait no I didn't! Found after a brief search:
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=42410.0
And there are in progress build pictures on Photobucket that I'll be putting in here very soon too.
Quote from: Flyer on January 18, 2023, 05:48:53 AMWait no I didn't! Found after a brief search:
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=42410.0
And there are in progress build pictures on Photobucket that I'll be putting in here very soon too.
Awesome!!
And depressions - they hit most of us. Especially the smarter percentile, actually. You're not alone.
Quote from: Pellson on January 18, 2023, 05:55:53 AMQuote from: Flyer on January 18, 2023, 05:48:53 AMWait no I didn't! Found after a brief search:
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=42410.0
And there are in progress build pictures on Photobucket that I'll be putting in here very soon too.
Awesome!!
And depressions - they hit most of us. Especially the smarter percentile, actually. You're not alone.
Thanks :thumbsup:
I did delete a very large portion of my history here at that time, including my original Flyers Projects thread, this here is MK2. There is much regret about doing so, a lot of stuff has gone forever.
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And during modification
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Then I made a change of hosting sites from Photobucket to Imgur...
I had made several flying model gliders, some free flight and some R/C, some paper, some balsa and others foam. I didn't take pics of them all (although I should have) but these two show how far back I had to move the fin, along with a change in shape and area as the fin position and shape of the original plastic model showed that it was very unstable in the yaw axis and was what drove me to change the shape of the plastic model.
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I was very unhappy with how the wings looked with the new fuselage so decided to slightly increase the span, reduce the sweep along with removing the double sweep leading edge and increase the area.
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And finally I decided that overall I was not satisfied with how it was turning out and that I will just start again from scratch and reduced it down to this:
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I plan on building another Boomerang II (as stated my whiffworld is based on and around it) but the parts used will likely be totally different and it probably won't look anything like my first one.
Great build; a microcosm of this entire forum - with a bit of imagination, some wit, varying degrees of putty and a measure of fun it's possible to build anything you want to this high standard. A willingness to recycle models plays its part, too.
Quote from: Flyer on January 18, 2023, 07:11:22 PMAnd finally I decided that overall I was not satisfied with how it was turning out and that I will just start again from scratch and reduced it down to this:
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I plan on building another Boomerang II (as stated my whiffworld is based on and around it) but the parts used will likely be totally different and it probably won't look anything like my first one.
Please keep the Airtruk vibe going with this one!
Thanks :thumbsup:
It would make a great place to start for a jet Airtruk :mellow:
Considering that the next Boomerang II build won't be using that cockpit and engine I just might do that with it. Someday... :rolleyes:
A very nice Lego jig, I say! :thumbsup:
Thanks :thumbsup:
I use Lego and it's various clones for almost all things that I build.
Really should be reading through my own thread before posting any more pics to avoid too many doubles.
I have the next batch of photos from Photobucket sorted ready to be added to this:
Quote from: Flyer on November 09, 2020, 02:21:33 PMElecrajet mixed power electric and jet factory or homebuilt sport plane 1/48 (unfinished)
Started life as a Heller P-39Q, V-tail is Grumman Panther tailplane halves, canopy also from a Panther I think. Concept being that it would use both forms of power together for take off (and climbing or maneuvering), then for cruise it would use only the electric motor with the turbine at idle running a generator to supply a on the go trickle charge for the batteries to extend their run time, when the charge of the batteries gets too low the electric motor would be shut off and the prop feathered and the turbine would provide all propulsion for flight while also recharging the batteries, when the batteries are charged enough the electric motor would be restarted again. The red lines around the cockpit area and down the fuselage sides are the breakaway points for a parachute fitted escape capsule (similar to what a F-111 uses) for if there is a inflight emergency so that the pilot can safely get away from all the flammable stuff (lithium batteries, jet fuel, turbine etc...).
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How it started out
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Thought the vertical stabiliser looked a bit small so added a dorsal fillet and a taller fin tip.
