Airfix RA-5C Vigilante
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2 23 September 2013, 18:34
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Nice start Burkhard!
And a Vigi is not often seen on the bench of a modeller!
But in my opinion, its a beautiful aircraft!
24 September 2013, 06:40
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Slow but steady progress. Intake loft lines corrected, wings mated. Now filling and sanding. Upper wing seams are okay, but lower seams need a bit of work. Spray coat revealed that all the sink holes on the wings (all over the place) are now gone and the re-engraving the leading edge flaps turned out nicely, phew!
5 October 2013, 11:37
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It's looking like an aircraft now .... quite surprising when you see where you started from ...
5 October 2013, 20:49
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Filling and sanding largely done - it was quite an orgy. First coat of primer to check for blemishes, just a few areas left that need some rework. 🙂
17 October 2013, 20:13
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Pre-shading today, scratched intake ramps and afterburner cans are ready. 🙂
16 January 2014, 17:51
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Basic livery is on, now on to the metal areas like the wing leading edge and the exhaust area.
4 May 2014, 14:09
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In the end, UHU-Tac worked as you suggested. Lower pressure and more thinner did the trick, even with the Aztek.
4 May 2014, 17:33
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Excellent work, Burkhard! There's nothing more rewarding in modelling than making an excellent model out of an old "unbuildable" kit. It looks really great! 👍
6 May 2014, 15:34
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Almost finished. Ran into trouble with the decals. Airfix decals turned out to be out of register, with color printed off the decal film. Superscale decals were so brittle they turned into a mosaic the very moment they got into contact with water. I took the kit to the club meeting nevertheless. One chap brought a bottle of Microscale Liquid Decal Film along, which solved almost all my issues except for two decals ruined in my first attempts. Thanks to ebay, replacements are in the mail - from the US. The upside of globalization! 🙂
Will have more images soon.
10 June 2014, 19:13
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Looks great so far. That's what I call a piece of sculpting right there.
10 June 2014, 19:28
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What is not visible here is what a beast of aircraft this machine is .... great work!
10 June 2014, 20:49
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Congrats Burkhard! This was a long build but in the end it looks very rewarding!😄!!
11 June 2014, 06:25
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Reminds me my dad build one for 40 years ago. I sat next to him looking for his progress and try to learn something about modelmaking. Ah Burkhard, well done and as Dirk replied a seldom seen model. Cheers, Christian
11 June 2014, 08:38
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Christian, it was the same for me. My first model, built with my dad about 40 years ago! Started my career. 🙂
11 June 2014, 09:04