I am good at one thing, I can follow directions... I've just never been able to figure out the correct length for a 45 degree offest in a piping system, I have to eyeball it.PHEW!Well done, pal!
Viper Car, by @Revell Fan.
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@Revell-Fan writes great instructions. But if you need to his pictures are good enough to follow if you can't read the text.
I agree, this is the second @Revell-Fan creation I've made, but the other was beta built by @Rhaven Blacck
Building up the structure of the engine module...
Now to let the fingies rest a bit.
Now to let the fingies rest a bit.
Okay everyone, my first major screw up on this build...
As you can see in this pic, the structure of the wheelbase is visible under the back of the wing. This is because I mistook the instructions, and made the motor mount flush with the Back of the wheelbase, and not the front of it as designed...
So... I'm going to try something new, and attempt to separate the two assemblies, and re glue in the proper position...
As you can see in this pic, the structure of the wheelbase is visible under the back of the wing. This is because I mistook the instructions, and made the motor mount flush with the Back of the wheelbase, and not the front of it as designed...
So... I'm going to try something new, and attempt to separate the two assemblies, and re glue in the proper position...
here is a better pic of my mistake.
You can see that the front edge of the engine cradle is offset forward of the wheelbase. The instructions show that the BACK edge should be offset past the wheelbase...
You can see that the front edge of the engine cradle is offset forward of the wheelbase. The instructions show that the BACK edge should be offset past the wheelbase...
If you hadn't pointed out your mistake, I might not of noticed it. Anyway it looks like something that's easily fixed. I think you're doing good so far. It's a good example of a beta build. @Revell-Fan is probably proud of your work too!
Naaaa... He's just shaking his head about how atrocious I'm bashing his great work. I did find a mistake in the parts layout, and pointed that out. but so far the build has been my mess.
I got the two parts separated...
rather messy, but separated.
And re attached in the correct orientation.
Now to try and clean up the mess I made.
And here is a pic showing the mess I gotta try and fix now.
Next update maybe tonight or tomorrow.
Next update maybe tonight or tomorrow.
I'm looking forward to seeing how it comes out after you've fixed the mistakes. With some patience and fortitude it should be a relatively simple fix!
To bad that you made a mistake,but Im sure you will fix it. You are doing a great job on this model.
INDEED! You are doing a formidable job, Micah!
Fortunately the affected area is the bottom, a part where NO-ONE will ever look at once the car is finished. Just use some dark grey or black paint and swoosh over it. Easy fix.
I must confess, designing this specific area was very tricky and took me quite a few days to figure out. In fact, I was sitting in front of my screen for three days - just to find a way how to cut the things up. That area is so weird-looking and I had to make it work somehow.
Another "dangerous" area are the engine mounts. The high engine is pretty easy but the side engines may be tricky to align. Try not to skew the wings. Don't worry if they do not align perfectly with the base part 25 (mine does not either ). Just rotate the tubes till the red marks are centered between the wing and the engine mount 19. The distance between the red marks is closer than the distance between the red marks and the rest of the fuselage. This may look off but it replicates the configuration I see in the pictures of the original.
Fortunately the affected area is the bottom, a part where NO-ONE will ever look at once the car is finished. Just use some dark grey or black paint and swoosh over it. Easy fix.
I must confess, designing this specific area was very tricky and took me quite a few days to figure out. In fact, I was sitting in front of my screen for three days - just to find a way how to cut the things up. That area is so weird-looking and I had to make it work somehow.
Another "dangerous" area are the engine mounts. The high engine is pretty easy but the side engines may be tricky to align. Try not to skew the wings. Don't worry if they do not align perfectly with the base part 25 (mine does not either
). Just rotate the tubes till the red marks are centered between the wing and the engine mount 19. The distance between the red marks is closer than the distance between the red marks and the rest of the fuselage. This may look off but it replicates the configuration I see in the pictures of the original.
Final update for today. I got the wheelbase (piece 25) colored with a dark grey paint, to hide the evidence.
Now when I set an engine tube, with wing, it looks right.
I'll "square it up" as I continue the build.
So far my Red Necked knife grips seem to be helping with my finger fatigue as I'm cutting the parts.
Geeze I need to proof read my posts better, my typing is atrocious too, 3 edits for spelling.
Now when I set an engine tube, with wing, it looks right.
I'll "square it up" as I continue the build.
So far my Red Necked knife grips seem to be helping with my finger fatigue as I'm cutting the parts.
Geeze I need to proof read my posts better, my typing is atrocious too, 3 edits for spelling.
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There we are! Mistake fixed! Don't worry about the typing -- I'm starting to have problems with it too. I have to remember to switch my keyboard back over to English, otherwise I'd end up posting something written in Cyrillic. If you want an interesting challenge, take up learning Russian.
I took Latin in high school, and can still count in Latin, and read Roman numerals. I studied Nihongo (Japanese), and can still say a few phrayses, but never got to reading Kanji.
Latin has quite the influence on Russian. I think Latin is what gave Russian its grammar case system, Plus the Russian alphabet uses letters from the Latin alphabet, along with letters from the Greek Alphabet. At one time I wanted to learn Japanese. It would be fun to read Kanji -- there are a lot of comics written in Kanji, and also a lot of stuff having to do with paper modeling!
