Beyond The Sprues

Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: Twiddle on March 18, 2019, 01:58:13 AM

Title: Kilpikonna Skyfire
Post by: Twiddle on March 18, 2019, 01:58:13 AM
Need a distraction from my Norsu Heavy APC build

Here's the distraction :

Bash of the following two kits:
1) 1/48 Academy Spitfire FR.XIVe
2) 1/48 Italeri AD-4 Skyraider

Here is the proposed layout as seen from above

(https://i.imgur.com/PMPKkLl.jpg)

Me thinks the FR.XIVe  fuselage must be
1) Widened
2) Lengthened

How I am going to do 1) and 2) is beyond me  :o

PS - Thanks for making BtS so great !
PPS - Apologies for the glorious mess on my hobby desk  ;D
Title: Re: Kilpikonna Skyfire
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 18, 2019, 02:18:28 AM
Curious to see where this goes.  The "Skyfire" name is a winner though. :smiley:
Title: Re: Kilpikonna Skyfire
Post by: elmayerle on March 18, 2019, 04:06:51 AM
Curious to see where this goes.  The "Skyfire" name is a winner though. :smiley:
Agree on all points.
Title: Re: Kilpikonna Skyfire
Post by: finsrin on March 18, 2019, 12:11:45 PM
Predict lot of PSR is ahead.
Title: Re: Kilpikonna Skyfire
Post by: elmayerle on March 18, 2019, 12:21:33 PM
Lengthening the fuselage is going to be a challenge.  If 'twere me, I'd cut just behind the cockpit so that the aft section had the back fairing on the wing and move that back enough to line up with the Skyraider trailing edge and build up the fuselage from there with a lot of cut sprue stringers covered with either small sections of plastic card or formed larger pieces and then putty over that.

Just my $0.02.
Title: Re: Kilpikonna Skyfire
Post by: Kerick on March 18, 2019, 12:39:16 PM
Lengthening the fuselage is doable as elmayerle stated. Widening is another matter. The engine and cockpit area could be done with plastic strips added between the fuselage halves but then you would have to taper the rest of the way back to the tail. Either taper some plastic strips or use epoxy putty.
This will be interesting to watch.
Title: Re: Kilpikonna Skyfire
Post by: Twiddle on August 10, 2019, 10:14:55 PM
Need to do this whiff faster than my Heavy APC  ;D

Wingtips removed as per below photo :

(https://i.imgur.com/a9GU2bI.png)

Thinking of adding either 1) Wingtip fueltanks (ala B-26K) or 2) Missile launch rails.

Wing roots will be blended in with existing Spitfire FR Mk XIVe fuselage.

Also thinking of adding 7.62mm M134 Miniguns blended into wings.

Decided not going to lengthen the Spitfire fuselage .... My whiff has an early form of AFCS which will augment stabilization in flight.

Thanks for making BtS so great  :smiley:

PS - AFCS stands for Aicraft Flight Control System