Well after much proding, here are a few pics to start my MV-22 Osprey WIP. Updates may be slow in coming due to work and a impending move in September. There’s not a lot of detail to the inside of the cargo area and no ceiling either. I’m still thinking of what to do about the ceiling (any suggestions would be helpful). This is the first model i’ve done in…well a very long time so be gentle. But any tips and suggestions are always appreciated. I’ve learned a lot from ya’ll and i’m applying what i’ve learned to it.
So first are some pics of my work bench. Going to add to it after we move.
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Now for the Osprey!!!
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Well that’s it so far. Hope to get some more work done on it this weekend. More to come.
Looks like a nice start here, MM. Looks like you’re just about ready to start plumbing things in … think you got enough wire? You’re going to need it! HAHA!
Thanks for sharing … I’ll be following this one. Just be sure to take good notes as this one will be coming up in my stash soon…
Thanks for the pic. It looks great. I have a question for ya. Did you have a big gap on top where the wing meets the fuselage? I was test fitting and found this massive gap!
As far as plumming the cargo area, Not sure if I wanna go all out. If I did, I might never finish. Lol. And of course there’s the issue of no ceiling there either.
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. Work keeps me busy. Here’s what’s been going on with the Osprey. I started on the engine naccels and had to add some scratch built exhaust covers. That was long and tedious. Discovered I had the “dash board” and cockpit instrument panel in the wrong spot so I had to do some minor corrective surgery on that. I also decided to make a roof for the cargo area (There ya go Modelchasm). Scratch building some stuff on that as well. I hope to have some stuff painted and put together this weekend and take pics. More to come this weekend.
Here’s a few crappy pics of pics. My best buddy is a crew chief on these things. Lighting sucked for pics, but it was pretty cool to climb around in them!!!
Of note is the sizable gap where the wing meets the fuse. And the painted tail!!!
I love this pic!!! It doesn’t show in the pic, but these “twentyscrews” had a weird, metallic looking paint, almost reflective looking.
Thanks for the pics Fermis. I have a ton of pics that I got on a CD when I ordered the decals from Flying Leathernecks. They have tons of walk-a-round pics. Yeah the early Ospreys had that weird paint job. The new paint jobs are your standard three tone grey scheme.
Ok, I’m back. Because of the move it took long than I thought to get back to the Osprey but I have good news…New Pics!!! Here they are.
So that’s it for now. It’s my first time scratch building and using Bare Metal Foil. I have a few more details to do before I close her up. As always…comments or suggestions are always welcome.
My OCD would go into overload if my work bench got like that…lol. And those are pics of my work bench at the old apartment. Here’s some pics of the work bench in the new house.
I still have to put my cork boards back up and some posters up. The walls are way to empty.
Here’s some pics of the wing. Now all the pics i’ve seen of the Osprey parked show it with the flaps down. I’m sure there’s a way to do it but not exactly sure. Thought of using Milliput and stock styrene, cutting the flaps off with a razor saw.
But i’d like to get some ideas from others if possible. Thanks.
I had the chance to see another 22 up close at the Alliance Airshow in Fort Worth last weekend. Wanted to get some good, close pics, but it was really busy and people were all over the place. As soon as I got set up to take a picture, people would walk right up, look at me, and then stand right in front of me …
As far as “how to” on the flaps … I’ve done something similar on a different project. Cut the flaps out, sanded the insides of the flaps so that a styrene (or brass/ alum rod) would fit. That gave me the curved edge I was looking for. Then putty and sand the seams after that.
The 22 that I saw this past weekend had the flaps all the way extended. Might be a small challenge, but not impossible.
Looking forward to more progress. Great work so far…
Hey thankjs. Yeah that’s what I was thinking. I cut one flap off yesturday so I could see what I needed. I’m going to the hobby store tomorrow to get what I need. Doesn’t look like it’s going to be to hard.
All of the Osprey pics that i’ve seen that are parked or on the ground have the flaps all the way down. That’s why I decided to do it. I’ll have more pics in the next few days.
Well here they are. The flaps are cut off. Working on filling the panel line on the top of the flaps. That’s not there when they’re extended. Now it’s time for a lot of scratch building.
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