CF-105 Arrow
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I will build it with gear up, so here are the 30 required parts washed and cleaned up.
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I will finish the simple cockpit with crew even though you can't see much through the small windscreen,
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Figures are terribly molded and paint doesn't do much to make them better. Needed some life in the cockipit since posing in-flight.
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Nose section together
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Cockpit in place. There are very tiny windows in the Arrow so not much will show anyway.
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Nose section joined to fuselage. Reviews of kit show that the length of both nose and fuselage are too short.
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There was lots of patching on this kit. The seams did not line up well so needed to be levelled. Wherever there were internal bulkheads on the fuselage, there was a depression on the exterior of the fusleage that needed to be filled.
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The shape of the fuselage is wrong as well. This is where the intakes will attach and there should not be such a pronounced buldge in the body.
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Body all together
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Top view
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Bottom view.
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The whole rear, with both engine exhausts, is one piece and doesn't offer up much detail.
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Looking down the intakes for a couple of centimetres before blocked off, but it does show the shape of the wings.
Комментарии
18 November 2014, 02:21
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OK, I have to watch. Although not Canadian, I am also building this, I will need all the help I can get
18 November 2014, 04:37
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Thanks everyone! I have been negligent at reading and responding. I just wanted an Arrow even though the available kits aren't that great. New to the hobby so every kit is a learning experience ( which I suppose will not change even with experience ) When I started I made of couple of armour kits and have more on the shelf, but have been drawn into the world of aircraft lately. I find it very different and find painting and finishing more difficult. There will be a lot of masking required on this one so I will see how it goes.
1 December 2014, 00:43
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Alan, Hoping to see you finish this one and post more pics. I too built this kit in the original boxing when it first came out over 30 years ago, but recently got another to build a "re-do!" You have made great progress thus far and done the majority of the work. Keep-a-goin' please. Kind regards, Dutch
24 September 2020, 14:29
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It is in the Canadian Constitution Act that every Canadian modeler must make at least one model of an Arrow in their lifetime. I was having anxiety attacks with the running gear of the Mark VIC from Vulcan, so decided to take a break with this kit.