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Then I added a jet intake under the nose and blister on each side of the fuselage using halves of a unknown bomb where the two micro turbines would be located and the jet exhausts added under the trailing edges of the wing roots also made from the same sort of bomb halves.Screenshot_20230120_122852~2.pngScreenshot_20230120_123014~2.pngScreenshot_20230120_123043~2.pngScreenshot_20230120_123105~2.pngScreenshot_20230120_123146~2.png
And because I was very pleased with how this was progressing the universe caused a accident involving a extremely heavy toolbox that obliterated all the work I had put into the rear section. It was beyond repair so I altered the design, now instead of two micro turbines in the wing roots it would have a larger single turbine behind the pilot and where the micro turbines were can become intake tube's to channel the air around the cockpit and to the turbine. Did away with the duel exhausts underneath (for obvious reasons) and gave it a single exhaust and a V-tail.Screenshot_20230120_123345~2.pngScreenshot_20230120_123424~2.pngScreenshot_20230120_123447~2.pngScreenshot_20230120_123930~2.pngScreenshot_20230120_124034~2.png
It's kind of cute, it is.. :wub:
Thanks :thumbsup:
Anything else that I was going to post has been covered by page 1 of this thread I think.
Well enough of revisiting the past, time to get building again. I think I'll start by putting together a Airfix CA-13 OOB and see how it goes from there. Hopefully I can make a start over the weekend, but now that I've stated that let's see what life throws at me to stop it... :-\
Quote from: Flyer on January 20, 2023, 05:15:57 AMWell enough of revisiting the past, time to get building again. I think I'll start by putting together a Airfix CA-13 OOB and see how it goes from there. Hopefully I can make a start over the weekend, but now that I've stated that let's see what life throws at me to stop it... :-\
You need to borrow my sig line;
Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering! ;D :thumbsup:
Quote from: Old Wombat on January 20, 2023, 05:59:56 AMYou need to borrow my sig line; Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering! ;D :thumbsup:
Nailed it there Guy!
I was determined not to let Mondays 'vehicle disruption' stop me from getting back to building when I was soooo close, so during the week I've flooded this thread along with some others with my past builds trying to cling to the inspiration I'd built up, and no more than an hour after typing out the above I've been left feeling like selling everything and being done with it. I won't as I know that I'll regret it, but damn it's a strong feeling... :banghead:
Quote from: Flyer on January 20, 2023, 07:52:41 AMI won't as I know that I'll regret it,
As long as you remember that
Quote from: Flyer on January 20, 2023, 07:52:41 AMQuote from: Old Wombat on January 20, 2023, 05:59:56 AMYou need to borrow my sig line; Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering! ;D :thumbsup:
Nailed it there Guy!
I was determined not to let Mondays 'vehicle disruption' stop me from getting back to building when I was soooo close, so during the week I've flooded this thread along with some others with my past builds trying to cling to the inspiration I'd built up, and no more than an hour after typing out the above I've been left feeling like selling everything and being done with it. I won't as I know that I'll regret it, but damn it's a strong feeling... :banghead:
You'll be fine. I have such days too. Admittedly less frequently with the kits than with the Land Rovers, but still.. :rolleyes:
Anyway - when I need inspiration, often I take a scroll in the "aircraft" section of this forum, looking at what the other delinquents here have produced throughout the years. More often than not, that kicks off something.
And if not, it's just the wrong day. There'll be another day tomorrow.
Quote from: Pellson on January 21, 2023, 07:24:02 AMQuote from: Flyer on January 20, 2023, 07:52:41 AMQuote from: Old Wombat on January 20, 2023, 05:59:56 AMYou need to borrow my sig line; Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering! ;D :thumbsup:
Nailed it there Guy!
I was determined not to let Mondays 'vehicle disruption' stop me from getting back to building when I was soooo close, so during the week I've flooded this thread along with some others with my past builds trying to cling to the inspiration I'd built up, and no more than an hour after typing out the above I've been left feeling like selling everything and being done with it. I won't as I know that I'll regret it, but damn it's a strong feeling... :banghead:
You'll be fine. I have such days too. Admittedly less frequently with the kits than with the Land Rovers, but still.. :rolleyes:
Anyway - when I need inspiration, often I take a scroll in the "aircraft" section of this forum, looking at what the other delinquents here have produced throughout the years. More often than not, that kicks off something.
And if not, it's just the wrong day. There'll be another day tomorrow.
A very sensible philosophy!
At times we all feel as though we have hit "The Wall" Relax, be a spectator and read/view /appreciate other peoples' work here and elsewhere . You are still breathing and being bothered by the taxman. Inspiration/creative thoughts/mojo will reappear.
This week began with real world interference, mid week the real world got really real, now that it's the end of the week it's morphed into being surreal.
