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Scratch copy of FW kit, amazing work!

The front details on that flyer look great, very clean and tidy.
It looks so neat form the pic, with a small amount of gap filling you could probaly cast it,
if you wanted to that is .

Ive said it once... and am quite happy to keep repeating it..... Glorious detailing! Quality all round!

poor team... be careful... or you might go the Spanish way....muhuahauaha...

sorry mate...

actually football is not my style... but the last two or three world cups have been a rollercoaster ride with lots of surprises...

but that leaves you with more time to and so much cool looking detail ...which you did^^already...

Damn...just saw the end of that fiasco...
Dunno what it is with major European teams...would have loved to see a game between England and Germany...

Excellent work. I may have missed it where you told us your source for measurements etc? Are you working from a real Thunderbolt or something else?

Dr H wrote:Nice detail work Ruglud. Looks really good.

shasolenzabi wrote:Scratch copy of FW kit, amazing work!

hk1x1 wrote:The front details on that flyer look great, very clean and tidy.
It looks so neat form the pic, with a small amount of gap filling you could probaly cast it,
if you wanted to that is .

gotta finish her first...

MagosBiff90 wrote:Ive said it once... and am quite happy to keep repeating it..... Glorious detailing! Quality all round!

Viktor von Domm wrote:poor team... be careful... or you might go the Spanish way....muhuahauaha...

sorry mate...

actually football is not my style... but the last two or three world cups have been a rollercoaster ride with lots of surprises...

but that leaves you with more time to and so much cool looking detail ...which you did^^already...

Viktor von Domm wrote:Damn...just saw the end of that fiasco...
Dunno what it is with major European teams...would have loved to see a game between England and Germany...

Oh well, at least I can sit back and enjoy the rest of the World Cup as a neutral without any stress.. Plus England can claim to paly as well as the Spanish

Red Harvest wrote:Excellent work. I may have missed it where you told us your source for measurements etc? Are you working from a real Thunderbolt or something else?

Used the Eli Patoroch's templates as a basis for the measurements -they aren't perfect and now I'm on detail I refer to pics of real FW models...

Hopefully some more progress on the way tomorrow (Saturday...)

Thanks. Look forward to more progress. Maybe this'll inspire me to do something with the ones I started oh so long ago.

Holy crap - those scratchbuilds are fething insane! You're one seriously talented guy.

Plus England can claim to paly as well as the Spanish


LOL....if we loose the next game.. Germany will be among you...

Red Harvest wrote:Thanks. Look forward to more progress. Maybe this'll inspire me to do something with the ones I started oh so long ago.

Go for it - you know you want to

Azazelx wrote:Holy crap - those scratchbuilds are fething insane! You're one seriously talented guy.

Cheers bud

Viktor von Domm wrote:Plus England can claim to paly as well as the Spanish

LOL....if we loose the next game.. Germany will be among you...

World Cup is so much better for me as a neutral... The Brazil v Chile penalties was nail biting tension - just don't see Brazil getting to the final... I'm still backing Holland vs Germany for the final although France or Colombia are my dark-horses... Argentina aren't quite firing yet but they'll get to the Semi's vs Holland

Progress - a week late, but there you go...

Tail work...



Front cowl for whatever is in there...

Now this one is comming along in a very fine way my dear sir, keep up the quality work for me to stare at.

Yeah, I do want to finish them somehow. And build a kick-ass dropship. Maybe I'll combine the two.

Humble suggestion about the fuselage. Use filler as you go. I learned from mine that trying to fill and sand with all the tight angles and spaces was a PITA.

I want to see how you do those engine exhausts too.

Nice work again, Ruglud.
Tail and cowl are both looking good.

Great stuff, the tail is spot on. Really can't wait to see this complete, awesome model.

This thread is brilliant! I'm thinking of starting scratch building some of my own stuff soon but I don't know where to get the materials. Where do you get your plastic card from?

Also; did you end up making that tutorial on how to hinge rhino doors, as I'd love to do the same to my SM vehicles (yeah I read the whole thread )

Top atention to detail again mate! Really impressive work..... going to look awesome!

It's not often I can allow myself the luxury of looking around the forum; you can thank your signature link as well for my finding this thread. Exquisite work here thanks for sharing. Your first page reminded me I need to buy more 5/32 magnets.

STC_LogisEngine wrote:Now this one is comming along in a very fine way my dear sir, keep up the quality work for me to stare at.

