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Post by mustang1989 on Dec 28, 2020 16:47:54 GMT -6
I can't remember the last time I started an aircraft model. Sheesh! What's it been now........five years?? Just haven't felt comfortable with my painting and weathering skills until the finish up of my Ar 234 last year. Additionally, automotive modeling has given me a new spin on airbrushing. Well....I guess it's about time to bust out with one huh? We'll be going with Tamiya's Me-262 offering So..... let's dance. Here's what's in the arsenal for this build:
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Post by 41chevy on Jan 1, 2021 10:40:48 GMT -6
Cool! No weighted tires?
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 2, 2021 5:45:46 GMT -6
Cool! No weighted tires? I'm gonna have to look at that brassin wheel/ tire set a little closer to see Paul. Thanks bro!
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stevielewis
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Post by stevielewis on Jan 2, 2021 6:37:52 GMT -6
I will almost bet that they are weighted tires. Eduard's always had that feature as standard for their replacement tires.
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Post by 41chevy on Jan 2, 2021 13:04:26 GMT -6
Cool! No weighted tires? I'm gonna have to look at that brassin wheel/ tire set a little closer to see Paul. Thanks bro! Be watching any way. I've got at least a dozen 262 variants to build with a few doubles for captured test flow a/c's.
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 4, 2021 15:23:47 GMT -6
Awww shoot!! I didn't look at the tires yet. Will do that this evening fellas. Just to show that I'm making some progress here I've now got the fuselage cut from sprues, cleaning up the halves and test fitting the interior tomorrow....
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Post by 41chevy on Jan 5, 2021 12:23:34 GMT -6
Your set appears to have tires, the period when I bought all my detail sets the weighted tires were from True Details. They were the only game in town (OH CRAP) twenty years ago when I bought all the stuff. Time flew a bit
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 7, 2021 13:33:12 GMT -6
Don't say that too loud Paul. lololol. I've got the same problem where I'll be talking about an event that occurred...... .thirty years ago.
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 11, 2021 20:23:43 GMT -6
Ok gang.....I've been working on this aircraft all friggin' week now. I've been busy getting rid of the interior detail/ ribbing from inside of the fuselage in order to fit the AM resin pieces in there. After accomplishing that and test fitting it's looking pretty good from about every angle so far. Details removed: The interior tub, landing gear bay side panels, and rear wall of the bay seem to fit well: I test fitted the original rear wall in place to see how high it sat above the fuselage to ensure a proper wing to fuselage fit. Here's the OOB height. and the height with the AM Aires resin piece fitted into place. Looks good from here: So......I tried my luck with the wing test fit. I think I'm good with this:
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Post by stevielewis on Jan 12, 2021 4:17:09 GMT -6
Looks good to me as well.
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Post by 41chevy on Jan 12, 2021 11:52:45 GMT -6
Looks very good. Makes me want to break out an aircraft kit but I'm on the home stretch with the Langley carrier CV1 so no need to get side tracked.
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 12, 2021 14:54:46 GMT -6
Thanks Steve!!
Thank you as well Paul! Do you have any WIP pics of that carrier?
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Post by 41chevy on Jan 13, 2021 10:12:44 GMT -6
I'll find the thread and post some.
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 24, 2021 8:35:30 GMT -6
This aint a whole lot but this here is around 3 hours worth of work. One wall of the landing gear bay is finished. Now for the other wall.....
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Post by 41chevy on Jan 24, 2021 12:21:47 GMT -6
Perfect looking!
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