Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => 2019 Clear your workbench GB => Topic started by: polygon on April 30, 2019, 02:51:44 PM
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(https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/cv-58-9-image01.jpg)
Giving this a shot.
Settled on 1/200 airliner scale. Hopefully haven't bitten of more than I can chew, but we'll see.
Also if motivation strikes I'd like to build the shorter rc-80 alongside and maybe a 1/350 scale on as well.
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The double fine on the outboard engine gives it a Thunderbirds vibe. 😎
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One weeks worth of anti-procrastination:
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Great start!
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Nice to see that insanity still has a place in WhIf World! ;)
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Wow!! :o Nice use of legos for stands too :smiley:
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:smiley:
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Minor revision. I left a tab on the main cross section to help align the tail fin, but realized it made shaping and sanding the rear fuselage difficult. So just had to cut a chunk out and invert it and will now have the tab on the fin itself.
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Engine thingy:
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Wings are on!
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Tail on:
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Really liking concept and scratch building. Am following progress.
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That's looking very interesting :smiley:
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That is some very nice old school modelling
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Impressive scratch building, looking forward to the finished plane.
Mog
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Productive week.
Started with the engines. These engines have flat sides and a bulge on top and bottom, thought I'd try using 2 half pipes:
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That ended up not working too great so had to fall back to plastic frame + putty:
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Better, but then I dropped that and broke the bee stinger exhaust and had to re-do the whole thing again - leaving the core out until the last setp:
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Turned out much better:
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Not willing to do that 3 more times so I turned to good old resin casting. Using something called oyumaru - it gets soft in boiling water and can be reused afterwards. It's perfect because I only need 4 engines, I'll keep the master somewhere and re-use the oyumaru later:
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Lego to the rescue again:
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Not perfect, but a bit of sanding and it'll be alright:
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Test fit on model:
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Hope to have it ready for paint by the end of the week.
Gotta start thinking about colour scheme now, I'm thinking Eastern Airlines maybe Delta - I don't know much about 1970's airlines.
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Beautifully cast engines, BOAC livery would look good.
Mog
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Great work!
How about Air Canada? CF-SST.
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Lookin' great so far. :smiley:
Particularly like the way you're doing the engines. Might be an option for one of my own bilds. What type of putty did you use?
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Particularly like the way you're doing the engines.
Yeah!
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What type of putty did you use?
I use Tamiya Epoxy Putty (Quick Type), I've tried others but I like this one the most.
Beautifully cast engines, BOAC livery would look good.
Mog
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Great work!
How about Air Canada? CF-SST.
Great suggestions - still cant decide though.
I think I will just leave it to an informal poll, if anybody would like to cast a vote or offer a suggestion post it here in the next say 24 hours.
So far we have:
Air Canada
BOAC
Eastern
Delta
If no clear winner I will devise a way to randomly pick one.
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What type of putty did you use?
I use Tamiya Epoxy Putty (Quick Type), I've tried others but I like this one the most.
Thanks for the heads-up. :smiley: Will have to give this one a try.
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This is as far as I got before the deadline:
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Can I get a move to the workbench GB?
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That's sharp as a tack!
Brian da Basher
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This is looking really cool,
I agree with kericks comments, it really has a Thunderbirds/Fireflash vibe to it.
Look forward to the final reveal
Mog
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it is coming along beautifully!
I have to try the "oyumaru with Lego casting frame" trick. Thanks for sharing!