Title: Grumman F11F-1 Tiger, Bu.-Nr. 138614, NATC Patuxent River
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January 2, 2018Elevators after repairing and riveting.2
January 2, 2018Wings before repairing the trailing edges. Red position light "in place".3
January 4, 2018Wing tip light design: compare with picture 7.4
January 4, 2018The panel lines are exactly based on the drawing... but the drawing is not perfect... Compare with picture 6.5
January 4, 2018Cut out for the approach light (LSO light: red, green and amber), missed in the kit.6
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January 7, 2018Completed minus small side consoles9
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January 7, 2018Etched wing fences with "attachment - lasts" made of 0,13 mm plastic.11
January 8, 201812
January 8, 2018Phase 1: shortened nose glued on the fuselage. "Step" on the inside reinforced with plastic.13
January 8, 2018Phase 2: left side sanded. Nearly OK minus little step on the underside. A piece of plastic and CA added.14
January 14, 2018Side walls reworked: upper stringer glued more upper (on the fuselage).15
January 14, 2018Main wheel wells in place (after producing of dust clouds).16
January 14, 2018Small side panels added. Ready for paint.17
January 15, 2018Completed minus harness & cushion.18
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January 21, 2018Reduced gap between ruder and fuselage.27
January 21, 2018New panel lines completed. Rivets coming soon.28
January 21, 2018Hinges of the acces doors made of 0,3 mm round rod.29
January 21, 2018Intake-plate: incorrect shape and correct thickness.30
January 21, 2018Ethylacetate helps removing dust and "grat" from the panel lines.31
January 22, 2018Intake plate. Corrected shape: the front edge is half so long as the other (compare with next picture: kit part is wrong because the drawing is wrong too).32
January 22, 201833
January 22, 2018Tailbumper in place. Wrong shaped cutouts for the elevators filled.34
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January 27, 2018The short nose and different "fuselage bulge" I front of the windscreen is well visible.39
January 27, 2018LSO lights: the clear part is made of Tesa film.40
January 28, 2018Ready for paint. Different materials for filling the gaps are well visible.41
January 28, 2018Rails and hydraulic for the sliding hood.42
January 28, 2018Pitot tube of 2 mm alu rod and inserted brass rod 1,5 mm for better strength.43
January 29, 2018Painting step/airbrush session 1: black for inner side of windscreen44
January 29, 2018Painting step 2: Mr.Color Surfacer 500 because of a lot of surface imperfections.45
January 31, 2018Masking for white (base for orange).46
January 31, 2018Masking for white areas on upper wings. Light grey as base for white in place.47
January 31, 2018Painting step 3: Orange on the tail and white surfaces on upper wings.48
February 3, 201849
February 3, 2018Painting step 4: off white on lower surfaces.50
February 3, 2018Masking for step 5 (gullgray).51
February 3, 2018Painting step 5: gull gray. Note the lighter areas: a kind of post shading (post gloss shading) with base color mixed with gloss varnish to simulate the stressed skin look.52
February 3, 2018Demarcation line between white and gray (soft) made with a paper mask (edge bended outwards, aprox. 1 mm distance to the surface.53
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February 4, 2018Artwork for the markings made by MS Visio 2007.55
February 4, 2018Painting step 6: orange.56
February 4, 2018Painting step 7: anti glare coming soon.57
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February 5, 2018Painting step 9: anti glare and top leading edge of the fin.59
February 5, 2018Painting step 8: aluminum on the cone.60
February 5, 2018Painting step 10: coroguard on leading edges of wings and fin.61
February 5, 2018Ready for decals.62
February 11, 2018Decaling: a hard piece of work! Completed minus semi matte varnish there and where.63
February 11, 2018Self made decals was tricky to apply. Fortunately the carrier film is very thinn.64
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February 12, 201867
February 12, 2018Good quality, thin carrier.68
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February 12, 2018Smoke - colored "strokes/smearing" because too often brushed with MS Decal Film .70
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February 18, 2018Tiger almost completed: minus leading edges of stabilizers, arresting hook, seat and hood.74
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February 20, 2018Dry fit of the canopy frame.78
February 20, 2018Seat with harnes 🙂🙂: in place.79
February 20, 2018Two main parts of the hood: frame and vacuum hood self.80
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February 22, 2018The last of uncounables airbrushing tasks finished. Result is not perfect but acceptable.82
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