CMR 1/72 Fokker D.XXIII

Started by Bob Torres · 30 · 2 years ago
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    Bob Torres said 2 years, 10 months ago:

    Here the seat needed a good cleaning. On the final shot is the instrument panel that I cut from a piece if styrene sheet.

    Also on the final shot, I cut two small pieces of stretched sprue that I attached to the seat sides.

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    Bob Torres said 2 years, 10 months ago:

    Adding some extra details to the cockpit's sidewalls and cleaning up the putty/filler in the resin's bubbles.

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    Bob Torres said 2 years, 10 months ago:

    Painted the sidewalls and the small panel, instrument panel, and seat.

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    Bob Torres said 2 years, 10 months ago:

    Glued the fuselage's halves together. Not a good fit, the seams left nice gaps for me to fill in later.

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    Bob Torres said 2 years, 10 months ago:

    Filling in the gaps I am using thick super glue and Tester's Putty/filler.

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    Bob Torres said 2 years, 10 months ago:

    On the wings assembly I cut off a piece that was holding both wings together. Then the area by the wing root needed some filing and sanding to smooth out the area.

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    Bob Torres said 2 years, 10 months ago:

    Wings and fuselage are now together. I still need to do some tweaking of the tail area.

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    capt. R said 2 years, 10 months ago:

    You have a lot of persistence with these vaco kits 🙂

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 10 months ago:

    Amazing work done, Bob @v1pro
    Indeed a lot of persistance you have for this kit as mentioned by Lis @lis

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    Bob Torres said 2 years, 10 months ago:

    Thanks Lis @lis and John @johnb. I just got done giving this the final tweaks. Every time I move one part it effects another area but this is as far as I go with this. I feel after the seams are cleaned up and the painting is done this kit will look fine. I think it is a nice looking aircraft. One day I will build the SAAB J21 to compare the two.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 10 months ago:

    Nice progress and nice "final" tweaking results, my friend @v1pro! Looking forward to see this bird proceeding!

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    Bob Torres said 2 years, 10 months ago:

    Thank you Spiros @fiveten. I am glad it worked out. This is a sharp looking aircraft.

    Later both propellers will have to go though the same treatment to straighten the blades and put them in the correct angles.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 10 months ago:

    Solid progress indeed, Bob @v1pro
    I like you idea to apply uniform pressure on the wing while the glue is drying.

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    Jay Mitchell said 2 years, 10 months ago:

    Going the extra mile and adding the small details really improves this kit. It seems like a difficult build.

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    Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 9 months ago:

    Bob, nice save on the bent surfaces. Turning into a nice little plane.