Trexx Completes First Model in 10 Years

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I finally did it! But there’s supposed to be two… the other one is in final paint stages. I was too impatient to wait to post both simultaneously.

THANKS TO ALL YOU FANTASTIC MODELLERS HERE THAT GAVE GREAT TIPS! Good as GOLD!

Revell’s 1/48 Delta Dart modified to be in flight.

ie; modified speed brakes at rear of fin, landing gear doors afixed in the “up” position and elevons cut out and reattached so they hinge.

Typical Revell… not much fit, especially the cockpit glass. A royal pain in the pa-toot. But the most critical seam was really great, were the wing meets the fuselage was perfect.

I was obsessed with smoothness and the shape of these things… (months of going back and forth with sanding and filling)

Being a World War Two airplane fanatic, it’s been a new transition to pry myself away to do some jets. (F-102 & F-106s DO have a lineage to World War Two by virtue of late work by Alexander Lippsich of Germany)

This model has raised surface detail and I used the technique of a hefty layer of primer then sanding the surface to expose darker paint underneath. (no rescribing done)

This is the first model I’ve painted with an airbrush! Woo-Hoo! (Paasche double action)

Primer: Testors Model Master enamel

Final Paint: Master Reaper Brand acrylics (I know, I’ve never heard of 'em and I took a chance) It went on like velvet. I was amazed at the smoothness.

Weathering: Tamiya weathering powder

(Door seams got the “sludge treatment”)

This example is highly weathered however, these airplanes were regularly preened and dowded over so it’s pretty clean… just sun faded, loosing it’s gloss. The other one will be newer looking.

I almost forgot! The front windscreen was lost and I never found it! So I made one with a piece of blister pack packaging. I thought it would be easy, but it wasn’t. My replacement is not symetrical (darn it!)

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[#toast]

She looks GREAT !

love the in flight pics too!

and best of all,

all the stuff on your workbench, haha, yes I am a workbench-stuff vouyer!

BTW:

this mention of paint brand, led me on a search, and found some good info on thinning,

so a thank you is deserved! :slight_smile:

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Wow, that is some nice work! [bow] [bow] [bow]

Great job using the double action airbrush! Those are not easy to master! I have a Paasche Single Action and a Double. I still don’t have great control using the double. [:(!]

Nice camera work too! I really like the 2 in flight pics! Nice job!

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Great looking model. The in flight photos are great but it’s flying very low. It almost hit that tree and flagpole.

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Dat Trexx, he a barnstormer [:O]

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Thats some uber clean work my man…cool photography too…nice touch. I think you should start your B-17 next and join our group build…I’m gonna start a new thread for it in a few minutes…think about it man, we’d love to have you.

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Oooo that’s a pretty DeltaDart!
Great work, great overall finish.

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Really nice job Trexx !

Nice sun fading effect, great finish. Welcome back to the world of builders - look forward to seeing more !

Chris

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GJ, trexx! I’ve got a couple of -106’s, also, but I’m only about halfway through the first one. And you’ve got me beat by a couple of years, I haven’t completed a model in about 12 years!

But I do have a question: I’m having trouble gluing the two fuselage halves together, they don’t fit together very well; it feels like there’s something in the way preventing them from going together. Did you have the same problem?

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Now that is Sweet!!! [party] Outstanding! Now lets not take another 10 years to do another! Five is the goal! [:P]

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Nice job on your first model in 10 years. Extra bonus points for it being the Revell Delta Dart, which is legend for being one of the worst fitting kits ever. [bow]

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Yes. The fuselage seam gave me fits. The cockpit sub-assembly and the engine are the only things that can go awry. And I had trouble mostly with the engine! I had to grind away the inside of the fuselage where the motor and it meet. A lot of grinding too!

I cracked that seam. I had it perfect, but when I did a retouch on the tailpipe metal band, burnishing the masking tape cracked it.

If I build a third, I’d cut the motor nozzle off and rework the motor mounting so that part could be put on LAST! It interferes with the speed brakes and makes the build cantankerous.

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Cantankerous! My goodness it will take me a while to figure out that word!!! I’m building 10 Val’s at one time but that is monotinous! Mass production woo hoo! Anyways I love your photo’s the one with Old Glory is really touching and just looks too real! Very impressive piece of history you have created! Sorry to comment twice but I really am digging your plane dude! [party]

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Thank you,

bSpeed - Did you notice the crumpled coffee filter? That’s a JWBs trick. And I do happen to have an endless supply of barf bags for my flying antics!

Thanks for the support… and tips!

Gordon King - hung it on the dog run first thing this morning to get some “fly-bys”

arki30 - I know. Revell kits don’t FIT! But they’re dang cheap and I like a challenge!

sfcmac - There’s a second one 98% percent completed and I’ve got a Caudron “Cyclone” 1/72 about halfway… stand-by for more completions!

Bossman- Thank you. You have no idea how great it was, after I moved out into the sticks, to befriend a retired rocket scientist that is an avid builder. That relationship got me primed to delve back into this wonderful hobby.

**Matt Six -**I’m getting it slowly… with the Paasche. I don’t know what all the little adjusters do… I don’t have any owners manual!

IL2windhawk- Final paint was a brand I’ve never heard of: Master Reaper acrylic. Took a chance and was very pleased.

Tiny - I have noticed the B-17s going together! And I VERY TEMPTED… but I’ve committed to the Mig Killers Group build…! I still may be coaxed to do it anyway.

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Nice work Trexx[tup]

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Nice Trexx. Good to see your so inspired after the first completion. Hope to see more.

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Great job.[tup] x5 Would never know we have been out of modeling that long.

John (PaPa-John)

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Nice work, Troy. Now wax it so its glossy.[:)]

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Number two on the assembly line will have a semi-gloss… and all the missiles exposed ready to FIRE!

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Awesome! She’s a beauty. I love seeing aircraft in flight mode. Not so easy doing wheels up with some of these kits. All those gear doors, speed brakes, access panels, etc, usually don’t fit correctly and are often way too thick.

I’ve got four kits in progress myself. Two should be ready for paint real soon. That would make my first and second in almost ten years too. It’s like riding a bike though… Except that I think I’m a lot more anal now. Probably due to seeing all the beautiful work posted here.