F-111 in progress
Comments
2 September 2014, 16:56
Steve Wilson...
Hi Heico, excellent progress on the cockpit!!!
But I'm intrigued, you're tickling my curiosity, what's the brick for???
and why's it got masking tape on it???
Please tell!!!😮
2 September 2014, 17:45
Heico van der HeideThanks guys. Steve, it isn't a brick 😛 It's a sanding-cork. And i cut a piece of sandingpaper in the size of the cork, tape it stuck and so i have 2 different grains of sanding paper in one hand.
2 September 2014, 18:45
Steve Wilson...
Ha! ha! ha! Lol (((😄 ))) Now I see it... And I use them myself😠 Duuuhh!!!
2 September 2014, 19:31
AugieNow that just decided for me to get these instead of acadamy ones... whats the shape like?
7 October 2014, 22:17
Heico van der HeideThanks gents. Augie: It looks good but i can't really tell yet in this stage😉
8 October 2014, 17:05
Heico van der HeideThanks Gerald, it's a reasonable kit and with a lot of dryfitting you can make something nice of it, allthough there are some gaps etc but so far nothing major.
2 November 2014, 17:55
Bill SpargoGreat build so far, this is a very nice kit in my opinion, looking forward to watching the progress.
23 January 2015, 02:43
Kerry COXAugie, My two cents worth. Hobby Boss make the BEST F-111 series.in 1/48. I have the Aussie 'PIG' in I/48 and the wing span is a little longer than the "Ardvark" which was used mostly by America. Fantastic surface detail and I found very little that was out of wack, (No filler).
Heico, thank you for letting me jump in there for a few words, and if you are going to detail the engines, I have some up close and personal pics of one from my visit to the Australian base at Amberley some years back.
Oh, :-/ and I like the progress you are making too. LOOKING GOOD> 🙂
23 January 2015, 05:03
Heico van der HeideThanks for the positive comments guys.
Kerry: i was planning on building it straight oob, but thanks anyway for giving the option 👍 it's thing like that that makes me appreciate this hobby, everybody is willing to help each other. 🙂
I did have some issues with this kit so far, specific around the cockpit/ejection area.
23 January 2015, 07:58
Murad ÖZERfit of the fwd bomb bay door doesn't look very promising, good luck Heico.
23 January 2015, 09:57
Heico van der HeideYou are right Murad, the fit wasn't superb, good eyesight😉
23 January 2015, 15:42
John CoverleyHeico, there's some pictures of the F-111 at the South Australian Air Museum in one of my albums that you might find helpful.
21 March 2015, 13:39
Evan DwyerGreat work so far! I've been looking for a proper Aardvark kit, just added this to my wishlist. Best of luck, looking forward to seeing it evolve.
28 April 2015, 15:27
Heico van der HeideThanks Evan, although this kit has some small issues it looks terrific When we are talking about detail etc.
28 April 2015, 20:14
Kerry COXIt's good to see you back with your F-111.
Finally I get to have a beer and watch the rest of this build. !!! Yipee ! 🙂
28 April 2015, 21:45
Heico van der HeideAugie, I can't say anything about the Academy but i've heard the HB is better... But that's just hear/say 🙂
Kerry,it was slow on building time lately, hopefully it won't take too long before the paint will be on.
29 April 2015, 18:21
Holger KranichGreat work, Heico! Lovely Aardvark!!! The HobbyBoss (?) kit hast wonderful details, it seems!
Have you ever thought about using Liquid green stuff for filling, especially around the canopy?
scalemates.com/kits/275374-g..189956004-liquid-green-stuff
6 May 2015, 09:39
Heico van der HeideThanks guys.
Kerry it will get US decals, sorry for that 😛
Holger, never heard of it but if I run in to it I might give it a go.
7 May 2015, 04:49
Kerry COXHeico, I just wondered as I don't believe we had the short winged version here, but it will look wonderful mate. 🙂
7 May 2015, 06:38
Heico van der HeideThanks my friend. Some people found the tan too light coloured, what is your opinion guys?
7 May 2015, 15:50
Kerry COXNo, not at all. You just have to look at all the other aircraft of this period to see that there were differences on all of them. What you have done here is just fine and don't let 'rivet counters' influence your interpretation , because the weather conditions in the areas where this bird was deployed were some of the harshest, and unless it was undercover all the time, the paint scheme often got 'bleached out'.
You are doing a splendid job Heico. 🙂
7 May 2015, 23:06
Kerry COXHeico. !!!! What a "PIG". An awesome result mate, and all the pics certainly have let us know just what you have done.
I love it. 🙂 👍
13 July 2015, 23:34
Christian BruerNice finish, I much like the blurred edges along the separation lines between the colors. Following your excellent photo documentation it does not look like an easy build. A lot of filling and sanding all along the parts?! But excellent surface detail and you restored it very nice and clean. Very good modelmaking in all aspects!
27 September 2015, 08:45
Heico van der HeideThanks guys! Christian, i had some work on some parts yes, but i had much worse 😉 It was a fairly fun build, but i had some setbacks that slowed it down. Now it's finished and the final pictures can be found here: Final pictures | Album by heico1980 (1:48)
27 September 2015, 09:13
Christian BruerTo have fun with modelmaking is the main issue🙂
Thx for the link with the final pictures. As mentioned before – excellent work!
27 September 2015, 09:52
