MC21 Project

220414: Contents.  

220414: Contents. Detail is excellent! 

220414: Contents. Detail is excellent! 

220414: Decals. 

220417: Cabin windows are neatly molded, but with raised ridges that will make filling problematic. Removed by sanding. 

220418: Passenger windows sanded and polished to remove the molded ridge. 

220421: Fuselage painted in Tamiya X-2 White and clear resin for the main cabin windows. 

220421: Teasing out the bubbles in the clear resin. 

220423: Removing the electrical tape to reveal perfectly clear windows. 

220423: Removing the electrical tape to reveal perfectly clear windows. 

220417: Installing socket for in-flight display stand. 

220417: Installing socket for in-flight display stand. 

220417: Installing socket for in-flight display stand with 5-minute epoxy 

220417: Installing socket for in-flight display stand with 5-minute epoxy 

220418: Undercarriage doors sealed shut for in-flight display. 

220418: Main engine components. Compressor fans are in two parts. 

220418: Sanding compressor fans to allow rotation within intake shroud. 

220421: Compressor blade edges in silver paint. 

220421: Compressor blade edges in silver paint. 

220423: Assembling the engine compressors. 

220424: Closing up the fuselage. 

220424: Closing up the fuselage and sealing the forward undercarriage doors. 

220430: Cleaning up the spine 

220430: Cleaning up the lower fuselage. 

220430: Cleaning up the wings. 

220430: Cleaning up the rudder. 

220430: Cockpit masks (cut from yellow painter's tape). 

220507: Back from the paint shop. Black is Tamiya XF69 NATO Black. 

220507: Had some difficulty in touching up the white. 

220512: Paint shop. Red is Tamiya X6 Orange and X7 Red. 

220513: Masked for the blue. 

220513: Masked for the blue. 

220513: Leading edges masked. 

220513: Tail is Tamiya X4 Blue. It may be a tad bit too dark. Meh. 

220513: Not real happy about my work on the windshield, but too far along to fix. Meh (again). 

220513: Not real happy about my work on the windshield, but too far along to fix. Meh (again). 

220513: Engine compressor intakes look ok. 

220513: Underside looks ok too. 

220522: Decals behave perfectly, but the window spacing was off. I had to cut and apply each character separately. 

220522: Decals behave perfectly, but the window spacing was off. I had to cut and apply each character separately. 

220522: Decals behave perfectly. Great performance even without setting solution. 

220523: Engine compressor intakes look ok. 

220523: First flight. 

220910: Decals behaved perfectly, but the window spacing was off. I had to cut and apply each character separately. 

220918: Coming together. 

220918: Coming together. 

220918: Coming together. 

221002: Rollout. 

221002: Rollout. 

221002: Rollout. 

221002: Rollout. 

221002: Rollout. 

221002: Rollout. 

221002: Rollout. 

221002: Rollout. 

221002: Rollout. 

221002: Rollout.