A-4F, 1:144
Main parts
rest of the parts
decals from the kit
Cut out the slots
wing halves joined
flare dispensers need to be recessed
first mark the size with a scalpel, next put the blade with the straight edge to the outside and deepen the borders. That way you create a kind off barrier when you scrape/cut away the inside.
ready for dryfit
and glued
Not a big fan of prepainted cockpits, but in this case it saves a lot of work....
Cockpit fitted and openings in the wings filled with putty. droptanks are dryfit. These consist of 3 parts, and the tailpart has some serious sinkmarks...
PE wheelbays assembled and main hull parts assembled
this join is a hard one to clean up, so scraping, adding CA, scraping sanding.... to achieve a presentable result...
satisfied
plugs in place, 20mm guns removed, sanded smooth and tested with paint...
ready
started removing some parts from te seat to replace them with PE
and with all belts etc added
prepainted PE is euh... very delicate to work with....
and bangseat in place... also the hud was added
original canopy
and some carefull cutting later
one tiny thing...
added some wire to the front legg
and to the main leggs too
basecolors
washed
So I cut the original part in pieces, drilled a small hole (0.5mm in a 0.6mm plastic part...) not that deep, but...
bended it according to the drawing
glued all parts into place and bummer... to long, bend isn't good etc... why a wrong template then???
and adapted
Reworked the refueling probe... could be done better. Had to heat the brass, it couldn't be bent in such sharp corner without breaking... The material get's softer, hence I loose my rigidity... the wifey will be pleased ... 😉
it is small: 84mm
canopy added... was a dread... seat sat a little to heigh, so had to file a bit off... then this breaks off, that breaks off, then this again...
al closed up... to rework the scribing or not... detail is pretty soft
Comments
2 10 July 2020, 07:00
Greg BakerOh, I've got five of these in the stash... sign me up for the how to course.
18 July 2020, 12:08
Bart Goesaertthx Lukasz.
Next up was the refueling probe. That was a plastic part, mainly 0.5mm diameter, that needed to be bent... recipe for disaster I thought, so I've replaced it with some brass rod (more solid then copper wire)
The template from Eduard isn't up to scale, and shows the wrong bend so I had to change in the end...
11 August 2020, 14:29
Bart GoesaertRedid the refueling probe... it extended too far, and still wasn't right... then closed the canopy before painting... did some dryfitting before, but the seat was a tad to heigh, so had to remove it, some unwanted thing were also removed in the process, so from an easy job to a full afternoon... finally it was closed up... now, deepen the panellines or not...
12 August 2020, 14:37
Bart GoesaertSomething went wrong with my AB and it spilled a lot of Paint on the model. Now I'm busy restoring the damage done before going on with the paintjob.
31 August 2020, 13:26