End result? Not looking like modelling favorable conditions for the foreseeable future... :banghead:
Maybe moving states, maybe not... Maybe selling any or all possessions, maybe not... So much is in limbo right now, it's doing my head in. Had a total of maybe 3 hours sleep in the last 5 day's. :o
Not good, mate. Sleep depravation only leeds to bad decisionmaking. See to get some help. In particular considering your history.
And take care, will you? I really like your work here, and wouldn't want to lose it again.
Re moving etc - every time will have its own troubles, but as long as you can be with those important to you, the rest will sort itself with time and just a little help. I believe in you, and you can always DM/PM me if you want to discuss or just offload.
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Quote from: Pellson on January 27, 2023, 10:44:50 AMNot good, mate. Sleep depravation only leeds to bad decisionmaking. See to get some help. In particular considering your history.
And take care, will you? I really like your work here, and wouldn't want to lose it again.
Very much so
Quote from: Pellson on January 27, 2023, 10:44:50 AMNot good, mate. Sleep deprivation only leads to bad decision-making. See to get some help. In particular considering your history.
And take care, will you? I really like your work here, and wouldn't want to lose it again.
Re moving etc - every time will have its own troubles, but as long as you can be with those important to you, the rest will sort itself with time and just a little help. I believe in you, and you can always DM/PM me if you want to discuss or just offload.
Yep!
I finally found my side cutters this morning, that was the last tool I needed to find that I've been using as an excuse to stall making a start on a kit, guess I'm out of excuses, oh no I can think of one! Now I have to decide on what kit.... ;D
Quote from: Flyer on February 17, 2023, 03:02:13 PMI finally found my side cutters this morning, that was the last tool I needed to find that I've been using as an excuse to stall making a start on a kit, guess I'm out of excuses, oh no I can think of one! Now I have to decide on what kit.... ;D
;D ;D :thumbsup:
I was goiing to write something profound about procrastination, but kept putting it off.....
Gondor
Booger, the books almost 300 miles away ;)
Quote from: Flyer on February 17, 2023, 03:02:13 PMI finally found my side cutters this morning, that was the last tool I needed to find that I've been using as an excuse to stall making a start on a kit, guess I'm out of excuses, oh no I can think of one! Now I have to decide on what kit.... ;D
Build the 3rd one down the pile.
Quote from: zenrat on February 18, 2023, 03:54:48 AMQuote from: Flyer on February 17, 2023, 03:02:13 PMI finally found my side cutters this morning, that was the last tool I needed to find that I've been using as an excuse to stall making a start on a kit, guess I'm out of excuses, oh no I can think of one! Now I have to decide on what kit.... ;D
Build the 3rd one down the pile.
So that would be a early version Fairey Firefly... Alrighty then, but I've been sidetracked by some R/C parts that have been sitting in my to do pile now. <_<
Quote from: Flyer on February 18, 2023, 04:05:09 AMQuote from: zenrat on February 18, 2023, 03:54:48 AMQuote from: Flyer on February 17, 2023, 03:02:13 PMI finally found my side cutters this morning, that was the last tool I needed to find that I've been using as an excuse to stall making a start on a kit, guess I'm out of excuses, oh no I can think of one! Now I have to decide on what kit.... ;D
Build the 3rd one down the pile.
So that would be a early version Fairey Firefly... Alrighty then, but I've been sidetracked by some R/C parts that have been sitting in my to do pile now. <_<
Good choice. :thumbsup:
Quote from: zenrat on February 18, 2023, 04:26:28 AMQuote from: Flyer on February 18, 2023, 04:05:09 AMQuote from: zenrat on February 18, 2023, 03:54:48 AMQuote from: Flyer on February 17, 2023, 03:02:13 PMI finally found my side cutters this morning, that was the last tool I needed to find that I've been using as an excuse to stall making a start on a kit, guess I'm out of excuses, oh no I can think of one! Now I have to decide on what kit.... ;D
Build the 3rd one down the pile.
So that would be a early version Fairey Firefly... Alrighty then, but I've been sidetracked by some R/C parts that have been sitting in my to do pile now. <_<
Good choice. :thumbsup:
Yep, I second that! :thumbsup:
Bit more procrastination happened today, I've at least got the kit out and looked over the sprues, I have no idea yet how I will go about painting it, it was part of a 3 kit lot that I picked up cheap as they were sold without boxes, decals or proper instructions, just a (poorly) photocopied sheet for each, all writing is in what I think is Russian. Apparently all 3 are FROG spawn, they are this Firefly, Fairey Gannett and Sea Venom.
