phantom II
Master at Arms
Hello everyone ! As I was waiting for the paint to dry on the RE 2005 I took a closer look at this kit that was kindly given to me by a very gracious friend .
Hate to say but 1/48 is not my scale of choice but after scrutinizing the pieces :woohoo:
I decided I had to build it :drinks So, here we go.
This will be a MK II something, because I don't know yet what I will be able to round up to give it it's final personality.
Some kit parts had already been painted but I had to make some modifications to allow for the Eduard kit and to remove some mold marks.
So here we go. Scratched up the paint.
Bent and soldered the Eduards seat.
I modified the control column and wound up having to build a new hanger for the rudder pedals. The kit parts desintegrating when I tried to remove them from the tree.
I made a few parts for the interior, such as the cables for the control, a map light : stuffed a few papers in the box on the opposite side.
Off course by now you'll realize I shot some new shades of green.
And in a moment of insanity I decided to put in the escape door mechanism that will probably never be seen again
All the bits and pieces really needed to be assembled and trial fitted inside the fuselage. A difficult task resembling making a box out of cooked spaghetti.
Eventually I succeeded. Still needs a few handles. This is the last trial run.
At this point, I need some opinions. I am thinking of cutting out the emergency panel and laying it on the wing so the interior can be more easily seen. Quite a bit of it is obscured with the fuselage closed up.
Comments/opinions are welcomed .
Cheers, Christian
Hate to say but 1/48 is not my scale of choice but after scrutinizing the pieces :woohoo:
I decided I had to build it :drinks So, here we go.
This will be a MK II something, because I don't know yet what I will be able to round up to give it it's final personality.
Some kit parts had already been painted but I had to make some modifications to allow for the Eduard kit and to remove some mold marks.
So here we go. Scratched up the paint.
Bent and soldered the Eduards seat.
I modified the control column and wound up having to build a new hanger for the rudder pedals. The kit parts desintegrating when I tried to remove them from the tree.
I made a few parts for the interior, such as the cables for the control, a map light : stuffed a few papers in the box on the opposite side.
Off course by now you'll realize I shot some new shades of green.
And in a moment of insanity I decided to put in the escape door mechanism that will probably never be seen again
All the bits and pieces really needed to be assembled and trial fitted inside the fuselage. A difficult task resembling making a box out of cooked spaghetti.
Eventually I succeeded. Still needs a few handles. This is the last trial run.
At this point, I need some opinions. I am thinking of cutting out the emergency panel and laying it on the wing so the interior can be more easily seen. Quite a bit of it is obscured with the fuselage closed up.
Comments/opinions are welcomed .
Cheers, Christian