Global Scale Modeller

Up next for me is the latest offering from Italeri



She is another big bird for me to build and have to find space for........

Decals


Masking stickers for the RAM


Sprues







Clear Parts, well tinted...


PE Sheet....


I will of course be doing the Australian version

Got some bench time today

As with most plane builds, it all starts with the cockpit

Spent today assembling and painting the ejection seat









Seat is all together, painted and dry brushed. I went away from the painting instructions and went more off the reference photos I found. The instructions call out for gunship grey on the frame and black on the seat cushion, where in all the photos, the whole seat appears black to me.


[url=https://flic.kr/p/WKcdrw]

Seat has been gloss coated and is drying in prep for the 2 decals to go on it

Next up I will start on the cockpit tub
I have sprayed it according to the colour call out, but i have since found some reference pics where the colour is completely different

colour call out is for light gull grey, but after studing the ref pics, i think the dark ghost grey might be a better match?
What do you guys think?

Ref Pic



Cockpit tub as it stands today


Control stick and throttle



Until next time guys

Got the decals on the seat today and matt coated


Repainted the cockpit tub and IP. I think it looks a lot better



Comments are welcome

Ok, you are on my radar and locked in
That thing is gonna be huge!!!
Like the black Ultimate seat, looks bad ass I agree with the darker grey inside
Overall, you are off to a great start


Was it the F35 that they were having trouble with oxygen levels in the cockpit and guys were blacking out??? I remember watching something about that and they MADE the airforce pull the aircraft off duty for a bit while they sorted it out
Ring any bells?? Maybe the f22??

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Sat Aug 05, 2017 3:34 pm Ok, you are on my radar and locked in
That thing is gonna be huge!!!
Like the black Ultimate seat, looks bad ass I agree with the darker grey inside
Overall, you are off to a great start


Was it the F35 that they were having trouble with oxygen levels in the cockpit and guys were blacking out??? I remember watching something about that and they MADE the airforce pull the aircraft off duty for a bit while they sorted it out
Ring any bells?? Maybe the f22??

Cheers buddy, welcome aboard.
Yep she is going to be one big Bird when she is all finished.

I'm chuffed at how the seat turned out. I was a little worried with it all being black on black, but the dark grey dry brushing really brought the details out

I thought the oxygen problem was the f-18????
The F-35 has had a lot but I don't remember hearing about that one. The ejection seat on the other hand I remember that it would possibly break the neck of pilots on the lighter end of the scale

Ya it was the F22...sorry was on my phone and too lazy to search

http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArch ... athing.pdf

And the f-18

https://theaviationist.com/2017/03/29/a ... on-issues/

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Sun Aug 06, 2017 12:57 am Ya it was the F22...sorry was on my phone and too lazy to search

http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArch ... athing.pdf

ElCapitan wrote: Sun Aug 06, 2017 7:35 am And the f-18

https://theaviationist.com/2017/03/29/a ... on-issues/

From wiki..... an aussie f-18 lost in 91

Mystery loss of F/A-18

On this day, an F/A-18 Hornet from No 75 Squadron (A21-41, piloted by Flying Officer Cameron Conroy) went missing while returning to RAAF Base Tindal, in the Northern Territory. Conroy’s aircraft was one of a pair which earlier conducted a simulated strike on a target 290 kilometres south-west of Tindal. When Conroy failed to respond to radio calls, his wingman flew alongside and observed him slumped forward in the cockpit, having apparently suffered hypoxic hypoxia after taking off his oxygen mask. His aircraft was tracked on radar as it continued, under autopilot control, on a constant east-north-east course out over the Gulf of Carpentaria. An extensive air and sea search failed to find where A21-41 had come down after it ran out of fuel. It was not until July 1994 that a stockman discovered an aircraft crash site at Bromley Downs, 100 kilometres north-east of Weipa in far north Queensland

Nothing done today... well model wise anyways, did manage to get the brake pads changed over in my lovely partners suv

Today I am spray painting.....a garden shed
Good job on the brakes...if you cannot be handsome, at least be handy

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Sun Aug 06, 2017 3:15 pm Today I am spray painting.....a garden shed
Good job on the brakes...if you cannot be handsome, at least be handy

What are you trying to say buddy

Hey Guys

More bench time today... Im loving my long service leave

Started the weapon bays today

EPM's!!!!


Not sure how to go about filling these buggers?
To be honest I'm leaning towards just leaving them so that I don't destroy and of the detail...

