Recent content by Heavens Eagle

It's practice for down the road. :good:

That guys is definitely a craftsman with the tools. Do you think he has a big enough soldering iron?

That is looking really good! Not used to seeing a Connie in anything other than natural metal.

Hope you don't mind the critiques, it is how this group works. We try to help and guide each other to better builds and better skills. Sometimes we are our own worst critics on our own builds. Attaboys for good work and constructive critiques when we see something wonky. After all the devil...

Looking really good Steve!

I would suggest popping them loose then make some plastic plugs to put in the holes. Make a starter divot for the new hole and then drill the 45° angle. If you just bend them there will be a curve at the base instead of the clean angle in. The trick is to have the shallow divot hole for a...

Oh my this is coming together quickly! Umm, you might check step #253 again. The box in the upper left shows the ariels in the center of the wing angling to the back at 45° angles instead of standing straight up. The ones at the tips are straight up, and I don't think there are any angled...

@paddy Here are a couple of items you might look out for. I have found them quite handy for all kinds of things, but especially for working with odd PE parts. Also to keep from launching small parts, check out my thread on reworking and cleaning up your tweezers. To keep from launching...

Here are a couple more photos that I have made more recently on various tweezers that I use all the time and that come in handy for working on Photo Etch. Sorry I can't give links for the shears and pliers. I have had them for a while. I "think" I found the pliers at Hobby Lobby in...

The decal rivets are a neat idea, but the execution on them is only so-so. (he didn't plan on the pattern very well) I also agree on the port holes. It doesn't hurt to look though as it gives ideas. Execution is what makes the difference, not the adding of stuff.

Impressive!

The grey and blue patterns as well as the digital variations were long before the war started as I was collecting photos and such on the Sukoi 25 and 27 aircraft long before things started.

Ah! The books you were talking about on our meet up this weekend. Interesting that the Ukraine aircraft have the blue pattern camo where the Russian aircraft are all dark brown or brown tones.

If you look down to the deck below there is a square hole with a smooth circle around it that I am sure mates up with the curve on the end of the part you are looking at.

Enjoyed you in the chat Saturday Steve. Keep up the good work on the figures and nevermind the idiots online.