That's what friends are for - Revell (MPM) 1/72 P-70 Nighthawk

Started by Spiros Pendedekas · 132 · 1 year ago · 1/72, Lockheed, MPM, Nighthawk, P-70, Revell
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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @kalamazoo!

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    capt. R said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    How about main gear?

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    MLG under preparation...

    The assembly is quite complex and fiddly, let alone featuring scale thickness, my friend @lis...
    Moving one step at a time and, finally, hoping to manage fit the assemblies into the bays, as instructions wanted you to attach them BEFORE attaching the bays to the wings...
    Let's see...

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    Stephen W Towle said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Looks fragile. Sometime the accuracy department is too accurate. Is it a practical set up? I'm sure you'll keep us up dated
    Spiros (@fiveten). I'm finding this out with some other kits where the parts are to scale but, there so thin that you look at them wrong and they brake.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Looks quite complex and fragile, Spiros @fiveten
    How many parts were required to get this framework ready.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    It is fragile indeed, my friends @stephen-w-towle and @johnb!
    Each assembly is comprised of 7 parts.

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    capt. R said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Mabye is some aftermarket set of cast bronze legs?

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    That would also be an option if I would fail, my friend @lis. But I managed to attach the landing gear...

    I had to dismantle, trim and relocate the various leg struts, as the legs would rest aft of the "correct" position, which is adjacent to the front door border. The retraction cylinders were accordingly too short, so I used longer leftovers with similar looks. The brake lines were compromised during the process, so they have to be redone.

    Thanks for stopping by!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    The surgery on the landing gear worked well, Spiros @fiveten
    Looks good.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @johnb!

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    Eric Berg said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Looks like that surgery was successful. I guess when it comes to A-20's, the main gear is always an issue no matter what scale it is, Spiros @fiveten. It will be interesting to see how well that future HK Havoc in 1/32nd scale turns out. Those guys seem real sticklers for accuracy.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @eb801! The main landing gear is correctly depicted/drawn at the instructions, so I spent some time trying to figure out what I did wrong, since the kit is otherwise very accurate. If assembled per the instructions the legs merely rest a couple of millimetres back from the door border, which is not that obvious, especially at this scale.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    On her feet, no shoes yet...

    Thanks for stopping by!

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Shoes on...

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    Eric Berg said 1 year, 8 months ago:

    New shoes look good. When you get her all dolled up, she’s going to be a real beauty. She already is, Spiros @fiveten