All the parts for one bay cleaned up and ready for primer


Engine cleaned and prepped for primer


All Primed also coated the cockpit tub and IP in clear so i can weather and decal


While waiting for the primer to dry, I had a look at the intakes.....

Did I mention EPM's??






Sanded back......


Primed...... have I mentioned I love the Ultimate black Primer??



Shot some Steel at the engine parts as well



That's all for tonight
Comments and criticism welcome

Lazy day today

Got the decal on the Ip. it is currently soaking with more mirco sol as the decal is a tad too large for the ip


Got the engine colours all down and it is currently in the drying box after a gloss coat in prep for weathering. Not 100% sure how much of it will be seen, but there a few panels that you can leave open to catch sight of it after it is installed in the fuselage




Also laid down some white on the weapon bays, sorry no photos of them they are in the drying box as well

Spectacular paint work on the engines

First pass through I didn't see the ejector depression marks you were talking about in the weapons bay where all the wires are running....now I see what you mean
You could try to fill them with some Ca glue. Might take a couple of doses, but you could carefully top up the sink hole flush and then not need any sanding...just a thought

Struggling a bit with her today

Have assembled the weapon bays



still need to detail paint and pick out some of the detail, these are the real deal....




Not sure how I will go trying to replicate that!

Got the ip decal snuggled down the best i could and the clear panel installed


Intakes assembled


Built up on of the bombs


And got some panel lining done on the engine nozzle to make it look like it had been run up a few times. not going to weather the engine anymore than that as it will not been seen once installed and the fuselage closed up


And finally the Landing Gear bays and legs were cleaned up dry fitted and primed



Hmmm for someone struggling with their mojo today, I sure did accomplish a reasonable amount of work

Started to detail paint the weapon bays tonight



Assembled the cockpit and Ip, matt coated and seat dry fitted





Got the land gear parts all painted white


Assembled, primed and painted the missiles. Assembled primed and got the first colour down on the JDAM's


Comments welcome

Quiet day yesterday

got the landing gear and bays detail painted and glossed ready for weathering





Jdams and Aim 120s painted and glossed, ready for decals



I did make a mistake with the jdams, the pe top i have put on upside down. Didnt realise until it was completely painted
oh well they will be in the internal bays so the top wont be seen

Looks like it is progressing very well...you are trying to give me the fighter plane mojo again just as I have the hots for sports cars.
I think I am going to order Digger's Russian wooden plane stand soon....after the smoke clears from all the darn kits I have bought recently.

Keep up the good work bud, this will really start taking shape soon

Haven't done much lately been away for my 40th birthday in Adelaide for a week

Got the front gear weathered/pin washed and together yesterday



and 1 x aim120 and 1 X JDAM decaled up



Please forgive the photos, im just working with my phone camera. I have ordered one of those small portable photo booths

Some more work done on her today

Got the wheel and weapon bays weathered and in place




The engine and intakes together and mounted


She is up on her legs!


Also testing out my home made dissolved sprue


Its a tad hard to see due to my crap lighting and the fact the melted sprue is from this kit....

As always advice and comments are welcome

That is a good looking belly!!!
I would have died painting all those moulded wires
Keep plugging away mate

Things have slowed a little as my long service leaves draws to a close

Got the wing nav lights painted up


Silver, Tamiya's X11 from memory, on the backside and then a coat of clear red and green respectively on the top

Cockpit installed and the fuselage joined together....

She is a bit of an ugly duckling



Did shoot some white for the canopy hinges, refueling port and the wheel hubs through the new H&S infinity..... OMG..... the difference between a good air brush and a el cheapo Chinese special..... didnt get any photos though
Best $$$ ive spent so far in the hobby!

Ya, I knew you would like the H&S, that was a good choice
Good stuff

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2017 3:37 pm Ya, I knew you would like the H&S, that was a good choice
Good stuff

Hmmm

If it wasn't for you mate my thread would be a ghost town...

I knew the F-35 was an unpopular aircraft, but I didn't realise that went for the model as well

Fridgy wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:54 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2017 3:37 pm Ya, I knew you would like the H&S, that was a good choice
Good stuff

Hmmm

If it wasn't for you mate my thread would be a ghost town...

