08-01-2019, 11:36 AM
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Almost shovel ready
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,684
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Originally Posted by jeffyjeep
What a coincidence! I just finished mine also--except I assembled it incorrectly. (can you spot the flaw?)
After shooting the entire model with gloss white "The Vixen" hand painted the Dunklegrun, Zinc Chromate Green, and Gunship gray sections.
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After comparing your photos with my build I see that you attached the trailing edge of the "wings" incorrectly. During my own build I noticed a conflict between Shrox's pictorials and text. The engine mount was shown as flush with a junction point in the trailing edge of the wings. which would require a 5/8" projection of the engine mount rather than the 1/4" projection as called for in the text. I emailed Doug for a clarification and he said to go ahead and make it 5/8" rather than 1/4", which I did.
The biggest problem I had with this build was with the painting which required a ton of careful masking to accommodate the seven colors of paint. The build might have been level three but the painting was an S.O.B. !
Did you construct yours from Doug's original plan set as a "scratch build" or buy the Apogee kit? |