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Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, electric indigo said:

That are some wild seams to clean up 😅

@Papa Rat

Actually not that bad in the way of seems. Halves split horizontally, the most seem work was with the sides of the nose. The wings closed up pretty good. With the 'pontoons' over the wings, they were pretty gappy in real life, esp near the rear, and I won't be doing any sanding, but just using a wet q-tip to hydrate and wipe off excess.

All in all, the fit is alright. The one spot that I would work on more before the wings went together would be the wing fences. But I am liking this one.

Edited by Thom
Posted
9 minutes ago, Thom said:

@Papa Rat

Actually not that bad in the way of seems. Halves split horizontally, the most seem work was with the sides of the nose. The wings closed up pretty good. With the 'pontoons' over the wings, they were pretty gappy in real life, esp near the rear, and I won't be doing any sanding, but just using a wet q-tip to hydrate and wipe off excess.

All in all, the fit is alright. The one spot that I would work on more before the wings went together would be the wing fences. But I am liking this one.

I think Electric Indigo mentioned seams. I was thinking about the larger gaps by the wing area. Anyway, thanks for the info. 👍

Posted
8 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

...the larger gaps by the wing area....

Where the leading edge of the wing meets up with the closer 'pontoon,' which is actually extra fuel and anionic housing? There is a hole there, but that is for a part that has not been added yet.

Posted
28 minutes ago, Thom said:

Where the leading edge of the wing meets up with the closer 'pontoon,' which is actually extra fuel and anionic housing? There is a hole there, but that is for a part that has not been added yet.

Yeah… Hahaha. I see, that makes way more sense. 

Posted
35 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

So close. Decal time and then final construction!

 

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Look at all that beautiful detail.

The pearlescent white makes the building appear ethereal. 

Wow.

Posted
19 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Look at all that beautiful detail.

The pearlescent white makes the building appear ethereal. 

Wow.

I agree. These smaller 1:144 scale Volks kits have plenty of nice detail. They really pop once you hit it with a panel wash. 
That pearly semi transparent plastic is really nice. I wish it was slightly more transparent so the frame colors would show a little more but I’m still loving it. Ethereal is a great description and I hope I do it justice. I just need to stick the landing. Fingers crossed. 😊

Posted
3 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

I agree. These smaller 1:144 scale Volks kits have plenty of nice detail. They really pop once you hit it with a panel wash. 
That pearly semi transparent plastic is really nice. I wish it was slightly more transparent so the frame colors would show a little more but I’m still loving it. Ethereal is a great description and I hope I do it justice. I just need to stick the landing. Fingers crossed. 😊

It’s looking great so far, can’t wait to see it all together 

Posted
1 hour ago, derex3592 said:

I think I'm there on the oils..... Bout to wrap up this Blackbird build! 

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The bird we didn't know we needed for Thanksgiving!!

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Posted
5 hours ago, Thom said:

The bird we didn't know we needed for Thanksgiving!!

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

We always need a beautiful bird such as the SR-71 for Thanksgiving.

All I get is crabs. 😜 image.jpeg.69a782782cca548d024a5712c6c7d02e.jpeg

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Posted
10 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said:

We always need a beautiful bird such as the SR-71 for Thanksgiving.

All I get is crabs. 😜 image.jpeg.69a782782cca548d024a5712c6c7d02e.jpeg

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

HAHAHA!!:rofl:

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