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Offline taiidantomcat

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Taiidan Foxbat
« on: February 02, 2012, 08:21:47 PM »


Built by somebody else "once a upon a time" and in a bad state, got it from Evilbay. 1/72 Hasegawa (?) MiG-25

I often buy built kits and then "refurb" them into Whiffs. Also for once I am fashionably early.  8)
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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2012, 02:16:29 AM »
Interesting approach.
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Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2012, 05:02:39 AM »


New "Plastic  :icon_ninja: Origami" Fins



Sanded down, Seat and Console Removed along with Canopy (which will simply be painted black on the inside. Nothing to see here! Move along  :icon_swat: )



I would have left this but it was broken on the other side and the piece is long gone so I removed this side as well. Wingtip Missiles to come  >:D



Removed the stubs for the horizontal Stabs. Then I had an idea... Kind of a gamble but I decided to try it.



Tore the old engines off. and cut through these walls in the back



oops this was the only part that broke- though I did pop some seams, easy fix.



1/48  F-110s!!!

 :-*
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Offline LemonJello

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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2012, 09:21:26 AM »
Interesting....very, very interesting.  The "plastic origami" fins have me wondering where this is going.
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Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2012, 01:35:56 AM »


Cut a notch in some Sprue.



And fit it onto the intake. I could have just measuered and cut but I like using the excess as a handle, to position it easier.



Tada!



Cut off the handle and repeated for the other side. I did this So I have more surface to glue the Intake covers onto
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Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #5 on: February 29, 2012, 11:35:17 AM »


Cleaning up the Origami fins! They have not been cooperative!  :-\ good thing this GB is going to the end of march!!  :icon_crap:
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Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2012, 06:17:26 AM »






This has not been an easy build! Racing to the finish  >:( Going to put everything together tomorrow, gloss coat and decal to follow.

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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2012, 06:30:31 AM »
Lookin' good, I like the stripes.  :)
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Offline apophenia

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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2012, 11:42:57 AM »
Yeah  love the stripes ... and the origami fins came out really well  :)
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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2012, 05:49:55 PM »
Coming along nicely.
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Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2012, 07:12:58 AM »




Kinda looks like something Darth Vader would find himself flying. The Gloss coat is on, so tomorrow is decaling, and then Thursday weathering, and finished Friday! I put the wings on upside down because they are flatter that way which I feel blends them better with the flat sided fins. You can see the four light gray pieces I used to cover up the holes.

I planned on challenging myself by doing a Taiidan scheme with nothing but rattlebombs, but I didn't plan on it being this one!  :o The time crunch demanded it though, and so far, so good.  :icon_music:
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Offline RussC

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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2012, 11:18:11 AM »
Hmmmmm, looks a bit Macrossnikov! or GundamGurevich... ;-)



The build and workmanship are excellent.

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Offline mikejapan

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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2012, 12:08:42 PM »
Interesting  ;)
I like the look of it by far!
The GE nozzles also enhance it.
Good luck!
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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2012, 01:51:43 AM »
Very pleasing to the eye.  :)
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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2012, 06:33:53 AM »




That "Rescue" decal is a disaster that silvered badly and NEVER settled no matter how much solution it tried. I ended up scraping it off, which I really think helped. I had a lot of decals jam packed on there and it looked like NASCAR!!



Tail fin meant to look like this:



With a VMFA-121 twist:




And finally:

FINISHED!!
 






Flat coated then lightly weathered with pastels.







Overall I give this a grade of about a C. I did OK but there are certain things I would like to do better  :icon_meditation:
« Last Edit: March 31, 2012, 06:38:50 AM by taiidantomcat »
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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #15 on: March 31, 2012, 06:38:25 AM »
And he slides into home...safe!!!! ;)
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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2012, 07:54:47 AM »
Bravo! Your "C" looks pretty good to me.  :)
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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #17 on: April 01, 2012, 10:00:20 PM »
 Looks mighty good to me-well donr!
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Re: Taiidan Foxbat
« Reply #18 on: April 02, 2012, 04:07:09 AM »
Most excellent, Mr Tomcat! Your "C" is an A-plus-plus with extra credit in my book!

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