Going paint shopping tomorrow, what colours I do this in will be used on some other aircraft I have set aside to go along with this one.
Likely to be land based in South Africa operated by a private company, like mercenaries but more organised and much more loyal, more a private Air Force I guess. Later on would be based on a carrier. Company colours will be going onto the rudder but any ideas for Camo? All Grey's? Mostly light browns and yellows? Jungle style?
Given it's a naval aircraft then I would suggest a desert scheme. ;D
They're all 1950's aircraft, so camo is, pretty much, a given. In South Africa I would use something like the RAF's sand & dark earth desert scheme but, possibly, change the dark earth for an olive/olive-green over either sky, light grey or a darker RAAF-type blue.
So, they'll be wearing Corporate Colours on the rudder, what about roundels? South African? Corporate? British? :unsure:
Quote from: Old Wombat on February 19, 2023, 04:32:15 AMSo, they'll be wearing Corporate Colours on the rudder, what about roundels? South African? Corporate? British? :unsure:
Dutch that was forced into working for Germany, that post war emigrated to Australia, then started mining and aviation enterprises of their own in South Africa and Australia. Thinking I won't bother about roundels or any other markings. There is a storyline (sort of) floating around in my head that involves CA-13's, several German and Japanese types and almost anything else that they could get their hands on. The enemy protagonists are Soviet based mostly. Buuuut.... It may all yet come to zilch as life in general seems rather intent on heading in southerly directions.
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Quote from: zenrat on February 19, 2023, 03:36:09 AMGiven it's a naval aircraft then I would suggest a desert scheme. ;D
;D :thumbsup:
We have movement!
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I don't know (or care) what colours the insides of a real Firefly are, I'm doing mine grey.
Black but in Whif World It's any colour you want it to be. ;)
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:cheers:
Finished off the interior and put down a base coat of white on the spinner and rudder tonight. Not much but it's much more than I've been doing in a long time. Plan to do a small amount of painting or glueing each day/night.
It's a Plan, & a Good Plan, at that! :thumbsup:
:cheers:
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Fuselage is together, fit of the interior pieces was not fantastic at all...
:rolleyes: I managed to glue a clamp to one side of the fin, hopefully I'll be able to clean it up, if not then I will just display it with the good side facing out. This was just supposed to be a quick build to get back into the swing of things so I can participate in the 50's GB anyway so not too fazed...
Faecal matter happens! ;)
Worst case scenario: Sand it down & fill it in, & she'll be right! :thumbsup:
Didn't do anything to the Firefly last night, spent all night trying to set up my new phone with only partial success...
Quote from: Flyer on February 23, 2023, 03:32:21 PMDidn't do anything to the Firefly last night, spent all night trying to set up my new phone with only partial success...
Get yourself a nephew ;D
Quote from: NARSES2 on February 24, 2023, 02:52:21 AMQuote from: Flyer on February 23, 2023, 03:32:21 PMDidn't do anything to the Firefly last night, spent all night trying to set up my new phone with only partial success...
Get yourself a nephew ;D
Got a 4 year old daughter and 23 year old son so between them I'm covered for tech support ;D
;D ;D
Quote from: Flyer on February 25, 2023, 06:42:05 PMQuote from: NARSES2 on February 24, 2023, 02:52:21 AMQuote from: Flyer on February 23, 2023, 03:32:21 PMDidn't do anything to the Firefly last night, spent all night trying to set up my new phone with only partial success...
Get yourself a nephew ;D
Got a 4 year old daughter and 23 year old son so between them I'm covered for tech support ;D
Good stuff! :wub:
:thumbsup:
Small amount of painting of the Firefly, prop blade's and exhaust stacks black, spinner orange.
Quote from: Flyer on February 27, 2023, 05:36:02 AMSmall amount of painting of the Firefly, prop blade's and exhaust stacks black, spinner orange.
Progress!! ;)
Quote from: Pellson on February 28, 2023, 05:25:17 AMQuote from: Flyer on February 27, 2023, 05:36:02 AMSmall amount of painting of the Firefly, prop blade's and exhaust stacks black, spinner orange.
