A rarity....Marui 1/36 Fuji Aero Subaru

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Re: A rarity....Marui 1/36 Fuji Aero Subaru

Postby Adam the Akrodude » Thu Nov 03, 2016 11:32 am

Coming along well Damo!
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Re: A rarity....Marui 1/36 Fuji Aero Subaru

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Fri Nov 04, 2016 4:02 pm

Bloody photobucket! Down for maintenance, so I can't post any pics!
Still, I've decided on this one not to wire it up, and I probably won't wire up my other one either, because adding the motor means there's practically no room for nose weight, and this baby needs a lot! 40 small sinkers in the engine bay...
Anyhow, I've added the weight, and started buttoning her up. Pics to follow once photobucket gets their shite together..
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Re: A rarity....Marui 1/36 Fuji Aero Subaru

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:53 pm

Finally photobucket's back up..
I spent a little bit of time today figuring out how to glue the top of the cabin, which wouldn't align naturally. It had a bit of a gap at the seam, and the right side was slightly higher than the left side. I tried taping it all together and clamping it, none of which worked. In the end, I aligned them by hand and judiciously super-glued them together before reinforcing the join with liquid cement. The canopy bow is a bit different given it's so small. I'm thinking I'll have to glue in the windscreen and carefully glue the bow to the back of the screen. *sigh*
Anyhow, on to the photos..

In this one, you can see the amount of nose weight I've added. Each side has 20 small sinkers and a huge wad of Blutac.
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Here, you can see the large gap and misalignment of the top of the cabin..
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All glued together now...I still have to add the front of the cowl, and the battery hatch underneath.
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Looking forward to the IP. The tape's really come up well simulating carpet!
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Looking back into the cabin..
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Re: A rarity....Marui 1/36 Fuji Aero Subaru

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Sun Nov 06, 2016 8:05 am

Well, I think I've screwed up...
I went to dry fit the windscreen, and found a sizeable gap at the top of the screen. At first I thought the windscreen was short shot, but the gap looks too even for that. Then I remembered some flash I'd sanded from the frame ages ago....only it wasn't flash! How to fix, how to fix....
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Re: A rarity....Marui 1/36 Fuji Aero Subaru

Postby Adam the Akrodude » Sun Nov 06, 2016 10:20 am

Easy - just fill with a bit of plastic card - undo/redo that "flash" - no biggy, or as one US POTUS contender says "biggly"! :D
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Re: A rarity....Marui 1/36 Fuji Aero Subaru

Postby hrtpaul » Sun Nov 06, 2016 8:32 pm

Looking good Damo :)
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Re: A rarity....Marui 1/36 Fuji Aero Subaru

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Wed Nov 16, 2016 2:50 pm

So I've reluctantly glued the windscreen in place. When I dry fit it, it seemed to fit OK, but now it's bloody awful. I'm going to have to remove it and ponder the situation a little - possibly make a new screen, which will be a first for me. I only hope the rest of the windows fit better!
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Re: A rarity....Marui 1/36 Fuji Aero Subaru

Postby Adam the Akrodude » Wed Nov 16, 2016 4:27 pm

Can you file/sand the windscreen down and then polish it? That to me sounds less work than say vacu-forming a new one.
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Re: A rarity....Marui 1/36 Fuji Aero Subaru

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Wed Nov 16, 2016 5:05 pm

Adam the Akrodude wrote:Can you file/sand the windscreen down and then polish it? That to me sounds less work than say vacu-forming a new one.

Nope....the windscreen's a tad too small!
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Re: A rarity....Marui 1/36 Fuji Aero Subaru

Postby Adam the Akrodude » Wed Nov 16, 2016 7:15 pm

Cap'n Wannabe wrote:
Adam the Akrodude wrote:Can you file/sand the windscreen down and then polish it? That to me sounds less work than say vacu-forming a new one.

Nope....the windscreen's a tad too small!


Use it as a master to vac-form another then.
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