Cuajete Thank you, Bernhard...
I started building several years ago, when neither SBS nor KP kits existed.
At a certain point I gave it up and recently bought the KP kit, but now I've thought "why not try to finish it and then do the KP kit?"
Daniel Klink Wohhoo count me in... That really demands hammer and chisel..
Great progress and effort so far Cuajete.. 👍
23 May 2020, 18:13
Cuajete Many thanks, mates 🙂
Daniel, this kit is made for masochists like me 😄
23 May 2020, 18:47
Choppa Nutta Good effort Cuajete and a good example of how to make a silk purse from a pigs ear 🙂
I particularly like the screw being used for the engine cylinder😉
but that scratch built cockpit in 1/72 is impressive work !
Christoph Kunz This kit really gives hell to you. Thanks four the tip using compound to get a nice surface.
14 June 2020, 19:30
Cuajete Thanks a lot, Christoph. I have assumed it will help the paint to have a better glossy finish 🙂
Comet ready to paint.
14 June 2020, 19:43
Cuajete New pics updated... I used Humbrol Enamel H21 Black Gloss. Brightness of this black is very nice. I also think that is one of the best to use as a base coat on some metallic paints.
17 June 2020, 19:49
Spanjaard that seems a very shiny plane 🙂
all the sanding paid of 🙂
about the canopy studs, why not mask and pain, first in interior color, then exterior.... being 1/72 it may just look in scale.
try in a spare canopy first of course😉
17 June 2020, 21:05
Skyhiker This is how to do 1:72! Congratulations. Loving every photo!
Christoph Kunz Great job. This is going to be a real beauty.
17 June 2020, 22:12
Gordon Sørensen Looking good, Cuajete! Nice work with this old kit, that gloss black looks like it went down nicely.
Hard to tell from the pictures, but did you fill in the incorrect rudder hinge line below the stabilizers? And your flight control balance horns look to be more 'in scale' then my attempt.
17 June 2020, 23:30
Cuajete Spanjaard, I will consider your advice. Thanks friend 🙂
Gordon, many thanks for your words. Although I think I did nothing... what do you mean with incorrect rudder hinge line below the stabilizers? Sorry for my bad english.
Skywalker, Maciej and Christoph... thank you very much for your kind words and tips. I'm glad you like it.
Unfortunately I have had to stop this work for a while, due to the attention that other personal projects require. But when I can I will finish this beautiful aircraft.
Thanks again for follow 🙂
9 August 2020, 19:04
Robert Podkoński Absolutely great job. I have got one in my stash, but now I am even more reluctant to start it...
13 April 2021, 18:36
Spanjaard another option for the canopy could be to use bare metal foil or something extremely thin. but i have never tried that myself.
13 April 2021, 19:35
Hanno Kleinecke Absolutely amazing amount of work that you invested into this crappy lump of plastic to get this fantastic result so far ! I gave up on it back then and built the fantastic SBS resin kit instead....
13 April 2021, 19:56
Cuajete Robert, Spanjaard and Hanno... Many thanks for your lovely words. And thanks to the rest mates for the likes 🙂
I would have liked to buy the SBS kit, but it seems to me to be quite expensive, so I bought the KP kit instead, but I have seen that it has flaws starting with the horrible shape of the canopy.
14 April 2021, 18:09
Robert Podkoński You are welcome, Cuajete... You can always try strips of decal. Techmod offers sheets of blank decal that can be printed on a laser printer and then given two coats of transparent lacquer, or simply painted with appropriate paint (I tried laser printing and also painting with Tamiya sprays and it works with some attention). Also, there are sheets with strips of decals of different width and colours offered. Tedious work, nevertheless... But, presumably, you are not afraid of such tasks🙂
I considered the option of using the decal strips method, but I am not achieving good results with the vacuformed as I do not have a good base to work with. I am considering the option of vacuum forming the KP's kit canopy to leave it open, even if it is not accurate.
15 April 2021, 11:29
Amenofys Este avión tan atractivo se merece todo el curro que le estas echando. Lástima que solo exista en plástico (al menos que yo sepa) el modelo de Airfix/Kp con un molde tan antiguo y con tan poco detalle.
1 July 2021, 17:46
Cuajete Hola Amenofys. Existen otros moldes antiguos del Comet en plástico como este de Airfix. Por ejemplo el molde de Frog. El más reciente en plástico es el de KP, pero el canopy está mal diseñado. También hay un kit muy bueno en resina de SBS Model, pero es muy caro.
