JMacs' 2015 BSC Thread

[adampolo13]

Looking good!

 

[JMac]

Thanks Chaos and Adam.

god Work.

Mere mortal really. lol

 

[The Chaos]

have an o Forgot Lool

 

[JMac]

Not much to update. For the next three weeks I'm super busy at work - it's the end of our semester. That being said I'm going to try and continue to chip away at BSC 2015 Build #1, and Build #2...neither of which cooperated this week.

With the RAH 66; I'm still working on seams. I did spray it down with some primer on selected spots as a check at the beginning of the week, and in the end found that I need at least a round 4 of filling and sanding before the fuselage can receive some serious paint. I did paint the tail boom exhaust area - sorry no pictures of that. The last few fuselage panels (closing off the engine exhaust) were put into place and their gaps filled with PS shims, super glue and Mr. Surfacer.

Somewhere along the way I decided the kit 20mm cannon sucked, and that to compete with the MONSTER Hind, I needed to add a little more oomph to the build. I decided to replace the kit 20mm with a Master brass aftermarket cannon, it felt like a good idea at the time. The parts arrived Thursday, so yesterday morning I set to assembling the brass and etch. When I ordered the AM, I really had no idea just how tiny these parts are.

The RAH 66 would have used a improved version of the cannon used on late model AH-1's, so I just used an 1:72 M197 cannon from an AH-1.

Putting the Master cannon together turned out to be a exercise in patience, and combating frustration. But after approximately 90 minutes (no joke, it took me 90 minutes to put together 6 parts) of eye straining effort I had it put together and assembled to the styrene piece that I'll glue into the turret housing later. The graduations on the ruler below are 1/64ths of an inch...

Go tiny or go home I guess... ;D

Most of the week, during my modelling bench time I've been fighting with Build #2. I thought building a pilotless ME 262 would be easy (no cockpit, closed landing gear bays) - I was wrong. The doors for the main landing gear bays would not fit (being both too large and too small), so I made scratch ones. After fitting and gluing the doors in place I offered the wing to the fuselage, - didn't fit either. After that I made tabs and spacers from spare sheet PS. Sanding, filing, shimming ensued. Finally, this morning, I think I've got it to a workable stage. I'm going to have to go get some new clamps to glue it together however, the ones I have won't reach (and don't provide enough force anyways).

Outside of the BSC stuff, I'm just putting finishing touches onto my X-32 and Dora.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.
Jason

 

[adampolo13]

Noice!

 

[Junkie]

Man, that aftermarket gun is nuts...it would have taken me an hour and half too. Looks really great though, much better than the kit part.

That's a cool looking chopper, so futuristic.

 

[JMac]

Man, that aftermarket gun is nuts...it would have taken me an hour and half too. Looks really great though, much better than the kit part.

That's a cool looking chopper, so futuristic.

Thanks Scott. I'm digging the build, it's more work that I thought, but still a lot of fun.
The crazy thing is that the shooty ends of the barrels are drilled out...that's nuts.

 

[adampolo13]

Wow, that's wild man!

 

[Chris S]

Blimey !! That bench looks nearly as crowded as mine ...nearly ;D
Its all looking good Jason . Oooh !! DH2 ...Go on then ;D

Chris.

 

[JMac]

Blimey !! That bench looks nearly as crowded as mine ...nearly ;D
Its all looking good Jason . Oooh !! DH2 ...Go on then ;D

It's a fairly small bench. The X-32 is basically done, and I just have to flat coat / last little weathering on the Dora. I was toying with the idea of building the DH-2 ( took the box out and gazed at the instructions and plastic), however with the way this Dragon Me 262 Mistal is going, I'll be lucky to get it done on time.

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely effort going into the chopper here.
I'd have likely never tackled that gun myself.

Interesting concept for the 262

 

[cargoman5126]

Great work so far..Luv that gun..

 

[Grendels]

Nice work on that gun!

 

[JMac]

Thanks Adam, Scott, Chris, Q, cargoman and John. I really appreciate the positive comments guys, helps me to keep these builds rolling.

Quick update (I'm sick of marking exams tonight ). Still fighting with the Me 262 wings. Glued 'em but good, we'll see how they look tomorrow.
Yesterday I clamped the joint under the fuselage.

Today, I shimmed and taped the wings to minimize the wing root seam problems.

After that I'll have to shim and close the wing roots. I might leave them loose until I can fit the engine nacelles - I have a feeling that my mods to the wings may cause some impending fit problems further down the line.

In the mean time I've also started building the launching trolly the Me 262 would sit on top of. Here I've added ballast to keep this build from being a tail dragger.

Thanks for stopping in and taking a look.

Jason

 

[adampolo13]

Nice work as always Mr. Mac.

 

[JohnSimmons]

Awesome, and nice work with those weights.

 

[nicholassagan]

That's a lot of weight!

 

[Junkie]

Nice. That'll sure make it feel nice and heavy.

 

[TRM]

Great work on the chopper Jason...as well as the 262! Nice to see things coming together!! Keep at it!

 

[JMac]

Hey guys,

Thanks for checking in on my builds. ;D
I will get that 262 to bow to my will...

Great to see you back on the SMA forum, and in build mode Todd; the Vallejo "how to articles" on FB have been very helpful for me - keep those coming.

End of April is a crazy busy time at work (end of semester and final exams/projects); so I've been away from the bench the last couple of weeks. I'll be back in the contest build mode fully next week. Just got to get through a mountain of exam/project marking by Wednesday.

Jason