I knew the F-35 was an unpopular aircraft, but I didn't realise that went for the model as well

They don't know what they are missing...you will get more as it gets to its final stages and looks like a plane rather than a flattened chicken with stork legs Just joking

Have a good last bit of vacation, not a fan of the last few days myself before returning to hell, I mean work

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:14 am

Fridgy wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:54 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2017 3:37 pm Ya, I knew you would like the H&S, that was a good choice
Good stuff

Hmmm

If it wasn't for you mate my thread would be a ghost town...

I knew the F-35 was an unpopular aircraft, but I didn't realise that went for the model as well

They don't know what they are missing...you will get more as it gets to its final stages and looks like a plane rather than a flattened chicken with stork legs Just joking

Have a good last bit of vacation, not a fan of the last few days myself before returning to hell, I mean work

Lol

I love your visuals scott.. they always get a laugh

Ya all in jest my friend
Not sure why some threads get a ton of action and others nothing. This is a super build by a talented guy of a topic not often covered...so it should get looked at. I get the same feeling, both my Porsche builds are pretty
With only a couple of my regular car buddies replying
So, I just post what I post, comment on what I comment and don't worry about the views or popularity and thank the guys that do stop in and say hi

I do find the forum is waning a bit lately, maybe it is the summer, maybe it is Facebook, maybe the live show guys need to do more of their builds on the forum and not just in the chat room where most of us cannot see them. Ignoring the masses makes the masses revolt, if history has shown us anything. JMHO

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:43 am Ya all in jest my friend
Not sure why some threads get a ton of action and others nothing. This is a super build by a talented guy of a topic not often covered...so it should get looked at. I get the same feeling, both my Porsche builds are pretty
With only a couple of my regular car buddies replying
So, I just post what I post, comment on what I comment and don't worry about the views or popularity and thank the guys that do stop in and say hi

I do find the forum is waning a bit lately, maybe it is the summer, maybe it is Facebook, maybe the live show guys need to do more of their builds on the forum and not just in the chat room where most of us cannot see them. Ignoring the masses makes the masses revolt, if history has shown us anything. JMHO

Dont get me wrong, it does get looked at, there are some 200 odd views of the thread, it's just your the only one to really be active on it apart from myself.
I'm not overly worried, i build for me not everyone else

pottering at the desk this afternoon after picking up the new company car

got the wings on..... OMG GAPS!! the fit on some of these parts is horrible!



Got it filled with my sprue goo.... only did one side... started getting dizzy and now have a slight head ache.... potent stuff when your working on a large plane with huge gaps


Will make sure I turn the fan on and open the window when I attack the other side

Nice bit of gooing there Mick. Go for a blast in your new car to clear that head!

I must admit to being one of the silent, perhaps majority, who look in on most things and comment on close to nowt. No comment has not meant a lack of respect or appreciation for your or others work, but of course you wouldn't know that.

Even though I've been back in the habit for a couple of years now, I'm still in awe of the work posted, and dream of getting anywhere the quality of work you and others produce.

But like you and the vast majority of folks on the site, we do it for our own reasons and satisfaction.

Keep up the great work, I for one will endeavour to be more communicative in future.

And @twokids you seldom fail to put a smile on my face with your quips and perspectives, please keep up the banter.

Sorry for hijacking your build, I'll get off the soapbox.

Great work so far mate, I'll subscribe to your thread!

Fridgy wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:54 pm
I knew the F-35 was an unpopular aircraft, but I didn't realise that went for the model as well

I built Academys 1/72 version for the warring weather GB. I love the F-35!!

Don't have much progress to share ATM
New job with trying to get back into the swing of working after a month off hasn't left a lot of modelling time

Still working on the gaps where the wings and fuselage meet

I have the topside of the starboard wing done, but the port wing has had 3 applications of sprue goo to get it to sit proud of the gap.... touch wood anyway as the 3rd go is drying as we speak

Will upload some photos when I either figure out the iOS flicker app or crack it and get my old Samsung phone out and use that

Holy crap!
It's been a month since I have touched her

Right I really think I need to make some time for modelling this weekend, it's a long weekend after all and while the weather is improving it not quite riding weather yet

Maybe it because I'm at the soul destroying stage of sanding down the sprue goo on the wing gaps??

Fridgy wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2017 1:50 am Holy crap!
It's been a month since I have touched her

How dare you neglect a future legend of fixed wing aircraft!

xSCAR45 wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2017 3:12 am

Fridgy wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2017 1:50 am Holy crap!
It's been a month since I have touched her

How dare you neglect a future legend of fixed wing aircraft!

I know right?!

The way I'm going with this build, it will take me as long as the development of the actual aircraft took.....

YAY!!
Got some bench time tonight after dinner

Finally got the gaps in the wings sanded back

Got the canopy frame work installed

Last part of the engine primed in Ultimate gloss black in prep for metallic colours

Got the refueling doors assembled

And finally the horizontal stabilisers assembled

Didn’t get any photos tonight as I was all about actual modelling, will break out the camera and get some tomorrow and post them up.

Ugh! You tease!

I'm looking forward to your next post.

xSCAR45 wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2017 4:13 pm Ugh! You tease!

I'm looking forward to your next post.

ok as promised

wings sanded


exhaust nozzle primed in Ultimate gloss black


Refueling doors



Canopy Frame installed




Horizontal Stabilisers


And tonight I spent some time painting the nozzle
Colour call outs are flat white on the inside which i have yet to do
Gun metal on the leaves
and finally steel on the tip and in between the leaves, which i have done but on the photo its hard to see the difference between the 2 colours.


I have been toying with the idea of repainting the nozzle with a lighter colour on the leaves, say tamiya's titanium gold and shooting a light coat of clear blue on the very end to show heat discolouration.......

would this be the effect you are looking for?

[youtube]qgJIuJ8a_8k[/youtube]

Well done getting rid of the join line on the wings. That's always my downfall.

Awesome job overall!

Not a lot of bench time this weekend

Spent what time I did have experimenting with redoing the exhaust nozzle.
Stripped it back in a bath of IPA

Primed the inside with Ultimate white
Then shot Ultimate glossy black on the exterior
Then some Tamiya titanium gold thinned 50/50 with mr hobby SLT, after hearing people rave about their results (looking at you Scott )
finally tonight i put down some Mr Hobby steel in the tip and in between the exhaust leaves(?)



Up next, hopefully tomorrow, i will shot some Alclad aqua gloss at it in prep for a panel wash

Which will hopefully clean up the paint between the leaves


Thanks for looking

Vindicare wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:37 pm would this be the effect you are looking for?

[youtube]qgJIuJ8a_8k[/youtube]

While that does look awesome, everything I have found online shows very little to no heat discolouration on the exhaust at all


I couldn't find any colours I had that were even close to the metallic brown the real thing looks like, so I have taken some artistic license

thats really a strange colour!

maybe 77.723 from vallejo metal line?

http://cdn.acrylicosvallejo.com/a9bab9e ... 1-baja.pdf

Vindicare wrote: Sun Oct 15, 2017 11:38 am thats really a strange colour!

maybe 77.723 from vallejo metal line?

http://cdn.acrylicosvallejo.com/a9bab9e ... 1-baja.pdf

even that doesnt look quite right

Bah Im happy so far with the colours Ive chosen, so its not 100% accurate

I wouldn’t mess with it, your exhaust looks just fine indeed

Got some modelling time this weekend while the step daughter had a friend over for a sleep over

Got the exterior canopy frame got masked and painted up, complete with finger prints on the glass

Used the medium gunship grey, model air 71.097of the interior frame work first as the canopy will be displayed open, then a coat of model Color 70.990, followed by AK ultra matt. Painted the det cord?? Model Color 70.989 sky Grey on the inside with a cocktail stick



Once all that was dry I cleaned up the finger prints with a q tip moistened with Tamiya x20 enamel thinner and buffed with a soft flannelette cloth

Shot some Alclad aqua gloss clear at the exhaust can and used tamiyas black panel liner once that had dried overnight


Tamiya panel liner was applied to the internal stores while it was out on the bench

Great work, that canopy looks really good!

Holy sh!t
I have been mega slack with doing any modelling work

Hopefully now that life has finished bending me over for the time being, i might be able to make some progress....

Stay tuned....

Came in a bit late so Im sure to see the paint work of this cool machine and so far awesome job on it!

Right so... just to keep me on my toes.... i was starting to mask everything up tonight and i realised that all of my plane builds have been gear down etc... so i decided that i would make this big bitch in flight.... yes i have no pilot figure for her and yes i jave built her up so far for gear down canopy up... so this should be interesting

Fridgy wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:35 am Right so... just to keep me on my toes.... i was starting to mask everything up tonight and i realised that all of my plane builds have been gear down etc... so i decided that i would make this big bitch in flight.... yes i have no pilot figure for her and yes i jave built her up so far for gear down canopy up... so this should be interesting

Nothing like moving the goal posts in extra time to give yourself a challenge!