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Old February 2nd, 2012, 02:20 PM
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what a job over those airbrakes !! clean !
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Old February 4th, 2012, 11:35 AM
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I worked on the actuating system today.



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Old February 5th, 2012, 10:48 AM
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The para housing is attached to the fuselage. Just a dry check with the elevators and the speed brakes to be in good spirits for the rest of the built. We have now to fill the gaps between the parachute housing and the dorsal spine. Then we will attach the rudder and we will start to feel all the different challenges of the built behind us.





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Simply beautiful work Erik-

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Very nice Eric. Those brakes will totally look nice once painted and weathered.

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Old February 23rd, 2012, 12:23 PM
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The polish Viper is back!

I worked mainly to adjust the para-brake housing to the dorsal spine. This new pic shows the ECM antennas aside it and the Nav light.



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Hi!

I started again working on my Viper this week end. I'm so busy with my job that it is difficult to update this built regularly. So, I spent some time on the vertical fin to update it. First, trailing and leading edge had been sanded to make them as thin as possible. The tip is modified because the shape of the kit did not satisfied me enough. On the first picture, we can also notice that I vacue-formed a new scoop on the RH side of the spine. The one from the kit was too big and the lip not thin enough to me. The very small piece of plastic card at the bottom of the rudder is damage repear!









The vertical fin of the Academy kit before and after.



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Appreciate the efforts of you updating when you can.

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Two hours and alf for an air scoop! But a very small update.





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I just spent the better part of an hour reading through this, what an incredibly detailed and inspirational build. I shall keep a close eye on this one now!
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Thanks for your kind comments!

I sprayed today one coat of Alclad primer. It is the first time I use it and I'm very satisfied of the result optained. We can sand the surface only 30 minutes after spraying. I definitely recommend this product.



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I checked today the dry fitting of the chaff and flares dispenser. The photo etched is thin so it makes the box assembly is very easy.



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All the boxes are set. No need to use glue. They are entered in force in the holes.





I have now to reproduce the stiffeners on the spine with masks and Alclad surfacer.

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Old March 31st, 2012, 10:42 AM
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We continue with the stiffeners. I sprayed first some Alclad grey Primer followed by Gunze acrilic. The final result shown here below is before 24 hours drying. The depth will be adjusted by sanding with micromesh afterwards.









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Dear all,

The dorsal spine is on the way to be finished. I "sprayed" today the last stiffeners ribs and plates. The method of the tape plus the Alclad grey primer works perfectly. The pics here below show the emplacement of the next stiffeners. I'll be able now to work again on the cockpit.
Ah yes, something new: the Academy canopy is deffinitely wrong to fit to the Tamiya kit. I will have to heat the oil to vaccu it like I did on the Mirage 2000D.
A new challenge yet!











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Brilliant! Do you have any problems with the paint sticking to the masking when you're applying so many coats? You get such a nice, sharp edge so I'm guessing it's not an issue.
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Brilliant! Do you have any problems with the paint sticking to the masking when you're applying so many coats? You get such a nice, sharp edge so I'm guessing it's not an issue.
Hi MickyG,

It could happen but it's really not an issue. I wait for the primer to be completely dry and the dpeth is thicker than the final result to be able to correct any default with Micromesh. I use first the 3600 then I finish with the 12000.

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Other pics showing that we are able to make the depth we want.





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Really nice work man. Simply amazing

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