skuki Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 (edited) Hello, here are few pictures of the current progress. I wanted to secure the cockpit to the right part of the fuselage, cause I'll do a lot of surgery and need to have the cockpit steady [:)/>/>] . After thinking what would be best for the cockpit, I came to the conclusion that I should do most of things myself. I will use few bits from flightpath set. Eduard is very disappointing IMO. those flat painted things are just not my option. For 20+ Euros they could at least do the accurate rear MFD boxes. Luckily fp set is here. We'll see along how much will I be able to use. Maybe someone will use Neomega cockpit, but, as I said already in some topic revell made it very difficult to fit in other cockpits like neomega, mostly becasue the wheel bay (the bottom part of the wheelbay is part of the cockpit) and the fact that cockpit is essential for holding up together wheel bay, left and right fuselage and the bottom Thanks for watching [:cheers:/>/>] Edited October 9, 2014 by skuki Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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andrew.deboer Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 That is spectacular. Are you using a punch & die set? Makes me feel bad for building mine straight from the box! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancer512 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Excellent work so far. I will be following this build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nimrod77 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Whats the sanding tool you are using there?? Looks interesting! Great job so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skuki Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 Hi there, the sanding tool is proxxon pensander. great tool! http://www.proxxon.com/en/micromot/28594.php?list Andrew, yes i used punch and die tool but only for few parts, cause the smallest punch is to large for those tiny switches. for the smallest switches i used streched sprue, and regular tamiya plastic cement Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Wow, the details looks fantastic! How do you cut the stretched sprue? The tools I use seem to deform the ends, making the ends elliptic. Same thing with a razor saw. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skuki Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 Hi, once I glue it to place where it should be, I cut it with tamiya side cutter. the end is also deformed, but it is sooo tiny you cant really see it :D. but some sprues (0.4mm) were cut with scalpel on cutting surface, before they were glued. than i've drilled the hole all the way and put the sprue from the bottom :). i've pushed it until the desired hight and the cut at the bottom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
31Tiger Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Great scratchbuilding! Just one remark, there is no bulkhead behind the pilot seat, its actually open. There is just a beam and some wires. In reality when you look behind the pilots seat you can see the navigators feet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skuki Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 hey tnx, and that part gave me a lot of troubles :) i was refering to aires 1/32 cockpit since i had no good photos of this area, not much visible becuse of the seat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skuki Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Hi again, here are some new pic of the progress. I did work on cockpit since last update quite regulary, but as you can see based on the progress pic, it was very time consuming. Still some work required on those MFD's, and especially on the middle part (a lot of work left there). I'll use those grill's (passive cooler?) on the MFD's from PE flightpath set, cuted to fit. Regarding the FP set, I'm not sure if I can say that I am satisfied with it. There is obviously something wrong with the size of the revell MFD's but also with the FP's ones. I understand that it is made for italeri kit, but some of the parts should fit any 1/48 scale Tornado, like those MFD and the middle console. Also, the FP ladder don't have holes on the standing platform (!?). However, I will use some FP parts, but they will be cuted out and fitted to the cockpit part. I've caculated that the FP set is more useful and econimc than eduard interior + eduard ladders, because of the large pe fret and resin parts, and you get ladders also. But from the instructions I couldn't see that there are no holes in ladders, and parts that should be "universal" are oversized, so my conclusion is questionable. The middle console is undersized in the revell kit, just as MFD's, so I've made it bigger by "dressing" it in 0.4mm styrene all around. Here are some fresh pic, bye for now : Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skuki Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 few more: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spad Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 You are showing a great manual!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lucian Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Great job so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
coneheadff Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Speechless.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lt. Smash Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Wow. You should think about taking a cast of those parts. You could go into the resin business. Beautiful scratch building. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crackerjazz Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Awesome work, skuki, you surely know your way around styrene. Learning a lot from your build. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skuki Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Hi, here are some fresh pictures. Thanks, bye! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam1818 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Wow awesome work! Cockpit looks amazing and the wheel bay too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
china.sunyu Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 An impressive transformation process！ B) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shan Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 WOW, this is gonna be an amazing build. Will it be a Desert Storm Bird? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skuki Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 On 7/20/2015 at 4:04 AM, shan said: WOW, this is gonna be an amazing build. Will it be a Desert Storm Bird? Exactly :) It was a looong time on my to do list, but when revell Tornado cam out I thought now might be the time to start one :) Thanks all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
canadadry1 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Great lookin buggy you got going there...can't wait to see more!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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