Progress!! ;)
... is progress! :thumbsup:
Quote from: Old Wombat on February 28, 2023, 05:27:40 AMQuote from: Pellson on February 28, 2023, 05:25:17 AMQuote from: Flyer on February 27, 2023, 05:36:02 AMSmall amount of painting of the Firefly, prop blade's and exhaust stacks black, spinner orange.
Progress!! ;)
... is progress! :thumbsup:
And today there was none :angel:
Quote from: Flyer on February 28, 2023, 05:40:02 AMQuote from: Old Wombat on February 28, 2023, 05:27:40 AMQuote from: Pellson on February 28, 2023, 05:25:17 AMQuote from: Flyer on February 27, 2023, 05:36:02 AMSmall amount of painting of the Firefly, prop blade's and exhaust stacks black, spinner orange.
Progress!! ;)
... is progress! :thumbsup:
And today there was none :angel:
There's always tomorrow or, at a stretch, the day after! :thumbsup: ;)
After a little bit of swearing followed by more than a little bit of sanding the five pieces of the Firefly wing are now one piece. The fit so far of anything I've put together on it has been far from good. Thinking that I may put this Firefly aside to be hacked to pieces as I originally intended when I brought it. The other two that came with it are probably just as bad of fit, not a problem with the Sea Venom as that was for parts also but the Gannett was going to be a Gannett so I hope that one fits together ok.
Quote from: Flyer on March 01, 2023, 02:27:39 AMAfter a little bit of swearing followed by more than a little bit of sanding the five pieces of the Firefly wing are now one piece. The fit so far of anything I've put together on it has been far from good. Thinking that I may put this Firefly aside to be hacked to pieces as I originally intended when I brought it. The other two that came with it are probably just as bad of fit, not a problem with the Sea Venom as that was for parts also but the Gannett was going to be a Gannett so I hope that one fits together ok.
They are all pretty awful, but don't let that get to you. Adjust your expectations a bit instead. ;D
:thumbsup:
Decided to keep going with it so now the wings are on. Just look at the gap's in the joins! Not going to waste any putty on them, this is going to be a very rough looking model when it's finished, but I don't care, I'm looking at it as a paint testbed, but that being said I'm also NOT looking forward to seeing how the clear parts fit, why they did the rear section in two parts when there is not a canopy open option is anyone's guess...
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Coming along nicely :thumbsup:
Normally I'd say a little putty would go a long way to fixing the issues but, in this case ... Yeah ... Nah! :rolleyes:
Just keep your expectations low for this beast &, as you say, use it as a test-bed for paints, weathering techniques & the like. ;)
She'll be right, mate! :thumbsup:
You can always shim in some thin plasticard, then finishing off with Putty. That's a go-to trick for me when dealing with old and badly fitting models.
Quote from: Pellson on March 01, 2023, 06:11:20 AMYou can always shim in some thin plasticard, then finishing off with Putty. That's a go-to trick for me when dealing with old and badly fitting models.
Yup. I find it adds some strength to what can be rather loose joints as well :thumbsup: Thinking about it maybe I should use that trick on my knees ? ;)
Put the Firefly into a Lego jig to glue the top side of the wing and give it some dihedral, got that done but putting it into a jig showed just how out of alignment it is, not going to go any further with it, it will be scrapped for parts. Going to start on a Boomerang instead, that may or may not get put into the 50's GB.
Nooooo..
The again, if you are too far off from any acceptable result, then what do you do?
Onwards! ;)
Give it a couple of days, you never know you might change your mind.
Decided against starting the Boomerang, instead I have measured the fuselages of two aircraft with calipers and it looks possible to combine them so I will be trying that at some point. The mix will only work for one though, won't work the other way so I'll have a tail assembly, set of wings and most of a fuselage leftover as spares, never a bad thing to have spares though so whatever. :mellow:
Quote from: Flyer on March 23, 2023, 12:36:40 AMDecided against starting the Boomerang, instead I have measured the fuselages of two aircraft with calipers and it looks possible to combine them so I will be trying that at some point. The mix will only work for one though, won't work the other way so I'll have a tail assembly, set of wings and most of a fuselage leftover as spares, never a bad thing to have spares though so whatever. :mellow:
Watching!! ;D
Quote from: Pellson on March 23, 2023, 01:28:10 AMQuote from: Flyer on March 23, 2023, 12:36:40 AMDecided against starting the Boomerang, instead I have measured the fuselages of two aircraft with calipers and it looks possible to combine them so I will be trying that at some point. The mix will only work for one though, won't work the other way so I'll have a tail assembly, set of wings and most of a fuselage leftover as spares, never a bad thing to have spares though so whatever. :mellow:
Watching!! ;D
Waiting! ;)
Don't go holding your breath waiting for it as just after I posted the above I received the email containing the cost I need to pay for the accident with the taxi I had back in January, all I can say is "ouch!" All mojo I had has suddenly disappeared, I now need to focus on what I can sell in the next fortnight to try to afford that, even if I can start up a payment plan the repayments will be big. :banghead:
Sorry to hear that mate, hope you can find a way forward :thumbsup:
Best laid plans etc.
