So after a busy first few days out of the chute, I'm happy about the cockpit finally coming together. There was certainly a lot of work involved to get it to where I was happy with it, but for the most part, there was nothing that I didn't like about the process. I certainly am not near enough into the build to be able to give a 100 percent statement on my full views of the kit, but I can say that if the rest of it goes together like the first part has, then I'll be more than satisfied.
The odd part is really getting used to the scale. It's been mind blowing to look at how much bigger the parts are, and how much more detail in involved. This is a double edged sword to me, because sometimes I just don't know when to leave well enough alone, and move on. I like to push the boundaries in times like this. For all the times that I've ever said "Man, if it were just a little bit bigger, I could do so much more..." this is that time! I'm the first one to always persuade others to always challenge themselves, so what would I be for not taking my own advice?
I am in the process now of getting the intakes started, and they look like they're going to be very cooperative. Shown below is simply a picture of a quick test fit in order to figure out where everything needs to be. This helps eliminate any surprised in the upcoming steps. However, the realization that I'll soon have a two foot F-15 sitting in front of me sank in, and I couldn't help but stop and take a picture with the quarter thrown in for scale representation. This thing really is massive, and I am falling more and more in love with this scale as I move through the build.
My work time has been limited, but not wasted of late. I have picked up a contract job doing aerospace inspection, so I'm back "on the clock" for the first time in over a year. It's a temporary position that I'm looking at as a way to fund some new items for the business, as well as a few new marketing items I have coming up. I don't foresee any detrimental slide to the current deadlines with the projects that I have in front of me, however, this means that my time at the table can't be spent frivolously.
All in all, the process has been more than fun, and I'm looking forward to the rest of it coming together just as well as the forward fuselage has.
The odd part is really getting used to the scale. It's been mind blowing to look at how much bigger the parts are, and how much more detail in involved. This is a double edged sword to me, because sometimes I just don't know when to leave well enough alone, and move on. I like to push the boundaries in times like this. For all the times that I've ever said "Man, if it were just a little bit bigger, I could do so much more..." this is that time! I'm the first one to always persuade others to always challenge themselves, so what would I be for not taking my own advice?
I am in the process now of getting the intakes started, and they look like they're going to be very cooperative. Shown below is simply a picture of a quick test fit in order to figure out where everything needs to be. This helps eliminate any surprised in the upcoming steps. However, the realization that I'll soon have a two foot F-15 sitting in front of me sank in, and I couldn't help but stop and take a picture with the quarter thrown in for scale representation. This thing really is massive, and I am falling more and more in love with this scale as I move through the build.
My work time has been limited, but not wasted of late. I have picked up a contract job doing aerospace inspection, so I'm back "on the clock" for the first time in over a year. It's a temporary position that I'm looking at as a way to fund some new items for the business, as well as a few new marketing items I have coming up. I don't foresee any detrimental slide to the current deadlines with the projects that I have in front of me, however, this means that my time at the table can't be spent frivolously.
All in all, the process has been more than fun, and I'm looking forward to the rest of it coming together just as well as the forward fuselage has.
Very nice
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Johnny!
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