S-3 Viking to ES-3B Eagle Eye: a FAR conversion

[AeroplaneDriver]

Holy Jumpin' Monkeys this is cool!!   

Great concept and excecution.  And thanks for the step-by-step! 

[Damian2]

Jeez this is going to be sooooooo AWESOME!!!!!!

Hmmm need big engines like that for my SAN sub hunters *nudge, nudge, wink, wink*

[Sisko]

Man this is looking really good.

I wonder where I can get renshape here in OZ?

[Captain Canada]

Holy Makerov !

What kind of favourite putty you say that was ?

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Holy Makerov !

What kind of favourite putty you say that was ?

Back on page one he says it is a mixture of baby powder (you could also use straight talcum powder) and CA glue.

[FAR148]

Thank you everyone for your kind words and great support

Man this is looking really good.

I wonder where I can get renshape here in OZ?

Sisko,
Look HERE. But its not cheap and you will need something to cut it down to more useable sizes (bandsaw, jigsaw or tablesaw). As well as you would need to wear a dusk mask due to the very fine dust.

What kind of favourite putty you say that was ?

As Jeffry stated, super glue and baby powder. Is cheap, I can find it anywhere, sands great and it scribes pretty close to styrene.

Cheers,
Steven L 

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Holy Jumpin' Monkeys this is cool!!   

Great concept and excecution.  And thanks for the step-by-step! 

Apart from the Monkey reference I'd like to be associated with the comments of this speaker !

Ian

[FAR148]

Hello everyone,
Very small update this weekend. This hobby should be called sanding and not modeling. Been doing a lot of sanding this week but did get the new intake on top of the fuselage in place. I wanted to give the model the feel and look of the Hawkeye. I cut and sanded a piece of ren-shape to look like the intake on top of the hawkeye. Once I was happy with the shape, I trace the online of it onto the top of the fuselage and cut the opening out with my Dremel tool.



After a bit of filing and sanding the opening, I glued the intake into place. The opening was a bit too big and will need alittle putty.



Here's a profile shot of the new intake in place sanded smooth and primed.



until later,
Steven L 

[ChernayaAkula]

This is not only a great idea and concept, but the way you describe and document your progress is also very enlightening from a modelling point of view!

What do you use for primer?

[Sauragnmon]

She's looking good so far - I do love the depth you're taking with this project, it's very much a cool transformation.

[FAR148]

Thanks guys 

What do you use for primer?

For this project, I am using model master acryl gunship gray. If your next question is why? First off, it is darker then the models plastic. As I work on the model, using files or sandpaper, it leave scratches in the plastic. Some of the big ones I can sand out and most of the smaller ones as well. One can sand them all out by going through the grits, 280, 320, 400, 500, 800, 1000, 1500.... I shoot primer on my model to fill in those scratch and to check the surface quality. So after I prime something I can sand it with some very fine paper and since the paint is darker then the plastic, I can see the areas when either the primer filled in the scratches or where I got to do more work. So as I go through the putty, sand, putty, sand, primer routine, I need a primer that is not to thick to fill in the panel line of the model and not to thin that it runs all over the place. I have found that most of the darker greys of the model master acryl series works well. And it's cheap and easy to find.

HTH,
Steven L 

[ChernayaAkula]

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HTH

It does!

[GTX]

*Bump*

Steven,

Any updates?

Regards,

Greg

[Captain Canada]

What he said....

[FAR148]

Any updates?

Sadly no. Work, family and the holidays has been taking up my time. But I have been working on a few profiles.
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,23590.105.html

Until later,
Steven L