Will do - thanks for staring

Red Harvest wrote:Yeah, I do want to finish them somehow. And build a kick-ass dropship. Maybe I'll combine the two.

Humble suggestion about the fuselage. Use filler as you go. I learned from mine that trying to fill and sand with all the tight angles and spaces was a PITA.

I want to see how you do those engine exhausts too.

FIller finally go some action today - finished the armour plating which covered most of the gaps, but noticed a few rough edges...

Exhausts... hmmm, yeah - that's the trickiest part I reckon - need to work myself up for that stage, but they will be done (and done well hopefully)

Dr H wrote:Nice work again, Ruglud.
Tail and cowl are both looking good.

Cheers Dr

Camkierhi wrote:Great stuff, the tail is spot on. Really can't wait to see this complete, awesome model.

Completion is still a long way off I fear- modelling time is severely reduced of late :(

Brother Payne wrote:This thread is brilliant! I'm thinking of starting scratch building some of my own stuff soon but I don't know where to get the materials. Where do you get your plastic card from?

Also; did you end up making that tutorial on how to hinge rhino doors, as I'd love to do the same to my SM vehicles (yeah I read the whole thread )

Thanks Brother Payne and welcome to the Plog. Plasticard and plastic rods/tubes all sourced via eBay from various sellers - I just look for the sizes I need at the time and go for the best price I can find.
Erm, no tutorial yet , haven't had the opportunity in the current builds, but maybe one day (just don't hold your breath ...)

MagosBiff90 wrote:Top atention to detail again mate! Really impressive work..... going to look awesome!

Cheers Magos

The_Blackadder wrote:It's not often I can allow myself the luxury of looking around the forum; you can thank your signature link as well for my finding this thread. Exquisite work here thanks for sharing. Your first page reminded me I need to buy more 5/32 magnets.

Thanks Blackadder - glad you stopped by. Your builds are always an inspiration to me, so am well pleased that you like what you see here

I too need to restock on magnets...

Soo.... While we wait for Germany vs Brazil I have some progress for you dear reader...

Asides from a touch of filler and finishing the armour plating (which i not really pictured here), I scratched out a couple of Las cannons for the nose and made the covering plates for the engine covers - need to work out now how to create the large segmented pipes that go from fuselage to engines - don't want to take the bendy straw option but wondering if a stretchy hairband would fit the bill??

Good job. Those guns are very nicely done.

Great work.

Lots of dakka there , a good match to the original kit too.

 Ruglud wrote:
Soo.... While we wait for Germany vs Brazil

Brazil? Somebody might take offence from that...

 Ruglud wrote:
need to work out now how to create the large segmented pipes that go from fuselage to engines - don't want to take the bendy straw option but wondering if a stretchy hairband would fit the bill??

Have you thought about flexible cable conduits? Automotive or industrial uses have small bearings.

Build looks great to date!

 Littletower wrote:

 Ruglud wrote:
Soo.... While we wait for Germany vs Brazil

Brazil? Somebody might take offence from that...

 Ruglud wrote:
need to work out now how to create the large segmented pipes that go from fuselage to engines - don't want to take the bendy straw option but wondering if a stretchy hairband would fit the bill??

Have you thought about flexible cable conduits? Automotive or industrial uses have small bearings.

Build looks great to date!

Germany vs. Argentina 'in Brazil'

Interesting game - very open... Germany with lions share of possession seem to be lacking the cutting edge in the final third. Argentina could have been in the lead easily with the Higuan scuffed chance...

Hmm, cable conduits - will have to google that and see

LoL, no problema!

Nice game indeed, though a tad stressful from my point of view

Found these for reference near you:

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/ (Try the Cables & Wires section)

http://www.delikon.com/at2.htm

Back to the game now.

What a cracking goal... (sorry LT)

Progressing nicely. The autocannon mags look pretty good. How about a full frontal photo... of the plane. What else? I vaguelt remember some odd details there.

All good, don't sweat it on the tutorial front

WHASSUPPPPP

Been a while since I trod these halls properly... Sadly this summer has not given any hobby time, in fact the Ruglud household have just returned from three glorious weeks in central Florida, experiencing the many theme parks and other entertainment on offer...

On returning to the UK I've spent most of my time either at work or driving my brand new Mazda 6 - 300 miles done in one week, it's a great car to drive and very economical on fuel thus far


Hopefully, I'll be back to some hobby work in a week or so... Watch this space...

Welcome back. Good to see you had a nice holiday and have new transportation.

Look forward to hobby happenings.