B-58 Hustler "Carswell AFB"
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27 March 2019, 03:16
Michael HickeyWelcome everybody, now the fun has started. I'll give her a day to let the glue cure, in the mean time I want to make a new paint rack then I'll take some pics of my new man cave.🙂
27 March 2019, 09:27
Michael HickeyThanks James, no progress today maybe some after the footy is over tonight.
28 March 2019, 10:03
Michael HickeyGot the engine pods glued together in the early hours of this morning, still need a lot of attention before being installed onto the beast.
6 April 2019, 10:56
Slavo HazuchaGreat to see this kit, looking forward to see how you'll wrestle it into submission😉
6 April 2019, 12:31
Michael HickeyHi Bryn, that's the landing gear that comes in the kit, it's pretty sturdy too under all the weight that's piled up front.
9 April 2019, 02:34
Michael HickeyAll pylon/engine pods glued on now, just another hour or so of solid sanding and I'll take some happy snaps. The join from the pylon to the leading edge of the wing isn't the best so that is going to take a bit of labor to get looking right.🙁
15 April 2019, 02:26
Donald Dickson IIStarted a different thread I see! LOL Whenever I get around to mine, I will do side by side pics with the Bone. Should be interesting to compare them.
I have the resin cockpit upgrade, so maybe I wont need quite so much lead in mine. LOL
15 April 2019, 03:38
Michael HickeyHey Don, do you want a B-1 compared to the B-58 photo I can do that. Just give me 10 minutes.😢
15 April 2019, 06:52
Michael HickeyAnd for my mate Don and everybody else that is curious to how big a Hustler is compared to a B-ONE, the picture speaks for itself.🙂
15 April 2019, 07:37
Michael HickeyBart, I plan on masking up the undercarriage, then painting the underside after the black and grey primers I plan on using go on. I'll let her dry for a week or so then paint the topside, all with Alclad II paints. I'm going to cheat a little most of the primer will be black in prep for the coats of Airframe Aluminum, but for panels that I want a different shade I'll have them primed in grey. By doing that I'll get different shades without having to do any extra masking. Areas on the engine pods will be painted in different shades of metal, I'm actually really looking forward to painting her, but it's a little ways off yet.
Holly, the B-1 is a much bigger aircraft, after seeing one back in 2017 at the Australian Airshow I can tell you I'm 6 foot tall and the main undercarriage leg was taller than me, she's huge and beautiful.
Wim, your more than welcome to grab a seat, and hopefully later in the year the B-1 will be getting worked on as well.
15 April 2019, 10:50
Donald Dickson IIThat's too funny! I was planning on taping my Hustler together tonight to compare it. LOL Great minds eh?😉
15 April 2019, 11:19
Michael HickeyThanks Stephan, slow and steady as she goes mate.🙂
Well Donald I thought I'd just save you the trouble.😢
16 April 2019, 00:31
Michael HickeyI love how the B-58 and B-1 have very similar lines in regards to the tail and fuselage. Makes for two very, very fast beautiful bombers.🙂
16 April 2019, 00:34
Michael HickeyNo, no scribing for this little fellow, I'm defiantly not going to start a massive job like scribing her. That would for sure kill my mojo on this kit, sanding is enough.😢
2 May 2019, 22:59
Michael HickeyThanks Timothy, I need all the encouragement I can get, she's a real mojo killer with all the prep work you have to do before painting her in NBM.🙂
3 May 2019, 04:31
Michael HickeyThanks Fellas, she may look smooth but there is room for improvement.🙂
3 May 2019, 10:03
Bart GoesaertIt will work out fine, maybe deepen it first a bit and fill it with CA and sanding dust... dries fast, and easier to sand then regular CA
13 May 2019, 10:15
Donald Dickson IIWish I had words of wisdom on that, but seams are NOT something I deal with well.
13 May 2019, 11:53
Bart Goesaertah, then you show patience on other angles of the hobby... only had a few bummers lately with them... my spitfire cracked open after applying the NMF, and now due to the design of the resinkit, there also appeared some cracks which I hope to solve when I get around assembling the cockpit... but i agree it's a tedious work, but it comes with the job... and as my father said, when you don't like to do certain things, do em as good as possible, then you have to to them only once...
13 May 2019, 12:03
Michael HickeyThe only problem with putting the strip of plastic in the seam join is the more I cut the further the crack went. I'll fill the ends with super glue and let it harden for an hour or so and sand it all down. In the mean time I need to do some work on a VF-11 Cat.😢
14 May 2019, 00:41
Album info
This model will represent a B-58 59-2430, from the 43RD Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Texas. She wears the red chevron applied to 43 BW aircraft during the early period of their service.
