Bigturc's Tie Bomber thread
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Bigturc
Sr Member
Welcome here Ronan! Not many peeps from Quebec around here! 
So, the thing that was scaring me the most in the fact that I reduced my wing extensions, was that it had originally been laser etched by Joe and now I needed to scribe them .. good thing I got that Tamiya scriber .. a life saver!!! I think they came out pretty nice too!
Also here`s how I make sure that my styrene rods are nice and straight and all at equal distance along my wings. I cut a styrene bar at width around 3mm and use it to glue my rods to the extensions. That way, everything is nice, clean and straight!
The only downside is that some of the joint for the extensions popped while rescribing .. I'll have to revisit them with more ca glue?!?
So, the thing that was scaring me the most in the fact that I reduced my wing extensions, was that it had originally been laser etched by Joe and now I needed to scribe them .. good thing I got that Tamiya scriber .. a life saver!!! I think they came out pretty nice too!
Also here`s how I make sure that my styrene rods are nice and straight and all at equal distance along my wings. I cut a styrene bar at width around 3mm and use it to glue my rods to the extensions. That way, everything is nice, clean and straight!
The only downside is that some of the joint for the extensions popped while rescribing .. I'll have to revisit them with more ca glue?!?
Ronan87
Sr Member
Welcome here Ronan! Not many peeps from Quebec around here!
I know! I feel VERY lonely in my model kit and prop hobby... :cry
KrokoHunter
Sr Member
Kit I found that had the proper IDs
Saturn, 25PDR and Rodney
Sorry to say this mate, but the new SatV is a retool as well ... I don't think that there are issues with the parts needed for the Bomber, but you might get into "trouble" with some other problems.
KrokoHunter
Sr Member
Has anyone ID'ed the parts "wall-ing" the harrier parts?
Seems like some 1/700 ship "walls" to me ... any ideas?
Seems like some 1/700 ship "walls" to me ... any ideas?
Bigturc
Sr Member
Boy .. it's been a while!!!
The other day, I was staring at my Bomber on my desk, and he was staring back at me with this sad expression on his window .. and I promised him I'd get it done!
Fixed the bomb to the body, remove the extra wing lips I still had on one side, permanently fixed the cockpit window to the body [there won't be a pilot in there], finished putting the styrene rods on the left wing.
Now, I'm scutinizing the pics I took of the Bomber at Identities and making sure my wings will have the rods and plating as accurately as I can. I think I snatched details that I haven't seen on any other bombers before .. pics will come later!
The other day, I was staring at my Bomber on my desk, and he was staring back at me with this sad expression on his window .. and I promised him I'd get it done!
Fixed the bomb to the body, remove the extra wing lips I still had on one side, permanently fixed the cockpit window to the body [there won't be a pilot in there], finished putting the styrene rods on the left wing.
Now, I'm scutinizing the pics I took of the Bomber at Identities and making sure my wings will have the rods and plating as accurately as I can. I think I snatched details that I haven't seen on any other bombers before .. pics will come later!
Bigturc
Sr Member
Joe,
I know it`s been a while, but I managed to snapshot a really clear shot of that piece on the wing extension as seen here. And I really doubt it's the Rodney part as you thought .. let me know what you think! I checked my Rodney sprues and coudn't find anything that fit .. Click for higher rez.
I know it`s been a while, but I managed to snapshot a really clear shot of that piece on the wing extension as seen here. And I really doubt it's the Rodney part as you thought .. let me know what you think! I checked my Rodney sprues and coudn't find anything that fit .. Click for higher rez.
Bigturc
Sr Member
Thanks Nazgul, here's a couple shots of the wing I'm almost done with. Only the lower side to do but I need to figure out if they have the little Rodney parts too, cause if they do, I won't use them as I have only 1 Rodney kit, so that's 12 of them. I'll probably skip 2 to fit
I found it super hard to glue the long bars straight and don't make a mess with the glue. I'm not really happy with how clean they came out, but I've definitely seen worst!
I found it super hard to glue the long bars straight and don't make a mess with the glue. I'm not really happy with how clean they came out, but I've definitely seen worst!
Bigturc
Sr Member
Guy, no SS are to shame yours .. you and your darn amazing paint jobs!!!
Thanks Nazgul, much appreciated!!! Hopefully, another update soon!
Telepathic
Active Member
Thanks to Bigturc's pics, I've been able to ID those pesky little parts on the wings. For those interested the part comes from the ESCI 10/4. I've included pics.
