Hi guys!
I mainly involve myself in 1/35th armour kits but i i built a few models when i was a bit younger. My only problem is the joins in fuselarge on aircraft really scare me…you know the ones i dont need to worry about on tanks . lol. Can anyone give me some tips on how to make those gaps disappear to leave an perfect join that cant be seen?
Thanks everyone
Dave
1st you need to find out whats causing the gap by dry fitting. Warped fusalages you can run the plastic under hot water and slowly bend the plastic back to shape. Other than that Sanding and Filling takes care of the rest. Swannys web site has a tips and tools section that goes into great detail and explains alot. This site has helped me learn alot so if it helps you out make sure to thanks Swanny.
http://swannysmodels.com/
After following AWood’s advice and getting the fit as close as you can, use of one of the welding glues such as Tenax or Ambroid will eliminate a lot of the seam. Squeeze the parts together lightly after applying the glue and the seam will virtually disappear. If there is any left a little gap-filling CA such as Zap will usually get rid of what’s left over.
something that was discussed on here i believe pix had the idea of first putting the upper part of the wing to the fuse. then the lower. i have been doing that lately and it works wonders for losing that horrible gap. all the advice above is good.
joe
If you use a small gouging bit in a Moto-Tool, you can get a nice weld seam along the…oh wait, that’s armour modeling. [:D]
The best thing to do (much like mentioned above) is to dry-fit, dry-fit, dry-fit, prior to marrying the two halves together to ensure a good fit. Once you’re happy with the dry-fit results; drop some CA on the seam, squeeze, let dry, sand.
Good luck!!
to get rid of small fine gaps try using Tip-ex (i think its called white out over there) its easy to sand without removing the detail [:)]
if the gaps too big try to Zimerit the whole plane, take the wings off and add a turret [:D]
hmmmmm, add zimeret and a turret… That would be a sight. you you could fight flack with flack!! 88mm…cannon…on a plane…88mm flack gun…you know?
ahh forget it…
lol…dont worry my doctor said i was crazy…
Dave
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Thats ok Dave, trying to install and make all those treads and wheels fit and look halfway decent scare me.
Scott
I’m with Scott. Not to mention making treads look halfway realistic. Too scary for me. You’ve gotten a pretty good seminar on fuselage joining above. About the only thing I would add is, don’t be intimidated, and don’t be afraid to use two or three different types of glue to join one fuselage. Especially a large one. One section might call on straight liquid cement along the seam and a couple of rubber bands. The tail section might call for superglue and clamps. I think nowadays the consensus, as said above, is to install the lower half of the wing before the left and right upper halves. You shouldn’t have any trouble if you follow the tips these guys have given. And the most imporant part is, it’s not magic, nor is it cardiac surgery, so don’t let it intimidate you. Good luck.
Tom
([#offtopic] a little, but bear with me.)
Lucien’s History Tidbit
All this discussion about tanks and airplanes made me remember an interesing, useless history fact. Way back when they built a B-36 bomber with the rear landing gear as tank treads. A little crossover info…
(Okay, on topic now.)
Seriously, though, all I can say is fit, glue, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand…
HUH???!?!?!? The bottom wing on first?!?!?! OK, someone fill me on this secret. And now I find out about it after I have almost finished the Revell P-61.[banghead]
I guess this is something about and old dog and new tricks.
Missile
REALLY Out to Launch
Yeah, I’m beginning to do that as well - and it works wonders
As for the Black Widow, I’m not sure it applies there, what with the problems you already must have making booms fit properly – the wing/fuselage joint is probably the least of your worries.
Fit problems with the booms???[?][?][?] Guess that I was lucky, because they fit without any problems. Might have to post some pictures. Now to figure that out.
Will have to try the wing thing with the 2 Bf-110s that are next on my schedule.
Missile
Out to Launch
Has been done, if somebody remembers the movie “Road Raiders”, have had the idea of doing something like that too, if only I could find some decent pictures from that movie.
As for putting pictures ; you need to have uploaded your pictures on the internet somewhere else (a special server where you can upload pictures, or your on personal website, whatever), then when adding a reply you see the buttons on top, one of those buttons is for putting images, click on it and you will see two pairs of tags with the word img in them. Place your cursor right between the pairs of tags and type or paste the directory of the picture you want to post.
If you do not know that directory, look at your uploaded picture in your browser, rightclick on it, and then click properties. One of the properties is the address, copy this and paste it.
Important ; make sure there are no spaces in it.