Tim's Small Scale Eagle

[TimJ]

As mentioned in the Chat thread I'll be building this.



Sprue shots and possible progress shots tomorrow.

[Dirkpitt289]

Nice one Tim.

[TimJ]

As promised here are the rest of the preliminary photos.





I may try the Revell acrylic paints that came with the kit as I've heard good things about them.







If you paint the model according to the guide you'd have a very colourful bird a sit would be Carmin Red with a Leaf Green panel on the underside. Presumably it should be Gunship Grey with a NMF panel.

[Softscience]

I can always count on somebody in an UAMF group build to pull out the tiny stuff! Good on you Tim!

Any progress?

[Dirkpitt289]

Being so tiny you should be done in no time. Are you done yet?

[Ian]

Is that one of their new moulds? I came close to picking one up in Modelzone today but held back for fear of it being an older, less well-fitting model kit.

[MerlinJones]

Is that one of their new moulds? I came close to picking one up in Modelzone today but held back for fear of it being an older, less well-fitting model kit.

Brand new tool;
http://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=2592&p=38123;

[Sissel]

Nice! Looks to be a great build.
All those little decals...

Sissel

[Ian]

Thanks Bruce.

[TimJ]

I've made a start by painting the intakes and undercarriage white (2 coats) and adding the fins.



Some dry fitting has shown that I shouldn't need any filler, at least on the main assembly.

[MerlinJones]

The one issue with this kit is the arrangement of the exhausts, which are moulded in full afterburn. I'm sure there's be a PE fret in the offing, somewhere, but they really need a series of fine rods to connect the 'feathers' to the engine.
Alternatively, you could cut them back.

Regards,
Bruce

[Dirkpitt289]

How's this coming Tim?

[TimJ]

Sorry about the lack of updates but I've had to have what passed for my central heating replaced so modelling time has been a bit short lately. I have made some progress over the last couple of days though.

The cockpit interior was assembled and, unlike the F-14, this time I didn't lose any of the control columns.



I'm not sure if it will need any nose weight but I put some in just in case.



After closing up the nose section I fitted it to the rest of the fuselage and added the intakes.



Just after taking the photo I knocked off one of the tailfins. Doh!! At least it didn't fall victim to the carpet monster.

[Dirkpitt289]

Looking like an F-15 now. Woo Hoo