Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) T-50 Advanced Trainer

[Guest]

Interesting project, especially after a ww2 afv, but it looks like a great kit, and academy kits seem to go together very nicely. Those decals make me nervous though.... Not to be tackled with a hangover

I agree about the decals, the orange red is much brighter than it looks in the photo.....

[Robert1968]

Looking nice there graham, I'm sure once painted up they will look stunning and show all the detail up


Great start


Robert

[PhilJ]

Looks like a interesting subject graham, I'm sure you'll do it justice. I'm tagging along for this one!


Phil

[papa 695]

Two nice white blobs you have there Graham, I'm sure the detail will pop with a bit of primer on them.

[Guest]

Two nice white blobs you have there Graham, I'm sure the detail will pop with a bit of primer on them.

They may be white blobs to you Ian but, to me, they are MY white blobs White plastic is horrible to work with

[yak face]

Nice start graham the seats look nicely detailed , once theyve had a mist of primer im sure the detail will be easier to pick out. , cheers tony

[Guest]

Nice start graham the seats look nicely detailed , once theyve had a mist of primer im sure the detail will be easier to pick out. , cheers tony

I am sure they will Tony. You know, I am tempted to do something I have never done. Lightly spray the sprues with some primer. I will see how I get on after a longer session but never white plastic again lol

[Guest]

I am sure they will Tony. You know, I am tempted to do something I have never done. Lightly spray the sprues with some primer. I will see how I get on after a longer session but never white plastic again lol

This is what I did... Sprayed the 1st coat of primer on all of it whilst attatched to the sprue.... (I did however think this was how everyone did it so not my idea.)

[Guest]

This is what I did... Sprayed the 1st coat of primer on all of it whilst attatched to the sprue.... (I did however think this was how everyone did it so not my idea.)

It is something I never do Stuart, not saying you shouldn't just that I don't. The reason for this is that it creates more cleanup in that surfaces to be glued together should have the paint removed first. Now I know that, especially, liquid cement tends to melt through the paint anyway but there are certain areas that really need to be cleaned like where the joint is a prominent seam, such as fuselage halves etc as you need to be sure that these joins are not going to give.


However, it is tempting on this build just so I can see better what I am doing lol.


So, like most things in modelling, it is not wrong to paint on sprues just not my normal way of working.

[papa 695]

Try giving them a dry brush Graham that way there's not enough paint to cause any jointing problems but the detail will stand out and also bull the White.

[Guest]

Well, had a wonderful relaxed modelling day with this great kit. This is the first model to be started in my new modelling space and what a pleasure it has been. To be able to slide from the bench to the spray booth and back has been a total revelation in the workflow that has never been possible for me before. Trouble is, I was so chilled and focused, I forgot to take many pictures


Anyway, time to start on the cockpit.






This was then sprayed a medium grey and the panels picked out in Revell Anthracite as a scale black by brush. Then the decals were applied to the instrument panels but I doubt they will be seen. Have to say, it is a very well detailed cockpit, lots of parts but it is just black and grey, very dull but that is how they are.


Test fit into the fuselage top






Then a test fit of the fuselage halves. Horizontal split for the main section and verticle split for the nose.






In the meantime, I built the internal section that forms the intake tubes and the main undercarriage bay. I love the way they supply weighted and in flight dangly undercarriage legs, I have gone for weighted as it will be displayed on the ground.


Not many pictures but a lot done including sanding the intakes seam lines out which were not bad and then gradually building up the fuselage panels while constantly test fitting parts to make sure it will all go together.


You would not see much detail in the white plastic anyway but I will shoot it all over when primed and then hope a wash will bring out the detail when it is sprayed white again.


Being a trainer, the missiles are smoke rather than weapons, Smokewinders???? But a pair of slimmer sidewinder missiles are also in the kit. The large centreline fuel tank is nice and will look good hanging quite close to the ground. The sticky up bits at the back are open air brakes which will add a bit of interest but I am not sure if they would actually stay open once stopped. These are only tacked on with white glue so they can be popped off once sprayed with the airframe to detail the inside section, not found any reference to show what colour they would be as yet.


But for now, surprisingly, it is starting to look like an airplane. And it appears to be nose heavy so I don't think weights will be needed.

[Guest]

Just popped back to bench to grab a pic of the undercarriage bay

[papa 695]

Great work Graham the cockpit looks fantastic even in just those two colours

[Robert1968]

Oh this is looking splendid Graham ( really nice even in white ) that cockpit/ office is very tidy and looks the part even in the dull colours.


I do like the option on the undercarriage legs you mentioned


Great fast progress


Regards


Robert

[yak face]

Fast work Graham , looking excellent too. It looks like a really nice kit -as we expect from Academy these days. I must get my J10 moving along though , everyone is leaving me behind in this GB!! cheers tony