...in progress
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More than enought details for what will be visible at the end.
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Only added some seat belts made from Tamiya tape to the seats, no more details needed inside the fuselage.
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The cabin windows needs some attention but at the end they fitted well.
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I put some weight inside the nose, not sure if it´s neccesary but better than a tail sitter.
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The fuselage halfes needs slight effort to get together.
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Finished the fuselage, all fitts without any puty.
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Same good fitting on the wings, only some sanding is required.
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Opend some air in- and outlets.
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Opend some air in- and outlets.
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The intake section of the engines was cut.
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Good fit on the cockpit clear parts.
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Underside of wing and fuselage transition looks okay with a little sanding.
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On the upper side putty was used to close two gaps.
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Position lights were cut off and built new from clear sprue.
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Position lights were cut off and built new from clear sprue.
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Scratch built antenna from some etched parts frame.
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The wing fences was sanded down as the were much to thick.
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Some more antennas were added.
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Added scratch build wipers, the kit parts are too poor detailed
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A thin layer of Tamiya Fine Primer shows the last ares which needs more attention.
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The demarcation lines for the "Oceanic-Camo" were painted with some pics a reference.
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First color was Mr.Hobby C375
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Scratch build of the Self-Defence-Pods wich 027 and 028 are wearing.
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The 027 and 028 are equiped with a radar warn receiver, which the kit didn´t show.
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So I cut off the little cone on the fine and added a piece of sprue.
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Next step was the housing of the RWR.
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After masking the dark blue with UHU Patafix...
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...I sprayed a layer of MR.Hobby C374.
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Unfortunately it´s way to bright for the U-125A.
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I fixed the problem with a layer of tamiya x-23 clear blue.
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Removed the masks and painted some details.
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It´s allready finished, last steps were some antennas and the landing gear.
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Two RBF-tags were also added to the FOD-covers.
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Here you can see the wipers, look much better than the kit parts.
Commenti
1 25 November 2018, 18:14
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Welcome, the next pics will be with coments, not much to say about the first one 😉
25 November 2018, 20:10
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The interior is finished, don´t payed to much attention to details which are not visible at the end. Started glueing the fuselage halfes together, needs some effort but could been worse.
27 November 2018, 18:22
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Got some progress with the U-125. The fuselage and the wings are joined, they needed some more attention then the fuselage halves.
17 December 2018, 17:10
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Today i sprayed the first color of th "Oceanic-Camo", Mr.Hobby C375.
26 December 2018, 15:28
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I used to have one of these, but I traded it. Nice to see one being completed. I'll be watching for sure.
26 December 2018, 18:29
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Thank you guys, it´s nice to know there are some people watching 😉
27 December 2018, 15:04
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very nice, i love the hawker jet - too bad you dont see them around more often.
27 December 2018, 15:10
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Daniel, nice work, love the added detail.
A question, do you think that it would be feasible to remove the belly radar and convert the kit to a regular Biz-jet version? I see this is as the only difficult bit, as the windows are no issue.
2 January 2019, 15:11
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That's a good question Graham, I also wonder whether Sword is going to issue any other versions...
2 January 2019, 17:08
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@Graham @Lukaz I would be possible, but there will be a big gap to fill. A bit of work would then be necessary to get the right shape of this section. Maybe Sword brings a new fuselage, without radar, stiffener plates, correct windows,...
2 January 2019, 17:39
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Lookng at the sprue pics, it seems the rear half of the bottom radar fairing is molded into the bottom of the wing, so would need a new mold for that too... but everything else should be OK!
2 January 2019, 18:45
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@Lukasz @Daniel @Gordon, thanks for the responses. The pictures are most helpful and it looks like quite a bit of a job, but worth it. My brother in law worked on this version of the 125 for Beechcraft in Wichita and would love to make a model of it for him. He gave me a manufacturers model of the Hawker 1000, so worth the effort to convert this one for him. I love the looks of this plane.
2 January 2019, 20:20
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After nearly a month since my last update the paint and decals are done.
13 January 2019, 16:06
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Looks awesome in the ocean camo. Btw. Are the decals for '027' supplied in the box?
14 January 2019, 07:28
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Thanks guys 👍
@Łukasz Unfortunately there are only decals for one grey and one blue(028) aircraft in the box, no spare to create other regs. I used some numbers from a Hasegawa T-2 Blue Impulse kit which thankfully @Harry Eder gave to me.
14 January 2019, 16:52
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Thanks for the info guys. Does it mean this ocean camo is a whif?
15 January 2019, 12:47
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No whif, 027 and 028 are painted in two different versions of the Oceanic-Camo.
15 January 2019, 17:23
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Looking great, What paint did you use for the two blues? I like to see a civil version released too! Either a Hawker 800 or the 1000 version go well with all the Amodel Biz Jets.
21 January 2019, 13:27
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@Glenn In picture No.23 you can see the color set from Mr.Color I used. It´s special for the Japanese Oceanic Camoflage and will fit perfect for a F-2 or Phantom but didn´t match the light blue of the U-125 at all. So I sprayed a layer of Tamiya Clear Blue on it to get a better result.
21 January 2019, 14:38
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I reached the finish line last week, the U-125A is done. Last things to do were some antennas, the landing gear, the wipers and the FOD-covers.
13 February 2019, 18:34
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Congratulations Daniel! A very nice model. I like the camouflage.
13 February 2019, 19:02
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Thank you guys. I´m glad I allready finished the jet. I like the result although I am not completely satisfied with the build.
13 February 2019, 19:12
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it is so refreshing to see this little beauty - a welcome change to all those 109s (even though i like 109s)... 🙂 jasdf always nice to see 🙂
13 February 2019, 19:16
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Lovely! I wish I had taken more photos of Japanese aircraft while I was stationed there!
13 February 2019, 20:42