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Old 05-20-2012, 12:35 AM
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How on earth did you manage to burnish from this

to this?!?!?!


Pray tell what kind of magic did you employ????
It is an amazing difference!
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Old 05-21-2012, 10:29 AM
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How could I have missed a build of a MiG in North Korean markings!

Great work, Chris. I, too, would like to know how you got the fuselage contours so smooth.

I look forward to seeing this one appear in ECardmodels and will snap it up immediately.

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Old 05-21-2012, 10:40 AM
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I think the first pic overstated the roughness of the edges a little but the burnishing technique I use definitely makes a difference. I'll re-build a section of the fuselage from my spare sheet and take some detailed pics of the process for ya and post it later today hopefully. Glad to help.
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Old 05-22-2012, 09:14 AM
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Bulkhead sectioned fuselage assembly and burnishing technique

Ok here is my technique for assembling Marek and other kits that use a bulkhead-to-bulkhead fuselage section assembly technique.

Here are the parts I will be using to demo the technique:



First we cut the parts. Ideally, you would put the two A bulkheads and two C bulkheads together and sand them so they are identical. I skipped that here (and in my original build).



Here is the way I assemble the sections. Some folks like to wrap the skin around the bulkhead, but I assemble the skin and insert the bulkhead. This allows me to get a good seam on the belly, and trim the bulkhead to fit nicely. To get the bulkhead in right at the edge, I punch a hole in the bulkheads for access when I'm closing up. I push the bulkhead in just past the edge, then add glue around the edge. Then I put the part down on a piece of acrylic and using a tool push the bulkhead down to sit flush against the acrylic. Then, before the glue dries, I twist it off the acrylic and wipe up any excess glue. Perfectly flat edge.







Now we simply repeat that process and assemble the sections:




So you can see the rough edges here. For burnishing, I recommend a large ball stylus, preferably with a smooth wooden handle like this one, because I use both ends (I sanded the back end to be a very large ball, and the handle is a straight cylinder for a good length of it, which I make use of).



First I firmly but carefully trace the edges of the seams, both at the sections and the belly seams, pushing the paper edges down into each other.




Then, I go back over it with the side of the tool, where I can be a bit firmer as there is no danger of slipping off the edge and pushing into the side (forgot to take a pic).

And here you can see the before and after:




It's subtle, but definitely helps.
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Old 05-22-2012, 11:12 AM
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Thanks for the detailed tutorial on burnishing the edges... will keep that in mind in my future builds.

Cheers!!
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Old 05-22-2012, 12:10 PM
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Excellent tutorial, Chris!

I have a piece of heavy glass that I use for modell construction. It will serve very well in the same capacity as your acrylic, I think.

Many thanks for taking the time and effort to answer our questions.

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Don, yes the glass will work perfectly. The acrylic I have is just a couple pieces of scrap left over from making clear shelves. I use one as a "glue pallet" instead of card because I can just scrape off the dried PVA later. It's often hiding in the background of my in-progress pics, such as this one. Useful little things.

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Thanks for the heads up, Chris. I will get it at once.

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magnificent tutorial friend, illustrates your very successful procedure. thanks
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