Siam Punch...1/48 North American T-28D Nomad, Royal Thai Airforce

Started by Reinhard Spreitzhofer · 11 · 2 hours ago
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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 1 week ago:

    My dad´s next project
    bought Quickboost resin seats with molded on seatbelts in the past
    initially wanted to use Siam Scale decals, but realized, the schemes on this sheet all come with ejections seats, like the ones used in Skyraiders
    therefore gonna use AOA decals, will do one of the two center schemes which have the normal seats

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 week ago:

    Excellent entry and great start, my friend @grimreaper!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 week ago:

    That's a great entry, Reinhard @grimreaper
    Looks like an enjoyable kit.

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 5 days, 2 hours ago:

    let´s get it started...
    some paint for cockpit and engine

    closed the fuselage and will insert the cockpit tub from beneath

    the instructions are misleading, they show he exhausts to be installed in the openings of the upper cooling flaps
    in the correct area the fuselage halves have no opening, needs to be cut open

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    John vd Biggelaar said 4 days, 20 hours ago:

    Great start, Reinhard @grimreaper
    Glad you noted the instruction error at this stage already.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 4 days, 16 hours ago:

    Excellent progress and really great that you were able to sort out the mistake, my friend @grimreaper!

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 3 days, 1 hour ago:

    the model is a tailsitter, instructions suggest 25g noseweight
    to be on the safe side, gonna add some more
    2x7g with the lower fuselage part and 20g somewhere in front of the cockpit tub/instrument board

    started to paint the resin seats (the rear part with the headrest is a kit part)

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    George R Blair Jr said 2 days, 22 hours ago:

    Great choice, Reinhard (@grimreaper). You are really moving quickly on this one. I have several of these kits, but haven't built any of them yet. It is good to know about the error in the instructions. I have always liked the T-28, which were still flying when I first joined the Air Force.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 days, 15 hours ago:

    Should be sufficient with a bit of extra weight, Reinhard @grimreaper
    Great start on the seats.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 days, 15 hours ago:

    Great progress, my friend @grimreaper!

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 2 hours, 28 minutes ago:

    I have to correct myself, the instructions aren´t wrong, show the exhausts to be installed in the right position, only the drawn shape of the fuselage halves is a bit misleading.
    But as mentioned, the exhaust openings had to be cut out because they were completely closed with I guess flash, at least with this kit.

    no real alignement help provided for the cockpit tub, but it moves more or less in the correct position automatically

    the kit provides decals for the instrument boards

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