SCM Aggressor Group Build Fall 2019
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1 22 August 2019, 16:34
Maciej BellosFull throttle man! Can't wait to see what wonders you can do with this old kit!
9 October 2019, 20:15
Michael PhillipsSo some updates here finally! Been quietly working on the cockpit and fuselage assembly, and I now have the BB cockpit painted and inside the fuselage halves. The fit of the cockpit is ok, had some issues with the side panels and had to sand quite a bit from the tubs to get it to fit, but eventually I was able to get it in.
Will finish getting the rest of the assembly done and move to the priming stage. Next up will be the intakes. I had to purchase another kit (Hasegawa F-16CJ) to get the wide mouth intake. I tried to see if I could use the extra Tamiya one I had, but there was just going to be too much work to make it work so I took the easy way out. I can make the new kit a narrow mouth F-16 at some point down the road, so I won't be wasting the rest of that kit.
24 October 2019, 16:31
Konrad -Cool cool cool!
Do you think the Aires Pit will fit better than the Black Box one? Yours looks cool a lot of nice details...
I'm building the MLU of the Belgian Airforce and using the Aires one so I'm not sure which one looks cooler😉!
Anyhow nice build so far 👍!
24 October 2019, 18:07
Michael PhillipsThanks Stephan and Konrad!
Konrad, usually, Aires means great detail and a pain in the butt to install. However, on my Tamiya F-16C Blizzard Aggressor I built awhile back, I used an Aires cockpit on that build. And actually, the fit was quite good and much better than I encountered with the Black Box cockpit. So I would say go with the Aires!
24 October 2019, 18:38
Konrad -Thanks mate 👍! That helps a lot. Will show a few pics of the pit soon.
24 October 2019, 19:38
Michael PhillipsThanks Daniel, Jos, Patrick, Holger, Erik, and Clifford! I appreciate the kind words and glad to have you aboard!
A little progress to report... Got 'er mostly assembled, still need to finish the intake and I should be ready to prime soon. Then the fun starts!
30 October 2019, 03:47
Michael PhillipsThanks Stephan and Clifford!
Got some more assembly done and primed. I see a few areas that need some more attention, but nothing major. Getting close to the fun part, camo time!
6 November 2019, 05:07
Jos JansenGreat smooth surface for the camo, are you planned to sand it first prior to the camo?
6 November 2019, 07:01
Michael PhillipsThanks Jos and Dale!
Jos, I will go over it with very fine steel wool to smooth out any small imperfections, but not until I clean up some seams still present and re-prime those areas.
6 November 2019, 20:37
Michael PhillipsGot the first two camo colors down. I masked the hard edges of black against gray, but where the white will go I did freehand, and will use a mask to make the hard edges of white to black and white to gray, and will clean up any overspray after.
11 November 2019, 03:48
Maciej BellosWhite is my terror colour, yet you are the master of it. Well done Michael!
13 November 2019, 18:52
Michael PhillipsThanks Daniel, Hans, Laurent, Stephan, Clifford, Tim, Jos, Nathan, Patrick, and Maciej!
The white is actually a very light gray as Hans mentioned, and the paint is MRP so it is really easy to work with.
Anyway, I got the main decals on tonight. Will do the underside and stencils tomorrow. Moving right along!
17 November 2019, 05:21
Jos JansenThat is starting to look like Michael, you are going like cannonball ... completely awesome!
17 November 2019, 08:54
Slavo HazuchaThe Michael Philips touch in progress 👍 I´ve been gone for some time due to work & family topic overload, was very much looking forward to this - not disappointed & happy I´ll watch the finale live again!
2 December 2019, 11:05
Michael PhillipsThank you Konrad, Stephan, Jos, Laurent, James, Clifford, and Slavo!!! I know this is a very delayed response, but I have basically not touched the model for the entire month of December and half of November. Just very busy with the holidays and then lost the mojo...
But I am back now, and have applied the wash and flat coat. So not all that much left to do to finish this one up!
6 January 2020, 04:54
Patrick HagelsteinGood to see you back in there! I'm looking forward to get some modeling time as well! 🙂
6 January 2020, 08:30
Jos JansenWelcome back mate...your build not only motivates me but I think many here at SCM! Can't wait to the roll-out...
6 January 2020, 18:29
Patrick HagelsteinOnly now, when looking more detailed, that I see you left the intake lip until after painting. Isn't there a seam to fill and clean up???
7 January 2020, 11:52
Maciej BellosThose Alaska Viper are pretty cool jets and Michael does them justice. Well done mate!
7 January 2020, 18:38
Sergej IJust beautiful! Clean and crisp! 👍 Is there a reason you did not (yet) paint/decal the walk-lines?
9 January 2020, 19:13
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SCM Aggressor Group Build Fall 2019
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