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Patryk S. (Viper1983)
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RQ-1A PREDATOR WIP

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35 9 April 2021, 17:59
Patryk S.
Off we go! A simple kit but with a good level of detail. From the 8 paint options only 4 can be made as the other 4 require other upper fuselage parts which are not in the kit, which is actually strange.
9 April 2021, 18:03
Łukasz Gliński
Following. It's a nice kit, built it few years back.
9 April 2021, 20:22
Skyhiker
Following
9 April 2021, 20:34
Patryk S.
Welcome Mates! Thanks for following!
9 April 2021, 21:03
Patryk S.
Cut out the main components today, assembled the FLIR/Optics module and filled the wing cutouts for the RQ-1 model wit Pattex Gel sos glue. Minor flash on the parts but test fitting shows a good fit overall.
10 April 2021, 18:23
Patryk S.
Mounted the FLIR turret into the lower fuselage and cut out parts intended for primer and subassembly today.
11 April 2021, 16:40
Patryk S.
Attached an antenae to the lower fuselage and put some weight to the front in order to awoid tail sitting.
13 April 2021, 20:03
Patryk S.
Glued the wings and the upper wing blade antennae to the upper fuselage. The main parts have inconsistent texture so had to sand them from 1200 to 2000 grit in order to smooth them down.
15 April 2021, 18:46
Patryk S.
Lower fuselage attached, no filler required. Now its time for cleanup.
20 April 2021, 18:32
Patryk S.
Cleaned up and primed the small parts
15 December 2021, 10:37
Patryk S.
The kit is ready for priming. Did clean it with Modelers World Degreaser, I can only recomend this product.
17 December 2022, 12:38
Patryk S.
Second layer added. Went on without any blemishes.
23 January 2023, 19:49
Patryk S.
Thank you for the likes Mates!
24 January 2023, 08:33
Patryk S.
Made some preshading and painted the wheel wells with tamiya black using my airbrush.
30 January 2023, 17:00
Patryk S.
Painted and ready for a glosscoat and decals.
4 March 2023, 13:05
Łukasz Gliński
Nice, what camo?
5 March 2023, 11:58
Patryk S.
97-3034 - it was later tested for the MQ -1 configuration so there are a few good pictures of it during the tests. All decals are there in the set for it.
5 March 2023, 12:54
Łukasz Gliński
Keep it up 👍
5 March 2023, 15:53
Patryk S.
Thanks! It's on final approach now.
5 March 2023, 16:57
Patryk S.
Left and upper side decals on. It's Cartograph so no surprises here.
5 March 2023, 19:59
Patryk S.
Right side decals on. Now for some minor detail paintig. Lost the pitot tube so gonna use the kit one instead of wire.
12 March 2023, 18:46
Patryk S.
Working on the panel lines with a Tamiya panel liner. Needed to rescribe the kit after painting as the lines were too shalow. Some paint corrections on the fuselage await due to some sanding errors.
1 May 2023, 15:35
Guy Rump
Looking great! 👍
7 May 2023, 19:49
Patryk S.
Home stretch: last coat of flat varnish, now on to the landing gear!
3 June 2023, 13:19
Patryk S.
Landing gear painted and ready for a matt coat.
17 June 2023, 10:05
Patryk S.
Sitting on it's legs now. The main undercarriage does not convince in regards of sturdiness, I think I will add the missing retraction mechanism to add some stability - just have to cut them fron a bit of plastic card as the parts are easily to replicate due to their simple construction.
18 June 2023, 17:27
Patryk S.
Added the missing retraction mechanisms on each main undercarriage leg - I cut some 0.5 sheet plastic to match the shapes seen on reference photos.
28 June 2023, 13:51
Robert Podkoński
Good job!
28 June 2023, 13:58
Patryk S.
Thank you Robert!
28 June 2023, 13:59
Patryk S.
Finished. Overall a good model - the only thing is that if you want to higlight the panel lines they need to be deepened a bit. I found this out after painting the kit which complicated the build somewhat - needed to do several corrections of the paintwork.
30 June 2023, 09:58
Guy Rump
Great result! 👍
30 June 2023, 10:32
Patryk S.
Thank you Guy!
30 June 2023, 10:35

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