Ground work has been laid out. The wigs will be carved separately as per Cliff's method of doing his Voodoo. Drawings are scaled, printed and glued onto the blocks. Carving will begin later next week.
Lou
Blocks.
Lou
Left and right templates glued to block side and carved in side profile. Last photo shows cuts made to vertical template drawn on the block. Cuts not finalized to assist in carving side profile as close to template as possible.
Lou
Removal of excess materiel prior to contour carving. I used chisels to do this task. These vertical and horizontal cuts are relatively easy. Cutting out the canopy must be done with care as the cut lines are not aligned with the wood grain. Take a little at a time and this should turn out OK.
Lou
A Voodoo starts to emerge from the blocks. This is one of the good stages where dreams of the perfect model is still alive.
Lou
This Cliff's photo from the Century Series group build. The sole difference is Cliff elected to carve the vertical tail separately.
(http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/Gallery/albums/userpics/normal_CF101_-_b.jpg)
Lou
Contour carving has begun.
Lou
Canopy and tail are coming along.
Lou
Oops. I removed too much wood on the starboard wing so it was either make another one or put in a plug and recarve that section. I chose the later. The plug is glued and clamped.
Lou
This is how a properly carved wing should look like. The dowel will connect the wings to provide alignment and some extra security.
Lou
The stab is carved and temporarily in place for fitment. The tip of the tail is ready to receive the fin cap where the navigation light goes.
Lou
Shaping and rough sanding major components. The afterburners on the actual aircraft are flat on the inside against the aircraft keel hence if they are fully round they will appear too far apart.
Lou
The current engines appear too small and they are. I require a 9/16 dowel, but the closest on hand is 1/2 inch.
Lou
Experimentation with intakes using a rotary tool and a cone shaped stone. Cliff, how did you carve yours out?
Lou
Lou, I believe that I just dug in so to speak. Used a sharp x-acto blade. I know I didn't use any rotary tool - though I've got a set now.
Cliff.
Thank you Cliff. I glued the inboard plates and will fare those in before putting in the splitter vanes.
Lou
The glue on the port wing is drying. The starboard wing will be glued tomorrow.
Lou
Prominent scoops supplied air to cool the afterburners. I can attest that the are solidly attached and refused to move when struct with my head.
Lou
Weapon rotary bay fins to prevent airflow disturbance to the engine intakes when the bay rotated.
Lou
Final sanding awaits.
Lou
Looks great !
Gordon
Thank you Gordon.
Lou
First visit to the paint shop.
Lou
First sanding after primer revealed some minor areas needing a bit of filler.
Lou
Final sanding done. Now to find out if my "Voodoo Grey" paint will still flow through my airbrush.
Lou
great progress Lou, I think the Voodoo is a sleek looking aircraft. Best regards Paul.
The Voodoo has the most complex shape of the Century Series aircraft. I have since added wing fences. Your support is appreciated.
Lou
Wing fence added. The undercarriage bay skin strengthener is yet to be formed.
Lou
Very nice, there are certainly a few contour changes to work on. Have you got the blanks cut out for the March ping yet? ;) ;D.Best regards Paul J.
Gloss grey coat still wet.
Lou
When placed next to the F-102A Aircraft Grey, the Voodoo Grey looks to be too dark.
Lou
Newer bottle of Voodoo grey was found and airbrushed. I must have added some black to the other to make it darker for some long forgotten project. Regardless, the colour looks right now. Model Master enamel black and flat white added the details. The pitot boom has red from Tamiya.
Next decals. I have the fuselage flash, roundels and small marking, but I need to make the walkways and some lettering. I have a full decal sheet but it is being saved for a Revell kit I have sitting on the shelf.
Lou
Roll out at 1800 hrs 15 Mar 2015. Then back to the bench as I had neglected to add the turbine warning stripe. Twenty minutes later the model was rolled out again.
Lou
Fantastic job Lou.
Gordon
A very nice CF-101B, Lou. But where or how did you get the decals?
Cliff.
Thank you Cliff.
In 1986-87 I visited Hobby House in Ottawa and they had 1/72 Voodoo decals that were slightly off register and sold for 50 cents. The roundels were poorly formed but the flashes were OK.
Lou
Thank you Gordon.
Lou
Excellent work Lou, lots of detailing with the decals, best regards Paul J.
Thank you Paul.
Lou