Rutan Voyager, A-model,

wings fully assembled and sanded, not completely smooth, they had a lot of heatshrinking and very wavy borders 

tail booms glued and sanded 

tail booms glued and sanded, here I had some delamination of the plastic... It just kinda peeled off 

a lot of sanding ahead 

Hull and booms united... more putty and sanding ahead, canards haven't been fixed to avoid unwanted setting of the parts due to tension 

Hull and booms united... more putty and sanding ahead, canards haven't been fixed to avoid unwanted setting of the parts due to tension 

Holding it in position till dry 

looking good 

Main wings assembled and sanded 

Main wings assembled and sanded 

exhaust openings in wrong location 

holes filled with sprue and sanded 

original back view 

kit rear view... big difference 

used a saw to remove these parts, nonetheless some broke... there are to equals props delivered, in reality the front one had a streamline cap, the rear one didn't. Shapewise they don't resemble the real ones at all 

this took a lot of sanding..., not 100% 

Sanded the props a bit more into shape... outer tips should be more square 

 

Made the openings at the back larger and added the exhausts 

Closed the wrong openings and added the front exhausts 

Original nose 

Original nose 

Some sharing and sanding 

Reworked the complete area 

Front landing gear ready for paint 

Main landing gear too 

All assembled in dryfit 

Made the vortex generators and the missing trim 

Added an extra exhausts and various antenna's 

And the wings top... Pretty big aircraft in the end 

Basic white, the light blue for the composite must still be added to the lower wing surface... 

Basic white, the light blue for the composite must still be added to the lower wing surface... 

broken off tailpart glued 

and sanded and touched up, still needs a cote 

unpainted underside, only the base, needs some more fading... 

unpainted underside, only the base, needs some more fading... 

screws installed 

wheels installed 

Decal at the side of the hull is to long..  

And not a bit 

But it is getting somewhere... These needed 3h to apply ( only 12 decals) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some piece of decal loosend and got lost in space, time to find some corresponding paint  

Props painted light grey 

 

Thinned the gear doors, painted 'em gunmetal and added black strips to replicate carbon 

Added tail markings 

Complete overview, very small box for such a large aircraft 

1/72 next to a 1/48 spitfire