AREA 88 Mario - Fiat G.91 - Build log
Ahhh... the box! So full of possibilities
Those are some THICK sprues!
Some quick bit of panel rescribing.
Yep, the cockpit tub donated from a F-8E will fit
A bit of tubing to blank in the air intake
Painting the cockpit
More tubing and a MiG-21 wheel...
And voila! A rear thruster!
All the guts in place, weight added and control panel DIY decal inplace
All buttoned up and everything fits
And from the back
Intake sanded and painted dark metallic grey and nose cone in place.
Ok... PSR time!
Took off the massive wing gates. I'll scratch up new ones.
Scratched up new landing gear doors. The original ones were THICK!
More Putty!
Also partially filled in the tank attach points as I'll scratch up thinner pylons too.
Komentáre
1 June 2017, 00:25
John Thomas
Greg, once again nice start. I got the knife in the mail today, thanks for the knife info.
Greg, once again nice start. I got the knife in the mail today, thanks for the knife info.
1 June 2017, 16:58
Greg Baker
Thanks guys! Some new pics up. The original landing gear doors were so thick, I decided to scratch up new ones. 4/6 were flat and easy shapes, but the curved fuselage doors were a bit of a challenge. I quartered a bit of 10mm styrene pipe and then shaped them to fit. John - let me know how you like that knife. It's my heavy duty go-to one.
Thanks guys! Some new pics up. The original landing gear doors were so thick, I decided to scratch up new ones. 4/6 were flat and easy shapes, but the curved fuselage doors were a bit of a challenge. I quartered a bit of 10mm styrene pipe and then shaped them to fit. John - let me know how you like that knife. It's my heavy duty go-to one.
1 June 2017, 22:14
John Thomas
Greg, Kinfe is working really well, I like how if fit's in my hand. Thanks again
Greg, Kinfe is working really well, I like how if fit's in my hand. Thanks again
4 June 2017, 12:59
Greg Baker
Alright, somthis project was part of a 1-week group build (over at Whatifmodellers.com), so I had to cut a bunch of corners to get it done... but it's done! All in all, I'm happy with how it turned out. I'll post up some completed pics in daylight soon, but I've added the final bunch here. It was such a hurry to finish it, i couldn't really stop to take many pics.
Alright, somthis project was part of a 1-week group build (over at Whatifmodellers.com), so I had to cut a bunch of corners to get it done... but it's done! All in all, I'm happy with how it turned out. I'll post up some completed pics in daylight soon, but I've added the final bunch here. It was such a hurry to finish it, i couldn't really stop to take many pics.
4 June 2017, 15:18
John Thomas
Greg, did you say a one week project? Wow, your finish paint work is really nice and the whole project in one week turned out super.
Greg, did you say a one week project? Wow, your finish paint work is really nice and the whole project in one week turned out super.
4 June 2017, 15:30
Greg Baker
Yep.. one week. Fastest I've ever built anything. I painted 3 colours, a coat of Future and a panel wash all in about 6 hours. Hope it all dries properly. I held my breath when I masked the wheel wells. I just prayed the paint wouldn't lift.
Yep.. one week. Fastest I've ever built anything. I painted 3 colours, a coat of Future and a panel wash all in about 6 hours. Hope it all dries properly. I held my breath when I masked the wheel wells. I just prayed the paint wouldn't lift.
4 June 2017, 16:22