philo426 Posted October 16, 2020 Share #1 Posted October 16, 2020 nearing completion Moved by Moderator to proper forum. popeye the sailor, ccoyle, lmagna and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 16, 2020 Share #2 Posted October 16, 2020 I remember reading an article about a vacuformed Arado in a modeling magazine around forty years ago. lmagna, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted October 16, 2020 This is it!Made by I.D. models ...very bsdic kit that requires aftermarket landing gear and cockpit details. popeye the sailor, ccoyle, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted October 16, 2020 Antenna wires are 6 lb test fishing line darkened with gun metal gray paint. [url=https://postimg.cc/3WDSQCNn][img]https://i.postimg.cc/bYmKbmhc/20201016-165601.jpg[/img][/url] Egilman, Old Collingwood and popeye the sailor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted October 17, 2020 Share #5 Posted October 17, 2020 Philo, so you are the guy who is able to make a presentable model from a vacuform Kit! I have tried it a couple of times and failed miserably both times, and they were simple kits! I think that vacuform is possibly the only harder media to work in than card and come up with a nice kit. It is clear you did it with this build popeye the sailor, Canute, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted October 17, 2020 Thanks for the kind words!Yes they are a challenge and I have made a paper Titanic and 1/32 Hampden!Not a casual weekend build I can assure you! Canute, Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted October 17, 2020 This is what you start with! [url=https://postimg.cc/rdF5JWK1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/3w293Fhc/20200927-235550.jpg[/img][/url] Canute, popeye the sailor and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted October 17, 2020 oneslim, Canute, popeye the sailor and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted October 17, 2020 Share #9 Posted October 17, 2020 I've never done a vac kit.......they look very daunting you did a superb job! really like the paint work.......did you stencil the insignias or are they decals? Canute, lmagna, Edwardkenway and 2 others 5 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted October 17, 2020 Those are decals!Thanks came out better than expected! Egilman, Old Collingwood, Edwardkenway and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted October 17, 2020 Share #11 Posted October 17, 2020 1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said: I've never done a vac kit.......they look very daunting Think edge gluing two of those vacuform sails from a Revell Constitution together back to back.... Without wrinkling or denting them..... Way beyond my talent level to even get them glued much less looking good popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share #12 Posted October 17, 2020 Did they get ripped? popeye the sailor, lmagna, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share #13 Posted October 18, 2020 Made the rear view periscope out of flattened aluminum tubing and styrene..resembles a muffler. Egilman, Old Collingwood, oneslim and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted October 19, 2020 Share #14 Posted October 19, 2020 Wow, very nice job man! popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted October 19, 2020 Thanks! It is cool! Old Collingwood and popeye the sailor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thibaultron Posted October 20, 2020 Share #16 Posted October 20, 2020 Nice! I have a vac form kit of a 1/72 B-17 YB, the first production model, and am terrified of it! Maybe some day I will tackle it. I have the complete series of 1/72 kits (all the A thru G variants), and would like to build the vac kit, when I finish those. I even have a card version kit of the prototype. Probably not enough years left to finish all of my stash. lmagna, Canute and popeye the sailor 3 Quote Ron Thibault Shipjack Carrie Price from Pyro kit, with upgraded detailing and history. Going From A 2D Drawing To A 3D Printed Part Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share #17 Posted October 20, 2020 B-17 fan I see! popeye the sailor, thibaultron, lmagna and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share #18 Posted October 20, 2020 B-17 fan I see![url=https://postimg.cc/qtTQ3Tsf][img]https://i.postimg.cc/TPysB2hP/20171121-112816.jpg[/img][/url] popeye the sailor, Canute and thibaultron 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 20, 2020 Share #19 Posted October 20, 2020 50 minutes ago, thibaultron said: Nice! I have a vac form kit of a 1/72 B-17 YB, the first production model, and am terrified of it! Maybe some day I will tackle it. I have the complete series of 1/72 kits (all the A thru G variants), and would like to build the vac kit, when