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Miguel Vaqueroadded a new photoalbum.
26 5 February, 09:35
Miguel Vaquero AuthorWelcome aboard Spanjaard.
I've decided I'm going to represent the plane putting out a wild fire. For that I will need to make the plane with the gear up and flaps down, wich the kit doesn't include an option for neither. I'm also going to make it with the water door open, so plenty of scratch builds for this project. It's going to be a long one again
5 February, 13:59
Живко ДжаковI like this machine. I've seen newer ones work. I'm joining the show.
To Naples. [img1]
5 February, 15:13
Miguel Vaquero AuthorWelcome on board guys!!
That's an amazing photo Живко! Is it yours??
1 5 February, 20:19
Miguel Vaquero AuthorInterior all done. Not as detailed as some of my other builds because I dont want to lose to much time in a an interior it's not going to be seen, much more when there's going to be a while diorama for the plane.
5 February, 21:07
Живко ДжаковYes. It's mine. They were flying over us all day. The fire was 200-300 meters from the filming location, across a valley.
Canadair CL-415 | Album by JivkoDjakov (1:72)
1 5 February, 21:15
Miguel Vaquero AuthorThose are incredible photos! Love them. Did you get the chance to finish your model?
I created the water drop doors in blender, waiting to print them later today.
6 February, 12:30
Miguel Vaquero AuthorFully assembled and ready for masking and painting. I ended up doing the door with some plastic I had for other projects and some stretched sprue. I also made some structure inside the water tanks to make it more appealing
8 February, 19:32
Miguel Vaquero AuthorFunny detail I learned while doing this project. This version of the plane, Wich is the first one ever made, mounted the same engine as the Corsair. Although not even half as detailed as the one that I made in the same scale last year
1 8 February, 19:37
Miguel Vaquero AuthorWelp, my compressor broke mid painting the yellow. Time to order a new one 😞. I'll have to hold the build for the moment. If I get the time maybe I'll start with the diorama base.
1 9 February, 20:38
Guillaume BlanchetI bult this kit as a kid. I love the improvements you've added. Best of luck with the new compressor 😉 .
1 9 February, 21:28
CuajeteThose hatches and the water tank structure look amazing 👍
I'm so sorry about the broken compressor 🙁
Does the landing gear have the option to leave it in the raised position or did you modify it in some way?
1 10 February, 20:38
Miguel Vaquero AuthorThank you guys!! I finally mage to fix the compressor so, one thing out of the way 😄😄.
And cuajete unfortunately no it doesn't. I had to look for pictures and videos of the landing gear up to modify it to look as close as possible. The wheels are going to end up a little higher on the bay because the suspension is modeled as it were compressed, if it were raised it would be a little longer but could find a way to make that looking good. But overall the final result I think is quite convincing.
2 11 February, 20:28
Miguel Vaquero AuthorYellow done. It the first and last time I paint something pure yellow. What a nightmare. Didn't take any picture because I was so stressed out 😅😅😅.
I'll update once I start putting the red and black colors on the plane
Also I don't know if it's something with this kit, or with every 215 kit from heller. But it had a lot of flush, pretty fragile parts, and a lot of warping in some large pieces. Also something I dislikeed a lot, none of the large surfaces as the wings, body, or elevators had any holes or fittings to join them together, so basically had to fiddle and pray the glue hardened with the pieces in the right place.
2 19 February, 20:10
Miguel Vaquero AuthorWelcome guys! A little more work done, looking better now. Only black paint and decals left prior to weathering.
1 25 February, 22:42