The focus is all on the exhaust in this update. I started by applying putty on the inside. Partly do fill in the seams and partly to build up where needed. It took some passes with sanding inbetween. Here I’m still not done.
Inside puttied
Once that was done I started painting the inside. Trying to replicate the patterns and general look inside.
Inside painted
The inside on the “bottom” part also got some paint.
More exhaust paint
I might need to redo some or simply glaze with some more insignia white.
I guess I can just mask the outer most part while painting the outside. Possibly I have to wait until I have put the exhaust pipe in place to make sure it sits nicely, before painting.
I tried to make up for missing depth in the exhaust pipe. So I wrapped a piece of plastic with thin stripes around the “fan” and glued the ends. It wasn’t easy to get it entirely even.
A bit of scratch building
I added the same kind of stripes to the existing parts.
Stripes being added
Typical Revel stunt on older models.
Visible copyright on the wing
I decided to glue the turkey feathers to the can.
Exhaust nozzle
My plan is to cover the inside with something that resembles the real thing Not quite sure how yet, but I’m working on it.
For some reason tabs was missing on the bomb parts.
Missing tabs
Re-scribing and working on parts like landing gears and weapons, have kept me busy for a while.
Assorted parts getting ready
Re-scribing is tedious and takes a while. I still got some more scribing to do. The top fuselage is quite complex.
Once the scribing is done and the interior got some more paint, I think I can start assemble.
I tried to mask the inside of the canopy and front glass, but gave up and decided to only mask the outside.
Canopy masked
To be ready for putting the canopy in place, I had to sort a few other things. First I put decals on the ejection seats.
Seats with decals
Then I glued the sight/HUD display.
Sight added
I gave the seats a wash and then both seats and interior got a light dry brush with grey primer. I forgot to take a pic of that before I glued the canopy parts in place.
Canopy on place
Then I painted the frames with grey primer.
Frames painted
I decided to go with the open fuel probe.
Fuel probe case added
These three holes on the bottom confused me a bit as the instructions told nothing about them. I realized that they are for a mid pylon that isn’t used on the ECR model.
Three strange holes
I found a rod that was close, drilled some and glued in place.
Plastic rods inserted
After it had dried, I cut them even, sanded a bit and then filled with some putty.
Holes sanded and puttied
I’ll sand that down, and then it’s soon getting ready for paint. I just need to cover the inside of the intakes, air brakes and the wheel bays. I think it’s ok to add all small antennas and other stuff later.
All in all parts seems to fit quite well, and the fin only needed a little putty and sanding.
While handling the plane I accidently knocked off one of the stabilizors. So now it was time to sort this problem somehow. My options as I see it was either to glued them in a fixed position or find something better than the current rod system.
My idea was to find a tube and a rod that fit snuggly into each other, and by chance I had saved a few lollipop sticks that is hollow, and then I noticed that my ordinary wooden tooth pics fit very well. After removing the kit rod, I could put the lollipop stick in place and glue it, and I also drilled the stabs and glued tooth pics instead of the old mechanism.
New rod system added
I also did the same thing with the broken pylon.
Pylon fixPylon in place
Stabilizers in place.
Stabilizers in place
I’ve also painted some of the load out with black primer.
Black primer painted
By the looks of it they need some more attention to look good, and then some more primer.
Next will be sorting the canopy so I can start priming and painting the plane.
This kit I also intended to have in a small diorama with the figures I also got. The figures are about half done, meaning they’re assembled and painting is started. I also need to figure out how I want the dio to look. I’ll get to the dio later, and meanwhile, here’s some pics of the finished Warrior!
I bought this figure and one more some time ago, but as I don’t have a 3D printer yet, I have to rely on someone else to do it for me. This is the first one that he printed for me, just to see if it was good enough.
Not sure what to expect, and I’ve heard that resin printing would have been better. Anyway here’s the parts I got.
Angel Knight parts
There are two heads and two weapons, and I’ll ask him to print one more so I can do both versions, and maybe also one twice as large.
I’m not used to 3D printed figures, and not entirely sure how to handle all the print lines, and if rendered with resin it becomes better, which I think it does. I scraped and sanded away some of it, but the plastic is very hard to scrape with a knife. Anyway after some sanding to fit parts, I glued the lower jaw to the head, and then used putty to fill the gap. This gap is the most visible on the entire figure, and will need some more work.
Lower jaw glued and puttied
Next I glued the leg and the first wing.
Leg and one wing glued
Then the second wing was glued.
Two wings glued
It was here that I realized that I should have done things in a slightly different way. I should have checked the site how it should look more closely. The wings should have been more apart and possibly the sun crest should have been glued before the wings. I have no debonder and didn’t know at the time that acetone might solve the CA glue, so I’ll leave it as it is, and do the next one better.
After some more work fitting parts, I got every part on the figure glued in place, and everything ready for primer.
Ready for primer
For some reason I used gloss black primer.
Black primer
I primed the wings as well and then started to use different greys to give the wings a base for the dry brushing and painting.
Painting started
The base and cape/fleece also got some paint.
Some more painted
The wings was masked and then the armor was painted with Vallejo steel.
Armor painted steel
I then started doing some detail painting with gold and blue metallic.
Detail painting started
Next will be skin and I’ll also try some different tones on the metal colours.
