Noddy4000
Acquainted with the idea of being sensible....
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- Jun 23, 2010
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Mmmm, try saying that after a few beers!
Anyways, I recently stalled on the 1/3 AFS build after being at it, on and off, for about 3 months. I found I was getting builders' block when it came to ideas on how to progress so thought I'd have a break and start in on another one of my wish list builds. So, here are some links and WIPs to tickle the modelling taste buds:-
The build is based on this fan design from the above mentioned site: http://www.geocities.jp/yxdbp846/tani.jpg
Got an Easter egg container off an aborted Ma.K comp entry and cut out the cockpit hatch:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter006.jpg
Recycled a broken toy from my son's collection for the cockpit seat, added some parts from a Kenner Slave 1 toy, a few other bits and bobs to create a core shape for the model:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter003.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter008.jpg
I used parts from an old Esci 1/12 F16 cockpit display for the instruments, plus a panel from a broken WALL.E toy for the space behind the seat. The head rest is also from Bobba's Slave 1:
With the egg part in place:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter016.jpg
The F16 front panel with some greeblies:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter015.jpg
The body is starting to come together now with the addition of some various bits and pieces glued with a hot glue gun:
Few more bits to pad it out:
The yellow part is the rocket launcher from the Slave toy, inserted into some ABS pipe from a donor vacuum cleaner, which is attached in turn to a bit of plumbing pipe and half of a broken plastic ice cream scoop. There's also the body halves from an Olympus digi camera, a deodorant container, a toy melon, the core structure from the Slave 1, cap from a baby bottle...or something similar - I forget now - and a toy skip my son doesn't know is missing...heh heh ;D...yet.
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter041.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter037.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter039.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter038.jpg
I've then packed out all voids with paper scrap and then gone over that with air drying clay:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter073.jpg
I've then coated the whole model in a 2mm skin of Milliput to help blend all the donor parts together and to give me a decent surface to do detailing on:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter092.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter101.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter104.jpg
After much sanding it's looking the part:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter004-1.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter006-1.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter010-1.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter018-1.jpg
First coat of primer to help show up irregularities in the epoxy skin:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter020-1.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter024-1.jpg
That was sanded back so that almost all of the red primer was gone. There are still some defects but I want to use them as wear and tear, dings and dents from use in the field. I've penned in panel lines on top of a grey primer coat (I had to brush coat this one as I've run out of spray stuff and...er, money to buy more . Bum.
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat015.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat014.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat016-1.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat006.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat007.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat011.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat012.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat013.jpg
Will crack on later this week once I've got new supplies. Some of the panel lines will be removed and some put in a different place before I start scribing them in. Going to do a fairly spartan riveting of each panel as too many will make the whole thing look like the Victorians built it! Lots of greeblies to go on this. I've also changed the design for the engine cans. Have scrapped the B wing donor ones and scratched a couple of new ones. More to be done on these too before they can be fitted.
Thanks for looking, guys. C+C always gladly received.
Noddy.
Anyways, I recently stalled on the 1/3 AFS build after being at it, on and off, for about 3 months. I found I was getting builders' block when it came to ideas on how to progress so thought I'd have a break and start in on another one of my wish list builds. So, here are some links and WIPs to tickle the modelling taste buds:-
The build is based on this fan design from the above mentioned site: http://www.geocities.jp/yxdbp846/tani.jpg
Got an Easter egg container off an aborted Ma.K comp entry and cut out the cockpit hatch:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter006.jpg
Recycled a broken toy from my son's collection for the cockpit seat, added some parts from a Kenner Slave 1 toy, a few other bits and bobs to create a core shape for the model:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter003.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter008.jpg
I used parts from an old Esci 1/12 F16 cockpit display for the instruments, plus a panel from a broken WALL.E toy for the space behind the seat. The head rest is also from Bobba's Slave 1:
With the egg part in place:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter016.jpg
The F16 front panel with some greeblies:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter015.jpg
The body is starting to come together now with the addition of some various bits and pieces glued with a hot glue gun:
Few more bits to pad it out:
The yellow part is the rocket launcher from the Slave toy, inserted into some ABS pipe from a donor vacuum cleaner, which is attached in turn to a bit of plumbing pipe and half of a broken plastic ice cream scoop. There's also the body halves from an Olympus digi camera, a deodorant container, a toy melon, the core structure from the Slave 1, cap from a baby bottle...or something similar - I forget now - and a toy skip my son doesn't know is missing...heh heh ;D...yet.
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter041.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter037.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter039.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter038.jpg
I've then packed out all voids with paper scrap and then gone over that with air drying clay:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter073.jpg
I've then coated the whole model in a 2mm skin of Milliput to help blend all the donor parts together and to give me a decent surface to do detailing on:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter092.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter101.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter104.jpg
After much sanding it's looking the part:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter004-1.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter006-1.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter010-1.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter018-1.jpg
First coat of primer to help show up irregularities in the epoxy skin:
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter020-1.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKFanDesignSingleSeatAGFighter024-1.jpg
That was sanded back so that almost all of the red primer was gone. There are still some defects but I want to use them as wear and tear, dings and dents from use in the field. I've penned in panel lines on top of a grey primer coat (I had to brush coat this one as I've run out of spray stuff and...er, money to buy more . Bum.
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat015.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat014.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat016-1.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat006.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat007.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat011.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat012.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad39/Noddy4000/Fan%20Design%20MaK%20AG%20Single%20Seat%20Fighter%201/MaKAGFighterPrimerCoat013.jpg
Will crack on later this week once I've got new supplies. Some of the panel lines will be removed and some put in a different place before I start scribing them in. Going to do a fairly spartan riveting of each panel as too many will make the whole thing look like the Victorians built it! Lots of greeblies to go on this. I've also changed the design for the engine cans. Have scrapped the B wing donor ones and scratched a couple of new ones. More to be done on these too before they can be fitted.
Thanks for looking, guys. C+C always gladly received.
Noddy.