I find burying myself in a model can sometimes help me to forget real life for a while.
Well I found 10 spare minutes tonight to make a start, the main donor Academy P-51D fuselage now has a green interior. Next step I guess will be to glue that together and hack carefully cut off the tail section behind the scoop. Still not convinced that this kitbash will work to be honest, but it does in my mind so I'll give it a try. :thumbsup:
Mate! If only you knew how much planning had to go into combining a Boomerang & Fw.190 to create a coherent aircraft! :o :blink:
Quote from: Old Wombat on March 23, 2023, 08:22:39 PMMate! If only you knew how much planning had to go into combining a Boomerang & Fw.190 to create a coherent aircraft! :o :blink:
Your Sea Wallaby came to mind when I started thinking about this, but back then I was thinking about mixing a Boomerang and P-40 that I'm still pondering about and still may do, but have changed the P-40 to a P-51D for this attempt. So it will (hopefully) become a Mustangarang or Boomstang. :mellow:
;D :thumbsup:
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Just seen a typo though, should be Mustangerang, but I prefer the look of the first spelling :rolleyes:
Quote from: Flyer on March 24, 2023, 03:26:38 AM:thumbsup:
Just seen a typo though, should be Mustangerang, but I prefer the look of the first spelling :rolleyes:
As do I :thumbsup:
Boomstang also has a ring to it.
I may have to steal it. ;)
Boomstangerang?
Quote from: zenrat on March 24, 2023, 03:36:57 AMBoomstangerang?
Now you're just getting silly! :rolleyes:
Oh, it's Fred! What was I thinking? :banghead:
Carry on! ;)
How about a more subtle Musterang? Nah makes me think it would be in the outback rounding up cattle, can't see it suitable for that work.
Reminds me that an Aussie R/C magazine called Airborne released a series of plans for four profile semi-scale models based on WW2 aircraft and they were:
Mustprang (Mustang)
Splatfire (Spitfire)
Hellsthat (Hellcat)
Me-oh-my (Me-109)
I like Hellsthat and have always wanted to do something grotesque to a F6F and call it just that. ;D
Quote from: zenrat on March 24, 2023, 03:36:57 AMBoomstangerang?
Wasn't that an early Kylie Minogue hit ? :angel:
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Where I have got to tonight, I have the Mustang fuselage trapped in Lego ready to have it's tail off.
Tails are off both the Mustang and the Boomerang, shouldn't have made the cuts so late at night/early morning as they are waaay off so much putty will need to be used, not fussed about it, there was going to be a lot needed to get the profile right anyway, but I was hoping for a flush join, not a 2-3mm gap at the top! :banghead:
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 24, 2023, 07:31:50 AMWasn't that an early Kylie Minogue hit ? :angel:
Can you put yourself in The Book.........? ;)
Quote from: Flyer on March 24, 2023, 09:35:13 AMTails are off both the Mustang and the Boomerang, shouldn't have made the cuts so late at night/early morning as they are waaay off so much putty will need to be used, not fussed about it, there was going to be a lot needed to get the profile right anyway, but I was hoping for a flush join, not a 2-3mm gap at the top! :banghead:
Having the gap is actually a blessing in disguise, I have the Boomerang tail attached at the bottom and the gap allows some wiggle room for getting it into alignment.
Was hoping to get some putty onto it tonight but I didn't get there, hopefully in the next few days, but there is quite a lot going on right now so I'm not sure if I'll be able to.
