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Post by reserve on Aug 25, 2022 18:35:10 GMT -6
NEXT Have not done a P-51 in decades  Started it today whadda mess  Figured on dressing it up a bit with an Eduard Look cockpit set  Given the properties of the plastic and the quality of the molding which is largely quite good I'm thinking this is a ROG product. This really surprised me when I got the box open as it was cheap, only thirty one bucks at the LHS. Regards, Mark |
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Post by Buddho on Aug 27, 2022 9:02:26 GMT -6
This is gonna be fun to watch. My favorite WW2 fighter. 😃
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Post by JCON on Aug 31, 2022 9:28:37 GMT -6
Looks very good!!!
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Post by reserve on Aug 31, 2022 18:28:58 GMT -6
Welcome gents I lied, this is the Eduard Zoom set not the look Not much to report, just a bunch of prepainted parts  At this stage two things are holding me back, one being the arrival of a PE seat harness set (which I tried making out of masking tape with ghastly results) and a day that I feel up to tackling the Zoom PE set. Getting slammed around for 8 hours in a hot dump truck does not prepare me well for such an activity so perhaps this weekend. After considerable thought, I've elected to do a natural metal bird based in 1944 Italy and decals are on the way. Everyone else seems to do ETO aircraft therefore I want to be different. I also don't feel like painting invasion stripes. Tomorrow is opening day for four species of partridge/grouse season here in Montana so it's not hard to figure what I'll be doing then Regards, Mark |
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Post by JCON on Sept 1, 2022 8:27:57 GMT -6
Sounds good Mark! Happy hunting fella!!!
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Post by reserve on Sept 3, 2022 17:19:20 GMT -6
The Eduard Zoom PE set makes things look pretty good altho it makes you work for it. The set is, however, not without its faults...note the way they give you toggle switches and how to assemble them  Regrettably, the switches will not fit thru the holes in the outside part. Happily they are quite small so I omitted them. Took awhile but the cockpit is nearly done, the gunsight is all that's left      Decals came today. The pack was kind of squashed and the sheets have a crease it them, right now I have them under a heavy book on a flat surface to see if I can get 'em flat. This is the aircraft I'll try to model  Regards, Mark |
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Post by JCON on Sept 3, 2022 18:21:52 GMT -6
Looks really good!!!
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Post by mustang1989 on Sept 4, 2022 9:15:57 GMT -6
OMG!! And you bust out with the Revell version of it!! You sir.....are tha frickin' MAN for tackling one of these.
Great work on that pit so far!!
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Post by reserve on Sept 4, 2022 10:12:41 GMT -6
JC thanks M ya gotta practice on the bad ones Fuselage close up went OK, I was a bit disappointed in the fit until I remembered whose name is on the box   Happily it won't take much putty to fix the joint, which is above many Revell products. I began stage gluing those silly a$$ seperate gun sections in and fit here is also not the best. Whoever came up with that idea needs slapped  You may have noticed big holes in these parts where there should not be. That's because I found these   which will enhance things since molding was soft on the guns. Putty time Regards, Mark |
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Post by mustang1989 on Sept 5, 2022 7:47:01 GMT -6
Now THAT'S a definite improvement right there with the guns. I dunno what the heck these guys were thinking at the time. I just simply don't get it. I ran into a pretty similar situation in regard to wing guns on a Revell (oops....did I just say that word?) Corsair I built for a friend of mine several years ago. I mean....WTH??  REALLY???!!!! My fix was to cut the "toilet paper rolls" off from the gun bosses, drill them out in the center and install cut off syringes as gun barrels. It seemed to help things....ALOT!!! 
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Post by reserve on Sept 7, 2022 20:04:43 GMT -6
Thank you M I'd hoped for better but was really not expecting it The cockpit windscreen is not wide enough, leaves a ledge when dry fit so this is my solution to the problem   Putty  Wings on. Fit in this area was poor, the assembly would not fit quite right resulting in a step I'll need to sand off    This also had a bad effect on the air scoop; a fair amount of trimming and then sprue goo I made up was used to attatch and fill the gaps. Gaps everywhere on this  Reworking the appalling gunsight  Drilling the holes in these parts deep enough to be seen with a #69 pin drill  Yup this one's an adventure Regards, Mark |
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Post by JCON on Sept 8, 2022 9:31:05 GMT -6
Keep it going,you have this!!!
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Post by reserve on Sept 9, 2022 16:05:20 GMT -6
OK re-evaluation time. The model is now showing signs of its origin (Revell) badly in ways such as I had to cut off some of the cockpit detail so the windscreen would fit (interference) and general janky fit in alot of places. The transparent parts are horrible, and a few other things I'll not go into detail with.
I am not inclined to pursue this further given the lack of quality molding and engineering present in this model; I've wasted about eighty bucks on it and do not wish to waste any more of my time on it.
Sorry
Regards,
Mark
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Post by JCON on Sept 9, 2022 17:10:09 GMT -6
Bummer!!!
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Post by ogrejohn on Sept 10, 2022 11:54:55 GMT -6
Sometimes it just aint worth the fight.
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Post by mustang1989 on Sept 10, 2022 12:10:50 GMT -6
OK re-evaluation time. The model is now showing signs of its origin (Revell) badly in ways such as I had to cut off some of the cockpit detail so the windscreen would fit (interference) and general janky fit in alot of places. The transparent parts are horrible, and a few other things I'll not go into detail with. I am not inclined to pursue this further given the lack of quality molding and engineering present in this model; I've wasted about eighty bucks on it and do not wish to waste any more of my time on it. Sorry Regards, Mark I had this kind of stuff happen on that Corsair build that I was talking about. It was in the trash can at 3 different times during the build. I ended up finishing mine but I had to pull ALOT of rabbits out of the hat. For a modeler of your abilities to chunk one I know it's gotta be pretty bad. Will you be building another Mustang from a different manufacturer any time soon? You might be able to end up using some of those goodies you got on it. |
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Post by reserve on Sept 10, 2022 15:10:24 GMT -6
This one sure wasn't. Perhaps because it came right on the heels of the Ertl haul truck? In any event I do this for fun and that quickly became anything but. No, I don't have any aspirations to do one from another manufacutrer, I got it on more of a whim than anything.
I should know better since in the last two years I've tossed four model kits over being horrendous, and three of them said Revell on them
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Post by Buddho on Sept 13, 2022 5:51:19 GMT -6
Sorry to hear of the problems...the cockpit looks fabulous.
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Post by bravo1jon on Sept 14, 2022 9:00:28 GMT -6
I'm excited to see someone build this kit. I've had my eye on it but no time for me to build. Great work so far. looking forward to more pics. Also good choice on the Look dashboard they do outstanding work.
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Post by JCON on Sept 14, 2022 9:03:23 GMT -6
I'm excited to see someone build this kit. I've had my eye on it but no time for me to build. Great work so far. looking forward to more pics. Also good choice on the Look dashboard they do outstanding work. It has been thrown away so no more updates... |
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