FGMM Convair F2Y Sea Dart in 1/100 scale

[gomidefilho]

Well my friends. After a little break, I'm retake my FGMM builds.

At this time I'm show the F2Y Sea Dart build, another jewl of Rob Carleen to FG.

Besides is a nice kit this assembly is not for begginer, the form shapes is very complex...

But I like build this model...

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010071.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010003.jpg

Firts step is a build fuselage sections, careful with hidro form shape...

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010004.jpg

I glued all sections at this time is need a great precision with aligment, after all sections dry I cutting the hole for wing with a sharp cirurgical N° 11 scalpel...

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010009.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010011.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010015.jpg

I made the rear engine deck, and make the wings. The wing reinforcement forming is very very necessary to form the correct shape of the wing...

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010032.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010033.jpg

After I build the turtle back, is a most complicated part in this model, is very difficult fit, glued and form the air intakes...:mad:

Cotinue in the next post...

[gomidefilho]

After a trauma to build Turtle Back, im starting the exaust rings and fairing...

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010034.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010035.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010036.jpg

After all installed, I made the canopy and tail...

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010037.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010038.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010039.jpg

I glue all major components and place to undercarriage subset and atuactors...

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010040.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010041.jpg

I place hidroskis and undercarriage pieces in this places and made a cardboard pitot tube and painted, this results...

In the next topic...

[gomidefilho]

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010042.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010043.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010044.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010045.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010046.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010047.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010048.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/gomidefilho/Convair%20F2Y%20Sea%20Dart/P1010049.jpg

Considerations:

Is a very nice and atractive model, and I believe the only papermodel of F2Y, but is not for begginers, I try to build two times, only in second tentative I completed with sucessful the build...

See you the next time.

[Alcides]

You've a hard time building it but the result is great!! Very clean and nice build Pericles. Congrats!!!

Thanks for the tips about this model. It's a nice challenge.

[Texman]

Well done Pericles. Your prodigious building is rekindling the building urge in me! Hopefully, some 1/144 builds will soon appear, but none will rival your successes!

[Wyvern]

Superb! I hope mine in full size is half as good!

Wyvern

[Retired_for_now]

Nicely done!

Yogi

[spgifford]

Very nice! and you made it look so easy!

[gomidefilho]

Thank's my friends!!! For me at this time is a most difficult FG model... But I like the results.

[cmdr199212]

Very good result! Top hole!