Greto 32
The cockpit parts look like in the film, but would not be functional. See the joystick has no room to move.
I will replace the ugly gun barrels with injection needles.
It seems that the axle could be left in place and the unique propeller could be added afterwards. Nothing is glued here!
Everything ready in the other fuselage half.
Halfs jointed. The radiator required painting on this early stage.
annoying gaps between cockpit pod and fuselage.
Gaps are first filled with thin styrene sheet
Lots of Mr.Surfacer 500
Then thinner and a swab
I figured too late, that this model needs nose weight. So I drilled a hole to the bottom of the fuselage and dropped tungsten beads with PVA glue inside...
And so the PVA glue invaded the cockpit 🙁
Wings are in place!
Maybe I cut the canopy poorly from the sprue because some nasty lines appeared.
Canopy in place and masked.
Black and white primer added.
Fast check with tape showed an area where primer was badly stick.
Yellow parts first this time
First I tried to solve the Honneamise number system by checking the countdown timer in the movie, but later I found a picture from a movie art exhibition, where the numbers and letters were defined. It was revealed that Honneamise number system is base-13, so number 32 is expressed as 26. The letters are like Japanese hiragana consisting of a consonant and a vowel. Literally these symbols should read "Geto26".
Lots of cutting masks.
Continuing this backwardish order of painting with red.
Unfortunately it's not Uru in Blue 😉 Problem was the yellow and red colors that blue could not cover, so I had to hide them with white primer.
Some masks off. Looks nicely colorful.
Landing gear bay interior improvised.
painting of other missing parts ongoing.
Propeller spinner chipped with salt
Random spare red stencils with unreadable text
I got lazy so I didn't put stencils everywhere.
Landing gears and doors in place.
masks are off
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29 3 December 2022, 22:46
S M
Welcome, mates! 😄 This will hopefully be fast built, because the parts has fitted perfectly together so far.
Welcome, mates! 😄 This will hopefully be fast built, because the parts has fitted perfectly together so far.
4 December 2022, 20:36
Martin von Schreckenstein
wow i did not know there was a kit for this. watching for sure. looking great
wow i did not know there was a kit for this. watching for sure. looking great
8 December 2022, 11:30
Robin (WhiteGlint)
Did you create the masks for the markings yourself?
Very good progress. It's a nice blue shade.
Did you create the masks for the markings yourself?
Very good progress. It's a nice blue shade.
8 February 2023, 06:25
S M
Thx, WG! Yes I cut the masks myself like shown in photos 22 and 23. I printed the right sized letters on a normal paper, put transparent office tape on top of it and then the wide yellow masking tape. Luckyly I could see the letters through the tape.
Thx, WG! Yes I cut the masks myself like shown in photos 22 and 23. I printed the right sized letters on a normal paper, put transparent office tape on top of it and then the wide yellow masking tape. Luckyly I could see the letters through the tape.
8 February 2023, 16:05
Robert Podkoński
Soooo cool! Fantastic work, S M. (Looks a bit like one of Luigi Colani's designs, e.g.: scalemates.com/kits/..c-309-racer--1070919 )
Soooo cool! Fantastic work, S M. (Looks a bit like one of Luigi Colani's designs, e.g.: scalemates.com/kits/..c-309-racer--1070919 )
15 February 2023, 19:37