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Offline Dr. YoKai

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Projects of the YoKai...
« on: December 31, 2013, 12:28:40 AM »
In at the wire - Hey, Where did the wire go?!? ( And happy thanks for the extension. )
I don't lack for unfinished projects, but decided to concentrate on three that had been started within the last three or four years.
Heading the list is the ADR (Air Defense Robot) 06C , a scale-o-rama'd 1/100 ADR 04 from the old Macross anime'. I started turning it into a 1/48 scale Flakmech a year or so back, but stalled when I realized i would have to fabricate new calves for it.
This was where I started, more or less -


and this is where I have gotten to -


Final images will appear in the 'finished' thread, hopefully by this weekend.

As I continue to build the ships and devices of the notorious Science Pirate Syndicate, I realized I was lacking in 'good guys',
so started work on a Royal Navy torpedo ram, the HMS Brontes ( folks familiar with RN ships of the late 19th century will get the
reference ) which started as the forward fuselage of a Cosmo Zero, and the aft fuselage of the Cosmo Tiger fighter, both from
'Space Cruiser Yamoto'. THe front end of the Cosmo Zed just screams to be turned into an ironclad ram of some kind. The
main cntral deck house came from a combination of an old 1/144 Catalina, perched atop a cut-down sail from the Revell 'Red October' SSBN. Lots of psr followed, and I still wasn't quite happy with it, so as November rolled around, I looked at  it again, and
decided what it really needed was to be turned in to the mysterious and elusive H.G.* Maxim's "First Duck of War...




Progress on this one has been steady as well, and I have the base coat of paint. Encouraged by a new compressor from the wife for
Christmas, I should have her natty three-tone paint scheme well under way by Thursday or Friday.

Finally, a project that I am sure will have plenty of frustration in store for me yet, the Ju 488 I started for a GB over at 'What If'
sometime back. I had two Italaeri 188s and a Special Hooby 388 as the donors, but lost some nerve before satrting on the wings.
That hurdle has been overcome.

The most...probelmatic part of the build has been the quality of the older Italaeri plastic. One kit was in a light grey that worked
just fine, but the other was in a kind of green-grey that tended to fracture at the slightest flexing. I finally cut away the balky rear
fuselage and repalced it with the after fuselage from the 388 - not quite as good a match for contours, but thats why Vulcan made power sanders.



Still undecided about the final form - I have faked up a pair of HS 294s for an anti-shipping strike version, but also have a pair of
Condor 'Enzians' to hang on the wings for a very long range Nightfighter. It will also wind up with a 588 designation, possibly even
a Japanese scheme, as the backstory gets a bit...peculiar. ( It will also have a single tail from a Ju 352 - the ancient Airmodel/Frankmodel vac kit I have been toting around since High School. )


*Hermione Gazette -'mysterious and elusive because I only created the character a few days ago. Every bit the equal of Aunt Sekrit
 ( and her brother Hiram. for that matter ) in inventive genius, she nonetheless never appeared on the front pages of The Times,
but would occasionally appear on page three...

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Re: Projects of the YoKai...
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2013, 03:07:16 AM »
Loving all of these! :)
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

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Re: Projects of the YoKai...
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2013, 03:25:05 AM »
This is great to see! All of these deserve to be finished. the Junkers is ambitous!  :)
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Re: Projects of the YoKai...
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2014, 04:06:15 AM »
Progess on all three, pictures of the Brontes first, the other two tomorrow.


Basic Paint. This may be re-done. Its been awhile since I did any airrrrbrushing,
and my masking was only so-so. Still, this the final scheme, modeled on RN
practice during the 1880s.



Wing, aft deckhouse.
Not ready to tack it in place just yet, but I'll do that before I add the control
wires & whatnot. The deckhouse will get cranes for a couple of small torpedo
lauches, nicked from the 1/350 Kniaz Suvarov kit.



Teeny Steam Plant
These will drive a pair of large, Maxim style two-bladed props forward of the
wings. For more insight into some of the inspiration for the design, google Maxim Flying Machine & HMS Polyphemus, if you're so inclined.

 A bit more by Sunday, I hope.

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Re: Projects of the YoKai...
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2014, 10:26:13 AM »
 I found an earlier build image of the Brontes, but first, the 588



 Its coming along fairly nicely - I'm debating whether to try and give the outer wing panels the
 dihedral shown in the line drawings, and replacing the tailplanes with modified outer wing panels
 from the other 188.


and here's what the Brontes looked like back in April.
« Last Edit: January 07, 2014, 10:28:18 AM by Dr. YoKai »

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Re: Projects of the YoKai...
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2014, 11:35:25 AM »
588  :-*

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Re: Projects of the YoKai...
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2014, 12:58:15 AM »
Great updates! keep em coming!  :)
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Re: Projects of the YoKai...
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2014, 10:46:25 AM »
 A couple of pics of progress on the 588 - the new nacelle and the modified tailplanes



The new nacelles are loosely modelled on the nacelles for another Junkers, the 290.
The tailplanes are being given a bit more taper to make them look a tad more, ah,
Eighty-eightish. ;)

And the Brontes nears the finish line.


very pleased with the way the wings came out.
One more project that surfaced while rooting about on the shelves, a single seat Firefly.

We'll see what happens.

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Re: Projects of the YoKai...
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2014, 07:52:21 AM »
I love the Brontes. The ramming bow is a Dr. Yo trademark. The wing warp looks great, too.

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Re: Projects of the YoKai...
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2014, 08:36:41 AM »
Love that flying ship !   :-* :-* :-*
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Re: Projects of the YoKai...
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2014, 10:33:55 AM »
So much coolness ............  :-*    the 488 is a massive project, in more ways than one!

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Re: Projects of the YoKai...
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2014, 12:46:06 PM »
I love the Brontes.

ditto what a cool model!!  :)
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Offline Dr. YoKai

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Re: Projects of the YoKai...
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2014, 09:47:00 PM »
 Thanks for the kind words, colleagues -much appreciated!

 The camber ( think thats the right term ) on the wings was a fortunate accident. I had used stretched sprue for the
 rigging, and in using the old ( and risky ) technique of applying a bit of heat to tighten them up, got the attractive
 Clement Ader-esque curavture you see before you. :P Between this and the wing extensions on the Junkers, I'm
 slowly gaining confidence in wing building.

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Re: Projects of the YoKai...
« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2014, 08:55:30 AM »
Fabulous stuff! I'm very intrigued by the Ju-588 and single-seat Firefly   :)
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Re: Projects of the YoKai...
« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2014, 11:41:31 AM »
The robot got done - its in the Finished folder. The Brontes got pretty close -



She still lacks her rigging, rudders, ratlines and prop, and I sort of messed up the
decks, but overall, I'm kinda happy with her.