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| Creosotewind, Image # 31815 | 14 Jun 14 19:27 |
Back to the camera. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31814 | 14 Jun 14 19:27 |
Paint for the rocket rails. Access panels are card stock (again). I tried using aluminum tape, but it was too thin and didn't show well under the paint. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31813 | 14 Jun 14 19:25 |
For a first effort it was ok, a noble try. But compared to Ted's work, it paled in comparison. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31812 | 14 Jun 14 19:24 |
...and filled the voids with florist's foam. Cut and sanded to get the shape I wanted. Then I filled with light spackle, sealed with primer and then painted. |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 31811 | 14 Jun 14 19:22 |
| I made a paper template.... |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31811 | 14 Jun 14 19:22 |
The model didn't come with a tail cone. I tried to find something off the shelf, but no luck. I asked Freeway Flyer (Ted) if he could make one on his lathe (what modeler on this site has he not assisted?) In the interim, I tried something new for me, that I found on a paper modeler's site. |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 31810 | 14 Jun 14 19:12 |
| Thanks, Poppy. Like some other parts, I used card stock (old business cards) and brass tubing as well as wood. |
| poppy, Comment for image # 31810 | 14 Jun 14 16:48 |
| WOW! Beautiful detailing. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31810 | 14 Jun 14 15:38 |
The platforms with the missile rails. The one on top is attached to the hardpoiint stand, and has two blank rods for missiles. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31809 | 14 Jun 14 15:37 |
Start of the missle platform. One rough and the other starting the shaping. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31807 | 13 Jun 14 17:58 |
Final pieces. The paper pattern and the kit supplied piece. You can see it doesn't follow the shape of the real pieces. I made two sets. The first set turned out to be too big. This set was just right. Oh, that stain on the longer "football?", my blood. Careful around sharp objects, kids. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31806 | 13 Jun 14 17:55 |
Closer to final shape. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31805 | 13 Jun 14 17:54 |
The rough outline cut was with a jig-saw. Now it was roughed out with an Xacto knife. If I remember correctly, it was three pieces of basswood laminated together. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31804 | 13 Jun 14 17:52 |
The kit had molded copies of the ADF "footballs", but they lacked definition and were too big. I decided to carve some new ones. |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 31796 | 13 Jun 14 15:16 |
| Its been so long ago, I realized I didn't cut out the braces. I had planned to, but came up with another way. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31803 | 13 Jun 14 15:12 |
The kit also needed covers for the aileron linkage. Again, basswood carved and sanded. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31802 | 13 Jun 14 15:11 |
Proud mom and kids. Eventually she took all but one of the ducklings with her. The leftover was adopted by one of the guys here. His family raised it and it eventually flew off. They called the duck "Cobblepot." |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31801 | 13 Jun 14 15:09 |
We had a population boom at my work. The office is next to a canal that the ducks enjoy. Plenty of room for a nest. One day these little guys showed up. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31800 | 13 Jun 14 15:06 |
The kit did not have any hard points for missiles and bombs. I had to make them. Sizing was a "guesstimate" based on photos. From back to front you can see how the pieces evolved. Basswood and a hobby knife. I matched the curve of the wing by taping sand paper to the wing and running the piece side by side along it. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 31799 | 13 Jun 14 15:02 |
Cut it apart because I needed the round pipe. I didn't want to buy an 8 foot section of pipe. |
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