Bridlington & Wolds Scale Model Club Forum
Models => Modelling Projects => Topic started by: cph64 on September 25, 2023, 12:54:59 PM
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This is the Frog 1966 rebox of their initial 1964 release and is boxed as a Mk. X but the decals are for a FB 10. Comprising 40 grey plastic parts plus one clear, for the canopy, and a decal sheet giving two options, one Royal Navy and one Royal Canadian Navy.
This is another of the 'pre-loved' kits that I bought and as such the engine, propeller and spinner had been assembled, as had the cockpit floor, seat and pilot. The first job was to remove the pilot and fill in the dip in the seat and repaint everything Humbrol Satin Black as it had been painted Cockpit Green. By this time all aircraft had black interiors. Dry fitting the fuselage showed various gaps, with the biggest being the non-existant wheel wells meaning you could see straight through via the cockpit so plastic card was fitted as a backing for filler in places. The other big job was sanding down all the raised panel lines as these were barely visible on Sea Furys.
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To detail the wing fold I'd bought the Airwaves set which said it was was for the Frog and Novo kits (same thing) but closer inspection of the instructions and the inner wing halves which had been previously glued together showed a discrepancy on these and the outer sections. I trimed back the plastic in both cases to allow fitting of the etch which was then applied using CA. Whilst this was setting I joined the fuselage halves together, after trimming the cockpit floor, and filled any holes in the join and sink marks in the plastic with Signal putty. s the cockpit is a definite 'coal hole' and the canopy is thick I decided against detailing the cockpit so the seat is all there is in there.
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Etch brass looks great - how is the language in your room - hohohhoho
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Looking good Chris.
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The inner sections of the wings have been added and the main undercarriage and tailwheel fitted. Due to one of the main doors being warped I had to make a replacement from 20thou card. The wing sections had to revisited as fitting as per the kit make up there was dihedral visible so these were bent back to lay flat, re-glued and any gaps filled, as was anything shown up by the undercoat. The canopy was then fitted, masked and the inner Satin Black painted. The etch brass for the wingfold brackets had been added but matching the wings together showed that the rear brackets were 1mm out of their correct location. I put this down to the not so clear Airwaves instructions, so they will have to be removed and re-attached.
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Those pesky instructions.........
Have a lot to answer for!
Kevin
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Those pesky instructions.........
Have a lot to answer for!
Kevin
I concur.
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The offending brackets have been removed from the inner wing sections and positioned on the outer, hopefully all will match up later. The propeller tips were painted and masked before cowling was glued into place. Filler was needed to reduce the gap on the joint to the fuselage. Prior to this the wing walkways had been painted Tamiya Rubber and masked.
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Soon be flying Chris
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Steady progress Chris.
Keep it up.
Kevin
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looking good Chris.
Bob c
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Looking good Chris.
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Despite using thinners, levelling thinners and flow improver the Tamiya German Grey, a match for Extra Dark Sea Grey, refused to go through the airbrush without clogging so all the upper surfaces were handpainted. These were then masked and lo and behold the Tamiya Sky went through the airbrush with no problems, Doh!!!! I tried to match the primer that Hawker used by mixing Tamiya Yellow Green, Vallejo Tan Earth and White but it looks too yellow when compared to the yellow of the propeller tips so I'll mix another batch, hopefully a bit nearer. I remasked the wing walkways to create the taper which I'd missed the first time.
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Another labour of love Chris.
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Indeed Chris. Not quite as many set backs as HS2, but then again it's not being built by the Government, lol!!!!!
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You don't pick easy builds, but coming along nicely.
Bob c
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Being a kit of few parts Bob I thought it would be, but you know me.....
So now it was time to apply the nearly 60 year old decals. As ever Kleer was used for the gloss finish with a second coat added where I thought it might need it. The decals had also previously been treated to a coat of Kleer just in case they decided to crack. Luckily none did and they were laid down on Micro Set and Sol. The only one that had to be worked was the starboard side roundel and numbers, this one decided to curl but was easily straightened out with Micro Set. The black stripe running down from the cockpit is not included in the kit so this was sourced from spares. It's the border stripe from a previous set of decals so another reason not to throw anything away. The kit paint guide shows the a/c serial number under the Suez stripes but again these are not included in the kit. BlackSheep has kindly sourced some for me and these will be applied once obtained. The kit paint guide is for Sqdn Leader Peter Carmichael's plane that shot down a Mig 15 in the Korean War. As I couldn't be bothered (honesty here) with masking and painting the Suez stripes I'm finishing it as it would be on HMS Ocean prior to the stripes being added.
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Nice work.
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Looking nice Chris.
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After several attempts and much nautical language I've finally managed to get the wings in the folded position using a combination of PlasticWeld and Superglue Gel. The problem was that neither the kit nor the etch set have the large bracket/hinge for the fold. I ended up making them from spares to give the wing something to sit on. There is no pitot tube with the kit so one was sourced from spares. If you wanted to build this kit straight from the box then I would definitely recommend going with the wings in the flight position to save yourself a lot of work and frustration. This is one for the 6ft rule so if it ever makes it onto a display table it will definitely be at the back!!! Complaining apart I wanted one and now I've got one. Job done!!!!
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Nice work Chris.
At least you can chalk this one off your 'to build' list!
Kevin
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Looking good.
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Thanks guys.
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Great work Chris - I love them with the wings up
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Very nice Chris indeed.