Project 75

[Gondor]

'Black Wash' - that's not bad, I must remember it.

Seats came out well.

Could you not slide the main tyre down the tube a bit and put the other one on as well?
If the tube is too large, what about a bit of rolled paper? That would be able to squeeze into the tyre hole and expand to keep it in place.

I didn't think about some rolled-up paper which is why I didn't use it   

Only one more of that size to do and any touch-ups so its not going to be a problem. Now if these were tyres for a B-52.......

Gondor

[Rick Lowe]

Ah well... next time. 

[Gondor]

This evenings update

This morning the seats went inside, two-part Epoxy was used to be on the safe side, and the same adhesive was used to fix the canopy in place. The intent was to use the longer drying time to enable adjustment of the canopy placement if required.





Leaving the glue to cure, I finished painting the tyres and fitted then later painted, the scissor link for the main undercarriage that was missing from my early production kit.



It's not perfect, but over 90% of it will be hidden and most people will not be looking at it anyway.

Next up has been the masking of the windows followed by adding filler to the joint between the canopy and the fuselage.











And that's where I am at the moment. I am leaving the filler to fully cure overnight and in the morning some judicious sanding and filing will take place.

Gondor

[Rick Lowe]

Nice to see that they have made an overlap to the canopy, and the joining/filling/sanding areas are well off the actual clear bits.

[Gondor]

Exactly my thoughts. The design of this kit is very well thought out. It allows for a very nice cockpit to be included which is something I have not seen from other 3D-printed kits I have bought.

Gondor

[Rick Lowe]

An advantage of it being produced by a modeller, for modellers.

[Gondor]

An advantage of it being produced by a modeller, for modellers.

Not really. The others I have were made by modellers. It's all in how you look at what you want to do and how you work out how something breaks down to achieve that end. Also in how much work and effort you are prepared to put into the design.

Gondor

[Thorvic]

An advantage of it being produced by a modeller, for modellers.

Not really. The others I have were made by modellers. It's all in how you look at what you want to do and how you work out how something breaks down to achieve that end. Also in how much work and effort you are prepared to put into the design.

Gondor

Ali's got years of experience  as an engineet and then producing kits and conversions in resin before trying a 3D kit. He's also a master at creating clear resin canopies which is a major factor too.

[Gondor]

Talking about canopies.

Not doing any more to the canopy, there are a couple of places that need a little more work but that is essentially it!



Touch-ups, paint-wise have started with the Dark Sea Grey, the Dark Green will be done early tomorrow and the Light Aircraft Grey soon afterwards as the engines will need to be glued in place first.



The wheels are on the undercarriage legs now, fitting them will be fun 

It might be close but I believe that it will be presentable by the end of Friday in time for the Scottish Nationals.

Gondor

[Rick Lowe]

Funny looking canopy shape - very retro, for something of that era and that fast.
Still, they may have altered it on the Mk.2.

[NARSES2]

Funny looking canopy shape - very retro, for something of that era and that fast.
Still, they may have altered it on the Mk.2.

I know what you mean, but I think it actually suits the airframe. Also given the canopies some British projects had back then the pilot must have felt quite lucky having so much room to see out of.   

[Gondor]

The main decals are on, only the serials to do and that will be them done. Next up is adding some paint detail to the buckets of instant sunshine and yet more touchups to the paintwork. This is mainly required on the nose area where I was an idiot and missed painting part of the radome black   
I hope to only need to do final assembly tomorrow and then to find out if it will fit inside the boxes I use for transporting my kits.

Gondor

[Rick Lowe]

Funny looking canopy shape - very retro, for something of that era and that fast.
Still, they may have altered it on the Mk.2.

I know what you mean, but I think it actually suits the airframe. Also given the canopies some British projects had back then the pilot must have felt quite lucky having so much room to see out of.   

True, specially the Sea Vixen 'coal hole'... or the Vulcan 'pit'.

[Gondor]

I am calling it done.

A few pictures for comparison, first though is a picture of the underside after I glued the bombs inside.



And yes the workbench is going to get a good clean in the near future, just not the immediate future.



Wings from an Airfix Tempest Mk.V as someone somewhere was asking about the wingspan.

Nose on



Side on



And various other aircraft for size







Gondor

[Accidental Loggie]

That looks fantastic, and an absolute monster!