Muchas gracias por tu comentario 🙂
Alec K Wow, marvelous effort! Not sure how the heck I missed this so far…
24 November 2021, 13:23
Cuajete Many thanks my friends!
It is a simple and hard kit, but with work it can be improved a bit. The biggest difficulty I see so far is the replacement of the terrible canopy and its fit after the initial cockpit's emptying.
I still have to think about how to rebuild the landing gear, because the one on the real model is not as simple as the one in the kit includes
24 November 2021, 20:45
Pierre Pierre this is a very impressive work, more scratch building that assembling. very inspiring
1 December 2021, 00:54
Cuajete Thank you very much for your words, Pierre. I don't think I deserve that much 🙂
2 December 2021, 21:13
Olivier That model was the first ever I built a long long time ago. So I have a soft spot for it.
What you make of it is just fantastic.
2 December 2021, 21:18
Daniel Klink Of course you do so Cuajete!
that KIT IS NICELY said "Crap". And you are doing a fantastic job about turning this into
a little gem.. Keep it up mate 👍
Cuajete Many thanks for your nice words and likes, my friends. Your comments are very encouraging. I hope it won't take long to continue this project 🙂
5 December 2021, 18:55
Skyhiker This one has been on the shelf for a while, but it is soooo close. We are all looking forward to its progress. Good luck mate!
Pierre Pierre I am just wondering how did you manage to make a spray so clean without dust or splash ?? i am just struggling all the time.
8 December 2021, 08:30
Cuajete Greg, Pierre... Thank you very much for your motivation words. And thanks to the rest mates for the likes 🙂
Pierre, putty and sanding surface imperfections and after priming with Mr. Surfacer 1200 I achieved that surface in several polishing sessions with Tamiya Compund products (starting with the coarsest grain and ending with the finest). You can see these products in pic 98. Then I painted with Humbrol 021 gloss black enamel. This is one of the best paints to achieve this effect, even as a very good base for metallics. Another good primer for this is Alclad Glossy Black.
11 December 2021, 19:37
Pierre Pierre thanks for answering, looking forward to the next step.
Jv Great looking plane now
thats was alot of pain to achieve that
I think now all kits will be easy for you lol
I'm in to
12 March 2022, 16:44
Cuajete Thank you Jv! I really appreciate your words.
12 March 2022, 19:53
Moreno Baruffini Read today all the story, great project and and a very great build! 👌🏻
6 October 2022, 16:13
Cuajete Thank you very much, Brown. I'm glad you like it. A few days ago I saved this and the other kits I started for a transfer to another place. I hope it won't take long to resume all my open projects.
Cuajete Nicolas, I appreciate your motivating words.
Bernd Grün, thank you for your like.
12 January, 19:22
J35J Great progress so far, paint finish is spot on!👍🏻
12 January, 20:54
Cuajete Thank you so much, J35J. Different grain sandpaper, polishing pastes, a good primer, Humbrol's black gloss, a lot of work and large doses of patience are to blame 🙂
@Miroslav Kuky, thanks for your like 👍
13 January, 19:03
bughunter Looks like greatly primed for Alclad as the next layer 👍 😉 😉
13 January, 19:14
Rando Oh wow, I built Grosvenor House (the red one) a year ago as my first practice kit returning to the hobby. Stone Age modeling indeed, but was a fun little project. Very interested to see what you do with this one
13 January, 19:19
Rando Also, what is that tool you used to get the shape the interior cross sections? That's amazing, I'd love to have one myself
13 January, 19:22
Cuajete Hello Rando, your words are very appreciated and motivating. The paint finish on your Grosvenor House is very good.
The tool you mention is a shape copier. I got it at a modeling fair in Madrid, but I don't remember the name of the brand. This one in particular is not very good. There are better ones and with thinner spikes. I've seen them in other online stores, but right now I can't remember where. Sorry. There are also them in DIY stores, but they are much larger and have plastic spikes. I hope that with this information you are lucky and can find one.
Cuajete
Daniel Klink
Choppa Nutta
Christoph Kunz
Andy Ball
Łukasz Gliński
Spanjaard
Gordon Sørensen
Robert Podkoński
Hanno Kleinecke
Amenofys
Guy Rump
Marko
Pierre Pierre
Olivier
Skyhiker
Jv
Moreno Baruffini
Rando