As and when, mate! All good! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Just by doing a couple minutes here and a few there over the span of the day I actually made some good progress, still need to put some putty on the underside of the Boomerang tail to match the squared off Mustang fuselage but so far no putty needed, just some scrap plastic in the gap, sanding and adding glue to the dust build up, repeated 3 or 4 time's has got it to this. :mellow:
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That is looking bizarre but interesting. I like what you've done so far! :thumbsup:
Quote from: Old Wombat on March 26, 2023, 07:15:48 AMI like what you've done so far! :thumbsup:
As do I :thumbsup:
Mustangerang now has it's wing's. Hoping to get some filler into the wing root's and fuselage join today. :thumbsup:
Started on a second Boomerang with modifications, photos of that soon hopefully. Also I've gathered some parts to make a start on version 2 of my Boomerang II, it doesn't have much in common with my first version other than it's a jet powered flying wing...
Most of the filling has been done and now for the SR part of PSR before some more P. The wheel fairings and trailing edge fillets have been done since this photo.
Nice start! Keep up the good work, mate! :thumbsup:
Thats a nice combination which looks good.
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Moorabin Aircraft Museum has for years had a Kittystang on display - P51 wings on a P40 fuselage. I keep meaning to have a go and see how easy it would be to make one in styrene.
Thanks fellas :thumbsup:
I must say that it is looking better than my mind's eye seen, so that's a great outcome so far.
Quote from: zenrat on November 13, 2023, 01:22:59 AMMoorabin Aircraft Museum has for years had a Kittystang on display - P51 wings on a P40 fuselage. I keep meaning to have a go and see how easy it would be to make one in styrene.
Go for it :thumbsup:
I've got the Stang wing's and tail to put onto something else still, probably something jet like your F-16 combo...
The other Boomerang that I've started on may give a few issues to overcome, if it gets too messy I may abandon it. I've only gotten it's donor engine's together so far, I'm less than impressed with the fit and molding of those but it's what I've got to use so they will do. It looks the part in my mind but only time will tell. I wasn't aware that different boxing's were better than others, the kit I am using for this is one of the better ones in darker grey plastic so I hope I don't end up wasting it with this...
I'm really out of practice with PSR using auto body filler, forgot how hard the stuff sets. The wing fillets and wheel wells are becoming a PITA, I thought that they may be but the alternative was to use the Mustang inboard wings with Boomerang outers and although that would look good it just wouldn't be Boomerangey enough for what I wanted.
Getting there...
I just use the spot putty, not the two part mix. But that can be softer than the plastic and sands away too fast.
Persistence is a virtue ;) ;D
Quote from: NARSES2 on November 14, 2023, 06:04:40 AMPersistence is a virtue ;) ;D
Indeed, but I'm giving it a rest again, unsure how long before I try again. I'm happy with most of the progress on the fillets and wells but the wing to fuselage fillets at the trailing edge were driving me nucking futs. Too thick they just don't look right so I thin them out, just get close to a good thickness and the file grabs and takes out a chunk. Reapply some filler and start the process again and get close to the right thickness again and notice one side has more of a scollop shape than the other so try to even then out and the file grabs and takes out a chunk, at least 5 times over it happened so I put it away before I lost what little patience I had left.
Yup, sometimes you do just have to walk away, if only for your own sanity.
Quote from: NARSES2 on November 15, 2023, 02:26:34 AMYup, sometimes you do just have to walk away, if only for your own sanity.
That's how I ended up with 62 unfinished projects! :banghead:
OK, I had let it sit in a drawer of doom for a couple of months and today looked like it was going to be a free day so I pulled it out of the drawer last night and set about tackling the wing fillets yet again, isn't it weird how when you start mixing putty odd jobs and errands seem to appear out of thin air? Last night went smoothly but today was more like mix a batch of putty, apply it and have to jump in the car and do this or that, get back and start sanding only to have to fix the clothes dryer, mix up another batch and apply it only for a light bulb to blow so jump back into the car and head down to the shops, get messages to pick up 30 other items (OK that's an exaggeration, it was only 28) while I'm there, get home almost 2 hours later and head towards the bench but get intercepted and told to go pick up something else so get back into the car, and on, and on that went, but I did manage to get the fillets fixed, built back up and almost symmetrical. I'd like to scallop them to match the overall look but honestly I'm a little hesitant to do so. But it's back in the drawer again for now while I ponder about it. I dug out another Boomerang kit to be built OOB to be used as a comparison, building that may give me the enthusiasm to continue the Mustangerang.
Good seeing you again, mate! :thumbsup:
Frustrating isn't it. Sometimes fate seems determined not to let you get on with your hobbies.
Keep at it mate. :thumbsup: