Urashiman

No real world fiddling around today, but some progress on the VF-1P. Slow progress ... super slow, because things don't turn out how I want them and then have to do it again, but I love doing it, else I wouldn't be doing it, eh?

@MechTech thanks man!

okay, I think I performed enough sanding now.

next steps:

new canopy

carving panel lines

4 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Still a LOT to remove...need to thin the diameter of the hull and correct proportions. Have to print out new blueprints (old ones are MIA).

Stay tuned... hands and wrists are sore...

Oh yeah - you are in sanding hell as well. have fun!

@derex3592 haha, sound horrible. But no, I only build a hand full of 1/48 kits. Most were WW2 planes and one F-14 I think.

@MechTech no, I like it the hard way. Sanding until the fingers are bleeding.

I hope this is done now. Will test prime that thing tomorrow. Let’s see if it is good now. Then it is time to carve panel lines and make a new canopy.

23 hours ago, derex3592 said:

Good tips! In other news... @Urashiman inspired me to do this! Less than $13 shipped! Never built a Hobby Boss kit, but this will be a fun, quick (hopefully) after Titanic build before the Raptor. 

Haha! Great! Have fun! I hope it won't be as annoying as my F-5B (CF-116). Can you post pictures of the runners?

It‘s putty time children!

grey revell putty for the things that need more sanding.

And then I noticed these giant gaps. Revell putty won’t help here.

time for good old miliput!

muhahaha! More stuff to sand away!

@ahiachris Nice print! What resolution has you SLA printer?

@MechTech Thanks a lot man!

Working on the VF-1P again.

I think I have the canopy right now. Took me a while to get the proper form. In the back, canopy v1, in the front canopy v3.14 (the one I am satisfied with).

EDIT:

Some progress from today.

Panel lines in real life, as in virtual life are hard to carve, and take their time.

@Thom @arbit @derex3592

Thanks for the encouraging words. No worries, the adventure (much more sanding) will continue.

But I got tired of that thing after sanding away and decided to work on the VF-1P a bit more. Here two renders fresh from the renderbakery.

I am not too sure if I will leave the canopy like this. It looks a bit too much like the weird 80s Bandai kit canopy.

Hey everyone!

I did a bunch of sanding and filling and "pre-panel lining" on the F-5B (CF-116). So this is where I am so far. I have been sanding and sanding and filling and sanding. Rinse and repeat.

So I decided to spray the thing with the good old Tamiya surface primer to check for any stuff that needs even more sanding. And boy, the primer didn't fail me, but that #@%&$?! kit frustrates me. After all this sanding, there are still so many things to do.

So much fun! Hahahahahah

On 6/21/2022 at 4:08 PM, SpacePirateNeko said:

started up on all 3 

Have fun with them!

Okay, did a bit of panel line work on the VF-9 again.

It is so annoying, and super hard work. You start to cut an then it looks weird.

Then you go back to an older version of the object and do it again and again and again until you have something that you a bit satisfied with and then rework it again.

At least I am getting progress. Slow but it is there.

15 minutes ago, MechTech said:

@Big s You get productivity out of yours?! You must share your secrets😅

@Urashiman That TOTALLY sucks! I guess you're not going to strip it down? My spitfire paint job did that too. I used a very fine sponge sander to get it smooth, then buffed it out with a rag. You may still be able to help it along. If you can save that F-5, you can save this. - MT

Went over it with 1500 grid tamiya sanding sponge. Not too sure if I like this. Defo have to air brush again.

1 hour ago, Thom said:

@Urashiman I feel your pain! I have three moisture traps on mine, which helps, but it'll still throw up occasionally if I am spraying for too long. Give it a light sand back with some fine grade and touch up. Nice color though.

I'm not a careful sander ... I'd probably sand through the primer, the ground color and shading. Hahaha. It dried a bit more, and isn't that much visible anymore, so I'll just leave it like that

PS: Revell Enamel blue 50. Fits the VF-22S Max version without any need to color mix something together.

A modellers horror story in three pictures.

I hate it when my airbrush burps onto my stuff

I decided to leave it like that now, but stilll it annoys me.

3 hours ago, electric indigo said:

Another grail kit acquired: Erina of the Sky from Mika Akitaka's Galaxy Fraulein Yuna.

@Urashiman I'm in the vicinity of Cologne

Nice, my wife is from cologne. We visit cologne as well as Bergisch Gladbach a lot, family visits etc. I am from the former East Berlin (born and raised in communist Germany, hahaha!)

4 hours ago, electric indigo said:

Interesting, I wonder if it is fit that way to have some degree of caster (Nachlauf) or to prevent the gear from collapsing to the back in case of failure.

I guess you won't see that on a carrier bird.

Yeah, F/A-18, F-14 and F-35 all have straight 90° angle nose gear. Might have asked that already, but are you German?

On 6/11/2022 at 11:36 AM, electric indigo said:

@Urashiman I know the forward landing gear strut angle is canon, but structurally, it doesn't make sense to me. Is there any real world example of this?

The Airbus A320 as a slightly tilted front landing gear. Maybe 5° or something, but yeah. Nowhere else I saw this. Appart from looking fancy (adding to the already fancy VF-9), there isn't much I can think of, why they decided on this type of gear.

Oh look, the F-16 has that as well.

Not at an extreme angle like the VF-9, but from the gear configuration, it seems the VF-9 took inspiration from the F-16 nose gear.

6 hours ago, Thom said:

XD

well, in this case, the engine bay.

6 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Nice work on the new legs!

thanks!

I made some progress on the VF-9's new legs and wanted to share some renders, because sharing is caring

Feedback is welcome.

10 hours ago, captain america said:

Not wood, modelling board, then resin for the kits.

Ah, that fake wood stuff, having similar features like wood, minus the grain direction and splintering. My brother was a professional casting modeller for a company that did industrial molds and casts. They used that stuff all the time. He brought me some ages ago. Great stuff to work with.

Oh boy, this is so awesome!

4 hours ago, arbit said:

Looking great.  Is the body actually that smooth for future printing, or are you using some visual "smoothing"?  A lot of 3D valks out there are blocky.  Not that I would know how to design 'em better.

It is super smooth. I bet there will be some blockyness, but at this scale, sanding the body once with 180 or 320 grid will get rid of it.

Pushing myself to get the VF-9 done.

Only little parts left. I scrapped the back gear idea again. It didn't look good. Finally got the form of the engine exhaust/foot right.

Let's hope I get this done this year, hahahahah.

okay, stickers are a bummer. but I got so many left over waterslide decals from other Valks, I'll just use them.

Been tinkering around on my VF-9 again. Getting the gunpod size right hard. I've been trying around and checking with reference material, but I think the size it good now.

Also decided on the basic shape of the back landing gear of the VF-9. I tried the F-18 one, with the "bend knees" but it looked horrible. So this is mostly like the standard stuff one would find in a F-14, F-22 or F-35. Any better recommendations are welcome.