Wings of Freedom, Part 2 - Canon Pegasus, the 2nd

[Revell-Fan]

Hello fans,

the last year was so eventful that I barely had any time for the hobby. However, there were two events which gave me a kick-start. Both came unexpected and at a time when I was totally unprepared for them. I stopped everything else and focused on these projects right away. The first one was a new Star Wars model, a Snow Sled, which I will present to you in another thread. The second is another Pegasus from Canon models. Due to the short time frame this was supposed to be a quick build with nothig new to it. I already posted a thread on this particular model before here and thinking this second one would not show any new ideas than the first one showed, I was about to skip posting a new thread. However, since you are already reading this, you are correct in assuming that something had changed my plans.

Well. Basically the build did not differ much from what you can see in the first thread. Things became interesting in the detail work and finish. To save time I added numbers to the parts and cut all the parts out before assembly. This took four days, including scoring on-the-fly. When I was assembling the nose I couldn't help noticing that the two parts looked like a Predator head, including tiny little teeth inside and mandibles:

In motion:

Granted, it also resembles the head of a snake.

After assembling the lower jaw piece the nose looked like a somplete Predator biomask:

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It too makes for a good hand puppet, as you can see.

 

[Revell-Fan]

However, after putting it into place the biomask looked like a nose again.

The mane was carefully curved using a ballpen housing and a thinner rod.

The rest of the body parts were assembled according to the top-notch instructions. No problems there.

I added several strips of leftover paper to the heels, hind legs and the tail and smeared a few good drops of glue around them inside to increase stability.

Mating the two halves was more difficult than on the previous one. I assume that this was caused by the dry air in the heated living room which made the paper more rigid than epected. As a result, attaching the recessed piece for the wing mount on the back created some bad creases on the body. I looked up the build pics of the first one and saw that there were some creases as well but not as prominent as on the new one. My idea was to continue and to deal with the issues later.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

This looks really good. You are doing a GREAT JOB on this project!

 

[mijob]

Great looking horse.

 

[Revell-Fan]

Thank you!

Now we are dealing with the wings. No problems with them.

However, if you look closely you will notice a few white areas showing through - a few overlays did notcover everything below. One area in particular was pretty disturbing because you could see half of the number print. These areas had to be dealt with later, too.

A look at the finished horse:

You can see even more areas to be addressed. The wings are not flush with the body so that there are a few gaps on the shoulders.

A look at the chest:

Not good!

The back did not look better:

Again, I supposed the paper was not flexible enough here because everything was assembled by the book. I returned to the pictures of the first Pegasus and saw that the same area was not flawless on it either. Back then I did not do anything against it. With all the issues here I thought it would be wise to print a few extra parts and start surgery.

I cut a new piece to put below the wing mount cover to conceal the white areas and creases.

The mount cover was easy: I only had to trace the provided part and add a small rim.

The next part was cobbled together from leftover paper. I added little pieces together with tape until the shape fit. Loosely put on top of the area:

Then everything was traced and attached. As a side effect I was able to cut it from one piece which eliminated the seamline in the middle.

That looked infinitely better and I continued with the next piece.

To determine the shape I used some leftover paper and cut it to shape until it fit. Then I traced the shape to one of the big chest parts. I had to use an area from the middle of the part because the rings from the kit have a gradient. The front is lighter than the back.

I beefed up the area below the mount cover with another layer of paper which smoothed out the transition between the two parts perfectly. I also printed another wing overlay and closed the gap on the shoulders. The white areas were hidden using a white and yellow pencil.

The crumbled area on the chest was fixed by simply gluing the same part around.

The final sight was very satisfying and I was glad that I took the extra route.

 

[Revell-Fan]

Next was the booklet which was assembled just like in the other thread:

The base was custom-made from a cardboard box that had been lying around forever.

To prevent it from collapsing I made some rough skeleton parts from corrugated card and added some flaps which gave them the look of T-bars.

Some thick blops of glue held everything firmly in place.

The box had a hole on one side which was closed with one layer of card from an old calendar.

Then it was time to wrap everything up - literally!

I traced the side pieces of the box onto blue cardboard and added some flaps.

The stripes were laminated to the sides.

Then a blue cover was added to the front and the back.

Next the golden stripes and the zodiac sign were added (as seen in the preious thread).

Base done!

 

[Revell-Fan]

The stand for the booklet was made acordingly:

 

[Revell-Fan]

Now it was time to wrap it up (again ).

A final view at the fixed areas:

I am very pleased with the result.

The Pegasus left the buildig and found a new home at one of the best otorhinolaryngologists I have ever known. He is a very special person, helped thousands of people with special care and attention during the course of his career and taught me a lot. Unfortunately he got ill which forced him to give up his profession with the end of last year. I wanted to give him something back and chose this model for him.

Thanks for watching!

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I couldn't help having some fun with Gemini:

(Please note that these are AI created; you are not able to pose the model on a meadow like this. Well, maybe you could re-create the final two pictures if you take it on a skydiving trip. )

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

That looks AMAZING!!!

 

[mijob]

That is looking Awesome. Great fixes by the way.

 

[Revell-Fan]

Thank you very much. It was a fun build.

 

[zathros]

The craft stores around here have some different type furs that could be used to cover that horse up, and make it look really real.

 

[micahrogers]

Lovely build, and great photography.