Ratatarse Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 (edited) As I promised it, this is my step-by-step Fan Racer I put in my diorama. The Fan Racer I put in the crashed diorama has no landing gear created, but all the other modifications I made on this one are also on it I let you imagine the work it was 1/ no landing gear, so create it ! - beginning with that material : one piece molded wing with no landing gear reservation... and not enough room for the tricycle wheel under the cockpit... all is beginning so well with this model kit however, the weighting will fit in the plastic to get the plane on the 3 wheels and not on his ass ! - in red, the not kept surfaces of the cockpit, wich will be cut, then, I have taken out almost 1 millimeter is height to have enough room for the front gear : - for assembly, just glued with a paper sheet witch replace the cockpit floor, when painted it's as the real part : - create the reservation for landing gear in the wings with modelist knife (exacto blade) : - main assembly tryout : - creating the landing gear : I was helped by my other model kits : I took 2 nose wheels of Italeri F-5B Fighter (wich are unused in the kit but available) as main landing gear basis because wheel diameter and overall length was exactly what I needed, but it has to be modified : - See between original and modified (the small part will be put in place later) : - Before final fuselage assembly, drawing of the front gear doors, and cutting with saw : - drawing, by transparency, the main gear doors on plastic card, and cutting : - I found out my front gear basis : a front wheel of 1/72 F16 Italeri 2/ make those flaps spare ! - cutting the flaps with saw : 3/ to assemble the plane, must paint cockpit and rear fan ! - painting of cockpit, accessorising it, making the same on the rear fan, as the front wheel can't be mesured without having the plane "inflight" line : - Tryout with VT102's Hikaru pilot figure : doesn't reach the rudder pedal... - For accessorising the cockpit, I took Eduard Tornado GR1 Photo etched parts set, as I wanted to do 2 fan racers and the GR1 is twin seater, with good big seats as you will see later, I was right to think at that aircraft ! - Wasn't right ? it fits perfectly the seat - prepainted and definitively assembled fuselage : 4/ make the front landing gear ! - inflight line as main gear has been glued, it's possible to mesure how long would be the front gear : - test of scale with destroids... 5/ detailling the cockpit and gears ! - made a joystick as seen in the anime and picked up parts in Tornado PE to give life to my landing gear : - test with rear fan cover : 6/ make those spare flaps move ! - I took pins to make axles, and I have made those flaps move : 6/ spare, make removable rear boosters cones ! - I wanted to make the rear cones of the booster removable... must have cut, dig them, then put an axle and youhouuuu that's done 6/ final assembly ! - Put putty on the parts junctions, to get good result : - after, it's like that : - let's dig the axhaust pipes : 7/ final paint & result ! - just have a look... What do you think of this Fan Racer ? Slighly better than original box or not ? :wink: Edited September 3, 2009 by Ratatarse Quote
valhary Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 yamato this is should be done for macross fans Quote
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