Eggplane YF-19 - WIP 8 (Final)

YF-19 prepare to sortie

 

Since completing the assembly in the previous post, this post will be showing the completed kit and a comparison difference between an OOB build and a painted kit.

 

Top view of the completed YF-19

 

Back view of the completed YF-19

Eggplane YF-19 - WIP 7

Pay egg-stra attention to instructions in the manual

Having completed all the painting and decaling works in the previous post, it is time to egg-semble the kit.

Pieces of the kit waiting to be assembled

 

First part to assemble are the Fast Packs.

They are a bit tricky and requires some force. It was hard to align the pieces and I was afraid to scratch the paint job. Luckily it all turns out fine.

 

Eggplane YF-19 - WIP 6

An alternative approach

 

Had a long weekend recently so I decided to spend some time on the eggplane which was last worked on in February. 

 

Neural Gray was used to cover up the missing decal on the canopy.

There was a bit of problem while decaling the wings at the fast pack. When placing the decal, I found out that there is too little excess decals to properly wrap around the wings. If you try to move it around to fit, the decal will eventually tear (especially those on the smaller wings). After a few times trying, I gave up decaling and took out the black and red paints instead.

Eggplane YF-19 - WIP 5

Decaling does make a difference

Mentioned in WIP 4, this post will be about assembling the Fold Booster and decaling the plane.

Parts for the Fold Booster

 

With a little bit of glue (Mr. Cement S), the pieces are assembled.

Top and bottom view

Eggplane YF-19 - WIP 4

 Lots and lots of gluing required

 

With the D-Style Gustav completed, it is time to assemble the eggplane after all the paint job done in WIP 2 and WIP 3.

 

Parts for the main plane compartment

The parts which is missing from the picture above are the clear red pieces which was modified in WIP 3. Before any assembling can start, the first order of business is to glue the two grey pieces together.

Eggplane YF-19 - WIP 3

Another major round of hand painting

 

More hand painting work from WIP 2.

 

The first color to be used will be the Gaia Color 074 Neutral Grey IV.

 

 

This color will only be used to paint 2 small parts located at the bottom of the plane.

The 2 areas which requires the Neutral Grey IV

Eggplane YF-19 - WIP 2

Major round of hand painting

 

With all the spray painted parts dry, the work for hand painting can finally start. Before getting the paints out, there is one major thing which needs to be done first: Gluing of the gun.

 

Guns in 2 separate pieces

 

Two types of cements will be used: Tamiya Cement and Mr. Cement S.

 

Tamiya cement (Left) and Mr Cement S (Right)

Why use both and what are the differences? For an easier explanation, a video will be attached explaining the differences between the 2 cement types.

Eggplane YF-19 - WIP 1

From one small kit to another

 

Mentioned in the Gustav post, I was itching to start a new kit. Got this kit early this year and I will once again try hand painting the smaller details of the kit. As for the larger parts, it will be fully painted.

 

Let's start this kit off with the artwork on the box:

 

Top of the box