I finish those. I even have a card version kit of the prototype. Probably not enough years left to finish all of my stash. Come on Ron, you know you have an audience. OC. popeye the sailor, Canute and thibaultron 3 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share #20 Posted October 20, 2020 No terror..once you know how vac forms are ok thibaultron, popeye the sailor and Canute 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share #21 Posted October 20, 2020 Hanging up now! Baker, hof00, popeye the sailor and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thibaultron Posted October 20, 2020 Share #22 Posted October 20, 2020 Yes, huge B-17 fan! I know, so many projects in the que. So far in the past month of being retired, I've gotten to spend maybe 1hour in the shop. I still have my Pyro skipjack and French fishing boat to complete, as well as an almost ready to paint Japanese houseboat. Then there is the whole building the train layout thing, though that is being held up due to lack of funds. lmagna, Canute and popeye the sailor 3 Quote Ron Thibault Shipjack Carrie Price from Pyro kit, with upgraded detailing and history. Going From A 2D Drawing To A 3D Printed Part Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share #23 Posted October 20, 2020 44 minutes ago, thibaultron said: Yes, huge B-17 fan! I know, so many projects in the que. So far in the past month of being retired, I've gotten to spend maybe 1hour in the shop. I still have my Pyro skipjack and French fishing boat to complete, as well as an almost ready to paint Japanese houseboat. Then there is the whole building the train layout thing, though that is being held up due to lack of funds. What gauge lmagna, Canute, thibaultron and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted October 20, 2020 Share #24 Posted October 20, 2020 I'm a B 17 fan as well......heck, I've built three plastic models of 'em I think it would be neat to see how one of these models are built. lmagna, thibaultron and Canute 3 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share #25 Posted October 20, 2020 Well you have to pop them out of the sheet and sand them down by taping 100 grit Sand paper to a flat surface and sand them til they fit properly. popeye the sailor, Canute, thibaultron and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thibaultron Posted October 20, 2020 Share #26 Posted October 20, 2020 HO scale, Santa Fe roughly 1935 to 1957, freelanced. the layout will be in three "sections" a port scene 2.5' x 12', an engine terminal with passenger car servicing 2.5 X 7.5, and a 12x 9.5 oval shelf layout with the modules 2 foot deep. At first the oval will be just a folded over double loop (making one circuit two times around) for running passenger trains while i watch. Later I will add sidings and industries to turn it into a switching layout also. I bought the Fast Tracks jigs so I can make my own turnouts for the engine terminal, and oval. Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor and Canute 3 Quote Ron Thibault Shipjack Carrie Price from Pyro kit, with upgraded detailing and history. Going From A 2D Drawing To A 3D Printed Part Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share #27 Posted October 21, 2020 Check out this bad boy! Jack12477, thibaultron, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share #28 Posted October 21, 2020 Brass Tetsudo 4-6-6-4 Challenger Jack12477, popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted October 21, 2020 Share #29 Posted October 21, 2020 3 hours ago, philo426 said: Well you have to pop them out of the sheet and sand them down by taping 100 grit Sand paper to a flat surface and sand them til they fit properly. Yeah, without wrinkling, denting or splitting them...... The one I tried, a B-47, was in a sheet that had to be cut away before you could join the part halves, you cut almost to the outline , (it's hard sometimes to know where the outline is) and use liquid glue to joint them, sanding down the slight ridge that remained.... At least that is how my instructions said to do it.... I could never get the halves to match properly..... so I eventually binned it.... Not an easy medium to work in... But my friends that have succeeded say that like anything else, once you get the hang of it, it's simple and quick.... lmagna, thibaultron, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted October 21, 2020 Share #30 Posted October 21, 2020 2 hours ago, philo426 said: Brass Tetsudo 4-6-6-4 Challenger Beautiful and rare I believe only 41 of them were sold in the US.... The last running Alco built UP Challenger was retired in 2010 and there are only two left in existence out of 140+ built.... Monster machinery...... Canute, lmagna, thibaultron and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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