ERA-3B "Whale" Skywarrior

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October 8, 2024
Strarting point.
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October 8, 2024
Little extras
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October 8, 2024
This the setup I selected, folded wings, retracted wind breaks.
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October 13, 2024
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October 13, 2024
I have finished work on PE parts in cockpit and I am ready for surfacer. Hope I can speed up a bit from now on.
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October 16, 2024
I have finalized wash in cockpit today and I am going to apply dry-brush and put it all together tomorrow. Then,I start with wheel bays to be able to close the fuselage.
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October 18, 2024
Completed seats with dry-brush and seatbelts.
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October 18, 2024
Main panel. I selected to stick it to front sunshield which I will attach once fuselage is put together.
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October 18, 2024
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October 18, 2024
I have glued the seats and instruments on left side. I will complete right side once fuselage is put together.
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October 18, 2024
Sunshield with panel not glued yet, fit is very good.
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October 18, 2024
Wheels from Reskit has smaller brakes which ERA disn’t used. I gonna use this as plastic part from kit.
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October 18, 2024
I’ve started with front wheel bay, I have used some Eduard’s PEs and some wires.
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October 31, 2024
I’ve continued with PE parts in main wheel bays and wiring in the left one. I am satisfied with progress, I have never used so many PE parts and wires before.
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October 31, 2024
I have installed breaks in closed position as seen in photos of bird I am building.
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November 7, 2024
Wheel bays ready to be installed. I am going to close the fuselage soon.
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November 7, 2024
Fuselage glued together. I’m gonna let it dry and will start with sending and rescribing of panel lines.
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November 16, 2024
Cockpit is completed, I will add masked canopy tomorrow.
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November 16, 2024
Phase of filling and sanding is almost over, wings are prepared for completion but I need to move on engines first.
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November 16, 2024
Horizontal stabilizer needed some attention….
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November 16, 2024
as well as rop part of fuselage…
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November 16, 2024
as well as nose.
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November 25, 2024
Canopy and belly canoe on its place. Fit was almost perfect.
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November 25, 2024
Engine holders made a gap between upper surface of the wing. Filling by CA glue was needed.
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November 25, 2024
Rudder needed quite a lot of attention but it is almost done and fit to the vertical stabilizer is very good.
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November 25, 2024
I am going to have closed slots on wing tips. They are glued and rescribed.
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November 25, 2024
There is only opened position of rear wheel available in the kit. Adjustment was done to have it closed as is seen in photos.
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November 25, 2024
I am not following instructions for engine gondolas, I didn’t like look of the output area. I decided to glue it first before I would insert engine itself.
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November 25, 2024
Filled by surfaced from MRP and sanded.
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November 27, 2024
Progress on engines.
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November 27, 2024
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December 2, 2024
There was need of filling on main part of wings.
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December 2, 2024
Main parts of wing glued to the fuselage. Fit is very good.
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December 2, 2024
I have started with PEs for folding part of wings.
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December 18, 2024
Main wheels with some wiring.
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December 18, 2024
Looks good on its place.
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January 9, 2025
Didn’t have much time during holiday but I very close to start with surfacer and preshading soon.
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January 9, 2025
Engines needed quite a lot of attention due to front part which didn’t fit well. Lot of sub-assemblies ready for painting.
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January 9, 2025
Adjusted air intake in rear area.
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January 9, 2025
Some missing antennas for ERA version.
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January 9, 2025
Pylons for ECM pods are not part of the kit. I’m gonna modify ones from A-1 Skyraider.
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January 30, 2025
I finally finished surfacing and started with preshading on folding part of wings.
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February 1, 2025
Preshading is done, I will continue with final sutface colours soon
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February 1, 2025
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February 1, 2025
I couldn’t stand to have just 2 RAM turbines which are part of the kit, so I decided to scratch another 2pcs. I will use bombs from Skyraider Tamyia kot as base for a body.
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February 7, 2025
Tail shape on real aircraft.
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February 7, 2025
Trumpeter has totally wrong shape.
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February 7, 2025
I started with sending.
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February 7, 2025
Bit of sending and filler and I think it is going to look fine.
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February 7, 2025
Pylons for ECM pods ready for surfaced. Will scribe the panel lines then.
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February 8, 2025
I am happy how it looks after sending, now I wait for filler to dry out and will surface it.
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February 13, 2025
Surfacer looks fine.
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February 13, 2025
I started with Insignia white.
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February 14, 2025
I’ve started with engine painting.
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February 14, 2025
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February 17, 2025
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February 17, 2025
I have started with white on plane itself, it will take some time to finish it?
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February 17, 2025
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February 22, 2025
I spent 2.5 hours with lower surface painting, but it is done.
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February 22, 2025
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February 22, 2025
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February 22, 2025
Lot of antennas.
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February 22, 2025
ECM pods and slots are painted as well.

Komentarzy

35 8 October 2024, 16:31

Desert Marlin
Gotta watch this one!!!

18 October 2024, 22:30

Desert Marlin
Looks great so far!

31 October 2024, 22:30

Petr Kreps
Thanks Desert😉

1 31 October 2024, 22:35

gorby
I agree. Very nice work so far.

1 November 2024, 10:41

Guy Rump
Following too! 👍

7 November 2024, 17:31

Petr Kreps
Thank you gorby and Guy Rump😉

7 November 2024, 21:22

Desert Marlin
Oh... There it is! Taking shape nicely!!!

8 November 2024, 03:34

Michael Schubert
How did I miss the start of this one? Looks sweet so far! Pulling up a chair 💺

1 25 November 2024, 08:28

Desert Marlin
Large airplane. Nicknamed "The Whale" because it was one of the largest aircraft to ever trap on an aircraft carrier! This is a great one to watch!

19 December 2024, 01:14

Thomas Bischoff
looks good 👍

1 February, 19:19

Desert Marlin
Lots of good shading work!

1 February, 23:56

Petr Kreps
Thanks Thomas and Desert.

1 2 February, 07:44

Desert Marlin
Not sure if you have seen what Trumpeter did with the RA-5C... it's kinda rough too!

14 February, 03:17

Jakub Fiala
Pěkně nafučeno 👍

14 February, 12:25

Petr Kreps
Hi Desert, I haven't checked Vigilante yet, but I believe that Trumpeter did their best to challenge us😁😁 After this one, I will take a break from big planes and enjoy some fighters from Eduard😉

1 14 February, 16:01

Petr Kreps
Dekuji Jakube😉

1 14 February, 16:29

Desert Marlin
Thanks Petr! Yes, I do the same. I have built a couple of fighters from Eduard and Tamiya lately! My Vigilante came out good, but it was a ton of work to keep the spine straight on it.

14 February, 23:17

Maciej Bellos
That's some impressive work on this beast. Well done!

14 February, 23:54

Johannes Schendlinger
That is looking really promising !

17 February, 22:02

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We decided with Lukas Hrubeš to run parallel build of Skywarriors from Trumpeter. I have selected version ERA-3B with look from 1979.

ERA-3B “Whale” Skywarrior

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