Nimrod MR2 - Airfix 1/72

[Guest]

Really coming along well now.

[papa 695]

Nice work Rick coming along nicely

[rickoshea52]

I made the searchlight for the 4A tank tonight from plastic rod and a silver sequin. It's as close a representation as I'll get and with the cupola fitted it looks okay.

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[flyjoe180]

Searchlight looks better than okay Rick. It will make a huge difference to your finished model.

[papa 695]

Total overkill with the detail, stunning work Rick love it

[rickoshea52]

Most of the work left on this is minor. Tonight I glued the broken nose gear back but I'm not confident about its strength. Another minor disaster (that wasn't unexpected) was that the AEO's domed window detached and is now lost inside the model after a failed attempt to re-attach it and removal of masking. I'll have to pinch one from another Nimrod kit that won't have two of them fitted.

Some other progress was to fill the light voids outboard of the intakes with filler and paint them aluminium. When dry I have some light lenses to fit to represent the lights then finish with the clear light covers from the kit.

Oh, and I'll re-attach the AAR probe that I just knocked off while typing his! Bugga!

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Edit: Well the nose gear lasted all of twenty minutes. I'm going to glue a scrap of sprue to the front bulkhead and then fix the gear strut to it and the stump of the gear.

[rickoshea52]

I used 2.5 mm lenses from Little Cars for the landing lamps after first painting the compartment aluminium, there's one on each wing.

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I broke the nose gear during the build. My solution for a beefier fix was to glue a lump of sprue to the front bulkhead then fix the broken part of the shock strut to the stump and butt it up to the sprue so it has two points of contact.

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As mentioned in a previous post, the AEO's beam window came loose and fell into the belly of the beast. My solution is to glue a strip of plasticard to the inside of the fuselage and when it has dried I'll trim it back so there is a tab to mount a spare beam window on. I'll glue a second piece when I've trimmed the first before fitting the window. I had to trim off the rim and and a final trial fit will be done before glueing in place.

[Guest]

This is looking very cool, iam not much of an aircraft person, but I know what I like and I like this.

scott

[eddiesolo]

Amazing work Rick, outstanding detail.

Si

[flyjoe180]

Good little fixes there Rick. None of those will be apparent to a casual observer with no knowledge of the build.

[rickoshea52]

A session spent weathering the underside of this aircraft tonight. I also did a bit on the top with a pin wash in the joins between the controls surfaces, airbrake lightening holes and thrust reversers. The demarcation between these panels is much greater than regular skin panels - because they move - hence the reason I've gone with this technique.

For the lower surfaces I've used oils to pick out the joins between the engine doors (two per engine) and the streaking plus some streaking on the bomb doors. A wash has also been applied to the lower surface as they got quite grimy between aircraft washes. The intake compartment doors have also been picked out for a pin wash. I'll have to think about doing the main gear doors, APU door and tail plane/elevator joins too. I won't be bothering with the rudder as the actual gap is clear enough to not require any additional enhancement.

I'll see how I feel about all this when it's dry as I'm not 100% convinced by it all.

Edited for spelling.

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[rickoshea52]

A small step forward for the base, numbered as Bay 16.

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[papa 695]

Great weathering Rick and the base is coming along very nicely

[flyjoe180]

Weathering looks good, base is looking good, not long now Rick!

[Guest]

Base is looking good.