That one is actually fairly easy without a calculator: 333 m long, so in 1:32 that’s ten metres, leaving a remainder of 13 m — slightly under half of 32, so call it maybe another 40 cm. And what do you know?
wow well done on worrkin that out chris as ive just come out of the tub an was goin to try on the callulator but you beat me to it an just think of a model this big an here is my nimitz in 1/144 scale at nr 9 ft long so just imgine it at nr 35 ft long one thing for sure i wont get that in my car lol
THANKS GUYS an yes Bob matey an one thing for sure its not a begginers kit an is still putin up a fight to build but jen says take it a step at a time an she is right
AN THANK YOU Jakko for your answer too when i built my nimitz i knew that this 1/144 scale was as big as i could build it as ive had people say why dint i build it in 1/72 scale but when i said work out the size it would be an they changed their minds quick lol an you are right about the troublesome build i only hope that big super hornet im buildin next wont be such a botherThat one is actually fairly easy without a calculator: 333 m long, so in 1:32 that’s ten metres, leaving a remainder of 13 m — slightly under half of 32, so call it maybe another 40 cm. And what do you know?
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Better start looking for a disused church or gymnasium for sale
Though seeing the trouble this kit is to put together, I don’t think many would fancy building enough of them to fill a flight deck …
If it is, then you’ve had good practice on how to deal with it from this one
AN HI Jakko yes i think you are right there but dont know if the ole mojo will stand it though LOL as this kit is the hardest kit ive ever treid to build but to be fair to trumpy it may be the result of me fittin in lights an openin hatches that the kit was not designed to do as like the cover over the gatlin gun was made to be either closed an no gatlin gun or gluded open with the gatlin gun fitted but me wanting the best of both worlds well it made more work on gettin the cover to fit over the gun so i suppoce its part my fault in the bad fittin but some other parts were just bad fits an this is the first plastic kit ive built for a fair while so in realty im a novice builderIf it is, then you’ve had good practice on how to deal with it from this one
AN HI Steve yes the big cat is gettin built an as i sais in the post above some of the fit issues are proberly my fault but quite a few are not mine as the main undercarts did not fit as about 2mm out but again maybe my fault as i dint build it to the instruckions but that was due to the fact that i had lost faith in them due to the fact that in my opinion they were not very good an dint show where the parts fitted in after fit pics an barry said his big bombcat was not a good fit so it looks like i inherted some from this being the same kit phew but one thing for sure i would not want to build it again an i just hope an pray that trumpy 1/32 superhornet is a better fit as boy i had a lot more hair at the start of this build lol
WOW Arnie im not that much of a plane nut to fit servos in to work the wings lol
Could this be a knock-on problem? Meaning, it results from the poor fit of the earlier parts, so that had you gotten those in exactly right, this gap might not have been there either?boatman said:
HI Jakko i dont think so as the front nose section all lined up on each sides so not something ive done but if you look through barrys bombcat thread on this page you will see he had the same prob but not as bad but he had to do a lot of work sanding the jion in his fusalarges spine so im sure its not me an if that was the case jakko why has the bottom part of the fusalarge met up an as barry said he also on this part has to do a lot of filein an sandin like im goin to have to have a look at his bomb cat thread an you will see what i mean
CHEERS Garry but its gonna take a lot of work
I agree, in that case it’s almost certainly poor kit design. Hopefully you can fill the gap well enough that it won’t be obvious.
YES Jakko it is a poor kit design in my book like the probs ive had perhaps this is an old kit before every one got fussy lol but yes i'll get over it but really its work i should not have to do urg an got to fit an grind down that bottom fusalrge plate as well oh dear
an hi Arnie yes so do i on the bottom is getawayable but right up top in plain sight its gonna be a job to get this down smooth as not only a 2mm gap but the front part is also 2mm higher so how much i'll have to grind off lords knows an just hope it wont show to much
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