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I haven't updated this thread in a long while (almost six months!!). I haven't worked on the model in 4 or 5 months, not for lack of time, but more for other hobbies/priorities. I did a few plastic models and realized that while I love building them, I find masking/painting to be complete tedium. Edge coloring doesn't really bother me, and I love the process of cutting parts out, trimming as needed, and seeing how things fit together, so I'm back to card as my favored medium
I wasn't sure if I was going to continue with this model or move on to something else, for a few reasons. I'm not thrilled with how I did the formers - I used soda cases for laminating but I didn't have enough cases to put all of the parts on flat sections, so some of the formers have a crease in them. I also laminated two sheets of card together in a few spots but didn't do a great job with adhesive so the thickness isn't very uniform. In addition, the pilot seat doesn't really fit (pics in a later post) and I'm not sure how to fix it. THAT SAID, I've decided to try and finish this model. I LOVE the Nighthawk and would love to have a model of it. I'm also fairly new to card models and have several models in my stash that I would consider very advanced, so the more practice I have with modelling in general as well as fixing mistakes, the better off I'll be to tackle those projects. I'm planning to update this thread with images in a few separate posts to get you guys caught up, then I'll try to do better about updating |
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The next few posts will be catch up. First on the list is the Forward-Looking Infrared System (FLIR).
Made up of parts 6 and 7, we start with the chamber in which the FLIR sits: Having a look at the instructions, we see that this part is made up of some small curvy parts. Every paper modeler's nightmare! Parts cut out and shaped: I took a lot of time working on these parts shaping, edge coloring, etc and I'm pretty happy with how it came out: |
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Great that you have decided to continue. This must be a challenging model due to the formers and skinning later on in the build, so I wish you a lot of success and perseverance! Just keep on going and solve any issues along the way.... The end result will be worth it! Erik |
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Hi Erik,
I appreciate your kind words! I'll post some more progress later today - this thread still isn't caught up to my current progress. I actually managed to fix the cockpit fix issue I think, but more info on that later! |
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There is a lot of detailing on this kit. You're doing a great job.
Gary
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Next up is the cockpit comprised of parts 8 and 9. I decided to do the pilot's seat as well at this point (parts 18) to make a complete subassembly. I don't have many pictures of the actual build process here but I'll share what I do have. We start with the control panel:
Next up is the pilot seat placed into the cockpit base: In this photo we also see the control stick and pedals. The pedals are basically impossible to see when assembled but still a nice touch. The seat itself is 14 parts and I'm quite happy with how it came out. Here's the cockpit fully assembled including parts 9: Finally, we do a test dry fit of the cockpit into the skeleton: It's not super clear, but there is about a 10 mm gap between the back of the cockpit and the skeleton. I pondered how to fix this for a long time but I did end up fixing it recently. I'll let that be a cliff hanger for now One more post of catchup.... |
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With the cockpit done (parts 9 and 18), next up is the undercarriage, parts 10 and 11. It's put together in three pieces, two of which meet at the front to give the assembly some curvature.
Part 11 is the lower window covering the secondary SPIR (I think that's what it is), shown here: My edge coloring is a little sloppy and it's very difficult to match paint to the print, but I'm overall happy with it. Parts 13 tackles the rear exhaust assembly: Part 14 is the upper hull. This image shows roughly how the rear of the plane comes together: That finishes all of the catching up! The next few posts will show progress I've made in the past couple of weeks. I'm pretty pleased with it! ~Daz |
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It's starting to look like a nighthawk! Great work so far, keep it up
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With the undercarriage parts shaped, it's time to start dry fitting the skin. We start with the cockpit portion:
I made the cockpit fit by removing the pilot seat and fitting the cockpit to the formers, then putting the pilot seat back in. Doing this also pointed out my mistake - the pilot seat is pitched too far forward. Oh well, it's glued down at this point and nobody will notice. With that problem situated, I glued the undercarriage to the bottom of the plane. It's a pretty good fit, though not perfect. Here are the bomb bays: Not perfect but I can work with it. Here's the top skin shaped and put together: I'm starting to do things "out of order" a bit and decided to work on the stabilizers after the skin. Here's a teaser of the instruction for them and the parts: That's all for today Once again I'm pretty behind on posts but that's okay! I've made loads of progress on the plane in the meantime |
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Next up I decided to do things a bit out of order. Parts 26 are the tail fins. They're made of two pieces - one bit attached to the body (not pictured in this post), and the actual fin bit. Connecting the two bits is a structure I don't really know how to describe. It's like two tabs that are connected by an axel. Here is the structure buit:
Here are the parts for the fins: The fins came together pretty easily: I decided to paint the entire fin structure black. More on that in a future post |
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