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Stahlhart's Minute Top Gun F-18 1/263
Here I go again, swinging from jumbo scale to minute scale. Why Top Gun, because you can compare this coming minute project with the real big one that I have done. Again why 1/263, because that's what I get printing 4 pages on one A6 card. The A6Q format I call it.
Here's a picture of the front fuselage (in part only) and the mid-section taken by Nikon D5000. In the process, I have to peel off a layer of the photographic paper to make it thinner to work on. This photo paper was bought in a Dollar shop in Toronto a couple of years ago. It is made in China. CAD1 for 10, what a deal. But the downside is that it is very brittle, prone to crack if you make a curve out of it. What I do is that I first dip the cut out part in water to soften it, take it out of the bath, shape it carefully until it dries out. Sure takes a lot of time and patience. I'll be retiring the Lumix LX2 which is still a great camera to use. And take another look of the parts completed by this camera here. Wish me luck to go on with this project which pushes me to the limit. Got eye sore and need rest from time to time. Hope I'll be able to finish it - with a canopy and landing gears. No, no folding wings or detachable landing gears this time, no way. Papermate |
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That's one fine lens you have on the Nikon 8v)
Good luck on the F-18 build.
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The cockpit, yes, the cockpit has been built and the fuselage suitably cut open to install it.
Details - The rugged opening on the fuselage was treated with a layer of PVA glue to stiffen the structure. You can see the scale of the cockpit. It has got an ejection seat, head rest, joy stick, HUD and instrument panel. Perhaps a magnifying glass is necessary when the build is completed. The whole thing installed and more work to be continued. Papermate |
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The fuselage front section has been completed. I didn't follow exactly Stahlhart's instructions but wrapped the skin of the front section around the inner structures (wheel wells etc). It seems easier this way.
The rear main fuselage part is also done and the speed brake hole cut out of the fuselage and suitably trimmed. The speedbrake floor is more trickier to fix but done anyway. So was the arrestor hook and its base. No big deal as I have gained quite some experience and skills by now to overcome this microscopic assembling operation. Then, the front and rear fuselage sections are joined together and ready for the next step. But I'm taking a break to do Ojimak's F35, F22 and Yak 138 so as to relax myself (my eye sight to be exact) a bit. Papermate |
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Okay, back from the break, the Ojimak Four.
Bet you can recognize them all, built on 80 gm A4 paper instead of 110-135 gm stuff as recommended by Ojimak. Maybe I'll post them on the appropriate thread or start a new one showing how they fly. Before that, I'm thinking of building a rubber-band launcher or just simply hand-throw them. But as you know, each throw may differ from the previous and would thus affect the plane's performance. I'll redo them all on proper weight paper. In fact I have started on Yak 130 on 130 gm paper (same number but just coincidental), the fuselage looks nice and it should fly beautifully. Papermate |
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Back with more updates.
The front fuselage rear part was built and attached to complete the front fuselage.The front landing gear door was also trimmed. The wheel well was built, CA glued to stiffen it and inserted into the right place on the front fuselage. In the process, the front fuselage was forcibly widened to receive the wheel well and was almost torn apart. In the end, it was glued in place after some effort. That's it for now and it's been a couple of hours' work. The key is to have a very sharp blade. The next step is to do the wings. See you. Papermate |
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Very Cool. Nice Camera too
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Hello there. More updates are due.
What's done in the last few hours is the cutting out of the wheel wells for the main landing gears. It's really exciting because Stahlhart's design of this particular bird is that you start from the inside and when it's done, you trim away a certain part to reveal what's in there. If you have done it correctly, you'll find out the goodies in it. Here one of the wheel wells is opened and in the next photo, both done with the fuselage fixed. The LEX (underside) fixed as seen from the top and upside down. And the top LEX are also in position. The bird is taking shape and that's it for now. Got to get some sleep. Papermate |
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Although I check on Ojimak's site frequently, I missed the Yak130.
Whe did he release it? Anyway, is it possible to send a copy? |
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You have to try your luck sometimes.
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